Czechoslovakia at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Czechoslovakia at the Olympic Games
Flag of Czechoslovakia – Flag bearers IOC code   TCH
At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki
Competitors
Medals Rank: 6	Gold 7	Silver 3	Bronze 3	Total 13
Olympic history (summary)
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Other related appearances
Bohemia (1900–1912) Czech Republic (1994–) Slovakia (1994–)

Czechoslovakia competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.

Medalists

Gold

• Emil Zátopek — Athletics, Men's 5.000 metres
• Emil Zátopek — Athletics, Men's 10.000 metres
• Emil Zátopek — Athletics, Men's Marathon
• Dana Zátopková — Athletics, Women's Javelin Throw
• Ján Zachara — Boxing, Men's Featherweight
• Josef Holeček — Canoeing, Men's C1 1000m Canadian Singles
• Jiri Havlis, Jan Jindra, Miroslav Koranda, Stanislav Lusk, and Karel Mejta — Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours

Silver

• Josef Dolezal — Athletics, Men's 50km Walk
• Jan Brzák-Felix and Bohumil Kudrna — Canoeing, Men's C2 1.000m Canadian Pairs
• Jozef Ruzicka — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Heavyweight

Bronze

• Alfréd Jindra — Canoeing, Men's C1 10.000m Canadian Singles
• Hana Bobková, Eva Bosáková-Vechtová, Alena Chadimová, Matylda Matousková-Sínová, Jana Rabasová, Alena Reichová, Bozena Srncová, and Vera Vancurová — Gymnastics, Women's Team Combined Exercises

Results by event

Basketball

Men's Team Competition

• Main Round (Group A)

• Lost to Uruguay (51-53)
• Lost to United States (47-72)
• Defeated Hungary (63-39) → did not advance, 12th place

• Team Roster

• Miroslav Baumruk
• Zdenek Bobrovský
• Josef Ezr
• Jiří Matoušek
• Miroslav Škerik
• Mcheq Kodl
• Ján Kozák
• Evzen Hornák
• Zdenek Rylich
• Lubomir Kolár
• Ivan Mrázek
• Jaroslav Šip

Cycling

Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)

• Jan Veselý — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Karel Nesl — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Milan Perič — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Stanislav Svoboda — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

• Ladislav Fouček

• Final — 1:15.2 (→ 12th place)

Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race

• Zdenek Košta — 18th place

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database