1968 Summer Olympics / Participant (Czechoslovakia)

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The Czechoslovakia took part in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City with a delegation of 121 athletes (94 men and 27 women) in 66 competitions in 14 sports part.

The Czechoslovak athletes won seven gold, two silver and four bronze medals, which placed Czechoslovakia in seventh place in the medal table. The Olympic champion was the shooter Jan Kůrka in a prone position with a small-bore rifle, the athlete Miloslava Rezková in the high jump, the water diver Milena Duchková in the high jump and the gymnast Věra Čáslavská in the individual all-around , on the ground, on the horse jump and on the uneven bars. Čáslavská also secured silver on the balance beam and also took second place in the team all-around match with the Czechoslovak team. This also made her the most successful athlete in the entire Games. Bronze went to the men's volleyball team, the wrestlers Miroslav Zeman in the flyweight and Petr Kment in the heavyweight of the Greco-Roman style and the athlete Ludvík Daněk in the discus throw. The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the volleyball player Bohumil Golian .

Participants by sport

Boxing Boxing

  • Jan Hejduk
    Middleweight: eliminated in the quarterfinals
  • Josef Kapín
    Light heavyweight: eliminated in the 1st round

Soccer Soccer

Weightlifting Weightlifting

canoe canoe

Men
Women

athletics athletics

Men
Women
  • Eva Lehocká
    100 m: eliminated in the semi-finals
    200 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

Modern pentathlon Modern pentathlon

Cycling Cycling

  • Ivan Kučírek
    Track sprint: eliminated in the preliminary run
    Rail tandem: 5th place
  • Miloš Jelínek
    Track sprint: eliminated in the preliminary run
    Track 1000 m time trial: 15th place
    Rail tandem: 5th place
  • Jiří Daler
    Track 4000 m single pursuit: 14th place
    Track 4000 m team pursuit: 5th place

Wrestling Wrestling

  • Jiří Švec
    Featherweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 3rd round
  • Joseph Engel
    Featherweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 3rd round

rowing rowing

  • Karel Kolesa
    Two with helmsman: eliminated in the quarterfinals
    Eighth with helmsman: 5th place
  • Ivan Miluška
    Two with helmsman: eliminated in the quarterfinals
  • Karel Kovář
    Two with helmsman: eliminated in the quarterfinals

shoot shoot

  • Jan Kůrka
    Free rifle three-position fight 300 m: 14th place
    Small bore rifle, three-position fight 50 m: 29th place
    Small caliber rifle lying 50 m: gold
  • Ondrej Šima
    Free rifle three-position fight 300 m: 14th place

swim swim

Women
  • Oľga Kozičová
    100 m freestyle: eliminated in the semi-finals
    200 m freestyle: 8th place

do gymnastics do gymnastics

Men
  • Václav Kubíčka
    Individual all-around: 19th place
    Floor: 11th place
    Horse jump: 18th place
    Bars: 6th place
    Horizontal bar: 41st place
    Rings: 28th place
    Pommel horse: 45th place
    Team all-around competition: 4th place
  • Jiří Fejtek
    Individual all-around: 20th place
    Floor: 28th place
    Horse jump: 23rd place
    Bars: 69th place
    Horizontal bar: 46th place
    Rings: 13th place
    Pommel horse: 8th place
    Team all-around competition: 4th place
  • František Bočko
    Individual all-around: 22nd place
    Floor: 14th place
    Horse jump: 18th place
    Bars: 35th place
    Horizontal bar: 33rd place
    Rings: 38th place
    Pommel horse: 33rd place
    Team all-around competition: 4th place
  • Bohumil Mudřík
    Individual all-around: 28th place
    Floor: 28th place
    Horse jump: 18th place
    Bars: 26th place
    Horizontal bar: 46th place
    Rings: 77th place
    Pommel horse: 29th place
    Team all-around competition: 4th place
  • Miloslav Netušil
    Individual all-around: 37th place
    Floor: 18th place
    Horse jump: 60th place
    Bars: 15th place
    Horizontal bar: 101st place
    Rings: 44th place
    Pommel horse: 12th place
    Team all-around competition: 4th place
  • Václav Skoumal
    Individual all-around: 38th place
    Floor: 21st place
    Horse jump: 27th place
    Bars: 41st place
    Horizontal bar: 15th place
    Rings: 52nd place
    Pommel horse: 85th place
    Team all-around competition: 4th place
Women
  • Věra Čáslavská
    Individual all-around: gold
    Bottom: gold
    Horse jump: gold
    Uneven bars: gold
    Balance beam: silver
    Team all-around: silver
  • Bohumila Řimnáčová
    Individual all-around: 7th place
    Floor: 5th place
    Horse jump: 24th place
    Uneven bars: 4th place
    Balance beam: 10th place
    Team all-around: silver
  • Miroslava Skleničková
    Individual all-around: 9th place
    Floor: 17th place
    Horse jump: 6th place
    Uneven bars: 6th place
    Balance beam: 23rd place
    Team all-around: silver
  • Marianna Krajčírová
    Individual all-around: 9th place
    Floor: 7th place
    Horse jump: 4th place
    Uneven bars: 22nd place
    Balance beam: 22nd place
    Team all-around: silver
  • Hana Lišková
    Individual all-around: 11th place
    Floor: 13th place
    Horse jump: 13th place
    Uneven bars: 12th place
    Balance beam: 10th place
    Team all-around: silver
  • Jána Kubičková
    Individual all-around: 15th place
    Floor: 8th place
    Horse jump: 13th place
    Uneven bars: 28th place
    Balance beam: 18th place
    Team all-around: silver

volleyball volleyball

Men
Women

Diving Diving

Women

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Věra Čáslavská. In: sports-reference.com. Accessed April 30, 2020 (English).
Participant in the 1968 Olympic Games
Africa

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Asia

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Europe

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Oceania

Australia  • Fiji  • New Zealand

Olympic history of Czechoslovakia
Summer:

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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