Austria at the 1912 Summer Olympics

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Austria at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm

Austria sent 85 competitors (76 men and 6 women) to take part in 12 sports. They finished with 4 medals (0 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze), ranking 17th overall.

Medalists
- Silver: Men’s sabre team fencing (Austria’s best fencing result to date; Otto Herschmann earned his second silver medal)
- Silver: Outdoor doubles tennis (Pipes and Zborzil)
- Bronze: Women’s swimming relay
- Bronze: Foil, individual (Richard Verderber)

Sport highlights
- Swimming: Eight Austrian swimmers; bronze in the women’s relay; no Austrian swimmer reached finals in individual events; two reached semifinals. The team had won exactly one swimming bronze in each of the last three Olympics.
- Water polo: Debut for Austria; the team reached the final but did not medal after losses to Great Britain and subsequent rounds.
- Athletics: Twelve competitors; Hans Tronner finished fifth in the discus, Austria’s best athletics result that year.
- Cycling: Six cyclists; Robert Rammer finished 23rd in the time trial; the Austrian cycling team finished seventh.
- Diving: One diver (Hanny Kellner) did not finish.
- Fencing: Twelve fencers; the sabre team won silver, giving Austria its best fencing result to date; Richard Verderber won bronze in the foil (individual); Otto Herschmann earned a second silver medal.
- Pentathlon: One Austrian competitor.
- Rowing: Six rowers; this was Austria’s first Olympic appearance in rowing; neither boat advanced from the heats.
- Shooting: Seven shooters; first time Austria competed in shooting.
- Tennis: Three players; pipes and Zborzil also earned silver in outdoor doubles (as noted above).
- Wrestling: Eight wrestlers; debut for Austria in wrestling; none advanced beyond the fourth round.