Austria at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Austria competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden (equestrian events). 29 competitors, 24 men and 5 women, took part in 33 events in 11 sports.

Athletics
Men's marathon
 * Adolf Gruber &mdash; 2:46:20 (→ 23rd place)

Cycling
Men's 1.000m Time Trial
 * Kurt Schein &mdash; 1:13.1 (→ 11th place)

Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit
 * Rudolf Maresch Franz Wimmer Kurt Schein Walter Bortel &mdash; 10th place

Men's Individual Road Race
 * Franz Wimmer &mdash; 5:27:28 (→ 30th place)
 * Walter Bortel &mdash; did not finish (→ no ranking)
 * Kurt Schein &mdash; did not finish (→ no ranking)
 * Rudolf Maresch &mdash; did not finish (→ no ranking)

Cycling
Four male cyclists represented Austria in 1956.


 * Individual road race
 * Franz Wimmer
 * Walter Bortel
 * Rudolf Maresch
 * Kurt Schein


 * Team road race
 * Franz Wimmer
 * Walter Bortel
 * Rudolf Maresch
 * Kurt Schein


 * Time trial
 * Kurt Schein


 * Team pursuit
 * Franz Wimmer
 * Walter Bortel
 * Rudolf Maresch
 * Kurt Schein

Diving
Women's 10m platform
 * Eva Pfarrhofer
 * Preliminary Round &mdash; 46.02 (→ did not advance, 13th place)

Fencing
One fencer represented Austria in 1956.


 * Women's foil
 * Ellen Müller-Preis

Rowing
Austria had four male rowers participate in three out of seven rowing events in 1956.


 * Men's single sculls
 * Ferdinand Rabeder


 * Men's coxless pair
 * Alfred Sageder
 * Josef Kloimstein


 * Men's coxed pair
 * Josef Kloimstein
 * Alfred Sageder
 * Franz König

Sailing

 * Open