Austria at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Austria at the; 1908 Summer Olympics
IOC code	AUT
NOC	Austrian Olympic Committee
Website	www.oeoc.at (in German)
in London
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1896; 1900; 1904; 1908; 1912; 1920; 1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020;
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

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
Men's marathon	—	Felix Kwieton	None held		Did not start

Men's 10 mile walk	15th	Emmerich Rath	None held	1:30:33.8 8th, semifinal 2	Did not advance

Fencing

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

Event	Place	Fencer	First round	Second round	Semi- final

Men's sabre	Second round	Siegfried Flesch	5-0 (1st in A)	1-3 (3rd in 6)	Did not advance

Swimming

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

Event	Place	Name	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarter- finals	Semi- finals

Men's singles	16th	Arthur Zborzil	Bye	Lost to Bissing	Did not advance
	26th	Rolf Kinzl	Lost to Eaves	Did not advance
	26th	Felix Pipes	Lost to Kreuzer	Did not advance

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.

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