| Czechoslovakia at the 1928 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | TCH |
| NOC | Czechoslovak Olympic Committee |
| in Amsterdam | |
| Competitors | 70 in 14 sports |
| Flag bearer | Josef Effenberger |
| Medals Ranked 14th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
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Czechoslovakia competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 70 competitors (69 men and 1 woman) took part in 51 events in 14 sports. [1]
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | František Ventura | Equestrian | Individual jumping | August 12 |
| Gold | Ladislav Vácha | Gymnastics | Men's parallel bars | August 9 |
 Silver | Jan Heřmánek | Boxing | Men's middleweight | August 11 |
| Silver | Josef Effenberger , Jan Gajdoš, Jan Koutný, Emanuel Löffler, Bedřich Šupčík, Ladislav Tikal, Ladislav Vácha, Václav Veselý | Gymnastics | Men's team all-around | August 10 |
| Silver | Ladislav Vácha | Gymnastics | Men's rings | August 8 |
| Silver | Emanuel Löffler | Gymnastics | Men's vault | August 10 |
| Silver | Jindřich Maudr | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman bantamweight | August 4 |
 Bronze | Emanuel Löffler | Gymnastics | Men's rings | August 8 |
| Bronze | Jaroslav Skobla | Weightlifting | Men's +82.5 kg | July 29 |
2 divers, both men, represented Czechoslovakia in 1928. It was the nation's 2nd appearance in the sport. Both men competed only in the 3 metre springboard event; neither reached the final. Balasz placed 4th in his semifinal group, just missing the top 3 needed to advance.
| Diver | Event | Semifinals | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Score | Rank | Points | Score | Rank | ||
| Julius Balasz | Men's 3 m board | 20 | 139.24 | 4 | did not advance | ||
| Josef Nasvadba | 38 | 102.48 | 8 | did not advance | |||
One male swimmer represented Czechoslovakia in 1928. It was the nation's 3rd appearance in the sport, in which it had competed each time it appeared at the Games. Antoš had been a member of the 1924 team as well. He placed 3rd in the preliminary heats in both of his events, not advancing to the semifinals in either.
| Swimmer | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Václav Antoš | Men's 400 m freestyle | 5:39.8 | 3 | did not advance | |||
| Václav Antoš | Men's 1500 m freestyle | 22:43.0 | 3 | did not advance | |||
Czechoslovakia competed in water polo for the third time in 1928. The team was defeated by Great Britain in the first round.
| Team | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Czechoslovakia men's | Men's tournament |  Great Britain L 4–2 | did not advance | 9 | ||
Head coach:
| No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games | Tournament goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Josef Bušek | 28 August 1901 | 26 | ? | 1 | 0 | ||
| Kurt Epstein | 21 January 1904 | 22 | ? | 1 | 0 | |||
| František Getreuer | ? | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Hugo Klempfner | ? | 0 | 0 | |||||
| J. Kroc | ? | 0 | 0 | |||||
| A. Novotny | ? | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Michal Schmuck | 9 January 1909 | 19 | ? | 1 | 0 | |||
| František Schulz | ? | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Pavol Steiner | 29 March 1908 | 20 | ? | 1 | 0 | |||
| Ladislav Švehla | ? | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Josef Tomášek | ? | 0 | 0 |
| 4 August 1928 | OR p. 807 | Czechoslovakia  | 2–4 | Great Britain | Amsterdam Referees: J.A. Ruddy (USA) |
| Scoring by half: 0–1, 2–3 | |||||
11 athletes, all men, represented Czechoslovakia in 1928. It was the nation's 3rd appearance in the sport, in which Czechoslovakia had competed each time it appeared at the Games. Kittel's 8th place in the men's 1500 metres was the best result for Czechoslovakian athletes in Amsterdam.
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Johann Bartl | Men's 100 metres | Unknown | 3 | did not advance | |||||
| Karel Kněnický | 11.3 | 3 | did not advance | ||||||
| Jaroslav Vykoupil | Unknown | 2 Q | Unknown | 6 | did not advance | ||||
| Johann Bartl | Men's 200 metres | Unknown | 5 | did not advance | |||||
| Karel Kněnický | Unknown | 2 Q | Unknown | 5 | did not advance | ||||
| Jaroslav Vykoupil | Unknown | 3 | did not advance | ||||||
| Johann Bartl | Men's 400 metres | Unknown | 2 Q | Unknown | 3 | did not advance | |||
| Jaroslav Vykoupil | Unknown | 3 | did not advance | ||||||
| Adolf Kittel | Men's 800 metres | — | 1:59.6 | 4 | did not advance | ||||
| Vilém Šindler | 1:57.0 | 3 Q | Unknown | 7 | did not advance | ||||
| Adolf Kittel | Men's 1500 metres | — | Unknown | 2 Q | 4:00.4 | 8 | |||
| Vilém Šindler | Unknown | 4 | did not advance | ||||||
| Jozef Koščak | Men's 5000 metres | — | 15:42.0 | 8 | did not advance | ||||
| Karel Nedobitý | DNF | – | did not advance | ||||||
| Karel Nedobitý | Men's 10,000 metres | — | Unknown | 17 | |||||
| Otakar Jandera | Men's 110 metres hurdles | — | Unknown | 2 | Unknown | 6 | did not advance | ||
| Johann Bartl | Men's 4 × 400 metres relay | — | Unknown | 5 | did not advance | ||||
| Karel Kněnický | |||||||||
| Vilém Šindler | |||||||||
| Jaroslav Vykoupil | |||||||||
| Alois Krof | Men's marathon | — | 2:43:18 | 16 | |||||
| František Zyka | 2:52:42 | 33 | |||||||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
| František Douda | Men's shot put | 13.12 | 14 | did not advance | |
| František Douda | Men's discus throw | 41.19 | 20 | did not advance | |
3 boxers, all men, represented Czechoslovakia in 1928. It was the nation's debut appearance in the sport. Jan Heřmánek won the silver medal in the middleweight class; the other two boxers each lost their first bout.
| Boxer | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / Bronze match | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Tomáš Pötsch | Men's lightweight |  Stephen Halaiko (USA)L KO | did not advance | 17 | |||
| František Nekolný | Men's welterweight | Bye |  Galataud (FRA)L points | did not advance | 9 | ||
| Jan Heřmánek | Men's middleweight | Bye |  Georges Pixius (LUX)W points | Harry Henderson (USA) W points |  Fred Mallin (GBR)W points |  Piero Toscani (ITA)L points | |
Four cyclists, all men and all road cyclists, represented Czechoslovakia in 1928. It was the nation's 3rd appearance in the sport, in which Czechoslovakia had competed each time the nation appeared at the Games. Honig had the best time of the team, placing 39th in the individual road race. The combined score of the top 3 placed them 11th among the 15 competing nations.
| Cyclist | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ladislav Brůžek | Men's road race | 5:54:07 | 59 |
| Antonín Honig | 5:27:45 | 39 | |
| Antonín Perič | 5:34:30 | 46 | |
| Josef Šídlo | 5:34:30 | 46 | |
| Antonín Honig | Men's team road race | 16:36:45 | 11 |
| Antonín Perič | |||
| Josef Šídlo |
9 equestrians, all men, competed for Czechoslovakia in 1928. It was the nation's 2nd appearance in the sport. Czechoslovakia was one of 5 nations to have the maximum 3 riders in each event. František Ventura won gold in the individual jumping, Czechoslovakia's first equestrian medal. Emanuel Thiel, who had had the nation's best result in 1924 at 6th in the individual dressage, bettered his own performance to 5th in 1928.
| Equestrian | Horse | Event | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Rank | |||
| Jaroslav Hanf | Elegán | Dressage | 201.70 | 17 |
| Otto Schöninger | Ex | 210.28 | 10 | |
| Emanuel Thiel | Loki | 225.96 | 5 | |
| Jaroslav Hanf | Elegán | Team dressage | 642.18 | 5 |
| Otto Schöninger | Ex | |||
| Emanuel Thiel | Loki | |||
| Equestrian | Horse | Event | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Rank | |||
| Josef Charous | Engadin | Eventing | 1844.44 | 16 |
| Josef Seyfried | Ekul | DNF | – | |
| František Statečný | Fesák | DNF | – | |
| Josef Charous | Engadin | Team eventing | 1844.44 | 12 |
| Josef Seyfried | Ekul | |||
| František Statečný | Fesák | |||
| Equestrian | Horse | Event | Final | 1st re-ride | 2nd re-ride | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Rank | |||
| Rudolf Popler | Denk | Jumping | DQ | – | did not advance | ||||
| Josef Rabas | Daghestan | 2:14 | 22.5 | 41 | did not advance | ||||
| František Ventura | Eliot | 1:34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | |
| Rudolf Popler | Denk | Team jumping | DQ | – | — | ||||
| Josef Rabas | Daghestan | ||||||||
| František Ventura | Eliot | ||||||||
Seven fencers, six men and one woman, represented Czechoslovakia in 1928. It was the nation's 3rd appearance in the sport, in which Czechoslovakia had competed each time it participated in the Games. It was the first time Czechoslovakia had a female fencer, Jarmila Chalupová. Chalupová had the most individual success of any Czechoslovakian fencer in 1928, reaching the semifinals.
| Fencer | Event | Round 1 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Jan Černohorský | Men's épée | 4 wins | 7 | did not advance | |||||
| František Kříž | 3 wins | 7 | did not advance | ||||||
| Josef Jungmann | 3 wins | 6 Q | 5 wins | 8 | did not advance | ||||
| Miroslav Beznoska | Men's team épée | 1–1 | 2 Q | 1–1 | 2 Q | 1–2 | 3 | did not advance | |
| Jan Černohorský | |||||||||
| Martin Harden | |||||||||
| Josef Jungmann | |||||||||
| František Kříž | |||||||||
| Jan Tille | |||||||||
| Jarmila Chalupová | Women's foil | — | 5 wins | 2 Q | 1 win | 7 | did not advance | ||
Bohumil Mořkovský, bronze medalist on Vault and 13th-place finisher in the Individual All-Around at the previous Olympics in Paris, died on July 16, 1928, less than a month before he could make a repeat Olympic appearance. 8 gymnasts, all men, represented Czechoslovakia in 1928. It was the nation's 3rd appearance in the sport as well as the Games. The team took the silver medal, 6.375 points behind Germany, with Ladislav Vácha having the best individual all-around result at 9th place. Vácha also won gold in the parallel bars and silver in the rings. Emanuel Löffler took two apparatus medals as well, the silver in the vault and bronze in the rings.
Three pentathletes represented Czechoslovakia in 1928. It was the nation's 2nd appearance in the sport. Růžička had the best finish for Czechoslovakia to date, placing 30th.
| Pentathlete | Event | Shooting | Swimming | Fencing | Running | Equestrian | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Rank | Rank | Rank | Rank | Score | Rank | ||
| Kamil Gampe | Men's individual | 37 | 30 | 37 | 37 | 9 | 150 | 37 |
| Rudolf Růžička | 21 | 25 | 19 | 28 | 34 | 127 | 30 | |
| Josef Schejbal | 34 | 36 | 13 | 31 | 30 | 144 | 35 | |
1 rower competed for Czechoslovakia in 1928. It was the nation's 2nd appearance in the sport, and 1st since 1920. Josef Straka, whose son would compete in the Olympics in 1972 and 1976, reached the third round in the single sculls before being eliminated.
| Rower | Event | Round 1 | Repechage 1 | Round 2 | Repechage 2 | Round 3 | Semifinals | Final | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Josef Straka | Men's single sculls | 8:05.2 | 1 Q | Bye | 8:36.4 | 1 Q | Bye | 8:04.8 | 2 | did not advance | |||||
A single male sailor represented Czechoslovakia in 1928. It was the nation's 2nd appearance in the sport. Winter finished 18th in the preliminary round standings, not advancing to the final.
| Sailor | Event | Preliminary series | Net points | Prelim rank | Final series | Net points | Final rank | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||||
| Rudolf Winter | 12' Dinghy | 10 | 10 RET | 6 | 8 | 34 | 18 | did not advance | |||||
Six weightlifters, all men, represented Czechoslovakia in 1928. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport, in which Czechoslovakia had competed each time it appeared at the Olympics. Skobla, who had placed 8th in light heavyweight (−82.5 kg) in 1924, won the bronze medal in heavyweight (+82.5 kg) this time. This matched the nation's best-ever result in the sport to date.
| Lifter | Event | Press | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
| Josef Vacek | Men's −60 kg | 80 | 5 | 82.5 | 4 | 100 | 13 | 262.5 | 8 |
| Josef Matějček | Men's −67.5 kg | 82.5 | 7 | 77.5 | 13 | 107.5 | 11 | 265 | 11 |
| Jan Kostrba | Men's −75 kg | 80 | 16 | 85 | 12 | 115 | 9 | 280 | 11 |
| Bohumil Sýkora | 70 | 20 | 85 | 12 | 115 | 9 | 270 | 17 | |
| Václav Pšenička | Men's −82.5 kg | 100 | 1 | 105 | 3 | 130 | 6 | 335 | 5 |
| Jaroslav Skobla | Men's +82.5 kg | 100 | 8 | 107.5 | 4 | 147.5 | 2 | 357.5 | |
Six wrestlers, all men, represented Czechoslovakia in 1928. All six competed in the Greco-Roman discipline. It was the nation's 3rd appearance in the sport as well as the Games. Jindřich Maudr won the nation's first Olympic medal in wrestling, taking silver in the bantamweight after reaching a de facto gold medal final against the German Leucht.
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Round 7 | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | |||
| Jindřich Maudr | Men's bantamweight |  Andersen (DEN)W Decision 1pt |  Kamel (EGY)W Fall 1pt |  van Maaren (NED)W Decision 2pts | Gozzi (ITA) W Decision 3pts |  Lindelöf (SWE)W Fall 3pts |  Leucht (GER)L Fall 6pts | — | |
| František Kratochvíl | Men's featherweight |  Egeberg (NOR)W Decision 1pt |  Väli (EST)L Fall 4pts |  Kárpáti (HUN)L Decision 7pts | did not advance | 13 | |||
| Vladimír Vávra | Men's lightweight | Sperling (GER) W Fall 0pts |  Mumenthaler (SUI)W Fall 0pts | Borges (DEN) W Fall 0pts |  Yalaz (TUR)L Fall 3pts | Keresztes (HUN) L Fall 6pts | did not advance | 5 | |
| František Hala | Men's middleweight | Papp (HUN) L Decision 3pts | Frantz (LUX) W Fall 3pts | Johansson (SWE) W Fall 3pts |  Kokkinen (FIN)L Fall 6pts | did not advance | — | 6 | |
| Josef Vávra | Men's light heavyweight |  Juhasz (YUG)W Decision 1pt | Szalay (HUN) L Decision 4pts |  Appels (BEL)L Fall 7pts | did not advance | — | 9 | ||
| Josef Urban | Men's heavyweight | Colpaert (BEL) W Fall 0pts | Simonis (NED) W Fall 0pts | Donati (ITA) W Fall 0pts | Svensson (SWE) L Fall 3pts |  Wiesberger (AUT)L Decision 6pts | Did not advance | — | 5 |
Chile competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands, the nation's fifth appearance out of eight editions of the Summer Olympic Games. The all-male national team of 38 athletes competed in 22 events in 6 sports. This edition marked Chile's first Olympic medal in the silver category.
Argentina competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands, the nation's fifth appearance out of eight editions of the Summer Olympic Games. Argentina sent its second national team, under the auspices of the Argentine Olympic Committee, 81 athletes that competed in 41 events in 12 sports. Argentina competed in equestrian, football, sailing, water polo, and wrestling for the first time. Argentina won 3 gold medals, its first Olympic championships in boxing and swimming. The team also won its first medals in fencing and football.
Canada competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 69 competitors, 62 men and 7 women, took part in 49 events in 8 sports.
Egypt competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 32 competitors, all men, took part in 15 events in 5 sports.
France competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 255 competitors, 219 men and 36 women, took part in 112 events in 17 sports. At the beginning of the games there was an incident where a French coach was physically assaulted by a Stadium gatekeeper who refused him entry. It boiled over to a point where the entire French team did not participate in the Parade of Nations, and conversations were made to pull out of the games completely. However, the issue was resolved and France went on to compete.
Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. 234 competitors, 218 men and 16 women, took part in 84 events in 21 sports. British athletes won fourteen gold medals and 43 medals overall, finishing third. It would be the last Olympic Games in which Irish athletes participated for Great Britain, after foundation of Irish Free State in 1922.
Sweden competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. 260 competitors, 247 men and 13 women, took part in 100 events in 18 sports.
The United States competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. 288 competitors, 274 men and 14 women, took part in 113 events in 18 sports.
The Russian Empire (Russia) competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. 159 competitors took part in 62 events in 15 sports.
Austria competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 73 competitors took part in 39 events in 13 sports.
Italy competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. 174 competitors, 173 men and 1 woman, took part in 79 events in 18 sports.
Finland competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 69 competitors took part in 48 events in 11 sports.
Czechoslovakia competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. It was the first time that the nation had competed at the Summer Olympic Games, after the republic was founded in 1918. Previously, Bohemia had competed at the Olympic Games from 1900 to 1912.
Czechoslovakia competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. 133 competitors, 129 men and 4 women, took part in 75 events in 16 sports.
The Netherlands competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. 130 competitors, 129 men and 1 woman, took part in 58 events in 15 sports.
Belgium competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden.
Belgium competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 187 competitors, 176 men and 11 women, took part in 90 events in 15 sports.
Denmark competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 91 competitors took part in 55 events in 14 sports.
Bohemia competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden, for the last time. Beginning at the 1920 Olympic Games, Bohemian athletes would compete for the new nation of Czechoslovakia. Until 1918 Bohemia was part of Austria-Hungary.
The men's artistic individual all-around event was part of the gymnastics programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics. It was one of seven gymnastics events for men and was the seventh Olympic men's all-around gymnastic championship. Scores from the individual apparatus events were added to give aggregate scores for the individual all-around; individual all-around scores were similarly summed for the team all-around event. There were 88 competitors from 11 nations. Each nation sent a team of 8 gymnasts. The event was won by Georges Miez of Switzerland, with his countryman Hermann Hänggi taking silver. They were the first medals in the event for Swiss gymnasts since 1904 and the first gold medal ever for a Swiss man in the individual all-around. Defending Olympic champion Leon Štukelj of Yugoslavia finished with the bronze this time, making him the third man to win multiple medals in the event.