Czech Republic at the 2022 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	CZE
Nocname:	Czech Olympic Committee
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	2022
Flagcaption:	Flag of the Czech Republic
Website:
Date:	4–20 February 2022
Location:	Beijing, China
Competitors:	114
Competitors Men:	59
Competitors Women:	55
Sports:	15
Flagbearer Open:	Michal Březina Alena Mills
Flagbearer Close:	Martina Sáblíková
Rank:	21
Gold:	1
Silver:	0
Bronze:	1
Appearances:	auto

The Czech Republic competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022.^{[1] [2]}

Michal Březina and Alena Mills were the country's flagbearer during the opening ceremony.^[3] Meanwhile speed skater Martina Sáblíková was the flagbearer during the closing ceremony.^[4]

After winning seven medals in 2018, the Czech Republic's medal haul fell to a single gold and single bronze medal in Beijing, marking its weakest performance since 1994.

Medalists

The following Czech competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.

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	2	6	8
Biathlon	5	5	10
Bobsleigh	4	0	4
Cross-country skiing	6	5	11
Curling	1	1	2
Figure skating	3	3	6
Freestyle skiing	0	1	1
Ice hockey	25	23	48
Luge	3	1	4
Nordic combined	4		4
Short track speed skating	0	1	1
Skeleton	0	1	1
Ski jumping	5	3	8
Snowboarding	1	4	5
Speed skating	0	2	2
Total	59	55	114

Alpine skiing

See main article: article, Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification. The Czech Republic qualified two men and six women alpine skiers.^[5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Kryštof Krýzl	Giant slalom	1:07.29	26	1:08.27	19	2:15.56	19
Slalom			Did not advance
align=left rowspan=4	Jan Zabystřan	Combined	1:44.54	9
Giant slalom			Did not advance
Slalom			Did not advance
Super-G	1:23.09	25

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ester Ledecká	align=left rowspan=2	Combined	1:32.43	2	55.89	5	2:28.32	4
Tereza Nová	1:37.07	23	58.39	12	2:35.46	14
Ester Ledecká	align=left rowspan=3	Downhill	1:38.18	27
Tereza Nová	1:39.38	28
Barbora Nováková	1:39.50	29
Elese Sommerová	Giant slalom			Did not advance
Gabriela Capová	align=left rowspan=3	Slalom	55.96	33	55.28	33	1:51.24	32
Martina Dubovská	53.90	16	53.13	14	1:47.03	13
Elese Sommerová	56.38	38			colspan=2
Ester Ledecká	align=left rowspan=3	Super-G	1:13.94	5
Tereza Nová	1:17.88	33
Barbora Nováková	1:18.26	36

Mixed

Biathlon

See main article: article, Biathlon at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Biathlon at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification. Based on their Nations Cup rankings in the 2021–22 Biathlon World Cup, the Czech Republic has qualified a team of 5 men and 5 women.

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Mikuláš Karlík	align=left rowspan=4	Individual	52:56.3	3 (0+0+0+3)	31
Michal Krčmář	55:27.9	5 (0+1+3+1)	59
Jakub Štvrtecký	55:52.7	5 (0+3+0+2)	65
Milan Žemlička	55:44.3	2 (0+1+0+1)	62
Mikuláš Karlík	align=left rowspan=4	Sprint	25:48.8	3 (0+3)	28
Michal Krčmář	25:22.4	1 (0+1)	16
Jakub Štvrtecký	26:48.3	3 (1+2)	58
Adam Václavík	26:50.2	3 (2+1)	59
Mikuláš Karlík	align=left rowspan=4	Pursuit	45:38,8	8 (1+3+3+1)	42
Michal Krčmář	44:06,9	7 (1+0+4+1)	34
Jakub Štvrtecký	46:32,1	7 (0+3+3+1)	48
Adam Václavík	45:41,2	6 (1+1+3+1)	44
Michal Krčmář	Mass start	41:54.9	5 (0+1+1+3)	21
Jakub Štvrtecký Mikuláš Karlík Adam Václavík Michal Krčmář	Team relay			19

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Markéta Davidová	align=left rowspan=4	Individual	43:44.6	1 (0+0+0+1)	6
Lucie Charvátová	44:46.6	2 (0+1+0+1)	19
Jessica Jislová	46:17.5	2 (0+1+0+1)	27
Tereza Voborníková	46:51.6	2 (0+0+1+1)	34
Markéta Davidová	align=left rowspan=4	Sprint	23:11.8	4 (2+2)	41
Lucie Charvátová	22:35.6	1 (0+1)	25
Jessica Jislová	22:42.7	1 (1+0)	31
Tereza Voborníková	23:30.9	2 (2+0)	58
Markéta Davidová	align=left rowspan=4	Pursuit	44:44.6	4 (1+1+1+1)	28
Lucie Charvátová	46:46.6	4 (2+1+0+1)	34
Jessica Jislová	48:17.5	2 (0+1+0+1)	35
Tereza Voborníková	LAP	–	–
Markéta Davidová	Mass start	41:11.4	4 (1+0+1+2)	4
Lucie Charvátová	44:28.7	5 (0+2+2+1)	28
Eva Puskarčíková Markéta Davidová Jessica Jislová Lucie Charvátová	Team relay	1:14:06.0	9 (1+8)	8

Mixed

Bobsleigh

See main article: article, Bobsleigh at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Bobsleigh at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification. Based on their rankings in the 2021–22 Bobsleigh World Cup, the Czech Republic has qualified 2 sleds.

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dominik Dvořák Jakub Nosek	Two-man	59.90	15	1:00.04	11	1:00.20	16	1:00.16	13	4:00.30	15
Dominik Dvořák Jakub Nosek Jan Šindelář Dominik Záleský	Four-man	59.71	23	59.80	21	59.65	22	Did not advance		2:59.16	21

* – Denotes the driver of each sled

Cross-country skiing

See main article: article, Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification. The Czech Republic will be sending a team of six male and five female cross-country skiers.^[6]

Distance

Men

Athlete	Event	Classical		Freestyle		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Deficit	Rank
Adam Fellner	align=left rowspan=4	Men's 15 km classical	41:01.0	+3:06.2	31
Petr Knop	42:34.4	+4:39.6	54
Michal Novák	42:06.6	+4:11.8	50
Jan Pechoušek		-
Adam Fellner	align=left rowspan=3	30 km skiathlon	43:22.6	47	41:42.8	41	1:25:39.5	+9:29.7	46
Petr Knop	44:06.8	52	40:55.9	33	1:25:38.4	+9:28.6	44
Michal Novák	41:14.9	16	39:06.1	23	1:20:50.9	+4:41.1	18
Adam Fellner	align=left rowspan=3	Men's 50 km freestyle	1:18:14.3	+6:41.6	42
Petr Knop	1:16:35.0	+5:02.3	37
Michal Novák
Adam Fellner Petr Knop Michal Novák Jan Pechoušek	4 × 10 km relay	2:04:57.8	+10:07.1	12

Women

Athlete	Event	Classical		Freestyle		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Deficit	Rank
Petra Hynčicová	align=left rowspan=3	Women's 10 km classical	31:28.0	+3:21.7	42
Kateřina Janatová	31:07.2	+3:00.9	34
Petra Nováková	31:00.7	+2:54.4	30
Petra Hynčicová	align=left rowspan=2	15 km skiathlon	24:25.8	27	23:34.3	30	48:40.8	+4:27.1	26
Petra Nováková	44:06.8	52	40:55.9	33	1:25:38.4	+9:28.6	30
Petra Hynčicová	align=left rowspan=3	30 km freestyle	1:36:26.6	+11:32.6	41
Kateřina Janatová	1:31:43.2	+6:49.2	22
Petra Nováková	Did not finish
Tereza Beranová Petra Nováková Kateřina Janatová Petra Hynčicová	4 x 5 km relay	59:32.6	+5:51.6	13

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ondřej Černý	align=left rowspan=4	Men's individual	2:50.65	9 Q	3:10.62	6	Did not advance			26
Michal Novák	2:52.49	21 Q	2:55.36	5	Did not advance			23
Jan Pechoušek	2:55.03	33	Did not advance					33
Luděk Šeller	2:54.09	29 Q	3:01.83	6	Did not advance			29
Michal Novák Luděk Šeller	Men's team	20:36.70	7	Did not advance	14
Tereza Beranová	align=left rowspan=4	Women's individual	3:22.20	22 Q	3:22.59	4	Did not advance			20
Zuzana Holíková	3:29.63	44	Did not advance					44
Petra Hynčicová	3:24.51	33	Did not advance					33
Kateřina Janatová	3:20.80	15 Q	3:20.12	4	Did not advance			19
Petra Hynčicová Kateřina Janatová	Women's team	23:55.59	8	Did not advance	15

Curling

See main article: Curling at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Curling at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification. Czech Republic's curling team consisted of two athletes (one per gender), competing in the mixed doubles tournament.

Summary

Mixed doubles tournament

See main article: Curling at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Mixed doubles tournament. Czech Republic has qualified their mixed doubles team (two athletes), by finishing in the top seven teams in the 2021 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship.^[7]

Round robinCzech Republic had a bye in draws 3, 5, 7 and 12.^[8]

Draw 1Wednesday, 2 February, 20:05

Draw 2Thursday, 3 February, 9:05

Draw 4Thursday, 3 February, 20:05

Draw 6Friday, 4 February, 13:35

Draw 8Saturday, 5 February, 14:05

Draw 9Saturday, 5 February, 20:05

Draw 10Sunday, 6 February, 9:05

Draw 11Sunday, 6 February, 14:05

Draw 13Monday, 7 February, 9:05

Figure skating

See main article: article, Figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification. Czech skaters earned one quota place each in men's singles, ladies' singles and pair skating at the 2021 World Figure Skating Championships in Stockholm, and one quota place in ice dancing at the 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. The Czech Figure Skating Association has stated that the specific skaters who earned Olympic quotas are automatically entitled to use them.^[9]

Athlete	Event	/		/		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Michal Březina	Men's singles	75.19	25	Did not advance
Eliška Březinová	Ladies' singles	64.31	12 Q	111.10	21	175.41	20
Elizaveta Zhuk Martin Bidař	Pairs	54.64	17	Did not advance
Natálie Taschlerová Filip Taschler	Ice dancing	67.22	17 Q	101.10	17	168.32	16

Team event

Freestyle skiing

See main article: article, Freestyle skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Freestyle skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification.

Ski cross

Ice hockey

See main article: Ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

SummaryKey:

• OT – Overtime
• GWS – Match decided by penalty-shootout

Team	Event	Group stage					Qualification playoff	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Czech Republic men's	Men's tournament	L 1–2	W 2–1 GWS	W 6–5 GWS		3	L 2–4	Did not advance			9
Czech Republic women's	Women's tournament	W 3–1	W 3–1	L 2–3	L 2–3 GWS	2 Q		L 1–4	Did not advance		7

The Czech Republic has qualified 25 male and 23 female competitors in ice hockey.^[10] This is the first time the Czech Republic has qualified a women's team to the Olympics.

Men's tournament

See main article: Ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament. The Czech Republic men's national ice hockey team qualified by being ranked 5th in the 2019 IIHF World Rankings.^[11]

Team roster

Group play--------

Playoffs

Women's tournament

See main article: Ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament. The Czech Republic women's national ice hockey team qualified by winning a final qualification tournament.^[12]

Team roster

Group play------------

Quarterfinals

Luge

See main article: Luge at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Luge at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification. Based on the results from the World Cups during the 2021–22 Luge World Cup season, the Czech Republic qualified 3 sleds.

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Michael Lejsek	Men's singles	59.542	28	59.945	31	1:00.080	32	Did not advance		2:59.567	30
Zdeněk Pěkný Filip Vejdělek	Men's doubles	1:00.248	16	59.869	14	2:00.117	16
Anna Čežíková	Women's singles	1:00.392	28	1:01.169	30	1:00.101	29	Did not advance		3:01.662	30

Mixed team relay

Nordic combined

See main article: Nordic combined at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Nordic combined at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification. Czech Republic qualified 4 athletes:

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping			Cross-country		Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Lukáš Daněk	Normal hill/10 km	97.0	98.2	25	25:22.8	22	27:41.8	21
Large hill/10 km	117.0	86.1	31	27:32.3	30	31:07.3	30
align=left rowspan=2	Ondřej Pažout	Normal hill/10 km	96.0	99.9	22	26:19.4	30	28:31.4	29
Large hill/10 km	123.5	99.0	20	27:46.7	35	30:29.7	29
align=left rowspan=2	Tomáš Portyk	Normal hill/10 km	97.0	110.8	13	25:47.4	26	27:16.4	20
Large hill/10 km	128.0	97.8	22	27:32.6	31	30:20.6	27
align=left rowspan=2	Jan Vytrval	Normal hill/10 km	92.5	93.5	29	25:26.7	24	28:04.7	26
Large hill/10 km	125.0	97.0	23	26:26.1	14	29:17.1	18
Lukáš Daněk Ondřej Pažout Tomáš Portyk Jan Vytrval	Team large hill/4×5 km	493.5	403.7	6	51:34.6	7	53:10.6	7

Short track speed skating

See main article: Short track speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Short track speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification. The Czech Republic qualified one skater for women's 500m and 1500 m events for the Olympics during the four World Cup events in October and November 2021.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Michaela Hrůzová	Women's 500 m	45.060	3	Did not advance					24
Women's 1500 m	2:21.278	4 q	2:21.386	4 FB	2:46.664	14

Skeleton

See main article: Skeleton at the 2022 Winter Olympics. Based on the world rankings, Czech republic qualified 1 sled.

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Ski jumping at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification.

Czech Republic qualified 5 male and 3 female ski jumpers:

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification			First round			Final			Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Roman Koudelka	align=left rowspan=3	Normal hill	93.5	93.4	19 Q	102.0	130.4	11	97.5	119.1	22	249.5	18
Čestmír Kožíšek	93.0	91.4	22 Q	100.0	119.3	30	85.0	92.6	29	211.9	29
Filip Sakala	67.5	39.2	51	Did not advance
Roman Koudelka	align=left rowspan=4	Large hill	109.0	79.5	48 Q	124.0	108.7	41	Did not advance
Čestmír Kožíšek	126.0	107.8	25 Q	122.5	108.1	42	Did not advance
Radek Rýdl	105.0	74.5	50 Q	118.5	96.7	47	Did not advance
Filip Sakala	110.5	84.3	45 Q	116.0	93.1	48	Did not advance
Roman Koudelka Čestmír Kožíšek Viktor Polášek Filip Sakala	Team large hill	425.5	279.5	9	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	First round			Final			Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Anežka Indráčková	align=left rowspan=3	Normal hill	79.0	62.8	29 Q	72.5	60.5	28	123.3	30
Karolína Indráčková	82.0	77.4	24 Q	65.0	53.3	30	130.7	28
Klára Ulrichová	70.5	48.2	33	Did not advance			48.2	33

Mixed

Snowboarding

See main article: Snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification.

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification					Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Šárka Pančochová	Women's big air	44.00	62.75	60.25	123.00	14	Did not advance
Women's halfpipe	41.75	18.75		41.75	18	Did not advance
Women's slopestyle	25.51	17.18		25.51	26	Did not advance

Parallel

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Ester Ledecká	align=left rowspan=2	Women's giant slalom	1:23.63	1 Q	W	W	W	W
Zuzana Maděrová	1:34.59	23	Did not advance

Snowboard cross

Athlete	Event	Seeding		1/8 final	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Time	Rank	Position	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Radek Houser	Men's				Did not advance
Vendula Hopjáková	Women's	1:25.49	23		Did not advance			28

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification. The Czech Republic earned the following quotas at the conclusion of the four World Cup's used for qualification.

Individual

Athlete	Event	Race
		Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Martina Sáblíková	Women's 3000 m	4:00.34	4
Women's 5000 m	6:50.09
align=left rowspan=5	Nikola Zdráhalová	Women's 500 m	39.18	25
Women's 1000 m	1:18.75	27
Women's 1500 m	1:59.54	21
Women's 3000 m	4:13.13	18

Mass start

Notes and References

1. Web site: NOCs List Beijing 2022. www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee. 26 January 2022. 27 January 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220127022631/https://olympics.com/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/all-sports/listed-nocs.htm. dead.
2. News: 4 February 2022. Which countries are competing in the Winter Olympics 2022? Full list. The Independent. London, United Kingdom. 16 February 2022.
3. Web site: Beijing-2022 Opening Ceremony Flag-Bearers. 4 February 2022. www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 4 February 2022.
4. Web site: Beijing-2022 Closing Ceremony Flag-Bearers. 20 February 2022. www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 20 February 2022.
5. Web site: ALPINE SKIING QUOTAS LIST FOR OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES 2022 . 15 June 2021 . www.data.fis-ski.com/ . International Ski Federation (FIS) . 2 July 2021 . 9 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210709182408/https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/v2/quota/list/owg/al/2022 . dead .
6. Web site: CROSS-COUNTRY QUOTAS LIST FOR OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES 2022 . 15 June 2021 . www.data.fis-ski.com/ . International Ski Federation (FIS) . 3 July 2021 . 28 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210528152302/https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/v2/quota/list/owg/cc/2022 . dead .
7. News: Norway to compete for World Mixed Doubles Championship title. World Curling Federation. Céline Stucki. 22 May 2021. 22 May 2021. 6 January 2022. https://archive.today/20220106063036/https://worldcurling.org/2021/05/wmdcc2021-sf1/. dead.
8. Web site: Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games playing schedules released. World Curling Federation. Céline Stucki. 22 December 2021. 24 December 2021. 22 December 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211222171549/https://worldcurling.org/2021/12/beijing2022-schedule-released/. dead.
9. Web site: Muž, žena i pár. Česko má pro Peking jistá místa ve třech krasobruslařských kategoriích. 1 April 2021. iDnes.cz. 12 April 2021.
10. News: Qualification System for XXIV Olympic Winter Games, Beijing 2022 . 15 November 2021 .
11. News: Olympic Winter Games . 4 May 2020 . IIHF. iihf.com.
12. News: Czech women off to Beijing. 14 November 2021. iihf.com.