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Austria at the
1932 Winter Olympics
IOC codeAUT
NOC Austrian Olympic Committee
Website www.oeoc.at (in German)
in Lake Placid
Competitors7 (6 men, 1 woman) in 5 sports
Flag bearer Harald Paumgarten [1]
Medals
Ranked 6th
Gold
1
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
2
Winter Olympics appearances ( overview)

Austria competed at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States, February 4 to February 15. The team was composed of 7 athletes, consisting of 6 men and 1 women.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Karl Schäfer Figure skating Men's singles
 Silver Fritzi Burger Figure skating Women's singles

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 Hugo Weinstengl
Johann Baptist Gudenus
Two-man 2:23.83 12 2:21.82 12 2:16.19 12 2:14.58 12 9:16.42 12

Cross-country skiing

Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
18 km Gregor Höll 1'55:18 41
Harald Paumgarten 1'41:20 29
Harald Bosio 1'38:23 21

Figure skating

Men
Athlete Event CF FS Places Points Final rank
Karl Schäfer Men's singles 1 1 9 2602.0 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event CF FS Places Points Final rank
Fritzi Burger Women's singles 2 2 18 2167.1 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Nordic combined

Events:

  • 18 km cross-country skiing
  • normal hill ski jumping

The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event of cross-country skiing. Those results can be found above in this article in the cross-country skiing section. Some athletes (but not all) entered in both the cross-country skiing and Nordic combined event, their time on the 18 km was used for both events.

The ski jumping (normal hill) event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found in the table below.

Athlete Event Cross-country Ski Jumping Total
Time Points Rank Distance 1 Distance 2 Total points Rank Points Rank
Gregor Höll Individual 1'55:18 114.00 28 55.0 (fall) 57.0 (fall) 71.0 33 185.00 33
Harald Paumgarten 1'41:20 172.50 15 38.5 45.0 169.7 25 342.20 18
Harald Bosio 1'38:23 186.00 10 49.5 (fall) 49.5 112.7 30 298.70 29

Ski jumping

Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Rank Distance Points Rank Points Rank
Harald Bosio Normal hill 68.0 29.0 (fall) 34 DNF DNF
Harald Paumgarten 42.5 80.7 28 46.5 82.7 27 163.4 25

References

  1. ^ "Flagbearers for Austria". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 20 December 2023.

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