Austria participated in the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo ( Japan ) for the eleventh time in its history, and won two silver, one gold and two bronze medals. The national team consisted of 40 athletes (29 men, 11 women).
| Austria at the Olympics | ||||
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| IOC Code | AUT | |||
| NOC | Austrian Olympic Committee Official site | |||
| Sapporo Winter Olympics | ||||
| Athletes | 40 in 8 sports | |||
| Standard bearer | Manfred Schmid | |||
| Medals Place 9 | Gold one | Silver 2 | Bronze 2 | Total five |
| Participation in the Summer Olympics | ||||
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| Participation in the Winter Olympics | ||||
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 Austria at the 1972 Sapporo Olympics  | ||||
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| Medals | Athletes | Kind of sport | Discipline | |
 Gold | Beatrice Fur Coat |  Figure skating | women | |
 Silver | Annemarie Moser Prel |  Skiing | Downhill , women | |
| Silver | Annemarie Moser Prel | Skiing | Giant Slalom Women | |
 Bronze | Viltrud Drexel | Skiing | Giant Slalom Women | |
| Bronze | Heinrich Messner | Skiing | Downhill , menn | |
Austria Olympic Team Composition and Results
Bobsleigh
- Athletes - 8
- Men
| Competition | Athletes | 1 race | 2 race | 3 race | 4 race | Summary result | Summary a place | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | A place | Result | A place | Result | A place | Result | A place | ||||
| Deuces | Herbert Gruber Joseph Oberhauser | 1: 16.48 | 6 | 1: 16.34 | five | 1: 14.44 | 9 | 1: 14.34 | 6 | 5: 01.60 | eight |
| Werner Delle Karz Fritz Sperling | 1: 16.99 | ten | 1: 17.91 | 18 | 1: 15.84 | 20 | 1: 14.61 | eight | 5: 05.35 | 13 | |
| Fours | Herbert Gruber Uz Khvalla Joseph Eder Joseph Oberhauser | 1: 11.20 | four | 1: 12.46 | ten | 1: 11.11 | eight | 1: 11.00 | five | 4: 45.77 | 6 |
| Werner Delle Karz Werner Moser Walter Delle Carz Fritz Sperling | 1: 11.58 | eight | 1: 12.46 | ten | 1: 11.16 | ten | 1: 11.46 | ten | 4: 46.66 | 7 | |