Austria at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Austria at the
1908 Summer Olympics
IOC codeAUT
NOCAustrian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympia.at (in German)
in London
Competitors7 in 4 sports
Medals
Ranked 19th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Austria competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England. Austrian and Hungarian results at early Olympic Games are generally kept separate despite the union of the two nations as Austria-Hungary at the time.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Bronze Otto Scheff Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle July 16

Results by event

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Event Place Athlete Heats Semifinals Final
Men's 100 metres Heats Eduard Schönecker Unknown
4th, heat 13		 Did not advance
Men's 200 metres Heats Eduard Schönecker Unknown
3rd, heat 12		 Did not advance
Men's marathon 25th Emmerich Rath None held 3:50:30.4
— Felix Kwieton Did not start
Men's 10 mile walk 15th Emmerich Rath None held 1:30:33.8
8th, semifinal 2		 Did not advance

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Austria's lone sabreur advanced to the second round before being eliminated.

Event Place Fencer First
round		 Second
round		 Semi-
final		 Final
Men's sabre Second
round		 Siegfried Flesch 5-0 (1st in A) 1-3 (3rd in 6) Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Event Place Swimmer Heats Semifinals Final
Men's 100 metre freestyle Semi-
finalist		 Otto Scheff 1:11.8
1st, heat 2		 Unknown
4th, semifinal 2		 Did not advance
Men's 400 metre freestyle 3rd Otto Scheff 5:51.0
1st, heat 7		 5:40.6
1st, semifinal 1		 5:46.0
Men's 1500 metre freestyle 4th Otto Scheff 24:15.8
2nd, heat 6		 24:25.0
2nd, semifinal 2		 Unknown

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Event Place Name Round
of 64		 Round
of 32		 Round
of 16		 Quarter-
finals		 Semi-
finals		 Final
Men's singles 16th Arthur Zborzil Bye Lost to Bissing Did not advance
26th Rolf Kinzl Lost to Eaves Did not advance
Felix Pipes Lost to Kreuzer
Men's doubles 4th Felix Pipes
Arthur Zborzil		 None held Bye Bye Lost to
Ritchie/Parke		 Did not advance
Opponent nation Wins Losses Percent
Great Britain 0 2 .000
Germany 0 2 .000
Total 0 4 .000

Sources

  • Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
  • De Wael, Herman (2001). "Top London 1908 Olympians". Herman's Full Olympians. Archived from the original on 12 July 2006. Retrieved 10 June 2006.