Bohemia at the 1908 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:BOH
Nocname:Czech Olympic Committee
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:1908
Location:London
Competitors:19
Sports:5
Rank:17
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:2
Appearances:auto
See also:1906 Intercalated Games
(1920–1992)
(1994–)

Bohemia competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England as an independent team, though it was part of Austria-Hungary at the time.

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
FencingMen's sabre
FencingMen's team sabre

Results by event

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Event Place Athlete Heats Semifinals Final
Semi-
finalist 		bgcolor=lightgrayNone held Unknown
3rd, semifinal 6 		bgcolor=lightgrayDid not advance
18th Arnošt Nejedlý None held 3:26:26.2
Event Place Athlete Height/
Distance
12-42 Unknown
Unknown
11-23 Miroslav Šustera Unknown
10-33 František Souček Unknown

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Bohemia refused to fence Italy in the silver medal match of the men's team sabre, contending that the repechage system was unfair.

Event Place Fencer First
round 		Second
round 		Semi-
final 		Final
Second
round 		4-4 (2nd in D) 2-2 (3rd in 4) Did not advance
4-2 (2nd in G) 2-2 (3rd in 3)
5-1 (1st in B) 0-4 (5th in 5)
4-2 (2nd in A) 1-3 (5th in 7)
First
round 		1-4 (5th in F) Did not advance
3-5 (6th in E)
0-6 (7th in H)
3rd Vilém Goppold von Lobsdorf 7-0 (1st in J) 3-1 (1st in 3) 5-2 (1st in 2) 4-3
Second
round 		Bedřich Schejbal 3-2 (2nd in L) 1-2 (3rd in 4) Did not advance
Otakar Lada 3-1 (1st in B) 2-2 (3rd in 5)
Vilém Tvrzský 3-2 (3rd in K) 0-3 (4th in 4)
Vlastimil Lada-Sázavský 3-2 (2nd in A) 1-3 (4th in 7)
First
round 		Jaroslav Šourek-Tuček 1-4 (5th in A) Did not advance
František Dušek 2-4 (5th in M)
Event Place Fencers Play-in
match 		First
round 		Semi-
finals 		Final Repechage Silver
medal match
6th Otakar Lada
Vlastimil Lada-Sázavský
Vilém Goppold von Lobsdorf
Vilém Tvrzský 		Bye Lost to Italy
12-5
Out
6th place 		Did not advance Not relegated
3rd Vlastimil Lada-Sázavský (all)
Vilém Goppold von Lobsdorf (all)
Bedřich Schejbal (all)
Jaroslav Šourek-Tuček (f)
Otakar Lada (1st, sf)[1] 		bgcolor=lightgrayNot held Defeated Netherlands
9-8
Advanced to
semifinals 		Defeated France
9-7
Advanced to
final 		Lost to Hungary
9-7
Relegated to
silver medal match 		Bye Lost to Italy
Walkover
Won
bronze medal

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Gymnast Event Score Rank
222.5 25
205.5 36

Tennis

See main article: Tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Event Place Name Round
of 64 		Round
of 32 		Round
of 16 		Quarter-
finals 		Semi-
finals 		Final
9th Bye Did not advance
Bye Bye Lost to Brown
16th Bye Did not advance
26th Did not advance
11th Bohuslav Hykš
David Slíva 		bgcolor=lightgrayNone held Did not advance
Opponent nation Wins Losses Percent
0 2 .000
0 1 .000
1 1 .500
0 1 .000
Total 1 5 .167

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

All 4 Bohemian wrestlers lost their first match.

Event Place Wrestler Round
of 32 		Round
of 16 		Quarter-
finals 		Semi-
finals 		Final
17th Did not advance
9th Bye Did not advance
17th Did not advance
17th Did not advance
Opponent nation Wins Losses Percent
0 2 .000
0 1 .000
0 1 .000
Total 0 4 .000

Notes

  1. This fencer competed in the team event, but is not listed in the IOC medallist database.

Sources

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