Czechoslovakia at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Czechoslovakia at the Olympic Games
Czechoslovakia at the Olympic Games
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	IOC code TCH
At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich
Competitors	181 in 17 sports
	Olympic history (summary)
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	Other related appearances
	Bohemia (1900–1912); Czech Republic (1994–); Slovakia (1994–)

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Czechoslovakia competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 181 competitors, 145 men and 36 women, took part in 93 events in 17 sports.^[1]

[edit] Medalists

Czechoslovakia finished in 18th position in the final medal rankings, with two gold medals and eight medals overall.

[edit] Gold

Ludvík Daněk — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
Vítězslav Mácha — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight

[edit] Silver

Milena Duchková — Diving, Women's Platform
Ladislav Beneš, Frantisek Brina, Vladimír Haber, Vladimír Jarý, Jiří Kavan, Arnošt Klimčík, Jaroslav Konečný, František Králík, Jindřich Krepindl, Vincent Lafko, Andrej Lukošík, Pavel Mikeš, Petr Pospíšil, Ivan Satrapa, Zdeněk Škára, and Jaroslav Škarvan — Handball, Men's Team Competition
Vladimír Petříček, Pavel Svojanovský and Oldřich Svojanovský — Rowing, Men's Coxed Pairs
Ladislav Falta — Shooting, Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol

[edit] Bronze

Eva Šuranová — Athletics, Women's Long Jump
Vladimír Jánoš, Otakar Mareček, Karel Neffe, Vladimír Petříček and František Provazník — Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours

[edit] Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's 100 metres

Juraj Demec

First Heat — 10.66s (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 metres

Jozef Plachý

Heat — 1:47.1
Semifinals — 1:48.9 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres

Jozef Horčic

Heat — 3:45.7 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5000 metres

Josef Janský

Heat — 13:39.8 (→ did not advance)

Dusan Moravcik

Heat — 13:40.4 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100m Relay

Jaroslav Matousek, Juraj Demec, Jiri Kynos, and Ludvik Bohman

Heat — 39.31s
Semifinals — 39.01s
Final — 38.82s (→ 4th place)

Men's High Jump

Roman Moravec

Qualification Round — 2.12m (→ did not advance)

Jaroslav Alexa

Qualification Round — 2.09m (→ did not advance)

[edit] Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics

[edit] Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

[edit] Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

[edit] Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race

Jirí Prchal — 18th place
Jirí Háva — 41st place
Petr Matoušek — 47th place
Alois Holík — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

Anton Tkáč

Final — 1:08.78 (→ 13th place)

Men's Tandem

Ivan Kučírek and Vladimír Popelka → 8th place

[edit] Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1972 Summer Olympics

[edit] Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Two fencers, one man and one woman, represented Czechoslovakia in 1972.

Men's foil

František Koukal

Women's foil

Katarína Lokšová-Ráczová

[edit] Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics

[edit] Handball

Main article: Handball at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Czechoslovakia won a silver medal at the second Olympic handball tournament. In the first round, the team tied for second place in the points ranking after defeating Tunisia, tying Iceland, and losing to East Germany. Czechoslovakia won the tie-breaker over the Iceland team, which had also defeated Tunisia and lost to East Germany, and advanced to the second round. There, wins over Sweden and the Soviet Union put Czechoslovakia in another standings tie, this time in first place with East Germany. Again, the tie-breaker went to Czechoslovakia, giving the team the opportunity to play Yugoslavia, the winner of the other group, in the gold medal game. Yugoslavia won, 21-16, leaving Czechoslovakia with the silver.

Men's Team Competition: