Austria competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden (equestrian events). 29 competitors, 24 men and 5 women, took part in 33 events in 11 sports.
Medalists MedalNameSportEvent Herbert Wiedermann Canoeing Men's K-2 1000m Josef Kloimstein Rowing Men's coxless pair
Athletics
Men's marathon Adolf Gruber – 2:46:20 (→ 23rd place)
Cycling Men's 1.000m Time Trial Kurt Schein – 1:13.1 (→ 11th place)
Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit Rudolf MareschFranz WimmerKurt ScheinWalter Bortel – 10th place
Men's Individual Road Race Franz Wimmer – 5:27:28 (→ 30th place) Walter Bortel – did not finish (→ no ranking) Kurt Schein – did not finish (→ no ranking) Rudolf Maresch – did not finish (→ no ranking)
Boxing
Canoeing
Cycling
Four male cyclists represented Austria in 1956.
Individual road race Franz Wimmer Walter Bortel Rudolf Maresch Kurt Schein
Team road race Franz Wimmer Walter Bortel Rudolf Maresch Kurt Schein
Time trial Kurt Schein
Team pursuit Franz Wimmer Walter Bortel Rudolf Maresch Kurt Schein
Diving
Women AthleteEventPreliminaryFinalPointsRankPointsRankTotalRankEva Pfarrhofer10 m platform46.0213Did not advance
Fencing
One fencer represented Austria in 1956.
Women's foil Ellen Müller-Preis
Gymnastics
Rowing
Austria had four male rowers participate in three out of seven rowing events in 1956.
Men's single sculls Ferdinand Rabeder
Men's coxless pair Alfred Sageder Josef Kloimstein
Men's coxed pair Josef Kloimstein Alfred Sageder Franz König
Sailing
Open AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank1234567Wolfgang ErndlFinn141510DNF5DNF12191015
Weightlifting
Wrestling
References
External links Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database