Czech Republic at the 2018 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	CZE
Year:	2018
Games:	Winter Olympics
Games Link:	2018 Winter Olympics
Flagcaption:	Flag of the Czech Republic
Alt:	Refer to caption
Nocname:	Czech Olympic Committee
Website:
Location:	Pyeongchang, South Korea
Date:	9–25 February 2018
Competitors:	93
Competitors Men:	68
Competitors Women:	25
Sports:	13
Flagbearer:	Eva Samková (opening)^[1] Ester Ledecká (closing)
Rank:	14
Gold:	2
Silver:	2
Bronze:	3
Appearances:	auto
See also:	auto

Czech Republic competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018, with 93 competitors in 13 sports. They won seven medals in total: two gold, two silver and three bronze, ranking 14th in the medal table.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Alpine skiing	5	4	9
Biathlon	5	4	9
Bobsleigh	9	0	9
Cross-country skiing	5	5	10
Figure skating	3	2	5
Freestyle skiing	0	1	1
Ice hockey	25	0	25
Luge	5	1	6
Nordic combined	4	0	4
Short track speed skating	0	1	1
Ski jumping	5	0	5
Snowboarding	2	5	7
Speed skating	0	3	3
Total	68	25	93

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification. Czech Republic has qualified 5 men and 4 women.

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=4	Ondřej Berndt	Super-G	1:28.30	35
Combined	1:21.81	34	48.10	10	2:09.91	16
Giant slalom
Slalom
align=left rowspan=5	Filip Forejtek	Downhill	1:44.79	38
Super-G	1:28.06	34
Combined	1:22.56	45
Giant slalom	1:12.91	36	1:13.16	32	2:26.07	31
Slalom
align=left rowspan=2	Jan Hudec	Downhill	1:46.42	45
Super-G
align=left rowspan=2	Adam Kotzmann	Giant slalom
Slalom
align=left rowspan=5	Jan Zabystřan	Downhill	1:46.60	46
Super-G	1:29.68	40
Combined	1:23.65	54
Giant slalom
Slalom

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Gabriela Capová	Giant slalom	1:15.80	34	1:11.62	27	2:27.42	29
Slalom	52.96	33
align=left rowspan=2	Martina Dubovská	Giant slalom
Slalom	52.90	32	51.87	29	1:44.77	29
align=left rowspan=2	Ester Ledecká	Super-G	1:21.11
Giant slalom	1:14.62	29	1:10.07	16	2:24.69	23
align=left rowspan=4	Kateřina Pauláthová	Downhill	1:44.69	26
Super-G	1:24.48	33
Giant slalom
Combined	1:44.83	20	44.26	17	2:29.09	17

Mixed

Biathlon

See main article: article, Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification. Based on their Nations Cup rankings in the 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup, the Czech Republic has qualified a team of 5 men and 6 women.^[2] ^[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Michal Krčmář	Sprint	23:43.2	0 (0+0)
	Pursuit	36:41.6	7 (2+0+3+2)	30
	Individual	49:19.3	1 (0+1+0+0)	7
	Mass start	38:09.9	5 (1+1+1+2)	26
Ondřej Moravec	Sprint	24:46.7	1 (1+0)	29
	Pursuit	38:45.9	8 (1+2+2+3)	51
	Individual	49:56.9	1 (0+0+0+1)	12
	Mass start	36:23.6	1 (0+0+0+1)	11
align=left rowspan=2	Michal Šlesingr	Sprint	26:06.0	4 (0+4)	69
Individual	52:35.5	4 (0+3+0+1)	45
align=left rowspan=2	Adam Václavík	Sprint	26:15.4	4 (2+2)	73
Individual	54:31.7	6 (0+4+1+1)	67
Michal Krčmář Ondřej Moravec Michal Šlesingr Jaroslav Soukup	Team relay	1:19:23.6	15 (2+13)	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Markéta Davidová	Sprint	22:03.3	1 (1+0)	15
	Pursuit	33:29.8	6 (1+2+1+2)	25
	Individual	47:06.7	5 (1+1+0+3)	57
	Mass start	37:23.8	3 (0+1+1+1)	18
Jessica Jislová	Sprint	22:29.1	1 (1+0)	23
	Pursuit	33:24.3	3 (0+1+1+1)	23
	Individual	49:00.6	5 (1+1+0+3)	72
Eva Puskarčíková	Sprint	23:19.8	3 (2+1)	43
	Pursuit	33:53.8	3 (2+1+0+0)	32
	Individual	46:22.0	3 (1+0+2+0)	44
Veronika Vítková	Sprint	21:32.0	1 (0+1)
	Pursuit	32:12.6	3 (0+1+0+2)	7
	Individual	44:31.5	3 (1+1+1+0)	18
	Mass start	36:57.8	1 (0+0+0+1)	14
Markéta Davidová Jessica Jislová Eva Puskarčíková Veronika Vítková	Team relay	1:13:59.7	4 (0+4)	12

Mixed

Bobsleigh

See main article: article, Bobsleigh at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Bobsleigh at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification. Based on their rankings in the 2017–18 Bobsleigh World Cup, the Czech Republic has qualified 4 sleds.^[4] ^[5]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jakub Havlín Jan Vrba*	align=left rowspan=2	Two-man	49.93	23	50.07	21	49.86	21	Eliminated		2:29.86	23
Dominik Dvořák Jakub Nosek	49.70	15	49.63	14	49.67	18	49.86	29	3:18.86	17
David Egydy Jan Stokláska Dominik Suchý Jan Vrba	align=left rowspan=2	Four-man	49.73	=23	49.81	21	50.05	=25	Eliminated		2:29.59	24
Dominik Dvořák Jaroslav Kopřiva Jakub Nosek Jan Šindelář	49.07	11	49.97	26	50.05	=25	Eliminated		2:29.09	21

* – Denotes the driver of each sled

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification. Czech Republic has qualified 5 men and 5 women.

Distance

Athlete	Event	Classical		Freestyle		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Deficit	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Martin Jakš	15 km freestyle	35:05.2	+1:21.3	16
30 km skiathlon	40:53.2	19	35:27.0	4	1:16:53.8	+33.8	9
50 km classical	2:12:32.6	+4:10.5	8
align=left rowspan=3	Petr Knop	15 km freestyle	35:35.5	+1:51.6	24
30 km skiathlon	42:29.8	43	37:10.7	34	1:20:12.1	+3:52.1	38
50 km classical	2:29:20.9	+20:58.8	55
Michal Novák	15 km freestyle	36:42.4	+2:58.5	46
align=left rowspan=3	Aleš Razým	15 km freestyle	35:59.0	+2:15.1	30
30 km skiathlon	43:28.5	51	39:29.3	55	1:23:33.8	+7:13.8	55
50 km classical	2:22:06.8	+13:44.7	41
Miroslav Rypl	50 km classical
Martin Jakš Petr Knop Michal Novák Aleš Razým	4×10 km relay	1:37:23.0	+4:18.1	10

Women

Athlete	Event	Classical		Freestyle		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Deficit	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Kateřina Beroušková	10 km freestyle	28:14.4	+3:13.9	45
15 km skiathlon	23:03.9	34	20:56.3	38	44:32.7	+3:47.8	38
30 km classical	1:31:41.4	+9:23.8	23
align=left rowspan=2	Barbora Havlíčková	10 km freestyle	29:00.7	+4:00.2	57
15 km skiathlon	23:52.3	53	20:48.4	35	45:12.1	+4:27.2	43
align=left rowspan=3	Petra Hynčicová	10 km freestyle	29:09.9	+4:09.4	60
15 km skiathlon	23:42.0	48	21:22.5	47	45:42.4	+4:57.5	47
30 km classical	1:39:14.7	+16:57.1	39
align=left rowspan=2	Petra Nováková	10 km freestyle	27:33.8	+2:33.3	28
15 km skiathlon	23:25.9	28	19:56.9	18	43:55.6	+3:10.7	28
Kateřina Beroušková Karolína Grohová Barbora Havlíčková Petra Nováková	4×5 km relay	55:17.1	+3:52.8	11

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Aleš Razým	align=left rowspan=3	Men's sprint	3:21.05	43	Did not advance
Michal Novák	3:28.33	60	Did not advance
Miroslav Rypl	3:27.46	56	Did not advance
Martin Jakš Aleš Razým	Men's team sprint	16:08.78	5 q	16:24.83	7
Kateřina Beroušková	align=left rowspan=3	Women's sprint	3:20.09	23 Q	3:27.43	6	Did not advance
Karolína Grohová	3:30.91	43	Did not advance
Petra Hynčicová	3:32.03	45	Did not advance
Kateřina Beroušková Petra Nováková	Women's team sprint	16:53.06	5	Did not advance

Figure skating

See main article: article, Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification. The Czech Republic has qualified one male figure skater, based on its placement at the 2017 World Figure Skating Championships in Helsinki, Finland.^[6] They additionally qualified one entry in ice dance as well as an entry in pairs skating through the 2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy.^[7] The team was announced on October 7 2017.^[8]

Athlete	Event	/		/		Total
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Michal Březina	Men's singles	85.15	9 Q	160.92	18	246.07	16
Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař	Pairs	63.25	15 Q	123.08	14	186.33	14
Cortney Mansour / Michal Češka	Ice dancing	53.53	23	Did not advance

Freestyle skiing

See main article: article, Freestyle skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Freestyle skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification.

Ski cross

Ice hockey

See main article: Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Summary

Men's tournament

See main article: Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament and Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's qualification. Czech Republic men's national ice hockey team qualified by finishing as one of the top eight teams in the 2015 IIHF World Ranking.^[9]

Team roster

Preliminary round

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Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Bronze medal game

Luge

See main article: Luge at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Luge at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification. Based on the results from the World Cups during the 2017–18 Luge World Cup season, the Czech Republic qualified 4 sleds.^[10]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ondřej Hyman	Men's singles	48.324	23	48.276	20	48.313	25	Eliminated		2:24.913	21
Lukáš Brož Antonín Brož	align=left rowspan=2	Men's doubles	46.570	12	46.582	16	1:33.152	13
Matěj Kvíčala Jaromír Kudera	46.818	16	46.910	18	1:33.728	18
Tereza Nosková	Women's singles	47.813	26	48.132	27	47.921	27	Eliminated		2:23.866	26

Mixed team relay

Nordic combined

See main article: Nordic combined at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Nordic combined at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification. Czech Republic qualified 4 athletes:

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping			Cross-country		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Lukáš Daněk	Normal hill/10 km
Large hill/10 km	114.0	78.7	44	26:36.1	46	30:37.1	46
align=left rowspan=2	Miroslav Dvořák	Normal hill/10 km	95.5	89.3	28	24:40.4	14	27:23.4	21
Large hill/10 km	119.5	99.9	29	24:23.3	29	26:59.3	26
align=left rowspan=2	Ondřej Pažout	Normal hill/10 km	97.5	95.8	22	25:46.8	37	28:05.8	34
Large hill/10 km	124.5	105.2	26	25:32.4	41	27:47.4	37
align=left rowspan=2	Tomáš Portyk	Normal hill/10 km	89.5	89.3	29	24:46.4	17	27:31.4	24
Large hill/10 km	120.5	111.5	18	24:04.9	19	25:54.9	19
Lukáš Daněk Miroslav Dvořák Ondřej Pažout Tomáš Portyk	Team large hill/4×5 km	494.0	382.2	6	48:11.1	8	50:07.1	7

Short track speed skating

See main article: Short track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Short track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification. The Czech Republic qualified one skater for women's 1500 m events for the Olympics during the four World Cup events in November 2017.^[11]

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Ski jumping at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification.

Czech Republic qualified 5 male ski jumpers:

Athlete	Event	Qualification			First round			Final			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Lukáš Hlava	Men's large hill	106.5	62.2	52	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Roman Koudelka	Men's normal hill	97.5	114.5	24 Q	98.0	103.5	25 Q	103.0	105.7	25	209.2	25
Men's large hill	116.5	80.9	41 Q	125.5	115.9	25 Q	122.0	107.1	25	223.0	25
align=left rowspan=2	Čestmír Kožíšek	Men's normal hill	81.0	80.6	54	Did not advance
Men's large hill	132.5	104.0	23 Q	112.0	124.5	28 Q	113.0	93.	28	205.1	28
align=left rowspan=2	Viktor Polášek	Men's normal hill	88.0	90.1	47 Q	92.0	81.9	44	Did not advance
Men's large hill	110.5	77.1	45 Q	116.5	94.4	44	Did not advance
Vojtěch Štursa	Men's normal hill	83.5	81.5	53	Did not advance
Roman Koudelka Čestmír Kožíšek Viktor Polášek Vojtěch Štursa	Men's team large hill	458.5	370.1	10	Did not advance

Snowboarding

See main article: Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification.

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Petr Horák	Men's slopestyle	41.93	39.05	41.93	15	Did not advance
align=left rowspan="2"	Šárka Pančochová	Women's big air	65.50	30.00	65.50	19	Did not advance
Women's slopestyle	Cancelled^[12]				43.46	39.18		43.46	16
Kateřina Vojáčková	Women's big air	19.00	10.50	19.00	26	Did not advance

Parallel

Snowboard cross

Athlete	Event	Seeding						1/8 final	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Run 1		Run 2		Best	Seed	1/8 final	Quarterfinal	Semifinal
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Best	Seed	Position	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Jan Kubičík	Men's snowboard cross	1:15.73	=29	1:16.25	10	1:15.73	32	5	Did not advance
Vendula Hopjáková	align=left rowspan="2"	Women's snowboard cross						24			Did not advance
Eva Samková	1:16.84	1	1:16.84	1		2 Q	1 FA	3

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification. The Czech Republic earned the following quotas at the conclusion of the four World Cup's used for qualification.^[13]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Race
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Karolína Erbanová	Women's 500 m	37.34
Women's 1000 m	1:14.95	7
align=left rowspan=2	Martina Sáblíková	Women's 3000 m	4:00.54	4
Women's 5000 m	6:51.85
align=left rowspan=4	Nikola Zdráhalová
Women's 1000 m	1:16.43	19
Women's 1500 m	1:58.03	11
Women's 3000 m	4:11.36	15

Mass start

Notes and References

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Web site: Men's Nation Cup Score . 5 March 2017. www.docs.google.com/ . International Biathlon Union (IBU) . 28 July 2017.
Web site: Women's Nation Cup Score . 5 March 2017. www.docs.google.com/ . International Biathlon Union (IBU). 28 July 2017.
Web site: Quota Allocation PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games 2018 - 2-man Bobsleigh - IBSF 14 January 2018. 15 January 2018. www.ibsf.org. International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF). 15 January 2018. 16 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180116125436/http://www.ibsf.org/images/documents/downloads/Quotas/2017_18/Quota_allocation_IBSF_RANKING_Bobsleigh_2_Man_14_01_2018.pdf. dead.
Web site: Quota Allocation PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games 2018 - 4-man Bobsleigh - IBSF 14 January 2018. 15 January 2018. www.ibsf.org. International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF). 15 January 2018. 28 February 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180228031301/http://www.ibsf.org/images/documents/downloads/Quotas/2017_18/Quota_allocation_IBSF_RANKING_Bobsleigh_4_Men_14_01_2018.pdf. dead.
Web site: Figure Skating Quota places for the XXIII Olympic Winter Games 2018 . 4 April 2017. www.isu.org/ . . 28 July 2017.
Web site: ISU communication 2119 . www.isu.org/ . . 21 October 2017.
News: Informace z jednání předsednictva Českého krasobruslařského svazu konaného dne 7.10.2017 v Praze . cs . Czech Figure Skating Association . 7 October 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171227123924/http://czechskating.org/gallery/files/Informace_z_P_CKS_2017-10-07_59f04c433f08e.pdf . 27 December 2017 . dead . 4 January 2018 .
News: 2018 Winter Olympics. 23 August 2016. IIHF. iihf.com.
Web site: Ranking list . fil-luge.org . December 19, 2017.
Web site: XXI II Olympic Winter Games 2018 PyeongChang: Qualified quota places Short Track Speed Skating. International Skating Union (ISU). 23 November 2017. 24 November 2017.
News: Women's slopestyle qualification canceled. 11 February 2018. Reuters. 11 February 2018.
Web site: Communication No. 2136: XXIII Olympic Winter Games 2018 PyeongChang Entries Speed Skating. 20 December 2017. www.isu.org/. International Skating Union (ISU). 26 December 2017.