Czechoslovakia at the 1928 Winter Olympics

Czechoslovakia at the Olympic Games
Flag of Czechoslovakia – Flag bearers IOC code   TCH
At the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz
Competitors	29 in 6 sports
Medals Rank: 8	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 1	Total 1
Olympic history (summary)
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Other related appearances
Bohemia (1900–1912) Czech Republic (1994–) Slovakia (1994–)

Czechoslovakia competed at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Rudolf Burkert won first Czechoslovak medal from Winter Olympics. Libuše Veselá was first Czechoslovak woman to take part in Winter Olympics.

Medalists

Bronze

• Rudolf Burkert - Ski jumping, Large

Results by event

Cross-country skiing

Men’s 18 km

• Franz Donth - 1:47:14 (10th)
• Vladimír Novák - 1:47:53 (11th)
• Otakar Německý - 1:51:20 (15th)

Men’s 50 km

• Josef Německý - 5:35:46 (11th)
• Franz Donth - 5:37:36 (14th)
• Václav Fišera - 5:42:55 (18th)
• Josef Feistauer - did not finish

Figure skating

Men

• Josef Slíva – 5th place

Pairs

• Libuše Veselá and Vojtěch Veselý - 12th place

Ice hockey

Men – 8th place

• Round 1
  • lost to Sweden 0-3
  • beat Poland 3-2 (goals: Maleček 2, Hromádka)

• Squad:
  • Goalkeepers: Jan Peka, Jaroslav Řezáč
  • Defenders and Forwards: Jaroslav Pušbauer, Josef Šroubek, Jan Krásl, Karel Hromádka, Josef Maleček, Miroslav Steigenhöfer, Wolfgang Dorasil, Johann Lichnowski, Jiří Tožička

Nordic combined

Individual Race

• Otakar Německý - 12.990 points (9th place)
• Rudolf Burkert - 12.604 (12th place)
• Walter Buchberger - 10.906 (18th place)
• Franz Wende - DNF

Ski jumping

Individual Competition

• Rudolf Burkert - 17.937 points (3rd place)
• Willy Möhwald - 15.500 (15th place)
• Josef Bím - 14.728 (20th place)
• Karl Wondrak - 14.478 (21st place)

Military patrol (demonstration event)

Team Race

• Czechoslovakia - 4:15:07 (6th place)
  • Otakar Německý
  • Jan Bedřich
  • Josef Klouček
  • Robert Möhwald

References

• Comité Olympique Suisse (1928) (in French) (PDF). Résultats des Concours des II^mes Jeux Olympiques d'hiver. Lausanne: Imprimerie du Léman. http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1928/1928w2.pdf. Retrieved 2008-06-10. 
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp. Retrieved 2008-06-10.