| Bohemia at the 1908 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | BOH |
| NOC | Czech Olympic Committee |
| in London | |
| Competitors | 19 in 5 sports |
| Medals Ranked 17th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
| 1906 Intercalated Games ––––  Czechoslovakia (1920–1992) Czech Republic (1994–) | |
Bohemia competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England as an independent team, though it was part of Austria-Hungary at the time.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bronze | Vilém Goppold von Lobsdorf | Fencing | Men's sabre | July 24 |
| Bronze | Otakar Lada , Vlastimil Lada-Sázavský, Bedřich Schejbal, Jaroslav Tuček, Vilém Goppold von Lobsdorf | Fencing | Men's team sabre | July 24 |
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| Event | Place | Athlete | Heats | Semifinals | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 5 miles | Semi- finalist | Arnošt Nejedlý | None held | Unknown 3rd, semifinal 6 | Did not advance |
| Men's marathon | 18th | Arnošt Nejedlý | None held | 3:26:26.2 | |
| Event | Place | Athlete | Height/ Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's discus throw | 12-42 | František Souček | Unknown |
| Miroslav Šustera | Unknown | ||
| Men's Greek discus | 11-23 | Miroslav Šustera | Unknown |
| Men's freestyle javelin | 10-33 | František Souček | Unknown |
Bohemia refused to fence Italy in the silver medal match of the men's team sabre, contending that the repechage system was unfair.
| Event | Place | Fencer | First round | Second round | Semi- final | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's épée | Second round | Vilém Tvrzský | 4-4 (2nd in D) | 2-2 (3rd in 4) | Did not advance | |
| Vilém Goppold von Lobsdorf | 4-2 (2nd in G) | 2-2 (3rd in 3) | ||||
| Vlastimil Lada-Sázavský | 5-1 (1st in B) | 0-4 (5th in 5) | ||||
| Jaroslav Tuček | 4-2 (2nd in A) | 1-3 (5th in 7) | ||||
| First round | Bedřich Schejbal | 1-4 (5th in F) | Did not advance | |||
| Otakar Lada | 3-5 (6th in E) | |||||
| František Dušek | 0-6 (7th in H) | |||||
| Men's sabre | 3rd | Vilém Goppold von Lobsdorf | 7-0 (1st in J) | 3-1 (1st in 3) | 5-2 (1st in 2) | 4-3 |
| Second round | Bedřich Schejbal | 3-2 (2nd in L) | 1-2 (3rd in 4) | Did not advance | ||
| Otakar Lada | 3-1 (1st in B) | 2-2 (3rd in 5) | ||||
| Vilém Tvrzský | 3-2 (3rd in K) | 0-3 (4th in 4) | ||||
| Vlastimil Lada-Sázavský | 3-2 (2nd in A) | 1-3 (4th in 7) | ||||
| First round | Jaroslav Šourek-Tuček | 1-4 (5th in A) | Did not advance | |||
| František Dušek | 2-4 (5th in M) | |||||
| Event | Place | Fencers | Play-in match | First round | Semi- finals | Final | Repechage | Silver medal match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's team épée | 6th | Otakar Lada Vlastimil Lada-Sázavský Vilém Goppold von Lobsdorf Vilém Tvrzský | Bye | Lost to Italy 12-5 Out 6th place | Did not advance | Not relegated | ||
| Men's team sabre | 3rd | Vlastimil Lada-Sázavský (all) Vilém Goppold von Lobsdorf (all) Bedřich Schejbal (all) Jaroslav Šourek-Tuček (f) Otakar Lada (1st, sf) [1] | Not held | Defeated Netherlands 9-8 Advanced to semifinals | Defeated France 9-7 Advanced to final | Lost to Hungary 9-7 Relegated to silver medal match | Bye | Lost to Italy Walkover Won bronze medal |
| Gymnast | Event | Score | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josef Čada | Men's all-around | 222.5 | 25 |
| Bohumil Honzátko | Men's all-around | 205.5 | 36 |
| Event | Place | Name | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarter- finals | Semi- finals | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles | 9th | Bohuslav Hykš | Bye | Defeated Zsigmondy | Lost to Dixon | Did not advance | ||
| David Slíva | Bye | Bye | Lost to Brown | |||||
| 16th | Ladislav Žemla | Bye | Lost to R. Powell | Did not advance | ||||
| 26th | Jozef Micovský | Lost to Tóth | Did not advance | |||||
| Men's doubles | 11th | Bohuslav Hykš David Slíva | None held | Lost to Gauntlett/Kitson | Did not advance | |||
| Opponent nation | Wins | Losses | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Great Britain | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1 | .500 |
| South Africa | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Total | 1 | 5 | .167 |
All 4 Bohemian wrestlers lost their first match.
| Event | Place | Wrestler | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarter- finals | Semi- finals | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greco-Roman lightweight | 17th | Karel Halík | Lost to Wood | Did not advance | |||
| Greco-Roman middleweight | 9th | Jaroslav Týfa | Bye | Lost to Belmer | Did not advance | ||
| 17th | Josef Bechyně | Lost to Mårtensson | Did not advance | ||||
| Greco-Roman light heavyweight | 17th | Miroslav Šustera | Lost to West | Did not advance | |||
| Opponent nation | Wins | Losses | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Britain | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Netherlands | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Sweden | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Total | 0 | 4 | .000 |
At the 1908 Summer Olympics, a tug of war tournament was contested. Each team consisted of 8 athletes. Nations could enter up to 3 teams. The host Great Britain was the only one to enter more than one. Germany, Greece, Sweden, and the United States each entered one team apiece, though Germany and Greece withdrew. This left 5 teams from 3 nations to compete.
At the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, nine wrestling events were contested, all for men. There were four weight classes in Greco-Roman wrestling and five weight classes in freestyle wrestling.
At the 1908 Summer Olympics, two gymnastics events for men were contested. No nation was successful in winning more than one medal. No women's competitions were held, though women did participate in non-competitive gymnastic displays.
Canada competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. Canadian athletes won three gold, three silver, and ten bronze medals.
France competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England.
The men's team sabre was one of four fencing events on the Fencing at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. The event was won by the Hungarian team, who also took the top two medals in the individual sabre event. Each nation could enter a team of up to 8 fencers, with 4 fencers chosen for each match.
Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed as the host nation of the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. The British Olympic Association was the National Olympic Committee responsible for organising the United Kingdom's representation. At the time British athletes competed under the team name "United Kingdom". The British team comprised 676 competitors.
The United States competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England, United Kingdom. During the opening ceremony, American athletes did not dip their flag to the British royalty in support of the Irish boycott over Great Britain's refusal to grant Irish independence.
Sweden competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. It was the third appearance of the European nation, which had missed only the 1904 Summer Olympics.
South Africa competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. At the time, South Africa consisted of four separate British colonies — the Cape Colony, Natal Colony, the Orange River Colony and the Transvaal Colony; they would form the Union of South Africa in 1910. At the 1908 Olympics, the South African team competed under a flag described as "the Red Ensign with a springbok in the corner."
Norway competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England. It was the second appearance of the European nation, after having made its Olympic debut in 1900.
Germany competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom.
Hungary competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England. Austria and Hungary had separate NOCs, therefore results at Olympic Games are kept separate despite the union of the two nations as Austria-Hungary at the time.
Italy competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England. It was the third appearance of the European nation, which had not competed at the 1904 Summer Olympics. It was originally going to host the Games, but the eruption of Mount Vesuvius meant the UK hosted them.
Australasia was the name of a combined team from Australia and New Zealand that competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. It was the fourth appearance of Australia, which had not missed any edition of the Summer Olympic Games, and the first appearance of New Zealand. The two would compete together again as Australasia at the 1912 Summer Olympics before competing separately at every edition of the Summer Games since. In 1908 there were three New Zealanders, Harry Kerr, Henry Murray and Albert Rowland ; all other competitors were Australian. There were 30 competitors for Australasia who competed in 20 events in six sports. A further two competitors, who were to compete in tennis, did not play as their nominations failed to reach the organisers.
Athletes from the Netherlands competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom.
Belgium competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England. It was the second appearance of the European nation, which had previously competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics.
Denmark competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England. No Danish athletes had competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.
The Russian Empire (Russia) competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England. It was the second appearance of the European nation, after having missed the 1904 Games.
Argentina at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England was the nation's second appearance out of four editions of the Summer Olympic Games. Argentina did not participate at the 1896 Summer Olympics and the boycotted 1904 Summer Olympics. Horatio Torromé has the distinction of being Argentina's second one-man national representative, and debut Olympian in the Olympic sporting event of figure skating, ranking overall seventh. A one athlete team from Argentina competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics.