Czechoslovakia at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Czechoslovakia at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Czechoslovakia at the Olympic Games

Flag of Czechoslovakia – Flag bearers
IOC code   TCH
At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal
Competitors 162 in 16 sports
Flag bearer Ludvík Daněk
Medals
Rank: 17		 Gold
2		 Silver
2		 Bronze
4		 Total
8
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Czechoslovakia competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. 162 competitors, 124 men and 38 women, took part in 79 events in 16 sports.[1]

Contents

Medalists

Czechoslovakia finished in 17th position in the final medal rankings, with two gold medals and eight medals overall.

Med 1.png Gold

Med 2.png Silver

  • Jiří Adam, Jan Bártu and Bohumil Starnovský — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Team Competition
  • Vítězslav Mácha — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight

Med 3.png Bronze

  • Helena Fibingerová — Athletics, Women's Shot Put
  • Jan Bártu — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Individual Competition
  • Jaroslav Hellebrand, Vladek Lacina, Zdeněk Pecka, and Václav Vochoska — Rowing, Men's Quadruple Sculls
  • Oldřich Svojanovský, Pavel Svojanovský, and Ludvík Vébr — Rowing, Men's Coxed Pairs

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men's Discus Throw

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

Women's Shot Put

  • Final — 20.76 m (→ Bronze medal.svg Bronze Medal)

Basketball

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

Main article: Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men's 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)

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

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

Men's 1.000m Sprint (Scratch)

Men's 4.000m Individual Pursuit

  • Michal Klasa — 8th place

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Fencing

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

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Volleyball

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

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics

References

  1. ^ "Czechoslovakia at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games". sports-reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/TCH/summer/1976/. Retrieved 2011-04-03. 
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