1948 Summer Olympics / Participant (Czechoslovakia)

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The Czechoslovakia took part in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London with a delegation of 87 athletes (73 men and 14 women) in 57 competitions in eleven contests.

The Czechoslovak athletes won six gold, two silver and three bronze medals. Olympic champions were the athlete Emil Zátopek over 10,000 meters, the boxer Július Torma in the welterweight division, the canoeists Josef Holeček in the single canoe over 1000 meters, František Čapek in the single canoe over 10,000 meters as well as Jan Brzák-Felix and Bohumil Kudrna in the two-person canoe over 1000 meters and the women's team of gymnasts in the team all-around competition. The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the basketball player Ladislav Trpkoš .

Participants by sport

basketball basketball

Boxing Boxing

fencing fencing

  • Jaroslav Starý
    Saber: eliminated in the 1st round
    Saber team: eliminated in the 2nd round
  • Alois Sokol
    Saber: eliminated in the 2nd round
    Saber team: eliminated in the 2nd round
  • Svatopluk Skýva
    Saber: eliminated in the 2nd round
    Saber team: eliminated in the 2nd round

canoe canoe

Men
Women

Art competitions

athletics athletics

Men
Women
  • Olga Šicnerová
    100 m: eliminated in the semi-finals
    200 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

Modern pentathlon Modern pentathlon

Wrestling Wrestling

  • Jan Stehlík
    Featherweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 2nd round
  • Václav Tuhý
    Lightweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 1st round
  • Josef Růžička
    Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 2nd round
    Heavyweight, freestyle: 5th place

rowing rowing

  • Jiří Vaněk
    Four without a helmsman: eliminated in the quarter-finals
  • Josef Schejbal
    Four without a helmsman: eliminated in the quarter-finals
  • Václav Roubík
    Four without a helmsman: eliminated in the quarter-finals
  • Josef Kalaš
    Four without a helmsman: eliminated in the quarter-finals

swim swim

Men
  • Miroslav Bartůšek
    400 m freestyle: eliminated in the quarterfinals
    1500 m freestyle: eliminated in the quarterfinals

do gymnastics do gymnastics

Men
  • Zdeněk Růžička
    Individual all-around: 7th place
    Bottom: bronze
    Horse jump: 46th place
    Bars: 7th place
    Horizontal bar: 17th place
    Rings: bronze
    Pommel horse: 30th place
    Team all-around competition: 6th place
  • Pavel Benetka
    Individual all-around: 23rd place
    Floor: 6th place
    Horse jump: 28th place
    Bars: 26th place
    Horizontal bar: 20th place
    Rings: 25th place
    Pommel horse: 59th place
    Team all-around competition: 6th place
  • Miroslav Málek
    Individual all-around: 47th place
    Floor: 55th place
    Horse jump: 30th place
    Bars: 56th place
    Horizontal bar: 33rd place
    Rings: 32nd place
    Pommel horse: 63rd place
    Team all-around competition: 6th place
  • Vladimír Karas
    Individual all-around: 48th place
    Floor: 8th place
    Horse jump: 89th place
    Bars: 33rd place
    Horizontal bar: 61st place
    Rings: 7th place
    Pommel horse: 59th place
    Team all-around competition: 6th place
  • Leo Sotorník
    Individual all-around: 50th place
    Floor: 6th place
    Horse jump: bronze
    Bars: 53rd place
    Horizontal bar: 79th place
    Rings: 17th place
    Pommel horse: 76th place
    Team all-around competition: 6th place
  • František Wirth
    Individual all-around: 52nd place
    Floor: 60th place
    Horse jump: 38th place
    Bars: 64th place
    Horizontal bar: 27th place
    Rings: 73rd place
    Pommel horse: 57th place
    Team all-around competition: 6th place
  • Vratislav Petráček
    Individual all-around: 65th place
    Floor: 64th place
    Horse jump: 84th place
    Bars: 51st place
    Horizontal bar: 77th place
    Rings: 25th place
    Pommel horse: 70th place
    Team all-around competition: 6th place
  • Gustav Hrubý
    Individual all-around: 74th place
    Floor: 38th place
    Horse jump: 17th place
    Bars: 102nd place
    Horizontal bar: 103rd place
    Rings: 46th place
    Pommel horse: 41st place
    Team all-around competition: 6th place
Women

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Remarks

Note. Eliška Misákováwas replaced byVěra Růžičkováafter her arrival at the games due to a sudden illness before the competitionand died in hospital while her team became Olympic champions. TheIOCposthumously awarded Misáková the gold medal.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Abdul Rahim: The tragedy of the last London Games. In: theolympicsports.com. August 9, 2012, accessed April 28, 2020 .
Participants in the 1948 Olympic Games
Africa

Egypt  • South African Union

America

Argentina  • Bermuda  • Brazil  • British Guyana  • Chile  • Jamaica  • Canada  • Colombia  • Cuba  • Mexico  • Panama  • Peru  • Puerto Rico  • Trinidad and Tobago  • Uruguay  • Venezuela  • United States

Asia

Afghanistan  • Burma  • Ceylon  • India  • Iraq  • Iran  • Lebanon  • Pakistan  • Philippines  • Republic of China  • Singapore  • South Korea  • Syria

Europe

Belgium  • Denmark  • Finland  • France  • Greece  • Great Britain  • Ireland  • Iceland  • Italy  • Yugoslavia  • Liechtenstein  • Luxembourg  • Malta  • Monaco  • Netherlands  • Norway  • Austria  • Poland  • Portugal  • Spain  • Sweden  • Switzerland  • Turkey  • Czechoslovakia  • Hungary

Oceania

Australia  • New Zealand

Olympic history of Czechoslovakia
Summer:

1920  • 1924  • 1928  • 1932  • 1936  • 1948  • 1952  • 1956  • 1960  • 1964  • 1968  • 1972  • 1976  • 1980  • 1984  • 1988  • 1992

Winter:

1924  • 1928  • 1932  • 1936  • 1948  • 1952  • 1956  • 1960  • 1964  • 1968  • 1972  • 1976  • 1980  • 1984  • 1988  • 1992

Youth
games:
Summer:

no participation

Winter:

no participation

Others:

Standard Bearer  • Medal Winner