Czechoslovakia at the 1988 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	TCH
Nocname:	Czechoslovak Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1988
Location:	Seoul
Competitors:	163 (110 men and 53 women)
Sports:	17
Flagbearer:	Imrich Bugár
Rank:	17
Gold:	3
Silver:	3
Bronze:	2
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1920
App End Year:	1992
See also:	(1900–1912) (1994–) (1994–)

Czechoslovakia competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, after having boycotted the previous Games in 1984. 163 competitors, 110 men and 53 women, took part in 97 events in 17 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
		Shooting	Men's 50 m rifle prone	19 September
		Athletics	Men's 20 km walk	23 September
		Tennis	Men's singles	30 September
		Shooting	Trap	20 September
		Athletics	Men's javelin throw	25 September
		Tennis	Women's doubles	30 September
		Tennis	Men's doubles	29 September
		Wrestling	Men's freestyle 82 kg	1 October

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[2]

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Athletics	20	3	23
Basketball	0	12	12
Boxing	3	–	3
Canoeing	8	1	9
Cycling	13	0	13
Gymnastics	0	8	8
Handball	14	15	29
Judo	3	–	3
Modern pentathlon	3	–	3
Rowing	12	5	17
Shooting	11	3	14
Swimming	6	0	6
Table tennis	1	3	4
Tennis	2	3	5
Weightlifting	5	–	5
Wrestling	9	–	9
Total	110	53	163

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Men's 10.000 metres

• Martin Vrabel
  • Heat - did not finish (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• • • Karel David Final - 2"26.12 (→ 55th place)

Men's Discus Throw

• Géjza Valent
  • Qualifying Heat  - 63.46m
  • Final  - 65.80m (→ 6th place)
• Imrich Bugár
  • Qualifying Heat  - 61.94m
  • Final  - 60.88m (→ 12th place)

Men's Javelin Throw

• • • Jan Železný Qualification - 85.90m
  • Final - 84.12m (→ Silver Medal)
• Zdenek Nenadal
  • Qualification - 75.56m (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

• Remigius Machura
  • Qualifying Heat  - 20.16m
  • Final  - 20.57m (→ 5th place)

Men's Decathlon

• Roman Hraban - 7781 points (→ 20th place)

1. 100 metres - 10.98s

1. Long Jump - 7.07m

1. Shot Put - 15.84m

1. High Jump - 1.79m

1. 400 metres - 49.68s

1. 110m Hurdles - 14.94s

1. Discus Throw - 45.32m

1. Pole Vault - 4.90m

1. Javelin Throw - 60.48m

1. 1.500 metres - 5:06.68s

• Veroslav Valenta - 7442 points (→ 28th place)

1. 100 metres - 11.51s

1. Long Jump - 7.01m

1. Shot Put - 14.17m

1. High Jump - 1.94m

1. 400 metres - 51.216s

1. 110m Hurdles - 15.18s

1. Discus Throw - 45.84m

1. Pole Vault - 4.60m

1. Javelin Throw - 56.28m

1. 1.500 metres - 5:03.17s

Men's 20 km Walk

• Jozef Pribilinec
  • Final - 1:19:57 (→ Gold Medal)
• Roman Mrázek
  • Final - 1:20:43 (→ 5th place)

Men's 50 km Walk

• Pavol Szikora
  • Final - 3:47:04 (→ 10th place)
• Pavol Blazek
  • Final - 3:47:31 (→ 12th place)
• Roman Mrazek
  • Final - 3:50:46 (→ 17th place)

Women's Marathon

• • • Ludmila Melicherová Final - 2"43.56 (→ 45th place)

Women's Discus Throw

• Zdeňka Šilhavá
  • Qualifying Heat  - 66.52m
  • Final  - 67.84m (→ 6th place)

Women's Shot Put

• Zdeňka Šilhavá
  • Qualification  - 19.74m
  • Final  - 18.86m (→ 11th place)
• Sona Vasickova
  • Qualification - did not start (→ did not advance)

Women's Heptathlon

• Zuzana Lajbnerová
  • Final Result - 6252 points (→ 9th place)

Basketball

See main article: Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Women's tournament

See main article: Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

Team roster

Group play

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Classification 5–8

Classification 7/8

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Thirteen cyclists, all men, represented Czechoslovakia in 1988.

Men's road race

• Jozef Regec
• Luděk Štyks
• Luboš Lom

Men's team time trial

• Vladimír Hrůza
• Vladimír Kinšt
• Milan Křen
• Jozef Regec

Men's sprint

• Vratislav Šustr

Men's individual pursuit

• Roman Čermák

Men's team pursuit

• Svatopluk Buchta
• Zbyněk Fiala
• Pavel Soukup
• Aleš Trčka
• Pavel Tesař

Men's points race

• Luboš Lom

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Handball

See main article: Handball at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Three male pentathletes represented Czechoslovakia in 1988.

Men's Individual Competition:

• Milan Kadlec - 5130pts (→ 11th place)
• Tomáš Fleissner - 5010pts (→ 19th place)
• Jiří Prokopius - 4903pts (→ 29th place)

Men's Team Competition:

• Kadlec, Fleissner, and Prokopius - 15043pts (→ 6th place)

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Men's 50m Freestyle

• Petr Kladiva
  1. Heat  - 23.53 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Men's 100m Freestyle

• Petr Kladiva
  1. Heat  - 51.39 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Men's 100m Backstroke

• Pavel Vokoun
  1. Heat  - 58.88 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Men's 200m Backstroke

• Pavel Vokoun
  1. Heat  - 2:07.24 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Men's 100m Breaststroke

• Radek Beinhauer
  1. Heat  - 1:04.61 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
• Alexander Marcek
  1. Heat  - 1:04.95 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Men's 200m Breaststroke

• Radek Beinhauer
  1. Heat  - 2:18.02
  2. B-Final  - 2:18.13 (→ 12th place)
• Alexander Marcek
  1. Heat  - 2:18.44
  2. B-Final  - 2:18.51 (→ 15th place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

• Robert Wolf
  1. Heat  - 55.73 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's 200m Butterfly

• Ondrej Bures
  1. Heat  - 2:02.93 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 400m Individual Medley

• Ondrej Bures
  1. Heat  - 4:29.62 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

• Pavel Vokoun, Radek Beinhauer, Robert Wolf, and Petr Kladiva
  1. Heat  - 3:49.90 (→ did not advance, 13th place)

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Tennis

See main article: Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Women's Singles Competition

• Regina Rajchrtová
  1. First Round  - Lost to Leila Meskhi (Soviet Union) 5-7 5-7
• Jana Novotná
  1. First Round  - Defeated Isabelle Demongeot (France) 6-4 6-3
  2. Second Round  - Lost to Barbara Paulus (Austria) 4-6 3-6
• Helena Suková
  1. First Round  - Bye
  2. Second Round  - Lost to Il-Soon Kim (South Korea) 2-6 6-4 2-6

Men's Doubles Competition

• Miloslav Mečíř and Milan Šrejber → Bronze Medal
  1. First Round  - Defeated Liu Shuhua and Ma Keqin (China) 7-5 6-1 6-4
  2. Second Round  - Defeated Vijay Amritraj and Anand Amritraj (India) 4-6 6-4 4-6 6-4 6-2
  3. Quarterfinals  - Defeated Guy Forget and Henri Leconte (France) 3-6 4-6 7-5 6-3 9-7
  4. Semifinals  - Lost to Ken Flach and Robert Seguso (United States) 2-6 4-6 1-6

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Czechoslovakia at the 1988 Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417044106/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/TCH/summer/1988/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2012-09-23 . sports-reference.com.
2. https://www.olympedia.org/countries/TCH/editions/22 Czechoslovakia at the 1988 Summer Olympics