Czech Republic at the 1998 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	CZE
Nocname:	Czech Olympic Committee
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	1998
Website:
Location:	Nagano
Competitors:	61 (48 men, 13 women)
Sports:	9
Flagbearer:	Lubomír Buchta (cross-country skiing)
Rank:	14
Gold:	1
Silver:	1
Bronze:	1
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1994
See also:	(1900–1912) (1920–1992)

The Czech Republic competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.The medal hopes were set on ice hockey team and Kateřina Neumannová in cross-country skiing. The ice hockey team won their first gold medal in history.^[1] Kateřina Neumannová was also successful, winning one silver and one bronze medal. The surprise performance for the team was freestyle skier Aleš Valenta who came fourth.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
	Czech Republic men's national ice hockey team			22 February
				10 February
				12 February

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[2]

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Alpine skiing	1	1	2
Biathlon	4	4	8
Bobsleigh	5	–	5
Cross-country skiing	5	5	10
Figure skating	2	3	5
Freestyle skiing	1	0	1
Ice hockey	21	0	21
Nordic combined	5	–	5
Ski jumping	4	–	4
Total	48	13	61

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Rank
Marcel Maxa	Giant Slalom	1:25.88	1:23.63	2:49.51	29
Marcel Maxa	Slalom	57.81	DNF	DNF	-

Men's combined

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Rank
Lucie Hrstková	Downhill			1:33.00	31
Lucie Hrstková	Super-G			1:21.74	35
Lucie Hrstková	Giant Slalom	DNF	-	DNF	-
Lucie Hrstková	Slalom	DNF	-	DNF	-

Women's combined

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses ^1	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Petr Garabík	3	30:51.3	53
	Zdeněk Vítek	2	30:46.5	51
	Ivan Masařík	2	28:58.6	15

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ^2	Rank
20 km	Petr Garabík	58:28.8	6	1'04:28.8	56
	Jiří Holubec	59:08.8	2	1'01:08.8	34
	Ivan Masařík	56:30.7	1	57:30.7	4

Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay

Women

Event	Athlete	Misses ^1	Time	Rank
7.5 km Sprint	Kateřina Losmanová-Holubcová	3	26:51.7	57
	Irena Novotná-Česneková	3	25:30.4	40
	Jiřína Adamičková-Pelcová	1	25:14.5	35
	Eva Háková	1	24:58.6	26

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ^2	Rank
15 km	Eva Háková	57:25.4	6	1'03:25.4	53
	Kateřina Losmanová-Holubcová	1'00:48.9	1	1'01:48.9	44
	Jiřína Adamičková-Pelcová	58:26.3	3	1'01:26.3	38
	Irena Novotná-Česneková	57:09.0	3	1'00:09.0	30

Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay

¹ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.

² One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh

See main article: Bobsleigh at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
CZE-1	Jiří Dzmura Pavel Polomský	Two-man	55.30	16	55.11	17	DNF	-	-	-	DNF	-
CZE-2	Pavel Puškár Jan Kobián	Two-man	54.99	12	54.60	5	54.46	8	54.54	7	3:38.59	8

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
10 km C	Lubomír Buchta	30:38.4	52
	Lukáš Bauer	30:11.1	45
	Martin Koukal	29:41.8	35
	Petr Michl	29:28.5	32
15 km pursuit^1 F	Lubomír Buchta	45:36.6	50
	Martin Koukal	44:41.8	37
	Lukáš Bauer	44:16.3	32
	Petr Michl	42:47.5	23
30 km C	Lubomír Buchta	DNF	-
	Lukáš Bauer	1'42:08.8	33
	Jiří Magál	1'40:29.6	22
50 km F	Jiří Magál	2'21:30.5	47
	Petr Michl	2'13:08.3	17
	Lubomír Buchta	2'11:34.8	13

¹ Starting delay based on 10 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
5 km C	Zuzana Kocumová	19:58.3	59
	Jana Šaldová	19:00.4	28
	Kateřina Hanušová	18:49.1	22
	Kateřina Neumannová	17:42.7
10 km pursuit^2 F	Zuzana Kocumová	32:34.9	41
	Kateřina Hanušová	30:58.8	24
	Kateřina Neumannová	28:37.2
15 km C	Iveta Zelingerová-Fortová	52:26.3	44
	Jana Šaldová	51:33.8	29
	Kateřina Neumannová	49:01.9	9
30 km F	Zuzana Kocumová	1'32:52.1	35
	Kateřina Hanušová	1'29:59.9	23

² Starting delay based on 5 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Women's 4 × 5 km relay

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Women

Pairs

Ice Dancing

Freestyle skiing

See main article: Freestyle skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men

Ice hockey

See main article: Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men's tournament

First Round - Group D

width=165	Team	width=40		width=40		width=40		width=40		width=40		width=40		width=40		width=40
	3	3	0	0	15	6	+9	6
	3	2	1	0	12	4	+8	4
	3	1	2	0	11	9	+2	2
	3	0	3	0	6	25	-19	0

Gold Medal Game

Nordic combined

See main article: Nordic combined at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men's individual

Events:

• normal hill ski jumping
• 15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping		Cross-country time	Total rank
		Points	Rank
Petr Šmejc	Individual	195.0	34	48:37.4	40
Ladislav Rygl		204.5	23	44:20.8	14
Jan Matura		218.0	12	47:35.0	35
Milan Kučera		228.0	8	42:45.8	5

Men's Team

Four participants per team.

Events:

• normal hill ski jumping
• 5 km cross-country skiing

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2		Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Jakub Sucháček	Normal hill	77.5	87.5	29 Q	81.0	96.0	183.5	28
Jaroslav Sakala		77.5	89.0	28 Q	80.5	96.0	185.0	26
Michal Doležal		81.5	98.5	20 Q	87.5	112.5	211.0	11
František Jež		83.5	103.0	13 Q	77.5	89.5	192.5	24
Jaroslav Sakala	Large hill	91.5	61.2	56	did not advance
František Jež		113.5	104.3	25 Q	113.0	104.4	208.7	24
Michal Doležal		116.0	107.8	18 Q	130.5	135.4	243.2	8
Jakub Sucháček		117.5	111.0	13 Q	121.0	118.3	229.3	15

Men's team large hill

¹ Four teams members performed two jumps each.

References

• Olympic Winter Games 1998, full results by sports-reference.com

Notes and References

1. News: Czech Republic Beats Russia for Gold . 12 November 2021 . The Washington Post . 23 February 1998.
2. https://www.olympedia.org/countries/CZE/editions/46 Czechia at the 1998 Winter Olympics