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Austria at the
2006 Winter Olympics
IOC codeAUT
NOC Austrian Olympic Committee
Website www.oeoc.at (in German)
in Turin
Competitors73 (55 men, 18 women) in 12 sports
Flag bearer Renate Götschl (opening) [1] [2]
Medals
Ranked 3rd
Gold
9
Silver
7
Bronze
7
Total
23
Winter Olympics appearances ( overview)

Austria competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Michaela Dorfmeister Alpine skiing Women's downhill 15 February
 Gold Andreas Linger
Wolfgang Linger		 Luge Doubles 15 February
 Gold Christoph Bieler
Felix Gottwald
Michael Gruber
Mario Stecher		 Nordic combined Team 16 February
 Gold Thomas Morgenstern Ski jumping Large hill 18 February
 Gold Michaela Dorfmeister Alpine skiing Women's super-G 20 February
 Gold Andreas Kofler
Martin Koch
Thomas Morgenstern
Andreas Widhölzl		 Ski jumping Team 20 February
 Gold Benjamin Raich Alpine skiing Men's giant slalom 20 February
 Gold Felix Gottwald Nordic combined Sprint 21 February
 Gold Benjamin Raich Alpine skiing Men's slalom 25 February
 Silver Felix Gottwald Nordic combined Men's individual 11 February
 Silver Michael Walchhofer Alpine skiing Men's downhill 12 February
 Silver Hermann Maier Alpine skiing Men's super-G 18 February
 Silver Marlies Schild Alpine skiing Women's combined 18 February
 Silver Andreas Kofler Ski jumping Large hill 18 February
 Silver Nicole Hosp Alpine skiing Women's slalom 22 February
 Silver Reinfried Herbst Alpine skiing Men's slalom 25 February
 Bronze Rainer Schönfelder Alpine skiing Men's combined 14 February
 Bronze Hermann Maier Alpine skiing Men's giant slalom 20 February
 Bronze Alexandra Meissnitzer Alpine skiing Women's super-G 20 February
 Bronze Marlies Schild Alpine skiing Women's slalom 22 February
 Bronze Siegfried Grabner Snowboarding Men's parallel giant slalom 22 February
 Bronze Rainer Schönfelder Alpine skiing Men's slalom 25 February
 Bronze Mikhail Botwinov Cross-country skiing Men's 50 km freestyle 26 February

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Men's
Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total Rank
Stephan Görgl Giant slalom 1:17.15 did not finish
Christoph Gruber Super-G n/a 1:32.00 19
Reinfried Herbst Slalom 53.55 50.42 n/a 1:43.97
Klaus Kröll Downhill n/a 1:50.91 22
Mario Matt Slalom did not finish
Combined 1:41.08 45.60 1:02.10 3:28.78 43
Hermann Maier Downhill n/a 1:50.00 6
Super-G n/a 1:30.78
Giant slalom 1:16.83 1:18.33 n/a 2:35.16
Benjamin Raich Super-G n/a 1:32.05 21
Giant slalom 1:16.95 1:18.05 n/a 2:35.00
Slalom 53.37 49.77 n/a 1:43.14
Combined 1:40.42 44.23 did not finish
Hannes Reichelt Super-G n/a 1:31.39 10
Rainer Schönfelder Giant slalom 1:17.49 1:19.15 n/a 2:36.64 8
Slalom 54.03 50.12 n/a 1:44.15
Combined 1:40.02 45.67 44.98 3:10.67
Fritz Strobl Downhill n/a 1:50.12 8
Michael Walchhofer Downhill n/a 1:49.52
Combined 1:39.52 did not finish
Women's
Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total Rank
Michaela Dorfmeister Downhill n/a 1:56.49
Super-G n/a 1:32.47
Andrea Fischbacher Super-G n/a 1:33.97 13
Elisabeth Görgl Downhill n/a did not finish
Renate Götschl Downhill n/a 1:57.20 4
Super-G n/a 1:34.83 26
Nicole Hosp Giant slalom 1:01.26 1:09.40 n/a 2:10.66 4
Slalom 42.83 46.50 n/a 1:29.33
Combined 38.75 43.32 1:31.14 2:53.21 5
Michaela Kirchgasser Giant slalom 1:02.22 did not finish
Slalom 42.97 47.31 n/a 1:30.28 5
Combined 38.99 43.47 1:31.02 2:53.48 6
Alexandra Meissnitzer Downhill n/a 1:57.78 8
Super-G n/a 1:33.06
Marlies Schild Giant slalom 1:02.68 1:10.59 n/a 2:13.27 17
Slalom 43.09 46.70 n/a 1:29.79
Combined 38.39 42.83 1:30.36 2:51.58
Kathrin Zettel Giant slalom 1:01.95 1:09.40 n/a 2:11.35 7
Slalom disqualified
Combined 38.77 42.98 1:30.66 2:52.41 4

Note: In the men's combined, run 1 is the downhill, and runs 2 and 3 are the slalom. In the women's combined, run 1 and 2 are the slalom, and run 3 the downhill.

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Both Wolfgang Perner and Wolfgang Rottmann had their results annulled and declared permanently ineligible after violations of the IOC Anti-doping Rules. [3]

Athlete Event Final
Time Misses Rank
Ludwig Gredler Men's sprint 29:17.6 4 53
Men's pursuit 40:57.55 10 45
Men's individual 59:55.1 3 41
Daniel Mesotitsch Men's individual 1:01:59.7 5 59
Wolfgang Perner Men's sprint disqualified
Men's pursuit disqualified
Men's individual disqualified
Friedrich Pinter Men's individual 58:25.7 1 26
Wolfgang Rottmann Men's sprint disqualified
Men's pursuit disqualified
Christoph Sumann Men's sprint 27:43.2 2 15
Men's pursuit 36:39.70 2 7
Men's mass start 48:17.4 2 9
Ludwig Gredler
Daniel Mesotitsch
Friedrich Pinter
Christoph Sumann 		Men's relay 1:28:26.4 12 17

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total Rank
Wolfgang Stampfer
Klaus Seelos 		Two-man 55.92 55.94 56.57 56.90 3:45.33 10
Jürgen Loacker
Gerhard Köhler 		Two-man 56.29 56.22 57.07 57.69 3:47.27 13
Wolfgang Stampfer
Klaus Seelos
Jürgen Loacker
Hans Peter Welz 		Four-man 55.77 55.83 55.73 55.53 3:42.86 13

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Four cross-country skiers, Roland Diethart, Johannes Eder, Jürgen Pinter and Martin Tauber were permanently barred by the IOC for violations of the Anti-Doping Code, and their results were annulled. [3]

Distance
Athlete Event Final
Total Rank
Mikhail Botwinov Men's 30 km pursuit 1:17:08.5 7
Men's 50 km freestyle 2:06:12.7
Martin Tauber Men's 15 km classical Disqualified
Men's 30 km pursuit Disqualified
Martin Tauber
Jürgen Pinter
Roland Diethart
Johannes Eder 		Men's 4 x 10 km relay Disqualified
Sprint
Athlete Event Qualifying Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Total Rank Total Rank Total Rank Total Rank
Martin Stockinger Men's sprint 2:20.18 25 Q 2:27.1 4 Did not advance 20
Harald Wurm Men's sprint 2:20.11 24 Q 2:23.4 5 Did not advance 24
Johannes Eder
Jürgen Pinter 		Men's team sprint Disqualified

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event CD SP/OD FS/FD Total
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Viktor Pfeifer Men's n/a 62.17 17 Q 101.70 23 163.87 22

Key: CD = Compulsory Dance, FD = Free Dance, FS = Free Skate, OD = Original Dance, SP = Short Program

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Qualifying Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Margarita Marbler Women's moguls 24.15 6 Q 20.79 17

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total Rank
Veronika Halder Women's singles 47.426 47.137 47.246 47.278 3:09.087 5
Markus Kleinheinz Men's singles 52.140 51.767 51.841 51.839 3:27.587 9
Sonja Manzenreiter Women's singles 47.308 47.200 did not finish
Rainer Margreiter Men's singles 52.200 51.880 52.234 51.800 3:28.114 12
Daniel Pfister Men's singles 52.317 52.103 52.058 51.882 3:28.360 13
Nina Reithmayer Women's singles 47.485 47.532 47.333 47.223 3:09.573 8
Andreas Linger
Wolfgang Linger 		Doubles 47.028 47.469 n/a 1:34.497
Markus Schiegl
Tobias Schiegl 		Doubles 47.108 47.843 n/a 1:34.951 4

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Ski jumping Cross-country
Points Rank Deficit Time Rank
Christoph Bieler Sprint 115.8 8 0:40 19:44.0
+1:15.0 		23
Individual Gundersen 251.0 5 0:46 41:51.3
+2:06.7 		13
Felix Gottwald Sprint 112.1 12 0:54 18:29.0
Individual Gundersen 234.5 11 1:52 39:54.4
+0:09.8
Michael Gruber Sprint 116.9 6 0:35 19:23.3
+0:54.3 		13
Individual Gundersen 248.5 7 0:56 41:47.9
+2:03.3 		12
Mario Stecher Sprint 108.9 15 1:07 19:30.3
+1:01.3 		14
Individual Gundersen 223.0 17 2:38 42:59.2
+3:14.6 		19
Christoph Bieler
Felix Gottwald
Michael Gruber
Mario Stecher 		Team 903.2 2 0:10 49:52.6

Note: 'Deficit' refers to the amount of time behind the leader a competitor began the cross-country portion of the event. Italicized numbers show the final deficit from the winner's finishing time.

Skeleton

Main article: Skeleton at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Total Rank
Markus Penz Men's 59.55 59.51 1:59.06 16
Martin Rettl Men's 59.23 59.53 1:58.76 13

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Qualifying First round Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Total Rank
Martin Koch Normal hill 123.0 9 Q 118.0 24 Q 111.5 229.5 23
Large hill 100.8 8 Q 94.8 32 did not advance 32
Andreas Kofler Normal hill 134.5 1 PQ 127.0 11 Q 130.5 257.5 11
Large hill 133.8 3 PQ 135.7 1 Q 141.1 276.8
Thomas Morgenstern Normal hill 117.0 13 PQ 134.5 2 Q 125.0 259.5 9
Large hill 136.8 1 PQ 131.4 2 Q 145.5 276.9
Andreas Widhölzl Normal hill 129.0 6 PQ 120.5 20 Q 123.5 244.0 13
Large hill 99.9 15 PQ 109.9 12 Q 100.2 210.1 21
Martin Koch
Andreas Kofler
Thomas Morgenstern
Andreas Widhölzl 		Team n/a 472.6 1 Q 511.4 984.0

Note: PQ indicates a skier was pre-qualified for the final, based on entry rankings.

Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Parallel GS
Men
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Time Rank Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time 		Rank
Siegfried Grabner Parallel giant slalom 1:10.65 6 Q   Richardsson ( SWE) (11)
W -1.44 (-0.37 -1.07) 		  Inniger ( SUI) (3)
W -0.61 (-1.35 +0.74) 		  Schoch ( SUI) (2)
L +0.34 (+0.42 -0.08) 		Bronze final
  Bozzetto ( FRA) (13)
W DNF (DNF +0.41)
Alexander Maier Parallel giant slalom disqualified
Andreas Prommegger Parallel giant slalom 1:10.35 4 Q   Bozzetto ( FRA) (13)
L +0.54 (+0.48 +0.06) 		did not advance 9
Harald Walder Parallel giant slalom 1:12.11 14 Q   Inniger ( SUI) (14)
L +0.66 (+0.25 +0.41) 		did not advance 14
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Time Rank Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time 		Rank
Doris Günther Parallel giant slalom 1:21.49 8 Q   Takeuchi ( JPN) (9)
W -0.24 (-0.10 -0.14) 		  Tudigescheva ( RUS) (1)
W -0.66 (-0.97 +0.31) 		  Kober ( GER) (5)
L +3.76 (+1.50 +2.26) 		Bronze final
  Fletcher ( USA) (13)
L +0.69 (+1.50 -0.81) 		4
Doresia Krings Parallel giant slalom 1:22.02 11 Q   Meuli ( SUI) (6)
L +1.00 (+0.24 +0.76) 		did not advance 11
Heidi Krings Parallel giant slalom 1:21.79 10 Q   Bruhin ( SUI) (7)
L +2.06 (+0.06 +2.00) 		did not advance 10
Manuela Riegler Parallel giant slalom 1:31.72 28 did not advance 28

Key: '+ Time' represents a deficit; the brackets indicate the results of each run.

Snowboard cross
Athlete Event Qualifying 1/8 finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Time Rank Position Position Position Position Rank
Mario Fuchs Men's snowboard cross 1:22.60 26 Q 3 did not advance 30
Lukas Grüner Men's snowboard cross 1:21.28 11 Q 4 did not advance 19
Doris Günther Women's snowboard cross 1:32.58 16 Q n/a 4 did not advance Classification 13–16
2 		14
Dieter Krassnig Men's snowboard cross 1:21.00 6 Q 1 Q 2 Q 4 Small final
4 		8
Doresia Krings Women's snowboard cross 1:30.90 n/a n/a 4 did not advance Classification 13–16
1 		13
Hans Jörg Unterrainer Men's snowboard cross 1:22.10 17 Q 1 Q 4 did not advance Classification 13–16
3 		17

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Race 1 Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Anna Rokita Women's 1500 m n/a 2:20.19 27
Women's 3000 m n/a 4:12.87 16
Women's 5000 m n/a 7:16.75 12

References

  1. ^ "Flagbearers for the Opening Ceremony". Retrieved 22 February 2009.
  2. ^ "Flagbearers for the Closing Ceremony". Retrieved 22 February 2009.
  3. ^ a b "Torino 2006: Six Austrian Athletes Declared Permanently Ineligible". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 21 February 2009.
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