Czechoslovakia at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Czechoslovakia at the
1936 Summer Olympics
Czechoslovakia at the; 1936 Summer Olympics
IOC code	TCH
NOC	Czechoslovak Olympic Committee
in Berlin
Competitors	190 in 17 sports
Flag bearer	Josef Klapuch
Medals ; Ranked 12th	Gold3Silver5Bronze0Total8
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1920 ; 1924 ; 1928 ; 1932 ; 1936 ; 1948 ; 1952 ; 1956 ; 1960 ; 1964 ; 1968 ; 1972 ; 1976 ; 1980 ; 1984; 1988 ; 1992 ;
Other related appearances
	Bohemia (1900–1912); Czech Republic (1994–); Slovakia (1994–)

Last updated June 13, 2025

Czechoslovakia competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. 190 competitors, 175 men and 15 women, took part in 102 events in 17 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Jan Brzák-Felix Vladimír Syrovátka	Canoeing	Men's C-2 1000 m
Gold	Václav Mottl Zdeněk Škrland	Canoeing	Men's C-2 10000 m
Gold	Alois Hudec	Gymnastics	Men's rings
Silver	Bohuslav Karlík	Canoeing	Men's C-1 1000 m
Silver	Jaroslava Bajerová Vlasta Děkanová Božena Dobešová Vlasta Foltová Anna Hřebřinová Matylda Pálfyová Zdeňka Veřmiřovská Marie Větrovská	Gymnastics	Women's team all-around
Silver	Václav Pšenička	Weightlifting	Men's heavyweight
Silver	Jozef Herda	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman lightweight
Silver	Josef Klapuch	Wrestling	Men's freestyle heavyweight

Athletics

Men:

400 metres – Karel Kněnický (6th place in heat 4, round 2 of 4)
800 metres – Evžen Rošický (5th place in heat 4, round 1 of 3); Stanislav Otáhal (7th place in heat 3, round 1 of 3)
1500 metres – Bedřich Hošek (5th place in heat 3, round 1 of 2)
10,000 metres – Ludvík Bombík (17th place)
Marathon – Miloslav Luňák (19th place); Ján Takáč (21st place); Josef Šulc (38th place)
110 metres hurdles – Ludvík Kománek (5th place in heat 3, round 1 of 3)
400 metres hurdles – Ernst Berndt (4th place in heat 6, round 1 of 3)
3000 metres steeplechase – Bedřich Hošek (7th place in heat 1, round 1 of 2); Václav Hošek (8th place in heat 2, round 1 of 2); Josef Hušek (8th place, round 1 of 2)
4 × 100 metres relay – Czechoslovakia did not start

Ladislav Fišer, Jan Hanč, Rudolf Huml, Jiří Juranka, Karel Kněnický, Břetislav Krátký

4 × 400 metres relay – Czechoslovakia (5th place in heat 3, round 1 of 2)

Heinz Lorenz, Evžen Rošický, Břetislav Krátký, Karel Kněnický, Ernst Berndt (did not start), Ladislav Fišer (did not start)

50 kilometres walk – Jaroslav Štork (4th place); Václav Balšán (did not start); František Jirásek (did not start)
High jump – Břetislav Krátký (=32nd place, round 1 of 2); Zdeněk Sobotka (=32nd place, round 1of 2), Vladimír Galanda (did not start)
Pole vault – Jan Korejs (=6th place), Miroslav Klásek (=17th place)
Long jump – Josef Vosolsobě (13th place), Jiří Hoffmann (not placed, round 1 of 2), Rudolf Polame (not placed, round 1 of 2)
Shot put – František Douda (7th place), Karel Hoplíček (15th place), Miroslav Vítek (not placed, round 1 of 2)
Discus throw – Miroslav Vítek (not placed, round 1 of 2), Valér Barač (not placed, round 1 of 2), Július Viktorý (did not start)
Hammer throw – Jaroslav Eliáš (not placed, round 1 of 2), Jaroslav Knotek (not placed, round 1 of 2)
Javelin throw – Josef Klein (=22nd place, round 1 of 2), Pavol Mal'a (=26th place, round 1 of 2)
Decathlon – Josef Klein (16th place)

Women:

Discus throw – Margaréta Schieferová (12th place)
Javelin throw – Štefánie Pekarová (did not start)

Basketball

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Five cyclists, all men, represented Czechoslovakia in 1936.

Individual road race

Team road race

Diving

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
František Leikert	3 m springboard	131.98	9
Josef Nesvadba	3 m springboard	111.44	=15
Václav Kacl	10 m platform	80.04	19
František Leikert		86.72	16
Josef Nesvadba		60.02	26

Equestrian

Gymnastics

Rowing

Czechoslovakia had 17 rowers participate in four out of seven rowing events in 1936.^[2]

Men's single sculls

Jiří Zavřel

Men's double sculls

Men's coxed four

Men's eight

Sailing

Shooting

Seven shooters represented Czechoslovakia in 1936.

25 m rapid fire pistol

50 m pistol

Václav Krecl
Jan Koller

50 m rifle, prone

Swimming

Eric Lansky

Ranks given are within the heat.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Felix Erbert	200 m breaststroke	2:55.7	3 Q	2.53.5	7	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Irma Schrameková	100 m freestyle	1:11.8	4	Did not advance
Irma Schrameková	400 m freestyle	5:47.5	2 Q	5:46.0	5	Did not advance
Eliška Boubelová	200 m breaststroke	3:25.8	5	Did not advance

Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Art competitions

References

↑ "Czechoslovakia at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Czechoslovakia Rowing at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2018.

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[sports-reference-1] "Czechoslovakia at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2015.

[2] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Czechoslovakia Rowing at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2018.

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