1932 Summer Olympics / Participant (Czechoslovakia)

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The Czechoslovakia took part in the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles in part with a delegation of 25 male athletes in 14 competitions in four competitions. Seven athletes took part in sports competitions, and the remaining 18 were participants in art competitions .

The Czechoslovak athletes won once gold, twice silver and once bronze. Jaroslav Skobla was the only Czechoslovakian Olympic champion in heavyweight lifting , while weightlifter Václav Pšenička senior in heavyweight and wrestler Josef Urban in Greco-Roman style in heavyweight each won silver. The bronze medal went to athlete František Douda in the shot put.

Participants by sport

Weightlifting

• Jaroslav Skobla

  Heavyweight: gold

• Václav Pšenička senior

  Heavyweight: silver

Art competitions

• Olga Žák
• Ludvík Vacátko
• Max Švabinský
• Hugo Siegmüller
• Antonin Odehnal
• Josef Maratka
• Karel Lidický
• Antonín Landa
• Karel Kopp
• Jan Kavan
• František Hoplíček
• Harriet Folkman
• Alois Dryák
• Josef Drahoňovský
• Miroslav Bedřich Böhnel
• Ferdinand Balcárek
• Jakub Obrovský
• Josef Suk

athletics

• Oskar Hekš

  Marathon: 8th place

• Andrej Engel

  100 m: heats

  200 m: heats

• František Douda

  Shot put: bronze

  Discus throw: 15th place

Wrestling

Greco-Roman

• Jindřich Maudr

  Featherweight: competition not over

• Josef Urban

  Heavyweight: silver

Web links

• Czechoslovak Olympic team from 1932 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )