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Austria at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeAUT
NPC Austrian Paralympic Committee
Website www.oepc.at (in German)
in Tokyo
Competitors25 in 8 sports
Medals
Gold
1
Silver
5
Bronze
3
Total
9
Summer Paralympics appearances ( overview)

Austria competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021. [1] [2] [3]

Medalists

Main article: 2020 Summer Paralympics medal table
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Walter Ablinger Cycling Men's road time trial H4 31 August
 Silver Pepo Puch Equestrian Individual championship test grade II 26 August
 Silver Florian Brungraber Paratriathlon Men's PTWC 29 August
 Silver Pepo Puch Equestrian Individual freestyle test grade II 30 August
 Silver Thomas Frühwirth Cycling Men's road time trial H4 31 August
 Silver Thomas Frühwirth Cycling Men's road race H4 1 September
 Bronze Alexander Gritsch Cycling Men's road time trial H4 31 August
 Bronze Alexander Gritsch Cycling Men's road race H4 1 September
 Bronze Walter Ablinger Cycling Men's road race H4 1 September

Competitors

Source: [4]

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 2 1 3
Canoeing 1 0 1
Cycling 4 2 6
Equestrian 2 2 4
Swimming 2 1 3
Table Tennis 1 0 1
Triathlon 2 0 2
Wheelchair Tennis 4 0 4
Total 18 7 25

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Men's track
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Thomas Geierspichler 400m T52 1:04.22 5 q 1:02.68 6
1500m T52 — 3:54.77 4
Men's field
Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Bil Marinkovic Discus throw F11 33.45 5
Women's field
Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Natalija Eder Javelin throw F13 37.92 4
Shot put F12 11.45 7

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Walter Ablinger, Ernst Bachmaier, Elisabeth Egger, Alexander Gritsch, Yvonne Marzinke have all qualified to compete. [5] [6]

Road

Men's road
Athlete Event Time Rank
Walter Ablinger Road race H3 2:35:06 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Time trial H3 43:39.17 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Ernst Bachmaier Road race H1–2 did not start
Time trial H1 did not finish
Thomas Frühwirth Road race H4 2:20:56 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Time trial H4 38:30.61 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Alexander Gritsch Road race H4 2:22:38 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Time trial H4 39:58.93 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Women's road
Athlete Event Time Rank
Elisabeth Egger Road race H1–4 did not finish
Time trial H1–3 46:02.84 10
Yvonne Marzinke Road race C1–3 1:25:42 14
Time trial C1–3 30:35.19 13

Track

Women's track
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Time Rank Opposition
Time 		Rank
Yvonne Marzinke Individual pursuit C1–3 4:29.147 13 did not advance
Time trial C1–3 — 42.023 8

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Austria sent four riders after qualified including: Bernd Brugger, Pepo Puch, Julia Sciancalepore and Valentina Strobl.

Athlete Horse Event Score Rank
Bernd Brugger Bellagio 4 Individual championship test grade IV 66.903 11
Pepo Puch Sailor's Blue Individual championship test grade II 73.441 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Individual freestyle test grade II 81.007 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Julia Sciancalepore Sciancalepore Individual championship test grade I 70.571 7
Valentina Strobl Bequina Simba Individual championship test grade V 64.381 13
Bernd Brugger
Pepo Puch
Julia Sciancelapore
Valentina Strobl 		See above Team 213.502 9

Paracanoeing

Main article: Paracanoeing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Markus Swoboda has qualified to compete.

Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Markus Swoboda Men's KL2 49.465 7 42.697 2 FA 43.090 5
Men's VL3 DSQ Did not advance

Paratriathlon

Main article: Paratriathlon at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Florian Brungraber and former sprinter Günther Matzinger have qualified to compete.

Athlete Event Swim Trans 1 Bike Trans 2 Run Total Time Rank
Florian Brungraber Men's PTWC 13:35 1:23 41:59 0:54 12:04 59:55 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Günther Matzinger Men's PTS5 12:21 1:08 21:05 0:48 17:31 1:02:53 9

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Andreas Ernhofer, Janina Falk, Andreas Onea have qualified to compete. [7]

Men
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Andreas Ernhofer 50m freestyle S4 45.10 15 did not advance
100m freestyle S4 1:38.49 11 did not advance
200m freestyle S4 3:39.44 14 did not advance
50m backstroke S4 50.18 12 did not advance
50m breaststroke SB3 54.18 7 Q 55.00 8
150m individual medley SM4 2:51.58 10 did not advance
Andreas Onea 100m breaststroke SB8 1:13.90 10 did not advance
100m butterfly S8 1:09.52 15 did not advance
200m individual medley SM8 2:31.03 9 did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Janina Falk 200m freestyle S14 2:20.39 10 did not advance
100m backstroke S14 1:19.44 14 did not advance
100m breaststroke SB14 1:28.68 14 did not advance
100m butterfly S14 1:13.62 14 did not advance
200m individual medley SM14 2:37.51 9 did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Austria entered one athletes into the table tennis competition at the games. Krisztian Gardos qualified via World Ranking allocation. [8]

Men
Athlete Event Group Stage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Krisztian Gardos Individual C10   Cogill ( RSA)
W 11–5, 11–9, 11-7 		  Bohéas ( FRA)
L 13–11, 11–13, 4–11, 3-11 		  Carbinatti Junior ( BRA)
W 6–11, 11–9, 11–5, 11-9 		2 Q   Radovic ( MNE)
L 8–11, 8–11, 14–12, 8-11 		did not advance

Wheelchair tennis

Main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Austria qualified four player entries for wheelchair tennis. Three players qualified through the world rankings, and the other qualified under the bipartite commission invitation allocation quota.

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Thomas Flax Men's singles   Maripa ( RSA)
L 2–6, 0-6 		did not advance
Nico Langmann   Vandorpe ( BEL)
L 4–6, 1-6 		did not advance
Martin Legner   Ji ( CHN)
L 1–6, 0-6 		did not advance
Josef Riegler   Spaargaren ( NED)
L 0–6, 0-6 		did not advance

See also

References

  1. ^ "Paralympic Competition Schedule". tokyo2020.org. 16 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics: New dates confirmed for 2021". BBC Sport. 30 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Paralympic Team Austria confirmed (in German)". Austrian Paralympic Committee. 19 July 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-07-28.
  4. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20210823120414/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/all-sports/npc-entries-austria.htm. Archived from the original on 2021-08-23. {{ cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= ( help)
  5. ^ "2020 Paralympic Games Qualification System - UCI Nations Ranking Allocation" (PDF). uci.org. 19 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Qualification Guide - Appendix 1 UCI Para-cycling Road and Track Combined Nations Ranking" (PDF). uci.org. 19 July 2019.
  7. ^ "Calculation of Swimming Slots for Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 24 April 2020.
  8. ^ "2019 Para Table Tennis Calendar". International Table Tennis Federation. 16 March 2019.
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