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Czech Republic at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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Czech Republic at the
1996 Summer Olympics
IOC codeCZE
NOCCzech Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympic.cz (in Czech and English)
in Atlanta
Competitors115 (76 men and 39 women) in 17 sports
Flag bearers Václav Chalupa (opening)
Jan Železný (closing)
Medals
Ranked 17th
Gold
4
Silver
3
Bronze
4
Total
11
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Bohemia (1900–1912)
 Czechoslovakia (1924–1992)

The Czech Republic competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. It was the first Summer Games since the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, and so the Czech Republic and Slovakia competed as independent teams. 115 competitors, 76 men and 39 women, took part in 110 events in 17 sports.[1]

Medalists

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The following Czech competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Štěpánka Hilgertová Canoeing Women's slalom K-1 July 27
 Gold Jan Železný Athletics Men's Javelin Throw August 3
 Gold Martin Doktor Canoeing Men's C-1 1000 m August 3
 Gold Martin Doktor Canoeing Men's C-1 500 m August 4
 Silver Lukáš Pollert Canoeing Men's slalom C-1 July 27
 Silver Jiří Rohan
Miroslav Šimek
Canoeing Men's slalom C-2 July 28
 Silver Jana Novotná
Helena Suková
Tennis Women's doubles August 3
 Bronze Miroslav Januš Shooting Men's 10 m running target July 26
 Bronze Šárka Kašpárková Athletics Women's triple jump July 31
 Bronze Tomáš Dvořák Athletics Men's decathlon August 1
 Bronze Jana Novotná Tennis Women's singles August 2

Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 14 9 23
Boxing 4 0 4
Canoeing 17 8 25
Cycling 4 2 6
Fencing 1 0 1
Gymnastics 1 3 4
Judo 2 2 4
Rowing 3 2 5
Sailing 2 0 2
Shooting 14 3 17
Swimming 3 7 10
Table Tennis 2 1 3
Tennis 2 2 4
Volleyball 2 0 2
Weightlifting 2 0 2
Wrestling 3 0 3
Total 76 39 115

Athletics

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Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Overall Time Rank Overall Time Rank Overall Time Rank
Pavel Soukup 800 m 1:47.67 3 32 Did not advance
Tomáš Dvořák 110 m hurdles 13.78 6 33 Did not advance
Jiří Malysa 20 km walk 1:25:13 25
Tomáš Kratochvíl 1:30:11 48
Hubert Sonnek 1:32:42 52
Miloš Holuša 50 km walk 4:03:16 27
Hubert Sonnek DNF
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Tomáš Janků High jump 2.28 13 Q 2.25 14
Milan Gombala Long jump 7.88 20 Did not advance
Miroslav Menc Shot put 18.69 21 Did not advance
Marek Bílek Discus throw 59.86 20 Did not advance
Pavel Sedláček Hammer throw 73.98 20 Did not advance
Jan Železný Javelin throw 86.52 2 Q 88.16 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Combined events – Decathlon
Athlete Event 100 m LJ SP HJ 400 m 110H DT PV JT 1500 m Points Rank
Tomáš Dvořák Result 10.64 7.60 15.82 1.98 48.29 13.79 46.28 4.70 70.16 4:31.25 8664 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Points 942 960 840 785 895 1002 793 819 892 736
Robert Změlík Result 10.83 7.64 13.53 1.95 49.55 14.17 43.44 5.40 67.20 4:38.45 8422 7
Points 899 970 700 758 835 953 735 1035 847 690
Kamil Damašek Result 10.86 7.22 15.51 2.01 47.35 14.94 42.66 4.90 55.84 4:25.86 8229 16
Points 892 866 821 813 941 857 719 880 675 765
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Overall Time Rank Overall Time Rank Overall Time Rank
Hana Benešová 400 m 52.28 5 22 q 51.30 5 13 Did not advance
Helena Fuchsová 51.71 2 Q 9 51.70 5 20 Did not advance
Naděžda Koštovalová 53.03 4 Q 35 53.21 8 31 Did not advance
Ludmila Formanová 800 m 1:59.37 3 7 q 1:59.28 5 12 Did not advance
Naděžda Koštovalová
Ludmila Formanová
Helena Fuchsová
Hana Benešová
4 × 400 m relay 3:26.82 5 7 q 3:26.99 7
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Zuzana Kováčiková High jump 1.93 13 q 1.93 11
Šárka Kašpárková Triple jump 14.42 7 Q 14.98 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Zdeňka Šilhavá Discus throw 59.24 19 Did not advance
Alice Matějková 60.72 15 Did not advance
Nikola Tomečková Javelin throw 55.02 25 Did not advance

Boxing

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Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Jaroslav Konečný Lightweight  Kabore (BUR)
W 16–6
 Wiangwiset (THA)
L 6–20
Did not advance 9
Pavol Polakovič Light middleweight  Kunene (RSA)
W 8–1
 Reid (USA)
L 5–12
Did not advance 9
Ľudovít Plachetka Middleweight  Mathunjawa (SWZ)
W 20–4
 Yarbekov (UZB)
L 4–4 TB
Did not advance 9
Petr Horáček Super heavyweight  Məmmədov (AZE)
L RSC
Did not advance 17

Canoeing

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Slalom

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Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Result
Time Points Total Time Points Total Total Rank
Lukáš Pollert Men's C-1 151.17 0 151.17 158.25 20 178.25 151.17 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Pavel Janda 167.71 10 10 177.91 185.55 55 240.55 177.91 20
Miroslav Šimek
Jiří Rohan
Men's C-2 161.77 70 231.77 160.16 0 160.16 160.16 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Petr Štercl
Pavel Štercl
163.45 5 168.45 179.53 160 339.53 168.45 6
Luboš Hilgert Men's K-1 146.10 5 151.10 146.99 50 196.99 151.10 18
Jiří Prskavec 182.29 115 297.29 151.15 0 151.15 151.15 19
Štěpánka Hilgertová Women's K-1 164.49 5 169.49 166.97 5 171.97 169.49 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Marcela Sadilová 181.22 55 236.22 174.47 0 174.47 174.47 9
Irena Pavelková 184.45 55 239.45 166.89 15 181.89 181.89 16

Sprint

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Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Martin Doktor C-1 500 m 1:52.907 1 F Bye 1:49.934 1st place, gold medalist(s)
C-1 1000 m 4:19.918 1 F Bye 3:54.418 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Pavel Bednář
Petr Fuksa
C-2 500 m 1:47.955 8 R 1:50.480 3 SF 1:44.902 6 Did not advance
C-2 1000 m 4:25.295 8 SF 3:51.576 5 Did not advance
Jiří Polívka
Karel Leština
K-2 500 m 1:34.107 6 R 1:37.119 2 SF 1:32.517 7 Did not advance
Petr Hruška
René Kučera
K-2 1000 m 3:42.682 4 R 3:35.216 3 SF 3:21.384 7 Did not advance
Karel Leština
Pavel Mráz
Martin Otáhal
Jiří Polívka
K-4 1000 m 3:19.868 7 SF 3:06.611 5 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Pavlína Jobánková K-1 500 m 2:07.811 8 R 2:12.219 7 Did not advance
Jitka Janáčková
Pavlína Jobánková
K-2 500 m 1:51.346 6 R 1:55.377 3 SF 1:49.125 7 Did not advance
Jitka Janáčková
Kateřina Heková
Kateřina Hluchá
Milena Pergnerová
K-4 500 m 1:44.707 7 SF 1:42.216 5 Did not advance

Cycling

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Road

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Men
Athlete Event Time Rank
Ján Svorada Road race 4:56:44 30

Track

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Sprint
Athlete Event Qualification Round 1 Repechage Round 2 Repechage 2 Round of 16 Repechage 3 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time
Speed (km/h)
Rank 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)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Rank
Pavel Buráň Men's sprint 10.389
(69.30)
7  Vassilopoulus (GRE)
W 11.700
(61.54)
Bye  Himonetos (GRE)
W 11.272
(63.86)
Bye  Hill (AUS)
L
 Magné (FRA)
 Bērziņš (LAT)
L
Did not advance 9

Mountain bike

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Athlete Event Time Rank
Radovan Fořt Men's cross-country 2:42:43 24
Pavel Camrda 2:49:09 33
Kateřina Neumannová Women's cross-country 2:04:03 18
Kateřina Hanušová 2:04:05 19

Fencing

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One male fencer represented the Czech Republic in 1996.

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Roman Ječmínek Men's épée  Chang (KOR)
L 13–15
Did not advance 37

Gymnastics

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Artistic

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Men
Athlete Event Apparatus Total
Floor Pommel horse Rings Vault Parallel bars Horizontal bar
C O Rank C O Rank C O Rank C O Rank C O Rank C O Rank Score Rank
Jiří Fiřt Team 8.875 8.825 87 9.300 8.925 70 9.325 9.150 68 9.425 9.250 63 8.450 9.100 83 8.425 9.462 77 108.512 58
Women
Athlete Event Apparatus Total
Vault Uneven bars Balance beam Floor
C O Rank C O Rank C O Rank C O Rank Score Rank
Gabriela Krčmárová Team 9.325 9.262 73 8.987 8.975 84 8.162 8.912 84 9.050 9.437 74 72.110 67

Rhythmic

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Individual
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinal Final
Apparatus Total Apparatus Total Apparatus Total
Rope Ball Clubs Ribbon Rope Ball Clubs Ribbon Rope Ball Clubs Ribbon
Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank
Lenka Oulehlová All-around 9.232 24 9.266 =18 9.266 =23 9.199 26 36.963 22 Did not advance
Andrea Šebestová 9.366 15 8.783 36 9.249 =26 9.200 =23 36.598 28 Did not advance

Judo

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Rowing

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The Czech Republic had five rowers participate in three out of fourteen rowing events in 1996.[2]

Men
Athlete Event Heat Repechage Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Václav Chalupa Single sculls 7:35.48 1 SA/B Bye 7:16.97 3 FA 6:55.65 5
Michal Vabroušek
Adam Michálek
Lightweight double sculls 7:16.07 5 R 6:30.34 3 SC/D 6:41.41 1 FC 6:53.14 13
Women
Athlete Event Heat Repechage Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Sabina Telenská
Hana Dariusová
Pair 7:54.72 4 R 8:01.50 1 Q 7:48.40 5 FB 7:20.24 8

Qualification legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinal A/B; SC/D=Semifinal C/D; R=Repechage; Q=Qualified for the next round

Sailing

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Shooting

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Swimming

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Men
Athlete Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Rastislav Bizub 100 m backstroke 58.29 37 Did not advance
200 m backstroke 2:04.55 24 Did not advance
Daniel Málek 100 m breaststroke 1:02.46 9 FB 1:02.39 NR 10
200 m breaststroke 2:17.08 17 Did not advance
Josef Horký 200 m butterfly 2:02.84 30 Did not advance
200 m individual medley 2:05.45 18 Did not advance
400 m individual medley 4:26.58 NR 13 FB 4:28.39 14
Women
Athlete Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Kristýna Kyněrová 100 m freestyle 58.03 34 Did not advance
200 m freestyle 2:03.63 19 Did not advance
Olga Šplíchalová 400 m freestyle 4:20.04 21 Did not advance
800 m freestyle 8:47.68 15 Did not advance
Marcela Kubalčíková 100 m backstroke 1:05.48 24 Did not advance
100 m butterfly 1:03.82 33 Did not advance
200 m butterfly 2:19.38 27 Did not advance
Kateřina Pivoňková 200 m backstroke 2:18.20 21 Did not advance
Lenka Maňhalová 100 m breaststroke 1:12.72 29 Did not advance
200 m breaststroke 2:32.14 15 FB 2:29.96 NR 11
200 m individual medley 2:18.43 20 Did not advance
Pavla Chrástová 400 m individual medley 4:51.35 15 FB 4:56.23 16
Hana Černá 4:49.43 13 FB 4:46.78 NR 10
Hana Černá
Kristýna Kyněrová
Pavla Chrástová
Olga Šplíchalová
4 × 200 m freestyle relay 8:21.19 NR 15 Did not advance
Kateřina Pivoňková
Lenka Maňhalová
Marcela Kubalčíková
Kristýna Kyněrová
4 × 100 m medley relay 4:21.05 20 Did not advance

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

Table tennis

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Three Czech table tennis players qualified for the following events.[3][4][5]

Athlete Event Group stage Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Petr Korbel Men's singles  Choi (PRK)
W 2–1
(15–21, 21–16, 21–13)
 Morales (CHI)
W 2–0
(21–9, 21–11)
 Gatien (FRA)
W 2–0
(21–13, 21–19)
 Hoyama (BRA)
W 3–2
(17–21, 19–21, 21–17, 21–14, 21–13)
 Saive (BEL)
W 3–0
(21–10, 21–13, 21–19)
 Wang (CHN)
L 0–3
(21–23, 7–21, 16–21)
 Roßkopf (GER)
L 1–3
(17–21, 21–19, 18–21, 19–21)
4
Petr Korbel
Josef Plachý
Men's doubles  Matsushita /
Shibutani (JPN)
L 0–2 (16–21, 22–24)
 Grujić /
Lupulesku (SCG)
L 0–2 (11–21, 19–21)
 Olaleye /
Toriola (NGR)
L 0–2 (8–21, 18–21)
Did not advance 25
Jana Dobešová Women's singles  Palina (RUS)
L 0–2
(9–21, 17–21)
 Koyama (JPN)
L 0–2
(20–22, 20–22)
 Alejo (DOM)
W 2–0
(21–9, 21–7)
Did not advance 33

Tennis

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Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Jiří Novák Singles  Furlan (ITA)
W 6–4, 4–6, 3–6
 Schwartzman (ARG)
L 4–6, 5–7
Did not advance
Daniel Vacek  Prinosil (GER)
W 6–4, 2–6, 6–4
 Olhovskiy (RUS)
L 3–6, 6–7(1–7)
Did not advance
Jiří Novák
Daniel Vacek
Doubles  Ogorodov /
Tomashevich (UZB)
W RET
 Campana /
Lapentti (ECU)
W 7–5, 6–4
 Broad /
Henman (GBR)
L 6–7(4–7), 4–7
Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Jana Novotná Singles  Dragomir (ROM)
W 6–4, 4–4 ret
 Wiesner (AUT)
W 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
 Sugiyama (JPN)
W 6–3, 6–4
 Seles (USA)
W 7–5, 3–6, 8–6
 Sánchez Vicario (ESP)
L 4–6, 6–1, 3–6
 Fernández (USA)
W 7–6(10–8), 6–4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Helena Suková  de Swardt (RSA)
L 6–7(4–6), 6–3, 5–7
Did not advance
Jana Novotná
Helena Suková
Doubles  Kournikova /
Makarova (RUS)
W 6–2, 6–2
 Basuki /
Tedjakusuma (INA)
W 6–2, 6–3
 Hetherington /
Hy-Boulais (CAN)
W 6–2, 6–4
 Martínez /
Sánchez Vicario (ESP)
W 6–2, 7–6(6–1)
 Fernández /
Fernández (USA)
L 6–7(6–8), 4–6
2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Volleyball

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Beach

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Athlete Event Winner's bracket Loser's bracket Final round
First round Second round Third round Fourth round First round Second round Third round Fourth round Fifth round Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Marek Pakosta
Michal Palinek
Men's  Prieto /
Yuste (ESP)
W 15–11
 Lopes /
Neto (BRA)
L 5–15
Did not advance  Everaert /
Mulder (NED)
W 15–6
 Child /
Heese (CAN)
L 9–15
Did not advance =13

Weightlifting

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Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Petr Stanislav Men's 59 kg 112.0 10 142.5 10 255.0 10
Roman Polom Men's 99 kg 160.0 16 187.5 18 347.5 19

Wrestling

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References

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  1. ^ "Czech Republic at the 1996 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-02-11.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Czech Republic Rowing at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Table Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Singles, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Table Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Doubles, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  5. ^ "Table Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Singles, Women". Olympedia. Retrieved 4 August 2024.