1996 Summer Olympics / Participant (Czech Republic)

CZE

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The Czech Republic took part in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta , USA , with a delegation of 115 athletes (76 men and 39 women).

Medalist

With four won gold, three silver and four bronze medals, the Czech team finished 17th in the medals table .

gold

Name / s	sport	competition
Martin Doctor	canoe	Single Canadians, 500 meters Single Canadians, 1,000 meters
Štěpánka Hilgertová	canoe	Women, single kayak, slalom
Jan Železný	athletics	Javelin

silver

Name / s	sport	competition
Lukáš Pollert	canoe	Single canoe, slalom
Jiří Rohan & Miroslav Šimek	canoe	Two-man canoe, slalom
Jana Novotná & Helena Suková	tennis	Women, doubles

bronze

Name / s	sport	competition
Tomáš Dvořák	athletics	Decathlon
Šárka Kašpárková	athletics	Women, triple jump
Miroslav Januš	shoot	Running disc
Jana Novotná	tennis	Women, singles

Participants by sport

Boxing

• Jaroslav Konečný

  Lightweight: 9th place

• Pavel Polakovič

  Light middleweight: 9th place

• Ľudovít Plachetka

  Middleweight: 9th place

• Petr Horáček

  Super heavyweight: 17th place

fencing

• Roman Ječmínek

  Epee, singles: 37th place

Weightlifting

• Petr Stanislav

  Bantamweight: 10th place

• Roman Polom

  I. Heavyweight: 19th place

Judo

• Roman Nováček

  Super light weight: 21st place

• Petr Lacina

  Middleweight: 21st place

• Michaela Vernerová

  Women, light middleweight: 16th place

• Radka Štusáková

  Women, middleweight: 18th place

canoe

• Karel Leština

  Two-person kayak, 500 meters: semi-finals

  Quad kayak, 1,000 meters: semi-finals

• Jiří Polívka

  Two-person kayak, 500 meters: semi-finals

  Quad kayak, 1,000 meters: semi-finals

• Petr Hruška

  Two-person kayak, 1,000 meters: semi-finals

• René Kučera

  Two-person kayak, 1,000 meters: semi-finals

• Pavel Mráz

  Quad kayak, 1,000 meters: semi-finals

• Martin Otáhal

  Quad kayak, 1,000 meters: semi-finals

• Luboš Hilgert

  Single kayak, slalom: 18th place

• Jiří Prskavec

  Single kayak, slalom: 19th place

• Martin Doctor

  Canadians, 500 meters: gold

  Canadians, 1,000 meters: gold

• Pavel Bednář

  Two-man Canadians, 500 meters: semi-finals

  Two-man Canadians, 1,000 meters: semi-finals

• Petr Fuksa

  Two-man Canadians, 500 meters: semi-finals

  Two-man Canadians, 1,000 meters: semi-finals

• Lukáš Pollert

  Single canoe, slalom: silver

• Pavel Janda

  Single Canadier, Slalom: 20th place

• Miroslav Šimek

  Two-man canoe, slalom: silver

• Jiří Rohan

  Two-man canoe, slalom: silver

• Petr Štercl

  Two-man canoe, slalom: 6th place

• Pavel Štercl

  Two-man canoe, slalom: 6th place

• Pavlína Jobánková

  Women, single kayak, 500 meters: quarter-finals

  Women, two-person kayak, 500 meters: semi-finals

• Jitka Janáčková

  Women, two-person kayak, 500 meters: semi-finals

  Women, four-man kayak, 500 meters: semi-finals

• Kateřina Heková

  Women, four-man kayak, 500 meters: semi-finals

• Kateřina Hluchá

  Women, four-man kayak, 500 meters: semi-finals

• Milena Pergnerová

  Women, four-man kayak, 500 meters: semi-finals

• Štěpánka Hilgertová

  Women, single kayak, slalom: gold

• Marcela Sadilová

  Women, single kayak, slalom: 9th place

• Irena Pavelková

  Women, single kayak, slalom: 16th place

athletics

• Pavel Soukup

  800 meters: heats

• Tomáš Dvořák

  110 meter hurdles: prelims

  Decathlon: bronze

• Jiří Malysa

  20 kilometers of walking: 25th place

• Tomáš Kratochvíl

  20 kilometers of walking: 48th place

• Hubert Sonnek

  20 kilometers of walking: 52nd place

  50 kilometers of walking: race not finished

• Miloš Holuša

  50 kilometers of walking: 27th place

• Tomáš Janků

  High jump: 14th place

• Milan Gombala

  Long jump: 20th place in qualification

• Miroslav Menc

  Shot put: 21st place in qualification

• Marek Bílek

  Discus throwing: 20th place in qualification

• Marek Bílek

  Hammer throw: 20th place in qualification

• Jan Železný

  Javelin: gold

• Robert Změlík

  Decathlon: 7th place

• Kamil Damašek

  Decathlon: 16th place

• Hana Benešová

  Women, 400 meters: quarter-finals

  Women, 4 × 400 meters: 7th place

• Helena Fuchsová

  Women, 400 meters: quarter-finals

  Women, 4 × 400 meters: 7th place

• Naděžda Koštovalová

  Women, 400 meters: quarter-finals

  Women, 4 × 400 meters: 7th place

• Ludmila Formanová

  Women, 800 meters: semi-finals

  Women, 4 × 400 meters: 7th place

• Zuzana Kováčiková-Hlavoňová

  Women, high jump: 11th place

• Šárka Kašpárková

  Women, triple jump: bronze

• Alice Matějková

  Women, discus throwing: 15th place in qualification

• Zdeňka Bartoňová-Šilhavá

  Women, discus throwing: 19th place in qualification

• Nikola Tomečková-Brejchová

  Women, javelin: 25th place in qualification

Cycling

• Ján Svorada

  Road race, individual: 30th place

• Pavel Buráň

  Sprint: 6th place

• Radovan Fořt

  Mountain bike, cross-country: 24th place

• Pavel Camrda

  Mountain bike, cross-country: 33rd place

• Kateřina Neumannová

  Women, mountain bikes, cross-country: 18th place

• Kateřina Hanušová

  Women, mountain bikes, cross-country: 19th place

Rhythmic sports gymnastics

• Lenka Oulehlová

  Singles: preliminary

• Andrea Šebestová

  Singles: preliminary

Wrestling

• Jaroslav Zeman

  Greterweight, Greco-Roman: 12th place

• Pavel Frinta

  Middleweight, Greco-Roman: 13th place

• Marek Švec

  Light Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 8th place

rowing

• Václav Chalupa

  One: 5th place

• Adam Michálek

  Lightweight double scull: 13th place

• Michal Vabroušek

  Lightweight double scull: 13th place

• Sabina Telenská

  Two without a helmsman: 9th place

• Hana Dariusová

  Two without a helmsman: 9th place

shoot

• Martin Tenk

  Air pistol: 23rd place

  Free target pistol: 7th place

• Stanislav Jirkal

  Air pistol: 39th place

  Free target pistol: 15th place

• Milan Bakeš

  Air rifle: 8th place

  Small bore, three-position battle: 18th place

• Petr Kůrka

  Air rifle: 11th place

• Václav Bečvář

  Small bore, three-position fight: 7th place

  Small bore, lying: 11th place

• Milan Mach

  Small bore, lying: 5th place

• Miroslav Januš

  Running goal: bronze

• Luboš Račanský

  Running goal: 13th place

• Jiří Gach

  Trap: 9th place

  Double trap: 19th place

• Pavel Kubec

  Trap: 13th place

• David Kostelecký

  Trap: 31st place

• Jan Sychra

  Skeet: 15th place

• Bronislav Bechyňský

  Skeet: 32nd place

• Leoš Hlaváček

  Skeet: 32nd place

• Regina Kodymová-Jirkalová

  Women, air pistol: 37th place

  Women, sport pistol: 27th place

• Marta Nedvědová

  Women, air rifle: 6th place

  Women, small caliber, three-position fight: 12th place

• Dagmar Bílková

  Women, air rifle: 20th place

  Women, small caliber, three-position fight: 22nd place

swim

• Rastislav Bizub

  100 meters back: 37th place

  200 meters back: 24th place

• Daniel Málek

  100 meters chest: 10th place

  200 meters chest: 18th place

• Josef Horky

  200 meter butterfly: 30th place

  200 meter medley: 18th place

  400 meter medley: 14th place

• Kristýna Kyněrová

  Women, 100 meters freestyle: 34th place

  Women, 200 meters freestyle: 19th place

  Women, 4 v 200 meters freestyle: 15th place

  Women, 4 v 100 meter medley: 20th place

• Olga Šplíchalová

  Women, 400 meters freestyle: 21st place

  Women, 800 meters freestyle: 15th place

  Women, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 15th place

• Hana Černá

  Women, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 15th place

  Women, 400 meter medley: 10th place

• Pavla Chrástová

  Women, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 15th place

  Women, 400 meter medley: 16th place

• Marcela Kubalčíková

  Women, 100 meters back: 24th place

  Women, 100 meters butterfly: 33rd place

  Women, 200 meters butterfly: 27th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: 20th place

• Kateřina Pivoňková

  Women, 200 meters back: 21st place

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: 20th place

• Lenka Maňhalová

  Women, 100 meters chest: 29th place

  Women, 200 meters chest: 11th place

  Women, 200 meter medley: 20th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: 20th place

sailing

• Patrik Hrdina

  Windsurfing: 30th place

• Michal Maier

  Finn dinghy: 14th place

tennis

• Daniel Vacek

  Individual: 17th place

  Doubles: 5th place

• Jiří Novák

  Singles: 33rd place

  Doubles: 5th place

• Jana Novotná

  Women, singles: bronze

  Women, doubles: silver

• Helena Suková

  Women, singles: 33rd place

  Women, doubles: silver

Table tennis

• Petr Korbel

  Singles: 4th place

  Doubles: 25th place

• Josef Plachý

  Doubles: 25th place

• Jana Dobešová

  Women, singles: 33rd place

do gymnastics

• Jiří Fiřt

  Individual all-around: 58th place in qualification

  Bars: 83rd place in qualification

  Floor: 87th place in qualification

  Horse jump: 63rd place in qualification

  Horizontal bar: 77th place in qualification

  Rings: 68th place in qualification

  Pommel horse: 70th place in qualification

• Gabriela Krčmářová

  Women, individual all-around: 67th place in qualification

  Women, floor: 74th place in qualification

  Women, horse jump: 73rd place in qualification

  Women, balance beam: 84th place in qualification

  Women, uneven bars: 84th place in qualification

Volleyball (beach)

• Michal Palinek

  Men's competition: 17th place

• Marek Pakosta

  Men's competition: 17th place

Web links

• Czech Olympic team from 1996 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )