Czechoslovakia at the 1964 Summer Olympics

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
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
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Winter Games
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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.

Contents

Medalists

Med 1.png Gold

Med 2.png Silver

Med 3.png 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) → Med 2.png 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