Czechoslovakia at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Czechoslovakia at the Olympic Games
Flag of Czechoslovakia – Flag bearers IOC code   TCH
At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo
Competitors	104 (95 men, 9 women) in 13 sports
Flag bearer	Karel Klečka (gymnastics)
Medals Rank: 9	Gold 5	Silver 6	Bronze 3	Total 14
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Other related appearances
Bohemia (1900–1912) Czech Republic (1994–) Slovakia (1994–)

Czechoslovakia competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Most successful competitor was Věra Čáslavská (one of only 9 women in crew) with 4 gold medals - 3 individual, 1 team. Other big surprises were gold medals performances of bicycle racer Jiří Daler and weightlifter Hans Zadražila, who break world record during his performance. Medal hopes of world record holder athlete Jiří Daněk were fulfilled with little disappointment silver medal.

Medalists

Gold

• Gymnastics - Women's Individual all-around, Věra Čáslavská
• Gymnastics - Women's Vault, Věra Čáslavská
• Gymnastics - Women's Balance beam, Věra Čáslavská
• Cycling - Men's Individual pursuit Jiří Daler
• Weightlifting - Men's 75 kg Hans Zdražila

Silver

• Athletics - Men's 1500 metres, Josef Odložil
• Athletics - Men's Discus throw, Ludvík Daněk
• Football - Men's tournament
• Gymnastics - Women's Team competition
• Volleyball - Men's Team competition: Antonín Procházka, Jiří Svoboda, Luboš Zajíček, Josef Musil, Josef Smolka, Vladimír Petlák, Petr Kop, František Sokol, Bohunil Golián, Zdeněk Groessl, Pavel Schenk, and Drahomír Koudelka
• Wrestling - Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight, Jiří Komarník

Bronze

• Shooting - 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol, Lubomír Nácovský
• Rowing - Eights
• Rowing - Double sculls; Vladimír Andrs, Pavel Hofman

Results by event

Cycling

Men's Individual Road Race

• Daniel Garc — 4:39:51.74 (→ 22nd place)
• Jiří Daler — 4:39:51.79 (→ 65th place)
• Frantisek Rezak — 4:39:51.79 (→ 68th place)
• Jan Smolik — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Volleyball

Men's Team Competition

• Round Robin

• Defeated Hungary (3-2)
• Defeated Bulgaria (3-2)
• Defeated Japan (3-1)
• Defeated United States (3-0)
• Lost to Soviet Union (2-3)
• Defeated Brazil (3-0)
• Defeated Romania (3-1)
• Defeated Netherlands (3-1)
• Defeated South Korea (3-1) → Silver Medal

• Team Roster

• Antonín Procházka
• Jiří Svoboda
• Luboš Zajíček
• Josef Musil
• Josef Smolka
• Vladimír Petlák
• Petr Kop
• František Sokol
• Bohunil Golián
• Zdeněk Groessl
• Pavel Schenk
• Drahomír Koudelka

• Head Coach: Václav Matiášek

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Czech olympic report (in Czech)

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