Austria at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Austria competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. 147 competitors, 115 men and 32 women, took part in 79 events in 17 sports.

Athletics

 * 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
 * NR = National record
 * OR = Olympic record
 * N/A = Round not applicable for the event
 * Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
 * NP = Not placed


 * Men
 * Field Events


 * Women
 * Track & road events


 * Women
 * Field events

Cycling
Eight cyclists, all men, represented Austria in 1948.


 * Individual road race
 * Rudi Valenta
 * Hans Goldschmid
 * Siegmund Huber
 * Josef Pohnetal


 * Team road race
 * Rudi Valenta
 * Hans Goldschmid
 * Siegmund Huber
 * Josef Pohnetal


 * Sprint
 * Erich Welt


 * Time trial
 * Walter Freitag


 * Tandem
 * Kurt Nemetz
 * Erich Welt


 * Team pursuit
 * Walter Freitag
 * Hans Goldschmid
 * Josef Pohnetal
 * Heinrich Schiebel

Fencing
Seven fencers, four men and three women, represented Austria in 1948.


 * Men's sabre
 * Hubert Loisel
 * Heinz Putzl
 * Werner Plattner


 * Men's team sabre
 * Werner Plattner, Heinz Putzl, Heinz Lechner, Hubert Loisel


 * Women's foil
 * Ellen Müller-Preis
 * Fritzi Wenisch-Filz
 * Gabriele Zeilinger

Football
Head coach: Eduard Frühwirth

Gymnastics
Women's team all-around
 * Gretchen Hehenberger

Hockey
Head coach:

Rowing
Austria had seven male rowers participate in two out of seven rowing events in 1948.


 * Men's coxless pair
 * Gert Watzke
 * Kurt Watzke


 * Men's coxed four
 * Erwin Bittmann
 * Karl Sitter
 * Franz Frauneder
 * Theodor Obrietan
 * Karl Riedel (cox)

Sailing

 * Open

Shooting
Three shooters represented Austria in 1948.
 * Men

Mixed literature, epic works

 * Hans Breidbach-Bernau