| Czechoslovakia at the 1988 Winter Olympics | |
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| IOC code | TCH |
| NOC | Czechoslovak Olympic Committee |
| in Calgary | |
| Competitors | 60 (50 men, 10 women) in 9 sports |
| Flag bearer | Jiří Parma (ski jumping) |
| Medals Ranked 15th |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
 Czech Republic (1994–) Slovakia (1994–) | |
Czechoslovakia competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. [1]
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine skiing | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Biathlon | 5 | – | 5 |
| Cross-country skiing | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| Figure skating | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Ice hockey | 23 | – | 23 |
| Luge | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Nordic combined | 4 | – | 4 |
| Ski jumping | 4 | – | 4 |
| Speed skating | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 50 | 10 | 60 |
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Silver | Pavel Ploc | Ski jumping | Normal hill individual | 14 February |
 Bronze | Jiří Malec | Ski jumping | Normal hill individual | 14 February |
| Bronze | Radim Nyč Václav Korunka Pavel Benc Ladislav Švanda | Cross-country skiing | Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay | 22 February |
| Athlete | Event | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Rank | Run 2 | Rank | Total | Rank | ||
| Adrián Bíreš | Downhill | — | 2:06.34 | 33 | |||
| Super-G | — | 1:45.33 | 23 | ||||
| Giant slalom | did not finish | ||||||
| Slalom | 54.88 | 23 | 50.25 | 15 | 1:45.13 | 15 | |
| Peter Jurko | Downhill | — | 2:05.32 | 29 | |||
| Super-G | — | 1:46.03 | 27 | ||||
| Giant slalom | 1:09.21 | 35 | 1:06.29 | 33 | 2:15.50 | 33 | |
| Slalom | 53.50 | 19 | 48.71 | 10 | 1:42.21 | 13 | |
| Athlete | Downhill | Slalom | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Points | Rank | Time 1 | Time 2 | Total | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | |
| Adrián Bíreš | 1:50.24 | 36.87 | 16 | 45.94 | 43.00 | 1:28.94 | 31.63 | 12 | 68.50 | 8 |
| Peter Jurko | 1:50.29 | 37.42 | 19 | 44.32 | 43.29 | 1:27.61 | 21.14 | 8 | 58.56 | 5 |
| Athlete | Event | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Rank | Run 2 | Rank | Total | Rank | ||
| Lucia Medzihradská | Downhill | — | 1:27.28 | 10 | |||
| Giant slalom | 1:03.79 | 30 | 1:10.64 | 19 | 2:14.43 | 20 | |
| Slalom | 51.08 | 16 | 51.10 | 12 | 1:42.18 | 13 | |
| Ľudmila Milanová | Downhill | — | 1:30.42 | 24 | |||
| Super-G | — | 1:23.92 | 29 | ||||
| Giant slalom | did not finish | ||||||
| Slalom | 53.93 | 28 | did not finish | ||||
| Lenka Kebrlová | Giant slalom | 1:04.09 | 33 | 1:11.08 | 21 | 2:15.17 | 23 |
| Slalom | 51.01 | 14 | 51.11 | 13 | 1:42.12 | 12 | |
| Athlete | Downhill | Slalom | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Points | Rank | Time 1 | Time 2 | Total | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | |
| Lenka Kebrlová | 1:18.43 | 30.40 | 13 | 40.91 | 43.47 | 1:24.38 | 30.47 | 5 | 60.87 | 5 |
| Lucia Medzihradská | 1:18.62 | 33.34 | 15 | 41.62 | 42.73 | 1:24.35 | 30.22 | 4 | 63.56 | 6 |
| Ľudmila Milanová | did not finish | |||||||||
| Athlete | Event | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Misses | Rank | ||
| František Chládek | Individual | 1:04:01.3 | 4 | 44 |
| Jiří Holubec | Individual | 1:02:08.3 | 5 | 32 |
| Sprint | 27:29.8 | 3 | 28 | |
| Tomáš Kos | Individual | 1:01:02.7 | 3 | 22 |
| Sprint | 27:13.5 | 1 | 24 | |
| Jan Matouš | Individual | 59:35.3 | 3 | 14 |
| Sprint | 26:33.3 | 1 | 16 | |
| Jaromír Šimůnek | Sprint | 27:38.6 | 1 | 34 |
| Jiří Holubec František Chládek Tomáš Kos Jan Matouš | Relay | 1:30:48.8 | 3 | 11 |
| Athlete | Event | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| Pavel Benc | 15 km classical | 46:01.6 | 41 |
| 50 km freestyle | 2:12:08.4 | 27 | |
| Václav Korunka | 15 km classical | 44:47.6 | 28 |
| Martin Petrásek | 15 km classical | 46:07.8 | 43 |
| 30 km classical | 1:31:56.1 | 32 | |
| Ladislav Švanda | 15 km classical | 43:40.9 | 19 |
| 30 km classical | 1:28:55.1 | 17 | |
| 50 km freestyle | 2:09:08.1 | 15 | |
| Petr Lisičan | 30 km classical | 1:31:23.1 | 29 |
| 50 km freestyle | 2:11:44.4 | 23 | |
| Radim Nyč | 30 km classical | 1:30:34.4 | 25 |
| 50 km freestyle | 2:10:46.3 | 20 | |
| Radim Nyč Václav Korunka Pavel Benc Ladislav Švanda | 4×10 km relay | 1:45:22.7 | |
| Athlete | Event | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| Ľubomíra Balážová | 5 km classical | 16:30.9 | 30 |
| 10 km classical | 32:30.3 | 27 | |
| 20 km freestyle | 1:02:25.0 | 33 | |
| Alžbeta Havrančíková | 5 km classical | 16:28.3 | 29 |
| 10 km classical | 32:59.1 | 31 | |
| 20 km freestyle | 58:51.4 | 13 | |
| Viera Klimková | 5 km classical | 16:14.1 | 22 |
| 10 km classical | 33:23.0 | 35 | |
| 20 km freestyle | 59:22.5 | 17 | |
| Ivana Rádlová | 5 km classical | 16:43.6 | 38 |
| 20 km freestyle | 1:02:25.4 | 34 | |
| Ľubomíra Balážová Viera Klimková Ivana Rádlová Alžbeta Havrančíková | 4×5 km relay | 1:03:37.1 | 7 |
| Athlete(s) | Event | CF/CD | SP/OD | FS/FD | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FP | FP | FP | TFP | Rank | ||
| Petr Barna | Men's | 15 | 15 Q | 12 | 27.0 | 13 |
| Iveta Voralová | Ladies' | 22 | 12 Q | 19 | 37.0 | 20 |
| Lenka Knapová & René Novotný | Pairs | — | 8 | did not finish | ||
| Viera Řeháková & Ivan Havránek | Ice dancing | 14 | 15 | 15 | 29.4 | 15 |
| Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Soviet Union | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 10 | 10 |
 West Germany | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 8 |
 Czechoslovakia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 14 | 6 |
 United States | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 27 | 4 |
 Austria | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 29 | 1 |
 Norway | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 32 | 1 |
West Germany 1-2 (goal: Hrdina) United States 7-5 (goals: Pašek 2, Stavjaňa 2, Rosol, Růžička, Liba) Norway 10-1 (goals: Pašek 2, Benák, Lála, Liba, Volek, Hrdina, Stavjaňa, Suchánek, Vlk) Austria 4-0 (goals: Hořava, Šejba, Božík, Pašek) Soviet Union 1-6 (goal: Lála)| Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soviet Union | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 8 |
 Finland | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 7 |
 Sweden | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 6 |
 Canada | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 14 | 5 |
| West Germany | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 26 | 2 |
| Czechoslovakia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 22 | 2 |
| Athlete(s) | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Time | Time | Time | Time | Rank | ||
| Luboš Jíra | Men's | 47.647 | 47.569 | 47.819 | 47.822 | 3:10.857 | 21 |
| Petr Urban | Men's | 46.917 | 47.215 | 47.133 | 47.359 | 3:08.624 | 16 |
| Petr Urban Luboš Jíra | Doubles | 46.388 | 47.233 | — | 1:33.621 | 13 | |
| Athlete | Event | Ski jumping | Cross-country | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Deficit | Time | Rank | |||||
| Ján Klimko | Individual | 198.1 | 21 | +3:22.7 | 44:06.3 +4:38.8 | 27 | |||
| Miroslav Kopal | 208.7 | 12 | +2:12.0 | 41:00.0 +1:32.5 | 7 | ||||
| Ladislav Patráš | 196.8 | 23 | +3:31.4 | 43:24.9 +3:31.4 | 23 | ||||
| František Repka | 184.1 | 34 | +4:56.0 | 44:30.1 +5:02.6 | 30 | ||||
| Miroslav Kopal Ladislav Patráš Ján Klimko | Team | 573.5 | 4 | +4:41.5 | 1:23:43.1 +2:57.1 | 6 | |||
| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Total | Rank | ||
| Ladislav Dluhoš | Normal hill individual | 103.6 | 9 | 87.4 | 32 | 191.0 | 14 |
| Large hill individual | 99.2 | 19 | 90.3 | 12 | 189.5 | 14 | |
| Jiří Malec | Normal hill individual | 106.9 | 2 | 104.9 | 4 | 211.8 | |
| Large hill individual | 101.0 | 14 | 80.2 | 31 | 181.2 | 24 | |
| Jiří Parma | Normal hill individual | 102.2 | 13 | 101.6 | 5 | 203.8 | 5 |
| Large hill individual | 89.2 | 35 | 86.1 | 17 | 175.3 | 29 | |
| Pavel Ploc | Normal hill individual | 105.3 | 7 | 106.8 | 2 | 212.1 | |
| Large hill individual | 112.7 | 3 | 91.4 | 11 | 204.1 | 5 | |
| Ladislav Dluhoš Jiří Malec Jiří Parma Pavel Ploc | Large hill team | 296.1 | 3 | 290.7 | 4 | 586.8 | 4 |
| Athlete | Event | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| Jiří Kyncl | 1500 m | 1:58.44 | 34 |
| 5000 m | 6:59.82 | 25 | |
| 10000 m | 14:27.32 | 16 | |
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