Czechoslovakia at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Czechoslovakia at the Olympic Games
Flag of Czechoslovakia – Flag bearers IOC code   TCH
At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich
Competitors	181 in 17 sports
Medals Rank: 18	Gold 2	Silver 4	Bronze 2	Total 8
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Czechoslovakia competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 181 competitors, 145 men and 36 women, took part in 93 events in 17 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Czechoslovakia finished in 18th position in the final medal rankings, with two gold medals and eight medals overall.

Gold

• Ludvík Daněk — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
• Vítězslav Mácha — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight

Silver

• Milena Duchková — Diving, Women's Platform
• Ladislav Beneš, Frantisek Brina, Vladimír Haber, Vladimír Jarý, Jiří Kavan, Arnošt Klimčík, Jaroslav Konečný, František Králík, Jindřich Krepindl, Vincent Lafko, Andrej Lukošík, Pavel Mikeš, Petr Pospíšil, Ivan Satrapa, Zdeněk Škára, and Jaroslav Škarvan — Handball, Men's Team Competition
• Vladimír Petříček, Pavel Svojanovský and Oldřich Svojanovský — Rowing, Men's Coxed Pairs
• Ladislav Falta — Shooting, Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol

Bronze

• Eva Šuranová — Athletics, Women's Long Jump
• Vladimír Jánoš, Otakar Mareček, Karel Neffe, Vladimír Petříček and František Provazník — Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's 100 metres

• Juraj Demec

• First Heat — 10.66s (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 metres

• Jozef Plachý

• Heat — 1:47.1
• Semifinals — 1:48.9 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres

• Jozef Horčic

• Heat — 3:45.7 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5000 metres

• Josef Janský

• Heat — 13:39.8 (→ did not advance)

• Dusan Moravcik

• Heat — 13:40.4 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100m Relay

• Jaroslav Matousek, Juraj Demec, Jiri Kynos, and Ludvik Bohman

• Heat — 39.31s
• Semifinals — 39.01s
• Final — 38.82s (→ 4th place)

Men's High Jump

• Roman Moravec

• Qualification Round — 2.12m (→ did not advance)

• Jaroslav Alexa

• Qualification Round — 2.09m (→ did not advance)

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race

• Jirí Prchal — 18th place
• Jirí Háva — 41st place
• Petr Matoušek — 47th place
• Alois Holík — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

• Anton Tkáč

• Final — 1:08.78 (→ 13th place)

Men's Tandem

• Ivan Kučírek and Vladimír Popelka → 8th place

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Two fencers, one man and one woman, represented Czechoslovakia in 1972.

Men's foil

• František Koukal

Women's foil

• Katarína Lokšová-Ráczová

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Czechoslovakia won a silver medal at the second Olympic handball tournament. In the first round, the team tied for second place in the points ranking after defeating Tunisia, tying Iceland, and losing to East Germany. Czechoslovakia won the tie-breaker over the Iceland team, which had also defeated Tunisia and lost to East Germany, and advanced to the second round. There, wins over Sweden and the Soviet Union put Czechoslovakia in another standings tie, this time in first place with East Germany. Again, the tie-breaker went to Czechoslovakia, giving the team the opportunity to play Yugoslavia, the winner of the other group, in the gold medal game. Yugoslavia won, 21-16, leaving Czechoslovakia with the silver.

Men's Team Competition:

• Czechoslovakia - silver medal (3-2-1)

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's Single Sculls

• Jaroslav Hellebrand

• Heat — 7:58.15
• Repechage — 8:19.28
• Semi Finals — 8:44.60
• B-Final — 8:11.04 (→ 12th place)

Men's Coxed Pairs

• Oldřich Svojanovský, Pavel Svojanovský and Vladimír Petříček

• Heat — 7:41.27
• Semi Finals — 8:07.88
• Final — 7:19.57 (→ Silver Medal)

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition

• Team Roster

• Vladimír Petlák
• Milan Vápenka
• Pavel Schenk
• Zdeněk Groessl
• Stefan Pipa
• Jaroslav Tomáš
• Drahomír Koudelka
• Jaroslav Stančo
• Lubomír Zajíček
• Jaroslav Penc
• Milan Řezníček
• Miroslav Nekola

• Head Coaches: Karel Láznička and Zdeněk Malý

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics

References

1. ^ "Czechoslovakia at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". sports-reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/TCH/summer/1972/. Retrieved 2011-02-12.