Czechoslovakia at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Czechoslovakia at the Olympic Games
Flag of Czechoslovakia – Flag bearers IOC code   TCH
At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul
Competitors	163 in 17 sports
Flag bearer	Imrich Bugár
Medals Rank: 17	Gold 3	Silver 3	Bronze 2	Total 8
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992
Winter Games
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–)

Czechoslovakia competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea, after having boycotted the previous Games in 1984.

Medalists

Gold

• Miloslav Mečíř — Tennis, Men's Singles Competition
• Jozef Pribilinec — Athletics, Men's 20 km Walk
• Miroslav Varga — Shooting, Men's 50 m Rifle, Prone position

Silver

• Miloslav Bednařík — Shooting, Men's Trap
• Jana Novotná and Helena Suková — Tennis, Women's Doubles Competition
• Jan Železný — Athletics, Men's Javelin Throw

Bronze

• Miloslav Mečíř and Milan Šrejber — Tennis, Men's Doubles Competition
• Jozef Lohyňa — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle 82kg

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 10.000 metres

• Martin Vrabel

• Heat — did not finish (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• Karel David

• Final — 2"26.12 (→ 55th place)

Men's Discus Throw

• Géjza Valent

• Qualifying Heat – 63.46m
• Final – 65.80m (→ 6th place)

• Imrich Bugár

• Qualifying Heat – 61.94m
• Final – 60.88m (→ 12th place)

Men's Javelin Throw

• Jan Železný

• Qualification — 85.90m
• Final — 84.12m (→ Silver Medal)

• Zdenek Nenadal

• Qualification — 75.56m (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

• Remigius Machura

• Qualifying Heat – 20.16m
• Final – 20.57m (→ 5th place)

Men's Decathlon

• Roman Hraban — 7781 points (→ 20th place)

1. 100 metres — 10.98s
2. Long Jump — 7.07m
3. Shot Put — 15.84m
4. High Jump — 1.79m
5. 400 metres — 49.68s
6. 110m Hurdles — 14.94s
7. Discus Throw — 45.32m
8. Pole Vault — 4.90m
9. Javelin Throw — 60.48m
10. 1.500 metres — 5:06.68s

• Veroslav Valenta — 7442 points (→ 28th place)

1. 100 metres — 11.51s
2. Long Jump — 7.01m
3. Shot Put — 14.17m
4. High Jump — 1.94m
5. 400 metres — 51.216s
6. 110m Hurdles — 15.18s
7. Discus Throw — 45.84m
8. Pole Vault — 4.60m
9. Javelin Throw — 56.28m
10. 1.500 metres — 5:03.17s

Men's 20 km Walk

• Jozef Pribilinec

• Final — 1:19:57 (→ Gold Medal)

• Roman Mrázek

• Final — 1:20:43 (→ 5th place)

Men's 50 km Walk

• Pavol Szikora

• Final — 3:47:04 (→ 10th place)

• Pavol Blazek

• Final — 3:47:31 (→ 12th place)

• Roman Mrazek

• Final — 3:50:46 (→ 17th place)

Women's Marathon

• Ludmila Melicherová

• Final — 2"43.56 (→ 45th place)

Women's Discus Throw

• Zdeňka Šilhavá

• Qualifying Heat – 66.52m
• Final – 67.84m (→ 6th place)

Women's Shot Put

• Zdeňka Šilhavá

• Qualification – 19.74m
• Final – 18.86m (→ 11th place)

• Sona Vasickova

• Qualification — did not start (→ did not advance)

Women's Heptathlon

• Zuzana Lajbnerová

• Final Result — 6252 points (→ 9th place)

Modern Pentathlon

Men's Individual Competition:

• Milan Kadlec — 5130pts (→ 11th place)
• Tomáš Fleissner — 5010pts (→ 19th place)
• Jiří Prokopius — 4903pts (→ 29th place)

Men's Team Competition:

• Kadlec, Fleissner, and Prokopius — 15043pts (→ 6th place)

Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle

• Petr Kladiva
  1. Heat – 23.53 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Men's 100m Freestyle

• Petr Kladiva
  1. Heat – 51.39 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Men's 100m Backstroke

• Pavel Vokoun
  1. Heat – 58.88 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Men's 200m Backstroke

• Pavel Vokoun
  1. Heat – 2:07.24 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Men's 100m Breaststroke

• Radek Beinhauer
  1. Heat – 1:04.61 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

• Alexander Marcek
  1. Heat – 1:04.95 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Men's 200m Breaststroke

• Radek Beinhauer
  1. Heat – 2:18.02
  2. B-Final – 2:18.13 (→ 12th place)

• Alexander Marcek
  1. Heat – 2:18.44
  2. B-Final – 2:18.51 (→ 15th place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

• Robert Wolf
  1. Heat – 55.73 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's 200m Butterfly

• Ondrej Bures
  1. Heat – 2:02.93 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 400m Individual Medley

• Ondrej Bures
  1. Heat – 4:29.62 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Men's 4x100m Medley Relay

• Pavel Vokoun, Radek Beinhauer, Robert Wolf, and Petr Kladiva
  1. Heat – 3:49.90 (→ did not advance, 13th place)

Tennis

Women's Singles Competition

• Regina Rajchrtová
  1. First Round – Lost to Leila Meskhi (Soviet Union) 5-7 5-7

• Jana Novotná
  1. First Round – Defeated Isabelle Demongeot (France) 6-4 6-3
  2. Second Round – Lost to Barbara Paulus (Austria) 4-6 3-6

• Helena Suková
  1. First Round – Bye
  2. Second Round – Lost to Il-Soon Kim (South Korea) 2-6 6-4 2-6

Men's Doubles Competition

• Miloslav Mečíř and Milan Šrejber → Bronze Medal
  1. First Round – Defeated Shu-Hua Lu and Ke-Qin Ma (China) 7-5 6-1 6-4
  2. Second Round – Defeated Vijay Amritraj and Anand Amritraj (India) 4-6 6-4 4-6 6-4 6-2
  3. Quarterfinals – Defeated Guy Forget and Henri Leconte (France) 3-6 4-6 7-5 6-3 9-7
  4. Semifinals – Lost to Ken Flach and Robert Seguso (United States) 2-6 4-6 1-6

References

• sports-reference