Austria at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

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Austria competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September.

Websitewww.oepc.at (in German)
Competitors24 (17 men and 7 women) in 11 sports
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Austria at the
2024 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeAUT
NPCAustrian Paralympic Committee
Websitewww.oepc.at (in German)
in Paris, France
28 August 2024 (2024-08-28) – 8 September 2024 (2024-09-08)
Competitors24 (17 men and 7 women) in 11 sports
Flag bearers Henriett Koósz
Pepo Puch
Medals
Ranked 69th
Gold
0
Silver
3
Bronze
1
Total
4
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Medalists

The following Austrian competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.

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Multiple Medallists

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Multiple medallists
Name Sport 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
Thomas Frühwirth Cycling 0 2 0 2
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Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

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Sport Men Women Total
Archery 101
Athletics 213
Badminton 011
Cycling 426
Equestrian 213
Paracanoeing 101
Paratriathlon 101
Shooting 101
Swimming 213
Table tennis 101
Wheelchair tennis 202
Total17623
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Archery

For the first time in Paralympics Games, Austria secured a quota place in the men's compound, event by virtue of the nations result at the 2024 World Qualification Tournament in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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Athlete Event Ranking Round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Score Seed Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Michael Meier Men's individual compound 691 13  Charao (BRA)
W 142–135
 Tremblay (CAN)
L 139–140
Did not advance
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Athletics

Austrian track and field athletes achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2023 World Championships, 2024 World Championships, or through high performance allocation, as long as they meet the minimum entry standard (MES).

Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • DQ = Disqualified
  • PR = Paralympic Record
  • AR = Area (or continental) Record
  • NR = National Record
  • SB = Season's Best
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Field events
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Athlete Event Final
Distance Position
Georg Schober Men's shot put F63 12.56 8
Bil Marinkovic Men's discus throw F11 38.14 6
Natalija Eder Women's javelin throw F13 37.22 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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Badminton

Austria has qualified one para badminton player for the following events, through the release of BWF para-badminton Race to Paris Paralympic Ranking.

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Athlete Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Henriett Koósz Women's singles WH1  To (BEL)
L 0–2
 Kwon (KOR)
L 0–2
N/a 3 Did not advance
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Cycling

Austria entered two para-cyclists (one in each gender) after finished the top eligible nation's at the 2022 UCI Nation's ranking allocation ranking.[1]

Road

Men
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Women
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Track

Men
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Athlete Event Qualification Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Franz-Josef Lässer Men's 1000 m C4-5 1:06.463 12 Did not advance
Men's pursuit C5 4:21.084 4 QB Final bronze medal
 Gordon (USA)
L4:25.009-4:18.880
4
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Equestrian

Austria entered a full squad of four para-equestrians into the Paralympic equestrian competition, as one of the top two teams, not yet qualified, through final world para dressage rankings.

Individual
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Athlete Horse Event Total
Score Rank
Pepo Puch Sailor's Blue Individual championship test grade II 72.793 5
Individual freestyle test grade II 74.127 5
Julia Sciancalepore Heinrich IV Individual championship test grade I 68.917 10
Individual freestyle test grade I Did not advance
Thomas Haller Espalion Individual championship test grade III 63.733 11
Individual freestyle test grade III Did not advance
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Team
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Athlete Horse Event Individual score Total
TT Score Rank
Pepo Puch See above Team 74.100 209.125 9
Julia Sciancalepore 71.458
Thomas Haller 63.567
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Paracanoeing

Austria earned quota places for the following events through the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Germany.

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Athlete Event Heats Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Markus Swoboda Men's KL2 43.87 2 SF 43.41 1 FA 42.63 4
Men's VL3 53.49 6 SF 50.79 2 FA
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Paratriathlon

Austria have qualified one quota for the paratriathlon via world rankings.

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Athlete Event Swim Trans 1 Bike Trans 2 Run Total time Rank
Florian Brungraber Men's PTWC 14:15 1:14 31:49 0:51 11:16 59:25 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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Shooting

Mixed
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Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Josef Pacher R5 Mixed 10 metre air rifle prone SH2 631.8 23 Did not advance
R9 Mixed 50 metre rifle prone SH2 615.5 20 Did not advance
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Swimming

Men
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Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Andreas Onea Men's 100 m breaststroke SB8 1:13.71 12 Did not advance
Men's 200 m individual medley SM8 2:31.29 9 Did not advance
Andreas Ernhofer Men's 50 m freestyle S4 42.44 10 Did not advance
Men's 200 m freestyle S4 3:30.89 12 Did not advance
Men's 50 m backstroke S4 48.35 10 Did not advance
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Women
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Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Janina Falk Women's 100 m breaststroke SB14 1:23.65 11 Did not advance
Women's 100 m butterfly S14 1:11.67 13 Did not advance
Women's 200 m individual medley SM14 2:37.70 10 Did not advance
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Table tennis

Austria entered one athletes for the Paralympic games. Krisztian Gardos qualified for the games through the allocations of the final ITTF world ranking.

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Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Krisztian Gardos Men's individual C10  Massad (BRA)
L 1–3
Did not advance
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Wheelchair tennis

Men
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Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
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Score
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Score
Rank
Josef Riegler Men's singles  Dharmasena (SRI)
L 1–6, 3–6
Did not advance
Nico Langmann  Hang (KOR)
W 6–2, 0–6, 6–2
 Scheffers (NED)
L 4–6, 1–6
Did not advance
Josef Riegler
Nico Langmann
Men's doubles N/a Bye  Hang /
Im (KOR)
L 2–6, 0–6
Did not advance
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