Czechoslovakia at the 1976 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	TCH
Nocname:	Czechoslovak Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1976
Location:	Montreal
Competitors:	163 (125 men and 38 women)
Sports:	16
Flagbearer:	Ludvík Daněk
Rank:	17
Gold:	2
Silver:	2
Bronze:	4
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1920
App End Year:	1992
See also:	(1900–1912) (1994–) (1994–)

Czechoslovakia competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 163 competitors, 125 men and 38 women, took part in 79 events in 16 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
		Cycling	Men's sprint
		Shooting	Mixed skeet
		Modern pentathlon	Men's team
		Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg
		Athletics	Women's shot put
		Modern pentathlon	Men's individual
		Rowing	Men's quadruple sculls
		Rowing	Men's coxed pair

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Men's Discus Throw

• Ludvík Daněk
  • Qualification - 60.44m
  • Final - 61.28m (→ 9th place)
• Josef Šilhavý
  • Qualification - 60.82m
  • Final - 58.42m (→ 13th place)

Women's Shot Put

• Helena Fibingerová
  • Final - 20.76 m (→ Bronze Medal)

Basketball

See main article: Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Men's team competition

• Preliminary round (group B):
  • Defeated Egypt (103–64)
  • Lost to Yugoslavia (81-99)
  • Lost to Italy (69-79)
  • Defeated Puerto Rico (89-83)
  • Lost to United States (76-81)
• Classification Matches:
  • 5th/8th place: Defeated Cuba (91-79)
  • 5th/6th place: Lost to Italy (75-98) → Sixth place
• Team Roster
  • Vladimir Ptacek
  • Vojtech Petr
  • Jiri Konopasek
  • Justin Sedlak
  • Stanislav Kropilak
  • Jaroslav Kanturek
  • Zdenek Kos
  • Jiri Pospisil
  • Vladimir Padrta
  • Kamil Brabenec
  • Zdenek Dousa
  • Gustav Hraska
• Head coach: Vladimir Heger

Women's team competition

• Team Roster
  • Ludmila Kraliková
  • Dana Ptacková
  • Pavla Davidová
  • Ludmila Chmeliková
  • Martina Babková
  • Ivana Korinková
  • Ywetta Pollaková
  • Lenka Nechvatalová
  • Vlasta Vrbková
  • Marta Pechová
  • Hana Dousová
  • Bozena Miklosovicové
• Head coach: Jindrich Drasal

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Eleven cyclists represented Czechoslovakia in 1976.

Individual road race

• Vlastimil Moravec - 4:49:01 (→ 13th place)
• Petr Bucháček - 4:54:26 (→ 41st place)
• Petr Matoušek - did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Vladimír Vondráček - did not finish (→ no ranking)

Team time trial

• Petr Bucháček
• Petr Matoušek
• Milan Puzrla
• Vladimír Vondráček

Sprint

• Anton Tkáč - Gold Medal

1000m time trial

• Miroslav Vymazal - 1:08.173 (→ 9th place)

Individual pursuit

• Michal Klasa - 8th place

Team pursuit

• Zdeněk Dohnal
• Michal Klasa
• Petr Kocek
• Jiří Pokorný

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Three fencers, two men and one woman, represented Czechoslovakia in 1976.

Men's foil

• František Koukal
• Jaroslav Jurka

Men's épée

• Jaroslav Jurka

Women's foil

• Katarína Lokšová-Ráczová

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Handball

See main article: Handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Three male pentathletes represented Czechoslovakia in 1976. They won silver in the team event and Jan Bártů won an individual bronze.

Individual

• Jan Bártů
• Bohumil Starnovský
• Jiří Adam

Team

• Jan Bártů
• Bohumil Starnovský
• Jiří Adam

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Volleyball

See main article: Volleyball at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Men's team competition

• Preliminary round (group A)
  • Defeated Canada (3-0)
  • Lost to Cuba (0-3)
  • Lost to Poland (1-3)
  • Defeated South Korea (3-1)
• Classification Matches
  • 5th/8th place: Defeated Italy (3-0)
  • 5th/6th place: Defeated South Korea (3-1) → Fifth place
• Team Roster
  • Miroslav Nekola
  • Jaroslav Penc
  • Stefan Pipa
  • Vladimír Petlák
  • Josef Mikunda
  • Jaroslav Stančo
  • Vlastimil Lenert
  • Milan Šlambor
  • Pavel Řeřábek
  • Josef Vondrka
  • Drahomír Koudelka
  • Jaroslav Tomáš
• Head coaches: Pavel Schenk and Zdeněk Václavík

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Czechoslovakia at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417052330/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/TCH/summer/1976/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2011-04-03 . sports-reference.com.