Czech Republic at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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Czech Republic at the
1996 Summer Olympics
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
IOC code CZE
NOC Czech Olympic Committee
Website www.olympic.cz  (in Czech and English)
in Atlanta
Competitors115 (76 men and 39 women) in 17 sports
Flag bearers Václav Chalupa (opening)
Jan Železný (closing)
Medals
Ranked 17th
Gold
4
Silver
3
Bronze
4
Total
11
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
Flag of Bohemia.svg  Bohemia (1900–1912)
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia (1924–1992)

The Czech Republic competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. It was the first Summer Games since the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, and so the Czech Republic and Slovakia competed as independent teams. 115 competitors, 76 men and 39 women, took part in 110 events in 17 sports. [1]

Contents

Medalists

The following Czech competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Štěpánka Hilgertová Canoeing Women's slalom K-1 July 27
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Jan Železný Athletics Men's Javelin Throw August 3
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Martin Doktor Canoeing Men's C-1 1000 m August 3
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Martin Doktor Canoeing Men's C-1 500 m August 4
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Lukáš Pollert Canoeing Men's slalom C-1 July 27
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Jiří Rohan
Miroslav Šimek
Canoeing Men's slalom C-2 July 28
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Jana Novotná
Helena Suková
Tennis Women's doubles August 3
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Miroslav Januš Shooting Men's 10 m running target July 26
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Šárka Kašpárková Athletics Women's triple jump July 31
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Tomáš Dvořák Athletics Men's decathlon August 1
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Jana Novotná Tennis Women's singles August 2

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics 14923
Boxing 404
Canoeing 17825
Cycling 426
Fencing 101
Gymnastics 134
Judo 224
Rowing 325
Sailing 202
Shooting 14317
Swimming 3710
Table Tennis 213
Tennis 224
Volleyball 202
Weightlifting 202
Wrestling 303
Total7639115

Athletics

Key
Men
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TimeRankOverallTimeRankOverallTimeRankOverallTimeRank
Pavel Soukup 800 m 1:47.67332Did not advance
Tomáš Dvořák 110 m hurdles 13.78633Did not advance
Jiří Malysa 20 km walk 1:25:1325
Tomáš Kratochvíl 1:30:1148
Hubert Sonnek 1:32:4252
Miloš Holuša 50 km walk 4:03:1627
Hubert Sonnek DNF
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Tomáš Janků High jump 2.2813 Q2.2514
Milan Gombala Long jump 7.8820Did not advance
Miroslav Menc Shot put 18.6921Did not advance
Marek Bílek Discus throw 59.8620Did not advance
Pavel Sedláček Hammer throw 73.9820Did not advance
Jan Železný Javelin throw 86.522 Q88.16Gold medal icon.svg
Combined events – Decathlon
AthleteEvent100 mLJSPHJ400 m110HDTPVJT1500 mPointsRank
Tomáš Dvořák Result10.647.6015.821.9848.2913.7946.284.7070.164:31.258664Bronze medal icon.svg
Points9429608407858951002793819892736
Robert Změlík Result10.837.6413.531.9549.5514.1743.445.4067.204:38.4584227
Points8999707007588359537351035847690
Kamil Damašek Result10.867.2215.512.0147.3514.9442.664.9055.844:25.86822916
Points892866821813941857719880675765
Women
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TimeRankOverallTimeRankOverallTimeRankOverallTimeRank
Hana Benešová 400 m 52.28522 q51.30513Did not advance
Helena Fuchsová 51.712 Q951.70520Did not advance
Naděžda Koštovalová 53.034 Q3553.21831Did not advance
Ludmila Formanová 800 m 1:59.3737 q1:59.28512Did not advance
Naděžda Koštovalová
Ludmila Formanová
Helena Fuchsová
Hana Benešová
4 × 400 m relay 3:26.8257 q3:26.997
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Zuzana Kováčiková High jump 1.9313 q1.9311
Šárka Kašpárková Triple jump 14.427 Q14.98Bronze medal icon.svg
Zdeňka Šilhavá Discus throw 59.2419Did not advance
Alice Matějková 60.7215Did not advance
Nikola Tomečková Javelin throw 55.0225Did not advance

Boxing

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Jaroslav Konečný Lightweight Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Kabore  (BUR)
W 16–6
Flag of Thailand.svg  Wiangwiset  (THA)
L 6–20
Did not advance9
Pavol Polakovič Light middleweight Flag of South Africa.svg  Kunene  (RSA)
W 8–1
Flag of the United States.svg  Reid  (USA)
L 5–12
Did not advance9
Ľudovít Plachetka Middleweight Flag of Swaziland.svg  Mathunjawa  (SWZ)
W 20–4
Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Yarbekov  (UZB)
L 4–4 TB
Did not advance9
Petr Horáček Super heavyweight Flag of Azerbaijan (1991-2013).svg  Məmmədov  (AZE)
L RSC
Did not advance17

Canoeing

Slalom



AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Result
TimePointsTotalTimePointsTotalTotalRank
Lukáš Pollert Men's C-1 151.170151.17158.2520178.25151.17Silver medal icon.svg
Pavel Janda 167.71 1010177.91185.5555240.55177.9120
Miroslav Šimek
Jiří Rohan
Men's C-2 161.7770231.77160.160160.16160.16Silver medal icon.svg
Petr Štercl
Pavel Štercl
163.455168.45179.53160339.53168.456
Luboš Hilgert Men's K-1 146.105151.10146.9950196.99151.1018
Jiří Prskavec 182.29115297.29151.150151.15151.1519
Štěpánka Hilgertová Women's K-1 164.495169.49166.975171.97169.49Gold medal icon.svg
Marcela Sadilová 181.2255236.22174.470174.47174.479
Irena Pavelková 184.4555239.45166.8915181.89181.8916

Sprint

Men
AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Martin Doktor C-1 500 m 1:52.9071 FBye1:49.934Gold medal icon.svg
C-1 1000 m 4:19.9181 FBye3:54.418Gold medal icon.svg
Pavel Bednář
Petr Fuksa
C-2 500 m 1:47.9558 R1:50.4803 SF1:44.9026Did not advance
C-2 1000 m 4:25.2958 SF3:51.5765Did not advance
Jiří Polívka
Karel Leština
K-2 500 m 1:34.1076 R1:37.1192 SF1:32.5177Did not advance
Petr Hruška
René Kučera
K-2 1000 m 3:42.6824 R3:35.2163 SF3:21.3847Did not advance
Karel Leština
Pavel Mráz
Martin Otáhal
Jiří Polívka
K-4 1000 m 3:19.8687 SF3:06.6115Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Pavlína Jobánková K-1 500 m 2:07.8118 R2:12.2197Did not advance
Jitka Janáčková
Pavlína Jobánková
K-2 500 m 1:51.3466 R1:55.3773 SF1:49.1257Did not advance
Jitka Janáčková
Kateřina Heková
Kateřina Hluchá
Milena Pergnerová
K-4 500 m 1:44.7077 SF1:42.2165Did not advance

Cycling

Road

Men
AthleteEventTimeRank
Ján Svorada Road race 4:56:4430

Track

Sprint
AthleteEventQualificationRound 1RepechageRound 2Repechage 2Round of 16Repechage 3QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Time
Speed (km/h)
RankOpposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Rank
Pavel Buráň Men's sprint 10.389
(69.30)
7Flag of Greece.svg  Vassilopoulus  (GRE)
W 11.700
(61.54)
ByeFlag of Greece.svg  Himonetos  (GRE)
W 11.272
(63.86)
ByeFlag of Australia.svg  Hill  (AUS)
L
Flag of France.svg  Magné  (FRA)
Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Bērziņš  (LAT)
L
Did not advance9

Mountain bike

AthleteEventTimeRank
Radovan Fořt Men's cross-country 2:42:4324
Pavel Camrda 2:49:0933
Kateřina Neumannová Women's cross-country 2:04:0318
Kateřina Hanušová 2:04:0519

Fencing

One male fencer represented the Czech Republic in 1996.

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Roman Ječmínek Men's épée Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  Chang  (KOR)
L 13–15
Did not advance37

Gymnastics

Artistic

Men
AthleteEventApparatusTotal
FloorPommel horseRingsVaultParallel barsHorizontal bar
CORankCORankCORankCORankCORankCORankScoreRank
Jiří Fiřt Team 8.8758.825879.3008.925709.3259.150689.4259.250638.4509.100838.4259.46277108.51258
Women
AthleteEventApparatusTotal
VaultUneven barsBalance beamFloor
CORankCORankCORankCORankScoreRank
Gabriela Krčmárová Team 9.3259.262738.9878.975848.1628.912849.0509.4377472.11067

Rhythmic

Individual
AthleteEventPreliminariesSemifinalFinal
ApparatusTotalApparatusTotalApparatusTotal
RopeBallClubsRibbonRopeBallClubsRibbonRopeBallClubsRibbon
ScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRank
Lenka Oulehlová All-around 9.232249.266=189.266=239.1992636.96322Did not advance
Andrea Šebestová 9.366158.783369.249=269.200=2336.59828Did not advance

Judo

Rowing

The Czech Republic had five rowers participate in three out of fourteen rowing events in 1996. [2]

Men
AthleteEventHeatRepechageSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Václav Chalupa Single sculls 7:35.481 SA/BBye7:16.973 FA6:55.655
Michal Vabroušek
Adam Michálek
Lightweight double sculls 7:16.075 R6:30.343 SC/D6:41.411 FC6:53.1413
Women
AthleteEventHeatRepechageSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Sabina Telenská
Hana Dariusová
Pair 7:54.724 R8:01.501 Q7:48.405 FB7:20.248

Qualification legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinal A/B; SC/D=Semifinal C/D; R=Repechage; Q=Qualified for the next round

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men
AthleteEventHeatFinal
TimeRankTimeRank
Rastislav Bizub 100 m backstroke 58.2937Did not advance
200 m backstroke 2:04.5524Did not advance
Daniel Málek 100 m breaststroke 1:02.469 FB1:02.39 NR 10
200 m breaststroke 2:17.0817Did not advance
Josef Horký 200 m butterfly 2:02.8430Did not advance
200 m individual medley 2:05.4518Did not advance
400 m individual medley 4:26.58 NR 13 FB4:28.3914
Women
AthleteEventHeatFinal
TimeRankTimeRank
Kristýna Kyněrová 100 m freestyle 58.0334Did not advance
200 m freestyle 2:03.6319Did not advance
Olga Šplíchalová 400 m freestyle 4:20.0421Did not advance
800 m freestyle 8:47.6815Did not advance
Marcela Kubalčíková 100 m backstroke 1:05.4824Did not advance
100 m butterfly 1:03.8233Did not advance
200 m butterfly 2:19.3827Did not advance
Kateřina Pivoňková 200 m backstroke 2:18.2021Did not advance
Lenka Maňhalová 100 m breaststroke 1:12.7229Did not advance
200 m breaststroke 2:32.1415 FB2:29.96 NR 11
200 m individual medley 2:18.4320Did not advance
Pavla Chrástová 400 m individual medley 4:51.3515 FB4:56.2316
Hana Černá 4:49.4313 FB4:46.78 NR 10
Hana Černá
Kristýna Kyněrová
Pavla Chrástová
Olga Šplíchalová
4 × 200 m freestyle relay 8:21.19 NR 15Did not advance
Kateřina Pivoňková
Lenka Maňhalová
Marcela Kubalčíková
Kristýna Kyněrová
4 × 100 m medley relay 4:21.0520Did not advance

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Table tennis

Three Czech table tennis players qualified for the following events. [3] [4] [5]

AthleteEventGroup stageRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Petr Korbel Men's singles Flag of North Korea.svg  Choi  (PRK)
W 2–1
(15–21, 21–16, 21–13)
Flag of Chile.svg  Morales  (CHI)
W 2–0
(21–9, 21–11)
Flag of France.svg  Gatien  (FRA)
W 2–0
(21–13, 21–19)
Flag of Brazil.svg  Hoyama  (BRA)
W 3–2
(17–21, 19–21, 21–17, 21–14, 21–13)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Saive  (BEL)
W 3–0
(21–10, 21–13, 21–19)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wang  (CHN)
L 0–3
(21–23, 7–21, 16–21)
Flag of Germany.svg  Roßkopf  (GER)
L 1–3
(17–21, 21–19, 18–21, 19–21)
4
Petr Korbel
Josef Plachý
Men's doubles Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Matsushita /
Shibutani  (JPN)
L 0–2 (16–21, 22–24)
Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  Grujić /
Lupulesku  (SCG)
L 0–2 (11–21, 19–21)
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Olaleye /
Toriola  (NGR)
L 0–2 (8–21, 18–21)
Did not advance25
Jana Dobešová Women's singles Flag of Russia.svg  Palina  (RUS)
L 0–2
(9–21, 17–21)
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Koyama  (JPN)
L 0–2
(20–22, 20–22)
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Alejo  (DOM)
W 2–0
(21–9, 21–7)
Did not advance33

Tennis

Men
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Jiří Novák Singles Flag of Italy.svg  Furlan  (ITA)
W 6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Schwartzman  (ARG)
L 4–6, 5–7
Did not advance
Daniel Vacek Flag of Germany.svg  Prinosil  (GER)
W 6–4, 2–6, 6–4
Flag of Russia.svg  Olhovskiy  (RUS)
L 3–6, 6–7(1–7)
Did not advance
Jiří Novák
Daniel Vacek
Doubles Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Ogorodov /
Tomashevich  (UZB)
WRET
Flag of Ecuador (1900-2009).svg  Campana /
Lapentti  (ECU)
W 7–5, 6–4
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Broad /
Henman  (GBR)
L 6–7(4–7), 4–7
Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Jana Novotná Singles Flag of Romania.svg  Dragomir  (ROM)
W 6–4, 4–4 ret
Flag of Austria.svg  Wiesner  (AUT)
W 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Sugiyama  (JPN)
W 6–3, 6–4
Flag of the United States.svg  Seles  (USA)
W 7–5, 3–6, 8–6
Flag of Spain.svg  Sánchez Vicario  (ESP)
L 4–6, 6–1, 3–6
Flag of the United States.svg  Fernández  (USA)
W 7–6(10–8), 6–4
Bronze medal icon.svg
Helena Suková Flag of South Africa.svg  de Swardt  (RSA)
L 6–7(4–6), 6–3, 5–7
Did not advance
Jana Novotná
Helena Suková
Doubles Flag of Russia.svg  Kournikova /
Makarova  (RUS)
W 6–2, 6–2
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Basuki /
Tedjakusuma  (INA)
W 6–2, 6–3
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Hetherington /
Hy-Boulais  (CAN)
W 6–2, 6–4
Flag of Spain.svg  Martínez /
Sánchez Vicario  (ESP)
W 6–2, 7–6(6–1)
Flag of the United States.svg  Fernández /
Fernández  (USA)
L 6–7(6–8), 4–6
Silver medal icon.svg

Volleyball

Beach

AthleteEventWinner's bracketLoser's bracketFinal round
First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth roundFirst roundSecond roundThird roundFourth roundFifth roundSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Marek Pakosta
Michal Palinek
Men's Flag of Spain.svg  Prieto  /
Yuste  (ESP)
W 15–11
Flag of Brazil.svg  Lopes  /
Neto  (BRA)
L 5–15
Did not advanceFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Everaert  /
Mulder  (NED)
W 15–6
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Child  /
Heese  (CAN)
L 9–15
Did not advance=13

Weightlifting

AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Petr Stanislav Men's 59 kg 112.010142.510255.010
Roman Polom Men's 99 kg 160.016187.518347.519

Wrestling

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Romania at the 2012 Summer Olympics</span> Sporting event delegation

Romania competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This nation has competed at the Summer Olympic Games since its official debut in 1924, missing only two editions, including the 1948 Summer Olympics. Despite being London's third Olympic Games, this is the first time the Romanian team has competed in London. The Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee sent a total of 103 athletes to the Games, 54 men and 49 women, to compete in 14 sports.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Czech Republic at the 2016 Summer Olympics</span> Sporting event delegation

The Czech Republic competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's sixth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics after splitting from the former Czechoslovakia. The Czech team consisted of 105 athletes, 63 men and 42 women, across twenty sports.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Paraguay at the 2016 Summer Olympics</span> Sporting event delegation

Paraguay competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Since the nation's official debut in 1968, Paraguayan athletes had appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, but did not attend the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of the nation's partial support for the US-led boycott.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Czech Republic at the 2020 Summer Olympics</span> Czech Republic at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in Tokyo

The Czech Republic competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics after splitting from the former Czechoslovakia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Togo at the 2020 Summer Olympics</span> Sporting event delegation

Togo competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the nation made its debut in 1972, Togolese athletes participated in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, except for two occasions, the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of the African and the US-led boycotts, respectively.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Czech Republic at the 2024 Summer Olympics</span> Sporting event delegation

The Czech Republic, officially named Czechia by the IOC, competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Czech athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, except for three occasions: Athens 1896, St. Louis 1904 and Los Angeles 1984 as part of the Soviet boycott. It is the nation's eighth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics after splitting from the former Czechoslovakia.

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