Austria competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Olympic Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1] It was the nation's twenty-eighth appearance at the Summer Olympics.

Austria won seven medals, a significant improvement on their 2016 result, when the country won only a single bronze medal. In women's road race, Anna Kiesenhofer won Austria's first gold medal at the Summer Olympics since 2004.

Equestrian Victoria Max-Theurer withdrew from the Olympics because her horse had a dental problem.

The following is the list of number of competitors from the Austrian delegation participating in the Games:

Austria fielded a squad of two artistic swimmers to compete in the women's duet event, who qualified by winning the gold medal at the 2021 FINA Olympic Qualification Tournament in Barcelona, Spain.

Track & road events

Field events

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Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Lukas Weißhaidinger	Men's discus throw	64.77	5 q	67.07
Victoria Hudson	Women's javelin throw	58.60	21	Did not advance

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Combined events – Women's heptathlon

Austria entered one badminton player into the Olympic tournament. Luka Wraber secured the men's singles spot at the Games based on the BWF Race to Tokyo Rankings.^[2]

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Athlete	Event	Group stage			Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Luka Wraber	Men's singles	Axelsen (DEN) L (12–21, 11–21)	Koljonen (FIN) L (13–21, 17–21)	3	Did not advance

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Austria entered one eventing rider into the Olympic equestrian competition by securing the last of six available slots, outside the group and continental selection, in the individual FEI Olympic rankings. Meanwhile, a composite squad of three dressage riders was formed and thereby added to the Austrian roster by receiving a spare berth freed up by one of two nations, unable to fulfill the NOC Certificate of Capability, based on their individual results in the FEI Olympic rankings at the end of 2019 season.^[5] With Pakistan failing to comply with the minimum eligibility requirements, Austria received an invitation from FEI to send an additional eventing rider to the Games, as the next highest-ranked eligible nation outside of the group and continental selection.^[6]

Austria entered two male golfers and one female golfer into the Olympic tournament. Bernd Wiesberger qualified but chose not to play.^[9]

Austria entered six judoka (two men and four women) into the Olympic tournament based on the International Judo Federation Olympics Individual Ranking.^[11]

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Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Shamil Borchashvili	Men's −81 kg	Bye	Egutidze (POR) W 01–00	Muki (ISR) W 01–00	Boltaboev (UZB) W 01–00	Mollaei (MGL) L 00–10	Bye	Ressel (GER) W 10–00
Stephan Hegyi	Men's +100 kg	—	Riner (FRA) L 00–10	Did not advance
Sabrina Filzmoser	Women's −57 kg	—	Verhagen (NED) L 00–10	Did not advance
Magdalena Krssakova	Women's −63 kg	—	Yang Jx (CHN) W 10–00	Beauchemin-Pinard (CAN) L 00–10	Did not advance
Michaela Polleres	Women's −70 kg	—	Fletcher (IRL) W 01–00	Kim S-y (KOR) W 01–00	Matić (CRO) W 01–00	van Dijke (NED) W 01–00	Bye	Arai (JPN) L 00–01
Bernadette Graf	Women's −78 kg	—	Ma Zz (CHN) W 10–00	Malonga (FRA) W 00–11	Did not advance

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Austria entered one karateka into the inaugural Olympic tournament. Bettina Plank competed in the women's kumite 55 kg, qualifying via World Karate Federation continental representation quotas.^[12]

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Athlete	Event	Group stage					Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Bettina Plank	Women's –55 kg	Miyahara (JPN) L 2–6	Zhangbyrbay (KAZ) W 4–3	Terliuga (UKR) D 0–0	Sayed (EGY) W 3–1	2 Q	Goranova (BUL) L 3–4	Did not advance

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Austria qualified one boat in the women's single sculls for the Games by finishing third in the B-final and securing the last of nine berths available at the 2019 FISA World Championships in Ottensheim, Austria.^[13] Meanwhile, the women's lightweight double sculls crew added one boat for the Austrian roster with a third-place finish at the 2021 European Continental Qualification Regatta in Varese, Italy.^[14]

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Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Magdalena Lobnig	Women's single sculls	7:37.91	1 QF	Bye		7:58.20	1 SA/B	7:25.59	3 FA	7:19.72
Louisa Altenhuber Valentina Cavallar	Women's lightweight double sculls	7:26.22	5 R	7:42.31	4 FC	—		Bye		7:15.25	14

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Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Austrian sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2018 Sailing World Championships, the class-associated Worlds, and the continental regattas.^[15]

On March 6, 2020, the Austrian Olympic Committee announced the first set of sailors to compete at the Enoshima regatta, namely Rio 2016 bronze medalist Tanja Frank and her new partner Lorena Abicht in the women's 49erFX class.^[16]

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Austrian shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, European Championships or Games, and European Qualifying Tournament, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by 31 May 2020.^[17]

Austria entered one skateboarder into the Olympic tournament

Austria entered two sport climbers into the Olympic tournament. Jakob Schubert and Jessica Pilz qualified directly each for the men's and women's combined event, by advancing to the final stage and securing one of the seven provisional berths at the 2019 IFSC World Championships in Hachioji, Japan.^[18][19]

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Athlete	Event	Qualification									Final
		Speed		Boulder		Lead			Total	Rank	Speed		Boulder		Lead			Total	Rank
		Best	Place	Result	Place	Hold	Time	Place			Best	Place	Result	Place	Hold	Time	Place
Jakob Schubert	Men's	6.70	12	1T3z 2 13	7	412+	4:02	1	84.00	4 Q	6.76	7	1T3z 1 7	5	Top	–	1	35
Jessica Pilz	Women's	8.51	11	1T3z 3 5	9	33+	–	2	198.00	6 Q	8.43	6	0T2z 0 10	5	34+	–	3	90	7

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Austrian swimmers further achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):^[20][21]

Men

Women

Austria entered five athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. The women's team secured a berth by advancing to the quarterfinal round of the 2020 World Olympic Qualification Event in Gondomar, Portugal, permitting a maximum of two starters to compete in the women's singles tournament.^[22] Moreover, an additional place was awarded to the Austrian table tennis players competing in the inaugural mixed doubles by virtue of a top six national finish vying for qualification in the ITTF Olympic Rankings.

Two-time Olympian Robert Gardos and Daniel Habesohn were automatically selected among the top seven eligible players in the men's singles based on the ITTF Olympic Rankings of June 1, 2021.^[23]

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Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Robert Gardos	Men's singles	Bye		Drinkhall (GBR) L 1–4	Did not advance
Daniel Habesohn		Bye		Chew (SGP) W 4–1	Freitas (POR) L 3–4	Did not advance
Liu Jia	Women's singles	Zaza (SYR) W 4–0	Gaponova (UKR) W 4–2	Mikhaylova (ROC) W 4–3	Díaz (PUR) W 4–0	Jeon J-h (KOR) L 1–4	Did not advance
Sofia Polcanova		Bye			Batra (IND) W 4–0	Ishikawa (JPN) L 0–4	Did not advance
Liu Jia Liu Yuan Sofia Polcanova	Women's team	—				China (CHN) L 0–3	Did not advance
Stefan Fegerl Sofia Polcanova	Mixed doubles	—				Mizutani / Ito (JPN) L 1–4	Did not advance

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Individual

Austrian weightlifters qualified for two quota places at the games, based on the Tokyo 2020 Rankings Qualification List of 11 June 2021.^[24][25]

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