Bohemia at the 1900 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:BOH
Nocname:Czech Olympic Committee
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:1900
Location:Paris, France
Date:May 14, 1900 – October 28, 1900
Competitors:7
Sports:4
Events:9
Rank:20
Gold:0
Silver:1
Bronze:1
Appearances:auto
See also:1906 Intercalated Games
(1920–1992)
(1994–)

Bohemia competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France as an independent team, though it was part of Austria-Hungary at the time. 7 athletes competed for Bohemia.[1]

Medalists

The following competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.Medals awarded to participants of mixed-NOC teams are represented in italics. These medals are not counted towards the individual NOC medal tally.

MedalNameSportEventDate
AthleticsMen's discus throw
TennisWomen's singles
TennisMixed doubles
Medals by sport
SportTotal
Athletics0101
Tennis0011
Totalstyle=background:gold0style=background:silver1style=background:#c9612

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

width=180Sportwidth=55Menwidth=55Womenwidth=55Total
Athletics4 0 4
Cycling1 0 1
Gymnastics1 0 1
Tennis0 1 1
Total 6 1 7

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics.

Track & road events

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalRepechageFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Václav Nový100 mUnknown3Did not advanced
Karel Nedvěd400 mDid not advanced
Ondřej Pukl800 mUnknown4-5Did not advanced
Ondřej Pukl1500 mUnknown7-9
Karel Nedvěd110 m hurdlesDid not advanced
Karel Nedvěd400 m hurdlesUnknown3Did not advanced

Field events

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Václav NovýMen's standing triple jump
František Janda-SukMen's discus throw35.04235.14

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1900 Summer Olympics.

Bohemia competed in the second Olympic cycling competition. The nation's only cyclist, František Hirsch, had little success.

Sprint

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1900 Summer Olympics.

Tennis

See main article: Tennis at the 1900 Summer Olympics.

Rosenbaumová took bronze in the women's singles. Rosenbaumová also won another bronze medal in the mixed doubles with British playing partner Archibald Warden.

AthleteEventQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Hedwig RosenbaumWomen's singles
L 1–6, 1–6
Did not advance

Mixed doubles W 6–3, 3–6, 6-2 /

L 3–6, 0-6
Did not advance

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bohemia at the 1900 Paris Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417062536/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/BOH/summer/1900/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2013-05-11 . sports-reference.com.