Czechoslovakia at the 1952 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	TCH
Nocname:	Czechoslovak Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1952
Location:	Helsinki
Competitors:	99 (86 men, 13 women)
Sports:	11
Flagbearer:	Vít Matlocha
Rank:	6
Gold:	7
Silver:	3
Bronze:	3
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1920
App End Year:	1992
See also:	(1900–1912) (1994–) (1994–)

Czechoslovakia competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 99 competitors, 86 men and 13 women, took part in 70 events in 11 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
		Athletics	Men's 5000 metres
		Athletics	Men's 10000 metres
		Athletics	Men's Marathon
		Athletics	Women's javelin throw
		Boxing	Men's featherweight
		Canoeing	Men's C-1 1000 m
		Rowing	Men's coxed four
		Athletics	Men's 50 km walk
		Canoeing	Men's C-2 1000 m
		Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman heavyweight
		Canoeing	Men's C-1 10000 m
	Eva Věchtová	Gymnastics	Women's team all-around
		Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman lightweight

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Basketball

See main article: article and Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Men's Team Competition

• Main Round (Group A)
  • Lost to Uruguay (51-53)
  • Lost to United States (47-72)
  • Defeated Hungary (63-39) → did not advance, 12th place
• Team Roster
  • Miroslav Baumruk
  • Zdeněk Bobrovský
  • Josef Ezr
  • Jiří Matoušek
  • Miroslav Škeřík
  • Mcheq Kodl
  • Jan Kozák
  • Evžen Horňák
  • Zdeněk Rylich
  • Lubomir Kolár
  • Ivan Mrázek
  • Jaroslav Šíp

Boxing

See main article: article and Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Canoeing

See main article: article and Canoeing at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)

• Jan Veselý - did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Karel Nesl - did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Milan Perič - did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Stanislav Svoboda - did not finish (→ no ranking)

Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

• Ladislav Fouček
  • Final - 1:15.2 (→ 12th place)

Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race

• Zdenek Košta - 18th place

Gymnastics

See main article: article and Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Czechoslovakia had eight male rowers participate in three out of seven rowing events in 1952.^[2]

Men's single sculls

• František Reich

Men's double sculls

• Antonín Malinkovič
• Jiří Vykoukal

Men's coxed four

• Karel Mejta
• Jiří Havlis
• Jan Jindra
• Stanislav Lusk
• Miroslav Koranda (cox)

Shooting

See main article: article and Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Six shooters represented Czechoslovakia in 1952.

25 m pistol

• Ladislav Ondřej
• Zlatko Poláček

50 m pistol

• František Maxa
• Miroslav Proft

Trap

• František Čapek
• Igor Treybal

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Weightlifting

See main article: article and Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: article and Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Czechoslovakia at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417090236/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/TCH/summer/1952/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 16 February 2015 . sports-reference.com.
2. Czechoslovakia Rowing at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417172913/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/TCH/summer/1952/ROW/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 10 March 2018.