Austria at the 1984 Winter Olympics
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Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics
1984 Winter Olympics
The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated from 8–19 February 1984 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. Other candidate cities were Sapporo, Japan; and Gothenburg, Sweden...

in Sarajevo
Sarajevo
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, Yugoslavia
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
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.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
Alpine Skiing
Alpine skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics consisted of six events, held near Sarajevo, Yugoslavia .The men's races were held at Bjelašnica, the women's at Jahorina from February 13-19, 1984....

 
Men's Downhill
Alpine skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics - Men's downhill
The men's alpine skiing downhill event was part of the alpine skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics programme. It was the tenth appearance of the event which was established in 1948. The competition was held on Thursday, February 16, 1984 and started at 12 noon....


Alpine skiing

Anton "Jimmy" Steiner
Anton Steiner
Anton "Jimmy" Steiner is an Austrian former alpine skier. He was born in Lienz, Osttirol.-Achievements:1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid:* seventh place at Slalom1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo:*Bronze at Downhill...

 was the only Austrian competitor to win an olympic medal (bronze) in the 1984 Winter Olympics.

Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Erwin Resch
Erwin Resch
Erwin Resch is a former Austrian alpine skier. He won three FIS Alpine Ski World Cup events in his career. In 1982, he finished third in the downhill at the Alpine World Ski Championships.- World Cup victories :...

Downhill 1:47.06 11
Franz Klammer
Franz Klammer
Franz Klammer is a former champion alpine ski racer. Klammer overwhelmingly dominated the downhill event for four consecutive World Cup seasons . He was the gold medalist at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, winning the downhill at Patscherkofel in dramatic fashion...

1:47.04 10
Helmut Höflehner
Helmut Höflehner
Helmut Höflehner is a former Austrian alpine skier.-Achievements:1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo:*fifth place at alpine skiing Downhill1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville:...

1:46.32 5
Anton Steiner
Anton Steiner
Anton "Jimmy" Steiner is an Austrian former alpine skier. He was born in Lienz, Osttirol.-Achievements:1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid:* seventh place at Slalom1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo:*Bronze at Downhill...

1:45.95
Hans Enn
Hans Enn
Hans Enn is an Austrian former alpine skier and Olympic medalist. At the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid Enn was bronze medalist in the giant slalom.-External links:* - Results - Hans Enn...

Giant Slalom DNF DNF
Anton Steiner
Anton Steiner
Anton "Jimmy" Steiner is an Austrian former alpine skier. He was born in Lienz, Osttirol.-Achievements:1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid:* seventh place at Slalom1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo:*Bronze at Downhill...

DNF DNF
Hubert Strolz
Hubert Strolz
Hubert Strolz Hubert Strolz Hubert Strolz (born June 26, 1962 in Warth is a former alpine skier from Austria. At the 1988 Olympics in Calgary he won a gold medal in the combined and silver in the Giant Slalom. In the World Cup, he won a combined competition January 17, 1988, in Bad Kleinkirchheim...

1:21.47 6 1:21.24 8 2:42.71 6
Franz Gruber
Franz Gruber (alpine skier)
Franz Gruber is an Austrian former alpine skier who competed in the 1984 Winter Olympics.He was born in Kirchdorf an der Krems....

1:21.03 3 1:21.05 4 2:42.08 4
Anton Steiner
Anton Steiner
Anton "Jimmy" Steiner is an Austrian former alpine skier. He was born in Lienz, Osttirol.-Achievements:1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid:* seventh place at Slalom1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo:*Bronze at Downhill...

Slalom DSQ DSQ
Franz Gruber
Franz Gruber (alpine skier)
Franz Gruber is an Austrian former alpine skier who competed in the 1984 Winter Olympics.He was born in Kirchdorf an der Krems....

DSQ DSQ
Hubert Strolz
Hubert Strolz
Hubert Strolz Hubert Strolz Hubert Strolz (born June 26, 1962 in Warth is a former alpine skier from Austria. At the 1988 Olympics in Calgary he won a gold medal in the combined and silver in the Giant Slalom. In the World Cup, he won a combined competition January 17, 1988, in Bad Kleinkirchheim...

DNF DNF
Hans Enn
Hans Enn
Hans Enn is an Austrian former alpine skier and Olympic medalist. At the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid Enn was bronze medalist in the giant slalom.-External links:* - Results - Hans Enn...

54.05 22 DNF DNF

Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Sylvia Eder
Sylvia Eder
Sylvia Eder is a former Austrian alpine skier.As a 17-year-old, in 1982, she won her first downhill race at Bad Gastein, Austria. The downhill remained her specialty discipline throughout her early career...

Downhill 1:14.97 13
Veronika Stallmaier-Wallinger 1:14.76 10
Elisabeth Kirchler
Elisabeth Kirchler
Elisabeth Kirchler is a retired Austrian alpine skier.- World Cup victories :-References:...

1:14.55 9
Lea Sölkner
Lea Sölkner
Lea Sölkner is an Austrian former alpine skier.-Achievements:1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo:* eighth place at alpine skiing DownhillAlpine skiing World Championship 1978 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen:...

1:14.39 8
Elisabeth Kirchler
Elisabeth Kirchler
Elisabeth Kirchler is a retired Austrian alpine skier.- World Cup victories :-References:...

Giant Slalom DNF DNF
Sylvia Eder
Sylvia Eder
Sylvia Eder is a former Austrian alpine skier.As a 17-year-old, in 1982, she won her first downhill race at Bad Gastein, Austria. The downhill remained her specialty discipline throughout her early career...

1:13.00 39 1:16.03 34 2:29.03 34
Roswitha Steiner
Roswitha Steiner
Roswitha Steiner is a former Austrian alpine skier.She concluded her career at the end of the 1987/1988 season with her second win in Slalom World Cup by winning her last race in Aspen...

1:12.09 29 1:14.47 28 2:26.56 27
Anni Kronbichler 1:11.40 19 1:12.77 12 2:24.17 14
Veronika Stallmaier-Wallinger Slalom DNF DNF
Lea Sölkner
Lea Sölkner
Lea Sölkner is an Austrian former alpine skier.-Achievements:1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo:* eighth place at alpine skiing DownhillAlpine skiing World Championship 1978 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen:...

DNF DNF
Roswitha Steiner
Roswitha Steiner
Roswitha Steiner is a former Austrian alpine skier.She concluded her career at the end of the 1987/1988 season with her second win in Slalom World Cup by winning her last race in Aspen...

49.22 7 48.62 5 1:37.84 4
Anni Kronbichler 48.84 3 49.21 12 1:38.05 8

Biathlon

Men
Event Athlete Misses 1 Time Rank
10 km Sprint Walter Hörl 5 35:02.6 39
Rudolf Horn
Rudolf Horn
Rudolf Horn is a former Austrian biathlete and cross-country skier.- Cross-country skiing :* 1976:** 8th, Winter Olympics 4 × 10 kilometres relay...

4 34:46.0 36
Alfred Eder
Alfred Eder
Alfred Eder is an Austrian biathlete and soldier, who competed as a member of the Heeressportverein Saalfelden...

2 33:17.9 22

Event Athlete Time Penalties Adjusted time 2 Rank
20 km Rudolf Horn
Rudolf Horn
Rudolf Horn is a former Austrian biathlete and cross-country skier.- Cross-country skiing :* 1976:** 8th, Winter Olympics 4 × 10 kilometres relay...

1'15:10.8 8 1'23:10.8 36
Alfred Eder
Alfred Eder
Alfred Eder is an Austrian biathlete and soldier, who competed as a member of the Heeressportverein Saalfelden...

1'16:52.6 6 1'22:52.6 34
Franz Schuler
Franz Schuler
Franz Schuler is an Austrian biathlete and police officer, who competed as a member of the Polizeisportverein Innsbruck...

1'16:23.0 5 1'21:23.0 30

Men's 4 x 7.5km relay
Athletes Race
Misses 1 Time Rank
Rudolf Horn
Rudolf Horn
Rudolf Horn is a former Austrian biathlete and cross-country skier.- Cross-country skiing :* 1976:** 8th, Winter Olympics 4 × 10 kilometres relay...


Walter Hörl
Franz Schuler
Franz Schuler
Franz Schuler is an Austrian biathlete and police officer, who competed as a member of the Polizeisportverein Innsbruck...


Alfred Eder
Alfred Eder
Alfred Eder is an Austrian biathlete and soldier, who competed as a member of the Heeressportverein Saalfelden...

1 1'43:28.1 8


1A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.

2One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh

Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
AUT-1 Walter Delle Karth
Walter Delle Karth
Walter Delle Karth Jr. is an Austrian bobsledder who competed from the early 1970s to the mid 1980s...


Hans Lindner
Two-man 52.61 10 53.01 13 52.33 12 52.64 14 3:30.59 12
AUT-2 Peter Kienast
Peter Kienast
Peter Kienast is an Austrian bobsledder who competed during the 1980s...


Christian Mark
Christian Mark
Christian Mark is an Austrian bobsledder who won competed during the 1980s. He won a silver medal in the four-man event at the 1986 FIBT World Championships in Königssee....

Two-man 52.79 13 52.97 11 52.42 14 52.47 12 3:30.65 13

Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
AUT-1 Walter Delle Karth
Walter Delle Karth
Walter Delle Karth Jr. is an Austrian bobsledder who competed from the early 1970s to the mid 1980s...


Günter Krispel
Ferdinand Grössing
Hans Lindner
Four-man 50.60 7 51.14 11 51.19 9 51.28 10 3:24.21 10
AUT-2 Peter Kienast
Peter Kienast
Peter Kienast is an Austrian bobsledder who competed during the 1980s...


Franz Siegl
Franz Siegl
Franz Siegl is an Austrian bobsledder who won competed during the 1980s. He won a silver medal in the four-man event at the 1986 FIBT World Championships in Königssee....


Gerhard Redl
Gerhard Redl
Gerhard Redl is an Austrian bobsledder who won competed from the late 1980s to the mid 1990s...


Christian Mark
Christian Mark
Christian Mark is an Austrian bobsledder who won competed during the 1980s. He won a silver medal in the four-man event at the 1986 FIBT World Championships in Königssee....

Four-man 50.83 11 51.27 13 51.29 12 51.24 8 3:24.63 11

Cross-country skiing

Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
15 km Andreas Gumpold 46:34.5 53
Alois Stadlober
Alois Stadlober
Alois Stadlober is a former cross-country skier from Austria who competed from 1988 to 2000. He earned two medals at the 1999 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold in the 4 x 10 km and a silver in the 10 km.Stadlober's best individual finish at the Winter Olympics was...

43:51.6 25
30 km Peter Juric 1'37:06.6 35
Franz Gattermann 1'36:03.9 31
50 km Peter Juric 2'28:38.8 33
Franz Gattermann 2'26:40.8 29
Alois Stadlober
Alois Stadlober
Alois Stadlober is a former cross-country skier from Austria who competed from 1988 to 2000. He earned two medals at the 1999 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold in the 4 x 10 km and a silver in the 10 km.Stadlober's best individual finish at the Winter Olympics was...

2'25:26.3 24


Men's 4 x 10km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Andreas Gumpold
Franz Gatterman
Peter Juric
Alois Stadlober
Alois Stadlober
Alois Stadlober is a former cross-country skier from Austria who competed from 1988 to 2000. He earned two medals at the 1999 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold in the 4 x 10 km and a silver in the 10 km.Stadlober's best individual finish at the Winter Olympics was...

2'04:39.0 11

Ice hockey

Group B

Top two teams (shaded ones) advanced to the medal round.
Team Pld W L T GF GA Pts
5 5 0 0 38 7 10
5 4 1 0 24 10 8
5 2 2 1 27 19 5
5 1 2 2 16 17 4
5 1 4 0 13 37 2
5 0 4 1 15 43 1

  • Finland 4-3 Austria
  • Canada 8-1 Austria
  • Czechoslovakia 13-0 Austria
  • USA 7-3 Austria
  • Austria 6-5 Norway

Contestants
Helmut Koren 
Herbert Pöck 
Bernard Hutz 
Ed Lebler 
Fritz Ganster 
Giuseppe Mion 
Helmut Petrik 
Johann Fritz 
Kelly Greenbank 
Konrad Dorn 
Kuno Sekulic 
Kurt Harand 
Leopold Sivec 
Martin Platzer 
Michael Rudman 
Peter Raffl 
Rick Cunningham
Rick Cunningham (ice hockey)
Richard Glen Cunningham is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 323 games in the World Hockey Association. He played for the Ottawa Nationals, Toronto Toros, and Birmingham Bulls.- References :...

 
Rudolf König 
Thomas Cijan

Luge

Men
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Georg Fluckinger
Georg Fluckinger
Georg Fluckinger was an Austrian luger who competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he won the bronze medal in the men's doubles event at Lake Placid in 1980....

47.552 19 47.000 13 46.989 14 46.448 9 3:07.989 15
Gerhard Sandbichler
Gerhard Sandbichler
Gerhard Sandbichler was an Austrian luger who competed from the late 1970s to the late 1980s. He is best known for his third place overall Luge World Cup finish in men's singles in 1984-5....

46.601 10 46.613 9 46.542 9 46.697 13 3:06.453 10
Markus Prock
Markus Prock
Markus Prock is an Austrian luger who competed between 1983 and 2002. Born in Innsbruck, Prock competed in six Winter Olympics winning three medals in the men's singles event with two silvers and one bronze .At the FIL World Luge Championships, Prock won 13 medals, including five gold Markus...

46.458 9 46.571 8 46.345 6 46.465 10 3:05.839 8


(Men's) Doubles
Athletes Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Georg Fluckinger
Georg Fluckinger
Georg Fluckinger was an Austrian luger who competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he won the bronze medal in the men's doubles event at Lake Placid in 1980....


Franz Wilhelmer
Franz Wilhelmer
Franz Wilhelmer is an Austrian luger who competed in the early 1980s. He is best known for finishing second three times in the men's doubles overall Luge World Cup ....

42.013 4 41.889 3 1:23.902 4
Günther Lemmerer
Günther Lemmerer
Günther Lemmerer was an Austrian luger who competed in the early 1980s. He won the gold medal in the men's doubles event at the 1982 FIL European Luge Championships in Winterberg, West Germany....


Franz Lechleitner
42.188 7 41.945 5 1:24.133 5

Women
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Annefried Göllner 42.437 6 42.643 10 42.219 9 42.074 10 2:49.373 7

Nordic combined

Events:
  • normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
  • 15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete Event Ski Jumping Cross-country Total
Distance 1 Distance 2 Points Rank Time Points Rank Points Rank
Klaus Sulzenbacher
Klaus Sulzenbacher
Klaus Sulzenbacher is a former Nordic combined skier.Between 1983 and 1991 he won 14 World Cup competitions, and also won the World Cup twice. At the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, he won silver in the 15 km individual competition, and bronze in the 3 x 10 km team competition...

Individual 78.5 90.0 204.0 7 49:48.2 190.570 14 394.570 9

Ski jumping

Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Distance Points Points Rank
Armin Kogler
Armin Kogler
Armin Kogler is an Austrian ski jumper who competed from the late 1970s to the mid 1980s. After his surprise win at the FIS Ski-Flying World Championships 1979, Kogler set a new record in Planica with a leap of 180 meters...

Normal hill 72.0 74.7 74.0 78.4 153.1 52
Ernst Vettori
Ernst Vettori
Ernst Vettori is an Austrian former ski jumper. He won the Four Hills Tournament twice...

84.5 97.2 72.5 76.0 173.2 36
Hans Wallner
Hans Wallner
Hans Wallner is a former Austrian ski jumper who competed from 1971 to 1984.He won a silver medal in the team large hill event at the 1982 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo....

83.0 97.8 79.0 88.9 186.7 24
Andreas Felder
Andreas Felder
Andreas Felder Andreas Felder Andreas Felder (born 6 March 1962 in Hall, (Tyrol) is an Austrian ski jumper who competed in the 1980s and early 1990s. He dominated ski jumping together with Jens Weißflog and Matti Nykänen. He finished in the top three overall six times in the World Cup, including a...

84.0 99.9 87.0 105.7 205.6 6
Hans Wallner
Hans Wallner
Hans Wallner is a former Austrian ski jumper who competed from 1971 to 1984.He won a silver medal in the team large hill event at the 1982 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo....

Large hill 94.0 80.3 100.0 93.2 173.5 24
Andreas Felder
Andreas Felder
Andreas Felder Andreas Felder Andreas Felder (born 6 March 1962 in Hall, (Tyrol) is an Austrian ski jumper who competed in the 1980s and early 1990s. He dominated ski jumping together with Jens Weißflog and Matti Nykänen. He finished in the top three overall six times in the World Cup, including a...

94.0 80.8 99.5 89.5 170.3 28
Manfred Steiner 96.0 85.6 84.0 63.8 149.4 41
Armin Kogler
Armin Kogler
Armin Kogler is an Austrian ski jumper who competed from the late 1970s to the mid 1980s. After his surprise win at the FIS Ski-Flying World Championships 1979, Kogler set a new record in Planica with a leap of 180 meters...

106.0 103.1 99.5 92.5 195.6 6

Speed skating

Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Michael Hadschieff
Michael Hadschieff
Michael Florian Hadschieff is a former speed skater from Austria.-Biography:At the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Michael Hadschieff participated in all five distances , winning medals in two of those...

40.52 32
1000 m Christian Eminger
Christian Eminger
Christian Eminger is a former ice speed skater from Austria. He represented Austria in three Winter Olympics, starting in 1984 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia....

1:20.98 33
Michael Hadschieff
Michael Hadschieff
Michael Florian Hadschieff is a former speed skater from Austria.-Biography:At the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Michael Hadschieff participated in all five distances , winning medals in two of those...

1:19.05 22
1500 m Christian Eminger
Christian Eminger
Christian Eminger is a former ice speed skater from Austria. He represented Austria in three Winter Olympics, starting in 1984 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia....

2:03.18 28
Michael Hadschieff
Michael Hadschieff
Michael Florian Hadschieff is a former speed skater from Austria.-Biography:At the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Michael Hadschieff participated in all five distances , winning medals in two of those...

2:02.06 20
Werner Jäger
Werner Jäger
Werner Jäger is a former ice speed skater from Austria, who represented his native country at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia-References:*...

2:01.03 15
5000 m Heinz Steinberger
Heinz Steinberger
Heinz Steinberger is a former ice speed skater from Austria, who represented his native country in two Winter Olympics .-References:*...

7:32.72 20
Michael Hadschieff
Michael Hadschieff
Michael Florian Hadschieff is a former speed skater from Austria.-Biography:At the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Michael Hadschieff participated in all five distances , winning medals in two of those...

7:25.07 13
Werner Jäger
Werner Jäger
Werner Jäger is a former ice speed skater from Austria, who represented his native country at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia-References:*...

7:18.61 8
10,000 m Heinz Steinberger
Heinz Steinberger
Heinz Steinberger is a former ice speed skater from Austria, who represented his native country in two Winter Olympics .-References:*...

15:18.19 19
Werner Jäger
Werner Jäger
Werner Jäger is a former ice speed skater from Austria, who represented his native country at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia-References:*...

15:07.59 12
Michael Hadschieff
Michael Hadschieff
Michael Florian Hadschieff is a former speed skater from Austria.-Biography:At the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Michael Hadschieff participated in all five distances , winning medals in two of those...

14:53.78 5
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