Czechoslovakia at the 1920 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	TCH
Nocname:	Czechoslovak Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1920
Location:	Antwerp
Competitors:	121
Sports:	13
Flagbearer:	Ladislav Žemla^[1]
Rank:	21
Gold:	0
Silver:	0
Bronze:	2
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1920
App End Year:	1992
See also:	(1900–1912) (1994–) (1994–)

Czechoslovakia competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. It was the first time that the nation had competed at the Summer Olympic Games, after the republic was founded in 1918. Previously, Bohemia had competed at the Olympic Games from 1900 to 1912.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
	Karel Hartmann Vilém Loos Jan Palouš Jan Peka Karel Pešek Josef Šroubek Otakar Vindyš Karel Wälzer		Men's
	Milada Skrbková Ladislav Žemla		Mixed doubles

Aquatics

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Four swimmers, all male, represented Czechoslovakia in 1920. It was the nation's debut in the sport as well as the Olympics. None of the swimmers were able to advance to the finals.

Ranks given are within the heat.

Men

Swimmer	Event	Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Swimmer	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Václav Bucháček	100 m free	1:19.2	2 Q	Unknown	5	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
Alois Hrášek	400 m free	Unknown	4	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
Alois Hrášek	1500 m free	Unknown	5	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
Emanuel Prüll	1500 m free	Unknown	5	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
Eduard Stibor	200 m breast	Unknown	5	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
Eduard Stibor	400 m breast	Unknown	5	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance

Water polo

See main article: Water polo at the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Czechoslovakia competed in the Olympic water polo tournament for the first time in 1920. A modified version of the Bergvall System was in use at the time. The team was shut out in both of its games, first by Sweden in the round of 16 and then by the Netherlands in the bronze medal quarterfinals.

Squad

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Antonín Novotný

Václav Lancinger

Eduard Stibor

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Emil Cirl

František Černík

Round of 16

Bronze medal quarterfinals

Final rank: 11th

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics.

16 athletes represented Czechoslovakia in the country's Olympics debut in 1920. The best result for the team was Vohralík's 4th-place finish in the 1500 metres, just 1.6 seconds behind the bronze medal winner.

Ranks given are within the heat.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Karel Frankenstein	400 m	52.5	3	align=center colspan=6	Did not advance
Karel Frankenstein	800 m	align=center colspan=2		6	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
Eduard Hašek	100 m		4	align=center colspan=6	Did not advance
František Kiehlmann	400 m hurdles	align=center colspan=2	59.9	3 Q	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
František Marek	110 m hurdles	align=center colspan=2		4	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
František Marek	400 m hurdles	align=center colspan=2		4	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
Karel Pacák	5000 m	align=center colspan=4		8	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
Karel Pacák	10000 m	align=center colspan=4		11	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
Vojtěch Plzák	100 m		4	align=center colspan=6	Did not advance
Vojtěch Plzák	200 m	23.4	1 Q	23.1	4	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
Karel Přibyl	400 m	54.0	3	align=center colspan=6	Did not advance
Karel Přibyl	800 m	align=center colspan=2		8	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
Jaroslav Procházka	800 m	align=center colspan=2		5	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
Adolf Reich	110 m hurdles	align=center colspan=2		4	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
Josef Šlehofer	3 km walk	align=center colspan=4	align=center colspan=2	Disqualified	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
Josef Šlehofer	10 km walk	align=center colspan=4	align=center colspan=2	Did not finish	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
Josef Teplý	800 m	align=center colspan=2	2:00.6	7	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
Václav Vohralík	1500 m	align=center colspan=4	4:02.2	1 Q	4:08.0	4

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
František Hoplíček	Discus throw	36.75	13	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
František Šretr	Long jump	5.55	26	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
František Šretr	Triple jump	No mark	20	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
František Stejskal	Triple jump	No mark	20	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
František Stejskal	High jump	1.65	16	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
Ardy Vydra	Javelin throw	37.75	24	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Four cyclists represented Czechoslovakia in the nation's Olympic debut 1920. The four cyclists competed in the road time trials, placing ninth as a team. Procházka was the best of the four, finishing 34th individually.

Road cycling

Cyclist	Event	Final
Cyclist	Event	Result	Rank
Ladislav Janoušek	Time trial	5:29:23.4	36
František Kundert	Time trial	5:38:07.0	39
Josef Procházka	Time trial	5:23:31.4	34
Bohumil Rameš	Time trial	5:40:00.0	40
Ladislav Janoušek František Kundert Josef Procházka Bohumil Rameš	Team time trial	22:10:01.8	9

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Nine fencers represented Czechoslovakia in 1920. It was the nation's debut in the sport. The country had two individual fencers reach semifinals, but neither advanced to a final. The nation's teams were unsuccessful in team competitions, unable to win a single bout.

Ranks given are within the group.

Fencer	Event	First round		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Fencer	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jan Černohorský	Épée	1–8	10	align=center colspan=6	Did not advance
František Dvořák	Foil	align=center colspan=2	N/A	2–4	4	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
Josef Javůrek	Épée	2–7	10	align=center colspan=6	Did not advance
	Foil	align=center colspan=2	N/A	3–5	6	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
	Sabre	align=center colspan=2	N/A	3–3	5 Q	3–3	5	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
Josef Jungmann	Épée	4–4	5 Q	1–9	11	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
Josef Jungmann	Foil	align=center colspan=2	N/A	1–5	6	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
Antonín Mikala	Foil	align=center colspan=2	N/A	1–4	5	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
Jaroslav Šourek	Sabre	align=center colspan=2	N/A	3–5	7	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
Otakar Švorčík	Épée	4–4	4 Q	1–9	11	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
Viliam Tvrský	Épée	1–7	9	align=center colspan=6	Did not advance
	Foil	align=center colspan=2	N/A	6–2	3 Q	1–4	5	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
	Sabre	align=center colspan=2	N/A	2–5	7	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
Zdeněk Vávra	Sabre	align=center colspan=2	N/A	3–4	5	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
František Dvořák Josef Javůrek Antony Mikala Viliam Tvrský	Team foil^[2]	align=center colspan=4	N/A	0–5	5	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
Jan Černohorský Josef Javůrek Josef Jungmann Otakar Švorčík Zdeněk Vávra	Team épée	align=center colspan=4	N/A	0–5	5	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
František Dvořák Josef Javůrek Josef Jungmann Antony Mikala Otakar Švorčík	Team sabre	align=center colspan=6	N/A	0–7	6

Football

See main article: Football at the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Czechoslovakia competed in the Olympic football tournament for the first time. The squad started strong, outscoring opponents 15 to 1 in the first three rounds to qualify for the final. There the team fell behind 2–0 to Belgium before abandoning the match in protest in the 40th minute. Czechoslovakia, which was not guaranteed the silver medal by advancing to the final due to the use of the Bergvall System, was disqualified from the competition, losing the opportunity to play in the second-place tournament. http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/JOH/JOHv1n4/JOHv1n4d.pdf

First round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Final rank: Disqualified

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Sixteen gymnasts represented Czechoslovakia in 1920. It was the nation's debut in the sport, though Bohemia had competed three times previously. No gymnasts competed in the individual all-around, and the country sent a team in only one of the three team events. That team took fourth place out of five.

Artistic gymnastics

Ice hockey

See main article: Ice hockey at the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Czechoslovakia competed in the inaugural Olympic ice hockey tournament. The team took a bronze medal, thanks in large part to the use of the Bergvall System in the tournament. This system allowed the team to continue competing despite an early loss. Czechoslovakia was blown out by Canada, 15 to nil, in the quarterfinals. Because Canada went on to win the gold medal, the Bergvall System operated to put Czechoslovakia in the silver medal tournament; there, the team received a bye in the semifinals and went immediately to play against the United States in the silver medal match. The Americans did Canada one better, beating Czechoslovakia 16 to nothing. Still the Czechoslovakian team was not done; having lost only to the gold and silver medalists, the team competed for the bronze medal. Again Czechoslovakia received a semifinal bye, facing Sweden in the bronze medal match. This time, they were on the right end of the shutout, beating the Swedes 1 to zero to finish in third place.

RosterCoach: Adolf Dušek

Pos	GP	G	Age
R	3	0	34
F	3	0	24
D	3	0	31
G	2	0	25
F	3	0	24
F	3	1	28
D	3	0	36
G	1	0	31
G	0	–

Gold medal quarterfinals

Silver medal match

Bronze medal match

Final rank: Bronze

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Fifteen rowers represented Czechoslovakia in the nation's debut in 1920 (Bohemia had competed in rowing once, in 1912). The nation sent three boats, each of which came in last in their initial heats in its event and did not advance.

Ranks given are within the heat.

Rower	Cox	Event	Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Rower	Cox	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Gustav Zinke	N/A	Single sculls	Unknown	3	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
Jindřich Mulač Jaroslav Oplt Dominik Štillip Jiří Wihan	Jan Bauch	Coxed four	align=center colspan=2	N/A	Unknown	3	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
Ferdinand Brožek Bohdan Kallmünzer Jiří Kallmünzer Emil Ordnung Ivan Schweizer Josef Širc Vladimír Širc Otakar Votík	Karel Čížek	Eight	6:43.0	2	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Eight shooters represented Czechoslovakia in 1920. It was the nation's debut in the sport as well as the Olympics.

Shooter	Event	Final
Shooter	Event	Result	Rank
Antonín Brych	300 m free rifle, 3 pos.	align=center colspan=2	Unknown
Rudolf Jelen	300 m free rifle, 3 pos.	align=center colspan=2	Unknown
Václav Kindl	300 m free rifle, 3 pos.	align=center colspan=2	Unknown
Josef Linert	300 m free rifle, 3 pos.	align=center colspan=2	Unknown
Josef Sucharda	300 m free rifle, 3 pos.	align=center colspan=2	Unknown
František Bláha Antonín Brych Václav Kindl František Procházka Josef Štojdl	50 m team free pistol	align=center colspan=2	Did not finish
Antonín Brych Rudolf Jelen Václav Kindl Josef Linert Josef Sucharda	Team free rifle	3542	14
	300 m team military rifle, prone	271	10
	300 m team military rifle, standing	200	14
	600 m team military rifle, prone	258	11
	300 & 600 m team military rifle, prone	536	8

Tennis

See main article: Tennis at the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Seven tennis players, including one woman, competed for Czechoslovakia in 1920. It was the nation's debut in the sport as well as the Olympics, though Bohemia had competed three times. Three of the Czechoslovakian men had previously competed. Skrbková, the lone woman, did not compete in the singles but only as part of a mixed pair with Žemla-Rázný. That pair won the bronze medal, contributing three of the nation's four match wins in 1920. Žemla-Rázný was also involved in the fourth, as part of a men's pair with Ardelt which won its first match before being defeated. The other two men's pairs, as well as all four men's singles players, were defeated in their first match.

Player	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals	Rank
Player	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Karel Ardelt	Men's singles	Bye	L 6–2, 6–4, 6–3	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance	17
Jaroslav Just	Men's singles	L 6–3, 2–6, 6–0, 6–2	align=center colspan=5	Did not advance	32
Otto Woffek	Men's singles	L 6–1, 6–3, 6–4	align=center colspan=5	Did not advance	32
Ladislav Žemla-Rázný	Men's singles	Bye	L 4–6, 6–2, 6–3, 7–5	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance	17
Karel Ardelt Ladislav Žemla-Rázný	Men's doubles	N/A	W 6–2, 6–4, 6–4	L 6–1, 6–4, 6–4	align=center colspan=3	Did not advance	9
Bohuslav Hykš-Černý Jaroslav Just	Men's doubles	N/A	Bye	L 6–1, 6–2, 6–4	align=center colspan=3	Did not advance	9
Milada Skrbková Ladislav Žemla-Rázný	Mixed doubles	N/A	Bye	W 7–5, 6–4	W 7–5, 6–3	L 9–7, 6–3	W 8–6, 6–4
František Týř Otto Woffek	Men's doubles	N/A	Bye	L 6–1, 6–2, 6–3	align=center colspan=3	Did not advance	9

Opponent nation	Wins	Losses	Percent
	3	0	1.000
	1	0	1.000
	0	1	.000
	0	4	.000
	0	1	.000
	0	1	.000
	0	1	.000

Total	4	8	.333

Round	Wins	Losses	Percent
Round of 64	0	2	.000
Round of 32	1	2	.333
Round of 16	1	3	.250
Quarterfinals	1	0	.000
Semifinals	0	1	.000
Final	0	0	–
Bronze match	1	0	1.000

Total	4	8	.333

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Two weightlifters represented Czechoslovakia in 1920. It was the nation's debut in the sport as well as the Games. Wágner placed fifth and Dvořák took eighth in their respective weight classes.

Weightlifter	Weight class	Final
Weightlifter	Weight class	Result	Rank
Jaroslav Dvořák	82.5 kg	227.5	8
Ludvík Wágner	60 kg	195.0	5

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Ten wrestlers, two in each of the Greco-Roman weight classes, competed for Czechoslovakia in 1920. It was the nation's debut in the sport as well as the Games, though Bohemia had competed twice previously. Czechoslovakia had no freestyle wrestlers in 1920.

Greco-Roman

Wrestler	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals	Rank
				Silver quarters	Silver semis	Silver match
				Bronze quarters	Bronze semis	Bronze match
Jan Balej	Greco-Roman middle	align=center rowspan=3	Bye	(W)	(L)	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance	7
		align=center colspan=3	Did not advance
		(L)	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
Josef Beránek	Greco-Roman feather	Bye	(W)	(L)	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance	9
		N/A	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
		align=center colspan=3	Did not advance
Karel Halík	Greco-Roman light	align=center rowspan=3	Bye	(L)	align=center colspan=3	Did not advance	12
		align=center colspan=3	Did not advance
		align=center colspan=3	Did not advance
Josef Huml	Greco-Roman middle	(W)	(L)	align=center colspan=3	Did not advance	13
		align=center colspan=3	Did not advance
		align=center colspan=3	Did not advance
Václav Kocián	Greco-Roman light heavy	Bye	(L)	align=center colspan=3	Did not advance	10
		N/A	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
		align=center colspan=3	N/A
František Kopřiva	Greco-Roman light	align=center rowspan=3	Bye	(L)	align=center colspan=3	Did not advance	5
		align=center colspan=3	Did not advance
		Bye	(L)	Did not advance
Jan Kraus	Greco-Roman heavy	(L)	Did not advance	align=center colspan=3	Did not advance	18
		align=center colspan=3	Did not advance
		align=center colspan=3	Did not advance
František Řezáč	Greco-Roman feather	(L)	align=center rowspan=3	Did not advance	align=center colspan=3	Did not advance	17
		N/A	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
		align=center colspan=3	Did not advance
Josef Struna	Greco-Roman heavy	(L)	Did not advance	align=center colspan=3	Did not advance	18
		align=center colspan=3	Did not advance
		align=center colspan=3	Did not advance
František Tázler	Greco-Roman light heavy	(W)	(L)	align=center colspan=3	Did not advance	10
		N/A	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
		align=center colspan=3	N/A

Opponent nation	Wins	Losses	Percent
	0	1	.000
	0	1	.000
	0	1	.000
	0	3	.000
	2	0	1.000
	1	1	.500
	1	0	1.000
	0	2	.000
	0	1	.000
	0	2	.000

Total	4	12	.250

Round	Wins	Losses	Percent
Round of 32	2	3	.400
Round of 16	2	5	.286
Quarterfinals	0	2	.000
Semifinals	0	0	–
Final	0	0	–
Silver quarterfinals	0	0	–
Silver semifinals	0	0	–
Silver match	0	0	–
Bronze quarterfinals	0	1	.000
Bronze semifinals	0	1	.000
Bronze match	0	0	–

Total	4	12	.250

References

Book: Belgium Olympic Committee . 1957 . Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report. fr.
Web site: Wudarski . Pawel . 1999 . Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich . 26 August 2007 . pl . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090216130930/http://olympic.w.interia.pl/ . 16 February 2009 .
International Olympic Committee results database

Notes and References

https://www.olympijskytym.cz/article/objev-po-101-letech-byla-odhalena-identita-naseho-prvniho-ceskoslovenskeho-vlajkonose Objev! Po 101 letech byla odhalena identita našeho prvního československého vlajkonoše
Web site: Czechoslovakia Fencing at the 1920 Antwerpen Summer Games . Sports-Reference . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417083050/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/TCH/summer/1920/FEN/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . Composition for teams.