Austria at the 2006 Winter Olympics

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

Austria at the 2006 Winter Olympics
IOC code	AUT
NOC	Austrian Olympic Committee
Website	www.oeoc.at (in German)
in Turin
Competitors	73 (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)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

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. "Torino 2006: Six Austrian Athletes Declared Permanently Ineligible". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 21 February 2009.

• "Yahoo! Sports – 2006 Winter Olympics – Austria". Archived from the original on 2007-03-12. Retrieved 2006-02-05.