Czech Republic competed at the 2012 European Athletics Championships held in Helsinki, Finland, between 27 June to 1 July 2012.
The Czech Republic, also known by its short-form name, Czechia, is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west, Austria to the south, Slovakia to the east, and Poland to the northeast. The Czech Republic is a landlocked country with a hilly landscape that covers an area of 78,866 square kilometers (30,450 sq mi) with a mostly temperate continental climate and oceanic climate. It is a unitary parliamentary republic, with 10.7 million inhabitants. Its capital and largest city is Prague, with 1.3 million residents; other major cities are Brno, Ostrava, Olomouc and Pilsen.
The 2012 European Athletics Championships were held in Helsinki, Finland between 27 June and 1 July 2012. This edition marks the beginning of a new two-year cycle of the European Athletics Championships which were previously held every four years.
Helsinki is the capital and most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of Uusimaa in southern Finland, and has a population of 650,058. The city's urban area has a population of 1,268,296, making it by far the most populous urban area in Finland as well as the country's most important center for politics, education, finance, culture, and research. Helsinki is located 80 kilometres (50 mi) north of Tallinn, Estonia, 400 km (250 mi) east of Stockholm, Sweden, and 300 km (190 mi) west of Saint Petersburg, Russia. It has close historical ties with these three cities.
Medal | Name | Event | Date |
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Pavel Maslák | Men's 400 metres | 29 June | |
Vítězslav Veselý | Men's javelin throw | 28 June | |
Jiřina Ptáčníková | Women's pole vault | 30 June | |
Denisa Rosolová | Women's 400 metres hurdles | 29 June | |
Jitka Bartoničková Denisa Rosolová Zuzana Bergrová Zuzana Hejnová | Women's 4 × 400 metres relay | 1 July |
Event | Athletes | Heats | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
100 m | Rostislav Šulc | 10.53 | 21 q | 10.60 | 22 | Did not advance | |
Jan Veleba | 10.48 | 19 Q | 10.60 | 22 | Did not advance | ||
200 m | Vojtěch Šulc | 21.17 | 20 q | DQ | Did not advance | ||
400 m | Daniel Němeček | 46.61 | 16 Q | DQ | Did not advance | ||
Pavel Maslák | 45.87 | 3 Q | 45.66 | 1 Q | 45.24 | ||
Jan Tesař | 46.75 | 19 q | 47.27 | 20 | Did not advance | ||
800 m | Jakub Holuša | 1:48.54 | 25 Q | 1:46.63 | 3 q | 1:48.99 | 5 |
Jan Kubista | 1:47.66 | 12 q | 1:48.94 | 17 | Did not advance | ||
400 m hurdles | Václav Barák | 50.58 | 12 Q | 50.33 | 15 | Did not advance | |
Michal Brož | 50.91 | 18 q | 51.35 | 21 | Did not advance | ||
Josef Prorok | 50.57 | 11 Q | DQ | Did not advance | |||
4 × 100 m relay | Jan Veleba Rostislav Šulc Vojtěch Šulc Lukás Štastný | 39.52 | 7 q | N/A | DNF | ||
4 × 400 m relay | Daniel Němeček Pavel Maslák Josef Prorok Jakub Holuša | 3:05.41 | 2 Q | N/A | 3:02.72 | 5 |
Event | Athletes | Qualification | Final | ||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Long jump | Roman Novotný | 7.80 | 19 | Did not advance | |
Štěpán Wagner | 7.80 | 18 | Did not advance | ||
High jump | Jaroslav Bába | 2.23 | 3 Q | 2.24 | 8 |
Pole vault | Jan Kudlička | 5.50 | 4 q | 5.60 | 6 |
Shot put | Ladislav Prášil | 18.87 | 19 | Did not advance | |
Antonín Žalský | 19.94 | 3 q | 19.94 | 6 | |
Javelin throw | Petr Frydrych | 68.88 | 27 | Did not advance | |
Vítězslav Veselý | 79.09 | 10 q | 83.72 | ||
Hammer throw | Lukáš Melich | 68.92 | 28 | Did not advance |
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Event | Athletes | Heats | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
100 m | Kateřina Čechová | 11.53 | 15 q | 11.45 | 12 | Did not advance | |
200 m | Kateřina Čechová | 23.78 | 21 q | 23.64 | 16 | Did not advance | |
400 m | Jitka Bartoničková | 53.15 | 12 Q | 52.78 | 12 | Did not advance | |
800 m | Lenka Masná | 2:05.75 | 16 | N/A | Did not advance | ||
1500 m | Lenka Masná | 4:10.22 | 5 q | N/A | 4:10.17 | 7 | |
100 m hurdles | Lucie Škrobáková | 13.17 | 15 Q | 13.17 | 9 | Did not advance | |
400 m hurdles | Zuzana Bergrová | 56.59 | 14 Q | 55.78 | 7 q | 56.26 | 7 |
Zuzana Hejnová | 55.24 | 1 Q | 55.36 | 5 Q | 54.49 | 4 | |
Denisa Rosolová | 55.98 | 6 Q | 54.71 | 3 Q | 54.24 | ||
4 × 400 m relay | Jitka Bartoničková Denisa Rosolová Zuzana Bergrová Zuzana Hejnová | 3:30.86 | 4 Q | N/A | 3:26.02 |
Event | Athletes | Qualification | Final | ||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
High jump | Oldřiška Marešová | 1.83 | 17 | Did not advance | |
Pole vault | Romana Malácová | 4.25 | 18 | Did not advance | |
Jiřina Ptáčníková | 4.45 | 1 Q | 4.60 | ||
Discus throw | Věra Cechlová | 57.52 | 11 q | 60.08 | 7 |
Jitka Kubelová | 51.71 | 23 | Did not advance | ||
Eliška Staňková | 55.22 | 13 | Did not advance | ||
Hammer throw | Kateřina Šafránková | 66.51 | 14 | Did not advance | |
Tereza Králová | 66.89 | 12 q | 65.87 | 12 |
Heptathlon | Event | Eliška Klučinová | ||
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Results | Points | Rank | ||
100 m hurdles | 14.03 | 974 | 14 | |
High jump | 1.83 | 1016 | 2 | |
Shot Put | 14.21 | 808 | 5 | |
200 m | 24.56 | 928 | 10 | |
Long jump | 6.09 | 877 | 12 | |
Javelin throw | 42.58 | 717 | 10 | |
800 m | 2:19.47 | 831 | 12 | |
Final | 6151 | 8 |
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