Austria at the 2020 Summer Olympics
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. 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.
Medalists
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors from the Austrian delegation participating in the Games:| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Artistic swimming | 2 | 2 | |
| Athletics | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Badminton | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Canoeing | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Cycling | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| Equestrian | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Golf | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Gymnastics | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Judo | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Karate | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Modern pentathlon | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Rowing | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Sailing | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Shooting | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Skateboarding | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Sport climbing | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Swimming | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Table tennis | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Tennis | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Triathlon | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Weightlifting | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | 36 | 39 | 75 |
Artistic swimming
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.Athletics
;Track & road events;Field events
;Combined events – Women's heptathlon
| Athlete | Event | 200 m | 800 m | Total | Rank | |||||
| Ivona Dadic | Result | 13.61 | 1.83 =PB | 14.10 SB | 24.33 SB | 6.11 SB | 48.40 SB | 2:15.10 SB | 6403 SB | 8 |
| Ivona Dadic | Points | 1034 | 1016 | 801 | 949 | 883 | 829 | 891 | 6403 SB | 8 |
| Verena Preiner | Result | 13.65 | 1.77 =SB | 13.59 | 24.55 SB | 6.12 | 44.95 | 2:07.92 | 6310 SB | 11 |
| Verena Preiner | Points | 1028 | 941 | 767 | 929 | 887 | 763 | 995 | 6310 SB | 11 |
Badminton
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.Canoeing
Slalom
Austrian canoeists qualified one boat for each of the following classes through the 2019 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain.Cycling
Road
Austria sent a delegation of four riders to compete in their respective Olympic road races, by virtue of their top 50 national finish and her top 100 individual finish in the UCI World Ranking.| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Patrick Konrad | Men's road race | 6:09:04 | 18 |
| Patrick Konrad | Men's time trial | 1:02:05.08 | 31 |
| Gregor Mühlberger | Men's road race | 6:21:46 | 70 |
| Hermann Pernsteiner | Men's road race | 6:13:17 | 30 |
| Anna Kiesenhofer | Women's road race | 3:52:45 |
Track
Following the completion of the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Austrian riders accumulated spots in the men's omnium and madison based on their country's results in the final UCI Olympic rankings.;Omnium
;Madison
| Athlete | Event | Points | Laps | Rank |
| Andreas Graf Andreas Müller | Men's madison | 20 | =12 |
Mountain biking
Austrian mountain bikers qualified for one men's and one women's quota place each into the Olympic cross-country race, as a result of the nation's ninth-place-finish for men and fifteenth for women, respectively, in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of 16 May 2021.Equestrian
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. 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.Dressage
The Austrian dressage team was named on June 11, 2021. The team is led by four-time Olympian Victoria Max-Theurer, who is joined by Florian Bacher and Christian Schumach.Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final; q = Qualified for the final as a lucky loser
Eventing
Katrin Khoddam-Hazrati was forced to withdraw from the Games when her horse Cosma threw a shoe before competing in the dressage.Golf
Austria entered two male golfers and one female golfer into the Olympic tournament. Bernd Wiesberger qualified but chose not to play.Gymnastics
Artistic
Austria entered one artistic gymnast into the Olympic competition. Elisa Hämmerle booked a spot in the women's individual all-around and apparatus events, by finishing eleventh out of the twenty gymnasts eligible for qualification at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.Judo
Austria entered six judoka into the Olympic tournament based on the International Judo Federation Olympics Individual Ranking.Karate
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.Rowing
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. 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.Qualification Legend: FA=Final A ; FB=Final B ; FC=Final C ; FD=Final D ; FE=Final E ; FF=Final F ; SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage
Sailing
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.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.
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race
Shooting
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 by 31 May 2020.Skateboarding
Austria entered one skateboarder into the Olympic tournamentSport climbing
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.Swimming
Austrian swimmers further achieved qualifying standards in the following events, and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time ):;Men
;Women
Table tennis
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. 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.