Czech Republic at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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Czech Republic at the
2016 Summer Olympics
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
IOC code CZE
NOC Czech Olympic Committee
Website www.olympic.cz  (in Czech and English)
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors105 in 20 sports
Flag bearers Lukáš Krpálek (opening) [1]
Josef Dostál (closing)
Medals
Ranked 43rd
Gold
1
Silver
2
Bronze
7
Total
10
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
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Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia (1924–1992)

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. [2]

Contents

Czech Republic returned home from Rio de Janeiro with a total of 10 medals (1 gold, 2 silver, and 7 bronze), marking the country's second-most successful Olympics, behind tallies of 11 achieved at Atlanta 1996 and London 2012. [3] [4] Three of the medals were awarded to the Czech squad in canoeing and tennis, while the rest to the competitors in judo, track and field, mountain biking, and rowing.

Among the medalists were 2014 world judo champion Lukáš Krpálek, who captured the country's only gold medal in the men's half-heavyweight division (100 kg), and rower Ondřej Synek, who managed to add a bronze to his Olympic career treasury of two silvers in the men's single sculls. [5] Flatwater canoeist and two-time world champion Josef Dostál contributed two of the country's medals, picking up a silver in the K-1 1000 m, and a bronze as a member of the Czech crew in the kayak four, his second consecutive medal in that event. [6] Despite witnessing her three-peat bid come to an end with a bronze at the Games, double Olympic champion Barbora Špotáková cemented her place in history as the first woman to score three medals in the javelin throw. [7] Mountain biker Jaroslav Kulhavý closed out the nation's Olympic campaign by taking home the silver medal in the men's cross-country race, losing his title defense to Switzerland's Nino Schurter. [2]

Despite achieving total of 10 medals, for the first time since 1980 Summer Olympics Czech Republic / Czechoslovakia didn't win any medal in shooting competitions.

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 Lukáš Krpálek Judo Men's 100 kg 11 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Josef Dostál Canoeing Men's K-1 1000 m 16 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Jaroslav Kulhavý Cycling Men's cross-country 21 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Jiří Prskavec Canoeing Men's K-1 10 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Ondřej Synek Rowing Men's single sculls 13 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Petra Kvitová Tennis Women's singles 13 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Lucie Šafářová
Barbora Strýcová
Tennis Women's doubles 13 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Lucie Hradecká
Radek Štěpánek
Tennis Mixed doubles 14 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Barbora Špotáková Athletics Women's javelin throw 18 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Josef Dostál
Daniel Havel
Jan Štěrba
Lukáš Trefil
Canoeing Men's K-4 1000 m 20 August

Competitors

Czech Olympic Committee fielded a roster of 105 athletes, 63 men and 42 women, to compete across twenty sports at these Games; it was the nation's smallest delegation sent to the Olympics since the breakup of the former Czechoslovakia . [2] [8] Moreover, Czech Republic did not send teams in any of the collective sports for the first time in the nation's Olympic history.

Of the 105 participants, sixty of them attended at least a single Olympiad, with the rest making their debut in Rio de Janeiro. Track and field accounted for the largest number of athletes on the team with 25 entries. Golf, artistic gymnastics, triathlon, weightlifting, and wrestling all had a single competitor.

Thirteen of the nation's past Olympic medalists returned, including four defending champions from London 2012: javelin thrower Barbora Špotáková, modern pentathlete David Svoboda, single sculls rower Miroslava Knapková, and mountain biker Jaroslav Kulhavý. [2] 2008 trap shooting champion David Kostelecký, synchronized swimmer Soňa Bernardová, and former cross-country skier Kateřina Nash in mountain biking headed the full roster of Czech athletes by participating in their fifth Olympics as the most experienced competitors. They were followed by Knapková, Špotakova, Kulhavý, long-distance and open water swimmer Jana Pechanová, double rowing medalist Ondřej Synek in the men's single sculls, and high jumper and 2004 bronze medalist Jaroslav Bába, all of whom vied for their fourth straight Games.

Other notable athletes on the Czech roster included reigning silver medalists Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká in the women's tennis doubles, 2012 bronze medalist and double world champion Zuzana Hejnová in the women's 400 m hurdles, and 2014 world judo champion Lukáš Krpálek, who was selected to be the country's flag bearer in the opening ceremony. [1] [9]

Rifle shooting rookie Filip Nepejchal and freestyle swimming teen Barbora Seemanová, both of whom competing under 18, were Czech Republic's youngest competitors, with Kostelecký rounding out the field as the oldest member (aged 41). Double canoeing champion Martin Doktor served as the team's chef de mission for the Games. [2]

Athletics

Czech athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event): [10] [11]

Key

Track & road events

Men
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Lukáš Gdula 50 km walk DSQ
Jakub Holuša 1500 m 3:38.311 Q3:40.839did not advance
Pavel Maslák 400 m 45.545 q45.063did not advance
Petr Svoboda 110 m hurdles 13.656 q13.678did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Anežka Drahotová 20 km walk 1:30:4310
Zuzana Hejnová 400 m hurdles 55.542 Q54.551 Q53.924
Denisa Rosolová 56.364 q57.398did not advance
Eva Vrabcová-Nývltová Marathon 2:33.5126

Field events

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Jaroslav Bába High jump 2.26=12 q2.2014
Michal Balner Pole vault 5.60=10 q5.50=7
Petr Frydrych Javelin throw 83.605 Q79.1212
Radek Juška Long jump 7.8413did not advance
Jan Kudlička Pole vault 5.70=7 q5.75=4
Lukáš Melich Hammer throw 73.1415did not advance
Tomáš Staněk Shot put 19.7620did not advance
Jakub Vadlejch Javelin throw 83.277 Q82.428
Vítězslav Veselý 82.8510 q82.517
Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Michaela Hrubá High jump 1.9218did not advance
Romana Maláčová Pole vault 4.30=24did not advance
Kateřina Šafránková Hammer throw 68.3317did not advance
Barbora Špotáková Javelin throw 64.652 Q64.80Bronze medal icon.svg
Jiřina Svobodová Pole vault 4.45=19did not advance

Combined events

Men's decathlon
AthleteEvent 100 m LJ SP HJ 400 m 110H DT PV JT 1500 m FinalRank
Adam Helcelet Result11.067.3515.112.0449.5114.3744.134.7068.204:34.41829112
Points847898796840837927749819862716
Jiří Sýkora Result11.157.0013.451.9849.8815.0244.49NM56.99DNF623725
Points82781469578582084775606930
Women's heptathlon
AthleteEvent 100H HJ SP 200 m LJ JT 800 mFinalRank
Kateřina Cachová Result13.191.7712.3824.325.9137.772:18.95595824
Points1096941686950822625838
Eliška Klučinová Result14.071.8014.4125.376.0846.732:22.81607722
Points968978821853874797786

Badminton

The Czech Republic has qualified two badminton players for each of the following events into the Olympic tournament. Remarkably going to their third Olympics, Kristína Gavnholt was selected among the top 34 individual shuttlers in the women's singles based on the BWF World Rankings as of 5 May 2016, while her counterpart Petr Koukal picked up one of the spare athlete berths from the doubles as the next highest-ranked eligible player in the men's singles. [12]

AthleteEventGroup StageEliminationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Petr Koukal Men's singles Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Ouseph  (GBR)
L (14–21, 18–21)
Flag of Japan.svg  Sasaki  (JPN)
L (10–21, 21–16, 12–21)
3did not advance
Kristína Gavnholt Women's singles Flag of Japan.svg  Yamaguchi  (JPN)
L (22–20, 12–21, 15–21)
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Tee J Y  (MAS)
L (20–22, 21–15)
3did not advance

Canoeing

Slalom

Czech canoeists have qualified a maximum of one boat in each of the following classes through the 2015 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships. [13] The roster of Czech slalom canoeists will be announced on 15 May 2016 as a result of their top performances at three selection meets of the Olympic Trials: two domestic races in Veltrusy ( 16 to 17 April) and Prague ( 23 to 24 April) and the European Championships ( 13 to 15 May) in Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia. [14] [15]

AthleteEventPreliminarySemifinalFinal
Run 1RankRun 2RankBestRankTimeRankTimeRank
Vítězslav Gebas Men's C-1 109.9214102.7812102.7814 Q98.775 Q97.574
Jonáš Kašpar
Marek Šindler
Men's C-2 106.326103.432103.434 Q108.092 Q108.358
Jiří Prskavec Men's K-1 88.713101.181788.717 Q90.622 Q88.99Bronze medal icon.svg
Kateřina Kudějová Women's K-1 102.063106.108102.065 Q103.784 Q108.7610

Sprint

Czech canoeists have qualified a total of four boats in each of the following distances for the Games through the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships. [16] Meanwhile, one additional boat was awarded to the Czech squad in men's C-2 1000 m by virtue of a top two national finish at the 2016 European Qualification Regatta in Duisburg, Germany.

The sprint canoeing team, led by London 2012 bronze medalist Josef Dostál in the men's kayak four, was named to the Olympic roster on 7 June 2016. [17]

Men
AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Josef Dostál K-1 1000 m 3:35.3421 Q3:36.3844 FA3:32.145Silver medal icon.svg
Martin Fuksa C-1 200 m 40.3113 Q40.3114 FB39.7609
C-1 1000 m 4:01.4922 Q4:01.7931 FA4:03.3225
Filip Šváb K-1 200 m 35.5677did not advance
Filip Dvořák
Jaroslav Radoň
C-2 1000 m 3:36.8184 Q3:42.1662 FA3:49.3527
Daniel Havel
Jan Štěrba
K-2 1000 m 3:53.9076 Q3:21.5694 FB3:25.96612
Josef Dostál
Daniel Havel
Jan Štěrba
Lukáš Trefil
K-4 1000 m 2:52.0271 FABye3:05.176Bronze medal icon.svg

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

Cycling

Road

Czech riders qualified for a maximum of four quota places in the men's Olympic road race by virtue of their top 15 final national ranking in the 2015 UCI World and Europe Tour. [18] The men's road cycling team was named to the Olympic roster on 23 June 2016. [19]

AthleteEventTimeRank
Jan Bárta Men's road race did not finish
Men's time trial 1:15:56.9115
Leopold König Men's road race did not finish
Men's time trial 1:15:23.6411
Zdeněk Štybar Men's road race did not finish
Petr Vakoč Men's road race 6:30:0558

Track

Following the completion of the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Czech riders failed to win a quota place in the men's team sprint, but they did manage to accumulate a single berth in the men's keirin and two in the men's sprint, by virtue of their final individual UCI Olympic rankings in those events.

Sprint
AthleteEventQualificationRound 1Repechage 1Round 2Repechage 2QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
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)
Rank
Pavel Kelemen Men's sprint 9.969
72.223
14 QFlag of France.svg  Bauge  (FRA)
L
Flag of Australia.svg Constable (AUS)
Flag of Poland.svg  Zieliński  (POL)
L
did not advance
Keirin
AthleteEvent1st RoundRepechage2nd RoundFinal
RankRankRankRank
Pavel Kelemen Men's keirin 6 R4did not advance

Mountain biking

Czech mountain bikers qualified for three men's quota places into the Olympic cross-country race, as a result of the nation's fourth-place finish in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of 25 May 2016. Due to the lack of eligible NOCs for Africa on the list, the unused berth was added to the Czech mountain biking team as the next highest-ranked nation, not yet qualified, in the women's cross-country race. The mountain biking team, highlighted by reigning Olympic men's cross-country champion Jaroslav Kulhavý, was announced on 24 May 2016. [20]

AthleteEventTimeRank
Ondřej Cink Men's cross-country 1:38:1814
Jaroslav Kulhavý 1:34:18Silver medal icon.svg
Jan Škarnitzl 1:41:1122
Kateřina Nash Women's cross-country 1:32:255

Fencing

The Czech Republic has entered two fencers into the Olympic competition. 2010 Youth Olympian Alexander Choupenitch secured a spot in the men's foil as one of the two highest-ranked fencers coming from the European zone in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings. [21] Meanwhile, Jiří Beran rounded out the Czech fencing roster as the sole winner of the men's épée at the European Zonal Qualifier in Prague.

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Jiří Beran Men's épée Flag of Brazil.svg  Schwantes  (BRA)
L 6–8
did not advance
Alexander Choupenitch Men's foil ByeFlag of Egypt.svg  Abouelkassem  (EGY)
L 8–15
did not advance

Golf

Czech Republic has entered one golfer into the Olympic tournament. Klára Spilková (world no. 279) qualified directly among the top 60 eligible players for the women's event based on the IGF World Rankings as of 11 July 2016. [22]

AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Total
ScoreScoreScoreScoreScoreParRank
Klára Spilková Women's 77737174295+11=48

Gymnastics

Artistic

The Czech Republic has entered one artistic gymnast into the Olympic competition. David Jessen, son of 1988 Olympian Hana Říčná, claimed his Olympic spot in the men's apparatus and all-around events at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro. [23]

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRank
F PH R V PB HB F PH R V PB HB
David Jessen Individual 12.23312.16613.33614.50013.10014.31679.68147did not advance

Judo

The Czech Republic has qualified three judokas for each of the following weight classes at the Games. London 2012 Olympian Lukáš Krpálek and returnee Pavel Petřikov were ranked among the top 22 eligible judokas for men in the IJF World Ranking List of 30 May 2016, while Jaromír Ježek at men's lightweight (73 kg) earned a continental quota spot from the European region as the Czech Republic's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position. [24] [25]

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Pavel Petřikov Men's −60 kg ByeFlag of Botswana.svg  Mogopa  (BOT)
W 110–000
Flag of Japan.svg  Takato  (JPN)
L 000–100
did not advance
Jaromír Ježek Men's −73 kg Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Estrada  (CUB)
L 002–010
did not advance
Lukáš Krpálek Men's −100 kg ByeFlag of Portugal.svg  Fonseca  (POR)
W 010–001
Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Rakov  (KAZ)
W 000–000 S
Flag of Japan.svg  Haga  (JPN)
W 000–000 S
Flag of France.svg  Maret  (FRA)
W 100–000
ByeFlag of Azerbaijan.svg  Gasimov  (AZE)
W 100–000
Gold medal icon.svg

Modern pentathlon

Czech athletes have qualified for the following spots to compete in modern pentathlon. Defending Olympic champion David Svoboda and rookie Jan Kuf secured a selection in the men's event by gaining two of the eight Olympic slots reserved for their team from the 2015 European Championships. [26] Meanwhile, Barbora Kodedová granted an invitation from UIPM to compete in the women's event, as one of the next highest-ranked eligible modern pentathletes, not yet qualified, in the World Rankings as of 1 June 2016. [27]

AthleteEventFencing
(épée one touch)
Swimming
(200 m freestyle)
Riding
(show jumping)
Combined: shooting/running
(10 m air pistol)/(3200 m)
Total pointsFinal rank
RRBRRankMP pointsTimeRankMP pointsPenaltiesRankMP pointsTimeRankMP Points
Jan Kuf Men's 19–161152152:05.8426323EL=33012:15.6234565110336
David Svoboda 21–14072262:05.5923324181928211:20.921062014529
Barbora Kodedová Women's 20–150102202:24.7034266512824913:25.3629495123026

Rowing

The Czech Republic has qualified a total of five boats for each of the following rowing classes into the Olympic regatta. Three rowing crews confirmed Olympic places for their boats each in both the men's and women's single sculls, and men's lightweight four at the 2015 FISA World Championships in Lac d'Aiguebelette, France, while the rowers competing in the men's pair and women's double sculls were added to the Czech roster with their top two finish at the 2016 European & Final Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland.

Men
AthleteEventHeatsRepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Ondřej Synek Single sculls 7:21.901 QFBye6:50.512 SA/B6:58.561 FA6:44.10Bronze medal icon.svg
Lukáš Helešic
Jakub Podrazil
Pair 6:42.713 SA/BBye6:32.856 FB7:00.047
Jiří Kopáč
Jan Vetešník
Ondřej Vetešník
Miroslav Vraštil Jr.
Lightweight four 6:39.955 R6:04.303 SA/B6:33.436 FB6:43.5212
Women
AthleteEventHeatsRepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Miroslava Knapková Single sculls 8:28.902 QFBye7:37.042 SA/B7:47.534 FB7:22.867
Lenka Antošová
Kristýna Fleissnerová
Double sculls 7:35.854 R7:03.683 SA/B7:03.796 FB7:43.7710

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Czech sailors have qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships, the individual fleet Worlds, and European qualifying regattas. [28]

AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
123456789101112M*
Karel Lavický Men's RS:X 26303030DNF2624DNF29DNF2531EL32431
Viktor Teplý Men's Laser 29183019132329293234EL22228
Veronika Fenclová Women's Laser Radial 11711169168221719EL11312

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Shooting

Czech shooters have achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2014 and 2015 ISSF World Championships, the 2015 ISSF World Cup series, and European Championships or Games, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by 31 March 2016. [29]

AthleteEventQualificationSemifinalFinal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
David Kostelecký Men's trap 1185 Q133 q94
Filip Nepejchal Men's 10 m air rifle 619.935did not advance
Men's 50 m rifle prone 620.533did not advance
Men's 50 m rifle 3 positions 116921did not advance
Adéla Bruns Women's 10 m air rifle 411.832did not advance
Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions 5828 Q404.37
Libuše Jahodová Women's skeet 5820did not advance
Nikola Mazurová Women's 10 m air rifle 414.418did not advance
Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions 57525did not advance

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Swimming

Czech swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)): [30] [31]

Men
AthleteEventHeatFinal
TimeRankTimeRank
Pavel Janeček 400 m individual medley 4:22.0924did not advance
Jan Micka 400 m freestyle 3:49.9729did not advance
1500 m freestyle 14:58.6912did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Simona Baumrtová 100 m backstroke 1:01.0817did not advance
200 m backstroke 2:13.2623did not advance
200 m individual medley 2:17.2136did not advance
Martina Moravčíková 100 m breaststroke 1:08.5026did not advance
200 m breaststroke 2:27.5118did not advance
Jana Pechanová 10 km open water 1:59:07.719
Barbora Seemanová 200 m freestyle 2:00.2631did not advance
Lucie Svěcená 100 m butterfly 59.4527did not advance
Barbora Závadová 200 m individual medley 2:14.4521did not advance
400 m individual medley 4:38.5314did not advance
Simona Baumrtová
Martina Moravčíková
Barbora Seemanová
Lucie Svěcená
4 × 100 m medley relay DSQdid not advance

Synchronized swimming

The Czech Republic has fielded a squad of two synchronized swimmers to compete only in the women's duet by virtue of their ninth-place finish at the FINA Olympic test event in Rio de Janeiro. [32] [33]

AthleteEventTechnical routineFree routine (preliminary)Free routine (final)
PointsRankPointsTotal (technical + free)RankPointsTotal (technical + free)Rank
Soňa Bernardová
Alžběta Dufková
Duet 80.06401880.5333160.597318did not advance

Table tennis

The Czech Republic has entered four athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. London 2012 Olympian Iveta Vacenovská was automatically selected among the top 22 eligible players in the women's singles based on the ITTF Olympic Rankings. [34] Meanwhile, Lubomír Jančařík, Dmitrij Prokopcov, and Hana Matelová granted their invitations from ITTF to compete in each of their respective singles events as one of the next seven highest-ranked eligible players, not yet qualified, on the Olympic Ranking List.

AthleteEventPreliminaryRound 1Round 2Round 3Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Lubomír Jančařík Men's singles ByeFlag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Kenjaev  (UZB)
L 2–4
did not advance
Dmitrij Prokopcov ByeFlag of Nigeria.svg  Toriola  (NGR)
L 2–4
did not advance
Hana Matelová Women's singles ByeFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Zhang  (CAN)
L 3–4
did not advance
Iveta Vacenovská ByeFlag of Colombia.svg  Ruano  (COL)
W 4–0
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Bilenko  (UKR)
L 0–4
did not advance

Tennis

The Czech Republic has entered eight tennis players (two men and six women) into the Olympic tournament. Tomáš Berdych (world no. 8) and Jiří Veselý (world no. 67) qualified directly for the men's singles as two of the top 56 eligible players in the ATP World Rankings, while Petra Kvitová (world no. 11), Karolína Plíšková (world no. 17), Lucie Šafářová (world no. 29), and Barbora Strýcová (world no. 30) did so for the women's singles based on their WTA World Rankings as of 6 June 2016.

Having been directly entered to the singles, Berdych and Veselý also opted to play with their partners Radek Štěpánek and Lukáš Rosol, respectively, in the men's doubles. Meanwhile, reigning silver medalists Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká teamed up together for their second Olympic stint in the women's doubles by virtue of the latter's top-10 WTA ranking. [35] [36]

On 16 July 2016, Berdych and Plíšková announced that both of them withdrew from the Games due to personal and family concerns on Zika virus. Instead, Rosol (world no. 71) took over Berdych's place in the men's singles and doubles. [37] On 27 July 2016, Veselý joined them as one of the Czech tennis players to be pulled out from the Games, citing chest pains. [38]

Men
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Lukáš Rosol Singles Flag of France.svg  Paire  (FRA)
L 6–3, 3–6, 4–6
did not advance
Lukáš Rosol
Radek Štěpánek
Doubles Flag of Spain.svg  Ferrer /
Bautista Agut  (ESP)
L 1–6, 4–6
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
Lucie Hradecká Singles Flag of Denmark.svg  Wozniacki  (DEN)
L 2–6, 2–6
did not advance
Petra Kvitová Flag of Hungary.svg  Babos  (HUN)
W 6–1, 6–2
Flag of Denmark.svg  Wozniacki  (DEN)
W 6–2, 6–4
Flag of Russia.svg  Makarova  (RUS)
W 4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Svitolina  (UKR)
W 6–2, 6–0
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puig  (PUR)
L 4–6, 6–1, 3–6
Flag of the United States.svg  Keys  (USA)
W 7–5, 2–6, 6–2
Bronze medal icon.svg
Lucie Šafářová Flag of Italy.svg  Knapp  (ITA)
W 4–6, 6–1, 6–1
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Flipkens  (BEL)
L 2–6, ret
did not advance
Barbora Strýcová Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Wickmayer  (BEL)
W 7–6(8–6), 6–1
Flag of Italy.svg  Errani  (ITA)
L 2–6, 2–6
did not advance
Andrea Hlaváčková
Lucie Hradecká
Doubles Flag of Ukraine.svg  Savchuk /
Svitolina  (UKR)
W 7–6(7–1), 1–6, 6–4
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Peng S /
Zhang S  (CHN)
W 6–4, 6–4
Flag of Russia.svg  Kasatkina /
Kuznetsova  (RUS)
W 6–1, 4–6, 7–5
Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Bacsinszky /
Hingis  (SUI)
L 7–5, 6–7(3–7), 2–6
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Šafářová /
Strýcová  (CZE)
L 5–7, 1–6
4
Lucie Šafářová
Barbora Strýcová
Flag of the United States.svg  S Williams /
V Williams  (USA)
W 6–3, 6–4
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Bourchard /
Dabrowski  (CAN)
W 6–7(4–7), 6–2, 6–4
Flag of Italy.svg  Errani /
Vinci  (ITA)
W 4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Flag of Russia.svg  Makarova /
Vesnina  (RUS)
L 6–7(7–9), 4–6
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Hlaváčková /
Hradecká  (CZE)
W 7–5, 6–1
Bronze medal icon.svg
Mixed
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Lucie Hradecká
Radek Štěpánek
Doubles Flag of Spain.svg  Muguruza /
Nadal  (ESP)
WWO
Flag of Romania.svg  Begu /
Tecău  (ROU)
W 6–4, 7–5
Flag of the United States.svg  Mattek-Sands /
Sock  (USA)
L 4–6, 6–7(3–6)
Flag of India.svg  Mirza /
Bopanna  (IND)
W 6–1, 7–5
Bronze medal icon.svg

Triathlon

The Czech Republic has entered one triathlete to compete at the Games. Two-time Olympian Vendula Frintová was ranked among the top 40 eligible triathletes in the women's event based on the ITU Olympic Qualification List as of 15 May 2016. [39]

AthleteEventSwim (1.5 km)Trans 1Bike (40 km)Trans 2Run (10 km)Total TimeRank
Vendula Frintová Women's 19:210:561:04:270:3636:292:01:4927

Volleyball

Beach

The Czech Republic women's beach volleyball team qualified directly for the Olympics by virtue of their top two national finish at the 2016 FIVB Continental Cup in Sochi, Russia. The place was awarded to London 2012 Olympian Markéta Sluková and her rookie partner Barbora Hermannová. [40]

AthleteEventPreliminary roundLucky LoserRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Barbora Hermannová
Markéta Sluková
Women's Flag of Brazil.svg  Bednarczuk  / Seixas  (BRA)
L 1–2
(21–19,
17–21, 11–15)
Flag of Spain.svg  Baquerizo  / Fernández  (ESP)
L 0–2
(15–21, 19–21)
Flag of Argentina.svg  Gallay  / Klug  (ARG)
W 2–1
(13–21, 21–19, 15–8)
3Flag of Russia.svg  Birlova  / Ukolova  (RUS)
L 1–2
(19–21,
21–12, 10–15)
did not advance

Weightlifting

The Czech Republic has qualified one male weightlifter for the Rio Olympics by virtue of a top seven national finish at the 2016 European Championships. [41] The team must allocate this place by 20 June 2016.

AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Jiří Orság Men's +105 kg 18514240=64258

Wrestling

The Czech Republic has received a spare host berth freed up by Brazil as the next highest-ranked eligible nation, not yet qualified, to send a wrestler competing in the women's freestyle 63 kg to the Olympics, based on the results from the World Championships. [42] [43]

Key:
Women's freestyle
AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Adéla Hanzlíčková −63 kg ByeFlag of Sweden.svg  Johansson  (SWE)
L 0–4 ST
did not advance20

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