Czechoslovakia at the 1968 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	TCH
Nocname:	Czechoslovak Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1968
Location:	Mexico City
Competitors:	121 (94 men, 27 women)
Sports:	14
Flagbearer:	Bohumil Golián (volleyball)
Rank:	7
Gold:	7
Silver:	2
Bronze:	4
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1920
App End Year:	1992
See also:	(1900–1912) (1994–) (1994–)

Czechoslovakia competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 121 competitors, 94 men and 27 women, took part in 66 events in 14 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
		Athletics	Women's high jump
		Diving	Women's 10 m platform
		Gymnastics	Women's individual all-around
		Gymnastics	Women's floor
		Gymnastics	Women's vault
		Gymnastics	Women's uneven bars
		Shooting	Mixed 50 m rifle, prone
		Gymnastics	Women's balance beam
	Marianna Krajčírová	Gymnastics	Women's team all-around
		Athletics	Men's discus throw
	Czechoslovakia men's national volleyball team		Men's tournament
		Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg
		Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman +97 kg

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Eight cyclists represented Czechoslovakia in 1968.

Individual road race

• Jan Smolík
• Petr Hladík

Sprint

• Ivan Kučírek
• Miloš Jelínek

1000m time trial

• Miloš Jelínek

Tandem

• Ivan Kučírek
• Miloš Jelínek

Individual pursuit

• Jiří Daler

Individual pursuit

• Jiří Daler
• Pavel Kondr
• Milan Puzrla
• František Řezáč

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Football

See main article: Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1968 Summer Olympics. One male pentathlete represented Czechoslovakia in 1968.

Individual

• Pavel Kupka

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 1968 Summer Olympics. In 1968, Czechoslovakia entered boats in four of the seven events: men's single sculls, men's double sculls, men's coxed pair, men's eight.^[2] The competition was for men only; women would first row at the 1976 Summer Olympics.^[3]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semi-finals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Václav Kozák	Single sculls	7:59.93	4 R	7:49.93	3 SF	8:01.81	4 FB	7:45.81	9
Jaroslav Hellebrand Petr Krátký	Double sculls	7:10.35	2 SF	DNS
Karel Kolesa Ivan Miluška Karel Kovář (cox)	Coxed pair	9:02.98	4 R	DNS
Vladimír Jánoš Zdeněk Kuba Oldřich Svojanovský Karel Kolesa Pavel Svojanovský Jan Wallisch Otakar Mareček Petr Čermák Jiří Pták (cox) Milan Hurtala (heat 1 and repechage)	Eight	6:13.30	3 R	6:19.34	1 FA	6:12.17	5

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Eight shooters, all men, represented Czechoslovakia in 1968. Jan Kůrka won gold in the 50 m rifle, prone.

25 m pistol

• Lubomír Nácovský
• Ladislav Falta

50 m pistol

• Hynek Hromada
• Jaroslav Veselý

300 m rifle, three positions

• Jan Kůrka
• Ondrej Šima

50 m rifle, three positions

• Jan Kůrka
• Jaroslav Navrátil

50 m rifle, prone

• Jan Kůrka
• Rudolf Pojer

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Volleyball

See main article: Volleyball at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Men's Team Competition

• Round robin
  • Defeated East Germany (3-2)
  • Defeated United States (3-1)
  • Defeated Japan (3-2)
  • Defeated Brazil (3-2)
  • Defeated Mexico (3-0)
  • Defeated Bulgaria (3-2)
  • Defeated Belgium (3-0)
  • Lost to Poland (1-3)
  • Lost to Soviet Union (0-3) → Bronze Medal
• Team Roster
  • Antonín Procházka
  • Jiří Svoboda
  • Luboš Zajíček
  • Josef Musil
  • Josef Smolka
  • Vladimír Petlák
  • Petr Kop
  • František Sokol
  • Bohunil Golián
  • Zdeněk Groessl
  • Pavel Schenk
    • Drahomír Koudelka Head coach: Václav Matiášek

Women's Team Competition

• Round robin
  • Lost to Soviet Union (1-3)
  • Defeated United States (3-1)
  • Defeated Mexico (3-0)
  • Lost to Japan (0-3)
  • Defeated Peru (3-2)
  • Lost to Poland (0-3)
  • Lost to South Korea (1-3) → Sixth place
• Team Roster

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Czech olympic report (in Czech)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Czechoslovakia at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417045632/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/TCH/summer/1968/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 7 September 2014 . sports-reference.com.
2. Web site: Czechoslovakia Rowing at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417170400/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/TCH/summer/1968/ROW/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . . 14 October 2016.
3. Web site: Rowing at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417052326/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1976/ROW/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . . 14 October 2016.