Czechoslovakia at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Czechoslovakia at the Olympic Games
Flag of Czechoslovakia – Flag bearers IOC code   TCH
At the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary
Competitors	60 (50 men, 10 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Jiří Parma (ski jumping)
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 1	Bronze 2	Total 3
Olympic history (summary)
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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 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
2 Silver	Ploc, PavelPavel Ploc	Ski jumping	Men's normal hill
3 Bronze	Nyč, RadimRadim Nyč Korunka, VáclavVáclav Korunka Benc, PavelPavel Benc Švanda, LadislavLadislav Švanda	Cross-country skiing	Men's 4 x 10 km relay
3 Bronze	Malec, JiříJiří Malec	Ski jumping	Men's normal hill

Results and competitors by event

Alpine Skiing

Men’s Downhill

• Peter Jurko - 2:05.32 (29th)
• Adrián Bíreš – 2:06.34 (33rd)

Men’s Super-G

• Adrián Bíreš – 1:45.33 (23rd)
• Peter Jurko – 1:46.03 (27th)

Men’s Giant Slalom

• Peter Jurko – 2:15.50 (33rd)
• Adrián Bíreš – DNF

Men’s Slalom

• Peter Jurko – 1:42.21 (13th)
• Adrián Bíreš – 1:45.13 (15th)

Men’s Combined

• Peter Jurko – 58.56 (5th)
• Adrián Bíreš – 68.50 (7th)

Women’s Downhill

• Lucia Medzihradská – 1:27.28 (10th)
• Ľudmila Milanová – 1:30.42 (24th)

Women’s Super-G

• Ľudmila Milanová – 1:23.92 (29th)

Women’s Giant Slalom

• Lucia Medzihradská – 2:14.43 (20th)
• Lenka Kebrlová - 2:15.17 (23rd)
• Ľudmila Milanová – did not finish 1st round

Women’s Slalom

• Lenka Kebrlová - 1:42.12 (12th)
• Lucia Medzihradská – 1:42.18 (13th)
• Ľudmila Milanová – did not finish 2nd round

Women’s Combined

• Lenka Kebrlová - 60.87 (5th
• Lucia Medzihradská – 63.56 (6th)

Biathlon

Men’s 10 km Sprint

• Jan Matouš - 26:33.3 (16th)
• Tomáš Kos – 27:13.5 (24nd)
• Jiří Holubec – 27:29.8 (28th)
• Jaromír Šimůnek – 27:38.6 (34th)

Men’s 20 km Individual Race

• Jan Matouš – 59:35.3 (14th)
• Tomáš Kos – 1:01:02.7 (22nd)
• Jiří Holubec – 1:02:08.3 (32nd)
• František Chládek – 1:04:01.3 (44th)

Men’s 4 x 7.5 km Relay

• Czechoslovakia – 1:30:48.8 (11th)
  • Jiří Holubec
  • František Chládek
  • Tomáš Kos
  • Jan Matouš

Cross country skiing

Men’s 15 km Classic

• Ladislav Švanda – 43:40.9 (19th)
• Václav Korunka – 44:47.6 (28th)
• Pavel Benc – 46:01.6 (41st)
• Martin Petrásek – 46:07.8 (43rd)

Men’s 30 km Classic

• Ladislav Švanda – 1:28:55.1 (17th)
• Radim Nyč – 1:30:34.4 (25th)
• Petr Lisičan – 1:31:23.1 (29th)
• Martin Petrásek – 1:31:56.1 (32nd)

Men’s 50 km Free

• Ladislav Švanda - 2:09:08.1 (15th)
• Radim Nyč – 2:10:46.3 (20th)
• Petr Lisičan - 2:11:44.4 (23rd)
• Pavel Benc – 2:12:08.4 (27th)

Men’s 4x10 km Relay

• Czechoslovakia – 1:45:22.7 (3rd) 03 !
  • Radim Nyč
  • Václav Korunka
  • Pavel Benc
  • Ladislav Švanda

Women’s 5 km Classic

• Viera Klimková - 16:14.1 (22nd)
• Alžběta Havrančíková – 16:28.3 (29th)
• Ľubomíra Balážová – 16:30.9 (30th)
• Ivana Rádlová – 16:43.6 (38th)

Women’s 10 km Classic

• Ľubomíra Balážová - 32:30.3 (27th)
• Alžběta Havrančíková – 32:59.1 (31st)
• Viera Klimková - 33:23.0 (35th)

Women’s 20 km Free

• Alžběta Havrančíková – 58:51.4 (13th)
• Viera Klimková – 59:22.5 (17th)
• Ľubomíra Balážová – 1:02:25.0 (33rd)
• Ivana Rádlová – 1:02:25.4 (34th)

Women’s 4x5 km Relay

• Czechoslovakia – 1:03:37.1 (7th)
  • Ľubomíra Balážová
  • Viera Klimková
  • Ivana Rádlová
  • Alžběta Havrančíková

Figure Skating

Men

• Petr Barna – 13th place

Women

• Iveta Voralová – 20th place

Pairs

• Lenka Knapová and René Novotný – did not finish

Ice Dancing

• Viera Řeháková and Ivan Havránek – 15th place

Ice Hockey

Men – 6th place

• Round 1
  • lost to  West Germany 1-2 (goal: Hrdina)
  • beat  United States 7-5 (goals: Pašek 2, Stavjaňa 2, Rosol, Růžička, Liba)
  • beat  Norway 10-1 (goals: Pašek 2, Benák, Lála, Liba, Volek, Hrdina, Stavjaňa, Suchánek, Vlk)
  • beat  Austria 4-0 (goals: Hořava, Šejba, Božík, Pašek)
  • lost to  Soviet Union 1-6 (goal: Lála)
• Medal Round:
  • lost to  Sweden 2-6 (goals: Haščák, Růžička)
  • beat  Finland 5-2 (goals: Liba 2, Šejba, Pašek, Růžička)
  • lost to  Finland 3-6 (goals: Stavjaňa, Šejba, Růžička)
• Squad:
  • Goalkeepers: Petr Bříza, Dominik Hašek, Jaromír Šindel
  • Defenders: Jaroslav Benák, Mojmír Božík, Miloslav Hořava, Antonín Stavjaňa, Rudolf Suchánek, Bedřich Ščerban, Eduard Uvíra
  • Forwards: Jiří Doležal, Oto Haščák, Jiří Hrdina, Jiří Lála, Igor Liba, Dušan Pašek, Radim Raděvič, Vladimír Růžička, Petr Rosol, Jiří Šejba, Petr Vlk, Rostislav Vlach, David Volek
  • Coaches: Ján Starší, František Pospíšil

Luge

Men’s Singles

• Petr Urban – 3:08.624 (16th)
• Luboš Jíra – 3:10.857 (21st)

Men’s Doubles

• Petr Urban and Luboš Jíra – 1:33.621 (13th)

Nordic Combined

Individual Race

• Miroslav Kopal – at +1:32.5 behind winner in cross country (7th)
• Ladislav Patráš – (21st)
• Ján Klimko – (27th)
• František Repka – (30th)

Team Race

• Czechoslovakia – (6th)
  • Ladislav Patráš
  • Ján Klimko
  • Miroslav Kopal

Ski Jumping

Normal Hill (K70) Competition

• Pavel Ploc – 212.1 points (2nd) 02 !
• Jiří Malec – 211.8 (3rd) 03 !
• Jiří Parma – 203.8 (5th)
• Ladislav Dluhoš – 191.0 (14th)

Large Hill (K90) Competition

• Pavel Ploc - 204.1 points (5th)
• Ladislav Dluhoš – 189.5 (14th)
• Jiří Malec – 181.2 (24th)
• Jiří Parma – 175.3 (29th)

Team Competition (K90)

• Czechoslovakia – 586.8 points (4th place)
  • Ladislav Dluhoš
  • Jiří Malec
  • Pavel Ploc
  • Jiří Parma

Speed Skating

Men’s 1500 m

• Jiří Kyncl – 1:58.44 (34th)

Men’s 5000 m

• Jiří Kyncl – 6:59.82 (25th)

Men’s 10.000 m

• Jiří Kyncl – 14:27.32 (16th)

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database