Olympic history of Czechoslovakia

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The Olympic history of Czechoslovakia began during the VII Olympiad at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp ( Belgium ), where Czechoslovakia won two bronze medals. Czechoslovak athletes previously competed under the flag of Bohemia . The National Olympic Committee was the Československý Olympijský Výbor .

Czechoslovakia took part in 32 Olympic Games, which were held in 20 different countries - from 1920 to 1992 in every event with the exception of 1984 ( boycott of the Summer Olympics ). 2093 Czechoslovak athletes (1726 men and 367 women) competed in 332 competitions in 40 sports.

The youngest athlete was Ondrej Nepela (13 years, Olympic Winter Games 1964 ), the oldest František Sembera (56 years, Olympic Winter Games 1960 ). The most successful female athlete was Věra Čáslavská with eleven won medals.

Events

Neither Czechoslovakia nor the successor states Slovakia and the Czech Republic have hosted the Olympic Games to date.

Medalist

→ Main article : List of Olympic medalists from Czechoslovakia

Olympic medalists from Czechoslovakia
Competition	gold	silver	bronze
Olympic Summer Games	49	49	45
winter Olympics	02	08th	15th
Summer Paralympics	0-	0-	0-
Winter Paralympics	03	05	02
total	54	62	62

Czechoslovakia won the most medals at the 1964 and 1980 Summer Olympics with 14 and at the 1984 Winter Olympics with six. At the Summer Olympics in 1952 , Czechoslovakia reached sixth place and at the 1928 Winter Olympics, eighth place among the participating nations.

In terms of the number of medals, Czechoslovakia ranks 26th at the Summer Olympics and 23rd at the Winter Olympics.

Olympic champion

→ Main article : List of Olympic medalists from Czechoslovakia

The following athletes won a gold medal at the Olympic Games:

Men

year	athlete	sport
1924 Summer Olympics	Bedřich Šupčík	Gymnastics, rope hanging
1928 Summer Olympics	František Ventura	Riding, individual show jumping
1928 Summer Olympics	Ladislav Vácha	Gymnastics, parallel bars
1932 Summer Olympics	Jaroslav Skobla	Weightlifting, heavyweight (over 82.5 kg)
1936 Summer Olympics	Jan Brzák-Felix , Vladimír Syrovátka	Canoe, two-person canoe 1000 m
1936 Summer Olympics	Václav Mottl , Zdeněk Škrland	Canoe, two-person canoe 10,000 m
1936 Summer Olympics	Alois Hudec	Gymnastics, rings
1948 Summer Olympics	Emil Zatopek	Athletics, 10,000 m
1948 Summer Olympics	Július Torma	Boxing, welter weight (up to 66.7 kg)
1948 Summer Olympics	Josef Holeček	Canoe, single canoe 1000 m
1948 Summer Olympics	František Čapek	Canoe, single canoe 10,000 m
1948 Summer Olympics	Jan Brzák-Felix , Bohumil Kudrna	Canoe, two-person canoe 1000 m
1952 Summer Olympics	Emil Zatopek	Athletics, 5000 m
1952 Summer Olympics	Emil Zatopek	Athletics, 5000 m
1952 Summer Olympics	Emil Zatopek	Athletics, marathon
1952 Summer Olympics	Ján Zachara	Boxes, featherweight (up to 57 kg)
1952 Summer Olympics	Josef Holeček	Canoe, single canoe 1000 m
1952 Summer Olympics	Czechoslovak national rowing team ( Karel Mejta , Jiří Havlis , Jan Jindra , Stanislav Lusk , Miroslav Koranda )	Rowing, foursome with a helmsman
1960 Summer Olympics	Bohumil Němeček	Boxing, half welter weight (up to 63.5 kg)
1960 Summer Olympics	Václav Kozák , Pavel Schmidt	Rowing, double sculls
1964 Summer Olympics	Jiří Daler	Cycling, 4000 m individual pursuit
1968 Summer Olympics	Jiří Raška	Nordic skiing, ski jumping (normal hill)
1964 Summer Olympics	Hans Zdražila	Weightlifting, middleweight (up to 75 kg)
1972 Summer Olympics	Ludvík Daněk	Athletics, discus throw
1972 Summer Olympics	Vítězslav Mácha	Wrestling, Greco-Roman style, welter weight (up to 74 kg)
1972 Summer Olympics	Ondrej Nepela	Figure skating, normal hill
1976 Summer Olympics	Anton Tkáč	Cycling, track, sprint
1980 Summer Olympics	Ota Zaremba	Weightlifting, heavyweight (up to 100 kg)
1980 Summer Olympics	Czechoslovakia national football team ( Stanislav Seman , Luděk Macela , Josef Mazura , Libor Radimec , Zdenek Rygel , Petr Nemec , Ladislav Vízek , Jan Berger , Jindrich Svoboda , Lubomír Pokluda , Verner Lička , Rostislav Václavíček , Jaroslav Netolička , Oldrich Rott , františek štambachr , František Kunzo )	Soccer
1988 Summer Olympics	Miloslav Mečíř	Tennis, singles
1988 Summer Olympics	Jozef Pribilinec	Athletics, 20 km walking
1988 Summer Olympics	Miroslav Varga	Shooting, small caliber lying
1992 Summer Olympics	Jan Železný	Athletics, javelin throw
1992 Summer Olympics	Robert Změlík	Athletics, decathlon
1992 Summer Olympics	Lukáš Pollert	Canoe, one-canoe
1992 Summer Olympics	Petr Hrdlička	Shoot, trap

Women

year	sportswoman	sport
1948 Summer Olympics	Czechoslovak national gymnastics team ( Zdeňka Honsová , Marie Kovářová , Miloslava Misáková , Milena Müllerová , Věra Růžičková , Olga Šilhánová , Božena Srncová , Zdeňka Veřmířovská )	Gymnastics, team all-around
1952 Summer Olympics	Dana Zátopková	Athletics, javelin throw
1956 Summer Olympics	Olga Fikotová	Athletics, discus throw
1960 Summer Olympics	Eva Bosáková	Gymnastics, balance beam
1964 Summer Olympics	Věra Čáslavská	Gymnastics, individual all-around
1964 Summer Olympics	Věra Čáslavská	Gymnastics, horse jumping
1964 Summer Olympics	Věra Čáslavská	Gymnastics, balance beam
1968 Summer Olympics	Milena Rezková	Athletics, high jump
1968 Summer Olympics	Milena Duchková	Diving, diving
1968 Summer Olympics	Věra Čáslavská	Gymnastics, individual all-around
1968 Summer Olympics	Věra Čáslavská	Gymnastics, floor exercise
1968 Summer Olympics	Věra Čáslavská	Gymnastics, horse jumping
1968 Summer Olympics	Věra Čáslavská	Gymnastics, uneven bars

Mixed

year	athlete	sport
1968 Summer Olympics	Jan Kůrka	Shooting, small caliber lying
1976 Summer Olympics	Josef Panáček	Shoot, skeet

See also

• Category: Olympian (Czechoslovakia)

Web links

Commons : Czechoslovakia at Olympic Games  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Czechoslovakia in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• International Olympic Committee