Bohemia at the 1912 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:BOH
Nocname:Czech Olympic Committee
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:1912
Location:Stockholm
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:0
Appearances:auto
See also:1906 Intercalated Games
(1920–1992)
(1994–)

Bohemia competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden, for the last time. Beginning at the 1920 Olympic Games, Bohemian athletes would compete for the new nation of Czechoslovakia. Until 1918 Bohemia was part of Austria-Hungary.

At this games, the Bohemian team paraded behind a flag which consisted of the arms of the Kingdom of Bohemia on a white field.[1] In the event of a Bohemian medallist, a Bohemian streamer would be displayed above the Flag of Austria; in the end, this did not occur as Bohemia won no medals.[2] [3]

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

11 athletes competed for Bohemia in 1912. It was the country's third appearance in athletics, having competed in the sport each time the nation appeared at the Olympics. František Janda-Suk, whose silver medal in the discus throw in 1900 was Bohemia's best result in Olympic history and the nation's only athletics medal, placed 15th in that event. That result was the best placing Bohemia got in 1912.

Ranks given are within that athlete's heat.

AthleteEventsHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Bohumil HonzátkoMarathonalign=center colspan=4N/Aalign=center colspan=2did not finish
František Janda-SukShot putalign=center colspan=2N/A11.1515align=center colspan=2did not advance
Discus throwalign=center colspan=2N/A38.3117align=center colspan=2did not advance
Ladislav Jiránek100 m?5align=center colspan=4did not advance
Jindřich JirsákPole vaultalign=center colspan=2N/A3.0023align=center colspan=2did not advance
Václav Labík100 m?5align=center colspan=4did not advance
200 m?4align=center colspan=4did not advance
400 m?4align=center colspan=4did not advance
Zdeněk Městecký800 malign=center colspan=2did not finishalign=center colspan=4did not advance
Vladimír Penc10000 malign=center colspan=2N/Aalign=center colspan=2did not finishalign=center colspan=2did not advance
Marathonalign=center colspan=4N/Aalign=center colspan=2did not finish
Rudolf Richter10 km walkalign=center colspan=2N/Aalign=center colspan=2did not finishalign=center colspan=2did not advance
František SlavíkMarathonalign=center colspan=4N/Aalign=center colspan=2did not finish
Miroslav ŠusteraDiscus throwalign=center colspan=2N/A31.8338align=center colspan=2did not advance
Bedřich Vygoda100 m11.62?3align=center colspan=2did not advance

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

5 cyclists represented Bohemia. It was the second appearance of the nation in cycling, in which Bohemia had previously competed in 1900. Bohumil Rameš had the best time in the time trial, the only race held, placing 63rd. Since only three of the five cyclists finished, Bohemia received no ranking in the team competition which required four valid times.

Road cycling

CyclistEventsFinal
ResultRank
Bohumil KubrychtInd. time trial14:11:21.088
František KundertInd. time trialalign=center colspan=2did not finish
Bohumil RamešInd. time trial12:20:12.263
Václav TintěraInd. time trial14:10:34.687
Jan VokounInd. time trialalign=center colspan=2did not finish
Bohumil Kubrycht
Bohumil Rameš
Václav Tintěra
Kundert/Vokoun		Team time trialalign=center colspan=2did not finish

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Thirteen fencers represented Bohemia. It was the second appearance of the nation in fencing, in which Bohemia had previous competed in 1908. Three of the fencers on the 1908 team returned. Vilém Goppold, who had won Bohemia's lone individual medal in 1908 with a bronze in the sabre, competed again, this time alongside two sons, Karel and Vilém, Jr. The sabre team, which had also won a bronze medal in 1908, was the only Bohemian fencing entry to reach the finals in 1912; the team lost all three of its round-robin matches in the final to finish in fourth place.

FencerEventRound 1QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
RecordRankRecordRankRecordRankRecordRank
Zdeněk BártaÉpée1 loss2 Q4 losses5align=center colspan=4did not advance
Sabre1 win4align=center colspan=6did not advance
Karel GoppoldÉpée2 losses3 Q4 losses5align=center colspan=4did not advance
Vilém Goppold, Jr.Foil2 losses3 Q3 losses4align=center colspan=4did not advance
Épée1 loss1 Q1 loss1 Q4 losses6align=center colspan=2did not advance
Josef JavůrekFoil3 losses4align=center colspan=6did not advance
Épée4 losses5align=center colspan=6did not advance
Sabre3 wins2 Qalign=center colspan=2did not startalign=center colspan=4did not advance
Miloš KlikaFoil3 losses4align=center colspan=6did not advance
Épée3 losses3 Q2 losses3 Q5 losses6align=center colspan=2did not advance
František KřížFoil5 losses6align=center colspan=6did not advance
Épée2 losses2 Q1 loss1 Q5 losses6align=center colspan=2did not advance
Josef PfeifferFoil2 losses3 Q5 losses6align=center colspan=4did not advance
Épée4 losses5align=center colspan=6did not advance
Viliam TvrzskýFoil1 loss2 Q1 loss2 Q4 losses6align=center colspan=2did not advance
Épéealign=center colspan=2Disqualifiedalign=center colspan=6did not advance
Zdeněk VávraFoil5 losses6align=center colspan=6did not advance
Épée1 loss1 Q1 loss1 Q4 losses5align=center colspan=2did not advance
Zdenek Bárta
Josef Čipera
Vilém Goppold
Josef Javurek
František Kríz
Josef Pfeiffer
Bedrich Schejbal
Otakar Švorcík		Team sabrealign=center colspan=2N/Aalign=center colspan=2Bye3–01 Q0–34
Vilém Goppold
Vilém Goppold, Jr.
Josef Javurek
Miroslav Klika
František Kríz
Josef Pfeiffer
Vilém Tvrzský
Zdenek Vávra		Team épéealign=center colspan=2N/A1–01 Q0–34align=center colspan=2did not advance

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

A single gymnast, Bohumil Honzátko, represented Bohemia. He placed 36th in the men's individual all-around—exactly matching his performance from 1908. It was Bohemia's third appearance in gymnastics.

Artistic

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

One rower represented Bohemia. It was the nation's only appearance in rowing. Šourek did not finish his heat in the first round, abandoning the race after it became clear that he would lose.

(Ranks given are within each crew's heat.)

Tennis

See main article: Tennis at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Eight tennis players represented Bohemia at the 1912 Games. It was the nation's third appearance in tennis, in which Bohemia had competed each time the nation had appeared at the Olympics.

The Bohemian team was unable to capture any medals, though Žemla-Rázný twice advanced to the semifinals: once in the outdoor singles and once with Just in the outdoor doubles. Both times the Bohemian side lost the semifinal and the bronze medal match that followed to finish fourth.

Men
AthleteEventRound of 128Round of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Jaroslav HainzIndoor singlesalign=center colspan=2N/A
L 6–1, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3		align=center colspan=4did not advance16
Jaroslav JustOutdoor singlesBye
L 2–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–1		align=center colspan=5did not advance31
Jiří KodlOutdoor singles
L 6–4, 6–1, 6–2		align=center colspan=6did not advance51
Karel Robětín-FuchsOutdoor singlesByeBye
L 6–4, 6–2, 6–1		align=center colspan=4did not advance17
Indoor singlesalign=center colspan=2N/AByeBye
L 6–2, 6–4, 6–1		align=center colspan=2did not advance9
Josef ŠebekOutdoor singlesByeBye
W 6–1, 6–3, 6–0
L 6–1, 6–0, 3–6, 6–2		align=center colspan=3did not advance9
Jaromír ZemanOutdoor singlesBye
L 6–1, 6–0, 6–0		align=center colspan=5did not advance31
Ladislav Žemla-RáznýOutdoor singlesByeByeBye
W 1–6, 4–6, 6–2, 6–4, 6–2
W 6–4, 7–5, 6–4
L 2–6, 6–3, 6–2, 4–6, 6–2
L 6–2, 3–6, 6–3, 6–1		4
Bohuslav Hykš-Černý
Josef Šebek		Outdoor doublesalign=center colspan=2N/A
L 6–3, 6–4, 6–4		align=center colspan=4did not advance15
Jaroslav Just
Ladislav Žemla-Rázný		Outdoor doublesalign=center colspan=2N/A
W 6–1, 6–2, 6–0
W 6–1, 7–2, 6–4
W 6–0, 8–6, 6–4
L 4–6, 6–1, 7–5, 6–4
L 13–11, 6–3, 8–6		4
Karel Robětín-Fuchs
Jaromír Zeman		Outdoor doublesalign=center colspan=2N/A
L 3–6, 6–1, 6–4, 6–4		align=center colspan=4did not advance15

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Greco-Roman

Bohemia sent four wrestlers in 1912. It was the nation's second Olympic wrestling appearance, with the nation not having competed in the Olympics in 1896 or 1904 and wrestling not having been on the programme in 1900. The team, compiling an aggregate 7–8 record, had much better success than Bohemia's first wrestling team, which went 0–4. Balej had the best result of any Bohemian wrestler, advancing to the sixth round before suffering his second loss and consequent elimination.

WrestlerClassFirst roundSecond roundThird roundFourth roundFifth roundSixth roundSeventh roundFinal
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Match A
Opposition
Result		Match B
Opposition
Result		Match C
Opposition
Result		Rank
Jan BalejLightweight
W
W
W
W
L
L		align=center colspan=4did not advance6
Josef BeránekFeatherweight
L
W
W
L		align=center colspan=6did not advance12
Karel HalíkLightweight
L
W
L		align=center colspan=7did not advance23
František KopřivaLight heavyweight
L
L		align=center colspan=8did not advance20

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Czech Olympic Committee (1912). fotw.info.
  2. Book: Pelle, Kimberly. Historical Dictionary of the Modern Olympic Movement. registration. 45. Bohemia flag 1912 olympics.. September 5, 1996. Greenwood Publishing Group. Internet Archive.
  3. Book: The 1912 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Bill. Mallon. Ture. Widlund. September 5, 2002. McFarland. 9780786410477. Google Books.

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