Czech Republic at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Czech Republic at the
1996 Summer Olympics
Czech Republic at the; 1996 Summer Olympics
IOC code	CZE
NOC	Czech Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.cz (in Czech and English)
in Atlanta
Competitors	115 (76 men and 39 women) in 17 sports
Flag bearers	Václav Chalupa (opening); Jan Železný (closing)
Medals; Ranked 17th	Gold 4 Silver 3 Bronze 4 Total 11
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
Other related appearances
	Bohemia (1900–1912); Czechoslovakia (1924–1992)

The Czech Republic competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. It was the first Summer Games since the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, and so the Czech Republic and Slovakia competed as independent teams. 115 competitors, 76 men and 39 women, took part in 110 events in 17 sports.^[1]

Medalists

The following Czech competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Štěpánka Hilgertová	Canoeing	Women's slalom K-1	July 27
Gold	Jan Železný	Athletics	Men's Javelin Throw	August 3
Gold	Martin Doktor	Canoeing	Men's C-1 1000 m	August 3
Gold	Martin Doktor	Canoeing	Men's C-1 500 m	August 4
Silver	Lukáš Pollert	Canoeing	Men's slalom C-1	July 27
Silver	Jiří Rohan Miroslav Šimek	Canoeing	Men's slalom C-2	July 28
Silver	Jana Novotná Helena Suková	Tennis	Women's doubles	August 3
Bronze	Miroslav Januš	Shooting	Men's 10 m running target	July 26
Bronze	Šárka Kašpárková	Athletics	Women's triple jump	July 31
Bronze	Tomáš Dvořák	Athletics	Men's decathlon	August 1
Bronze	Jana Novotná	Tennis	Women's singles	August 2

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Athletics	1	0	2	3
Canoeing	3	2	0	5
Shooting	0	0	1	1
Tennis	0	1	1	2
Total	4	3	4	11

Medals by day
Day	Date				Total
7	July 26	0	0	1	1
8	July 27	1	1	0	2
9	July 28	0	1	0	1
12	July 31	0	0	1	1
13	August 1	0	0	1	1
14	August 2	0	0	1	1
15	August 3	2	1	0	3
16	August 4	1	0	0	1
Total		4	3	4	11

Medals by gender
Gender				Total	Percentage
Male	3	2	2	7	63.63%
Female	1	1	2	4	36.36%
Mixed	0	0	0	0	0.00%
Total	4	3	4	11	100%

Multiple medalists
Name	Sport				Total
Martin Doktor	Canoeing	2	0	0	2
Jana Novotná	Tennis	0	1	1	2

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	14	9	23
Boxing	4	0	4
Canoeing	17	8	25
Cycling	4	2	6
Fencing	1	0	1
Gymnastics	1	3	4
Judo	2	2	4
Rowing	3	2	5
Sailing	2	0	2
Shooting	14	3	17
Swimming	3	7	10
Table Tennis	2	1	3
Tennis	2	2	4
Volleyball	2	0	2
Weightlifting	2	0	2
Wrestling	3	0	3
Total	76	39	115

Athletics

Men's 800 metres

Pavel Soukup

Men's 110 metres hurdles

Tomáš Dvořák

Men's 20 kilometres Walk

Men's 50 km Walk

Miloš Holuša — 4:03:16 (→ 27th place)
Hubert Sonnek — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's High Jump

Tomáš Janků

Men's Long Jump

Milan Gombala
- Qualification — 7.88m (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

Miroslav Menc

Men's Discus Throw

Marek Bílek
- Qualification — 59.86m (→ did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

Pavel Sedláček
- Qualification — 73.98m (→ did not advance)

Men's Javelin Throw

Jan Železný

Men's Decathlon

Tomáš Dvořák
- Final Result — 8664 points (→ Bronze Medal)
Robert Změlík
- Final Result — 8422 points (→ 7th place)
Kamil Damašek
- Final Result — 8229 points (→ 16th place)

Women's 400 metres

Women's 800 metres

Ludmila Formanová

Women's 4 × 400 metres Relay

Naděžda Koštovalová, Ludmila Formanová, Helena Fuchsová, and Hana Benešová
- Qualification — 3:26.82
- Final — 3:26.99 (→ 7th place)

Women's High Jump

Zuzana Kováčiková
- Qualification — 1.93m
- Final — 1.93m (→ 12th place)

Women's Javelin Throw

Nikola Tomečková
- Qualification — 55.02m (→ did not advance)

Women's Discus Throw

Zdeňka Šilhavá
- Qualification — 59.24m (→ did not advance)
Alice Matějková
- Qualification — 60.72m (→ did not advance)

Women's Triple Jump

Šárka Kašpárková
- Qualification — 14.42m
- Final — 14.98m (→ Bronze Medal)

Boxing

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jaroslav Konečný	Lightweight	Kabore (BUR) W 16–6	Wiangwiset (THA) L 6–20	Did not advance			9
Pavol Polakovič	Light middleweight	Kunene (RSA) W 8–1	Reid (USA) L 5–12	Did not advance			9
Ľudovít Plachetka	Middleweight	Mathunjawa (SWZ) W 20–4	Yarbekov (UZB) L 4–4 TB	Did not advance			9
Petr Horáček	Super heavyweight	Məmmədov (AZE) L RSC	Did not advance				17

Canoeing

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Run 1			Run 2			Result
Athlete	Event	Time	Points	Total	Time	Points	Total	Total	Rank
Lukáš Pollert	Men's C-1	151.17	0	151.17	158.25	20	178.25	151.17
Pavel Janda	Men's C-1	167.71 10	10	177.91	185.55	55	240.55	177.91	20
Miroslav Šimek Jiří Rohan	Men's C-2	161.77	70	231.77	160.16	0	160.16	160.16
Petr Štercl Pavel Štercl	Men's C-2	163.45	5	168.45	179.53	160	339.53	168.45	6
Luboš Hilgert	Men's K-1	146.10	5	151.10	146.99	50	196.99	151.10	18
Jiří Prskavec	Men's K-1	182.29	115	297.29	151.15	0	151.15	151.15	19
Štěpánka Hilgertová	Women's K-1	164.49	5	169.49	166.97	5	171.97	169.49
Marcela Sadilová		181.22	55	236.22	174.47	0	174.47	174.47	9
Irena Pavelková		184.45	55	239.45	166.89	15	181.89	181.89	16

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Martin Doktor	C-1 500 m	1:52.907	1 F	—		Bye		1:49.934
Martin Doktor	C-1 1000 m	4:19.918	1 F	—		Bye		3:54.418
Pavel Bednář Petr Fuksa	C-2 500 m	1:47.955	8 R	1:50.480	3 SF	1:44.902	6	Did not advance
Pavel Bednář Petr Fuksa	C-2 1000 m	4:25.295	8 SF	—		3:51.576	5	Did not advance
Jiří Polívka Karel Leština	K-2 500 m	1:34.107	6 R	1:37.119	2 SF	1:32.517	7	Did not advance
Petr Hruška René Kučera	K-2 1000 m	3:42.682	4 R	3:35.216	3 SF	3:21.384	7	Did not advance
Karel Leština Pavel Mráz Martin Otáhal Jiří Polívka	K-4 1000 m	3:19.868	7 SF	—		3:06.611	5	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Pavlína Jobánková	K-1 500 m	2:07.811	8 R	2:12.219	7	Did not advance
Jitka Janáčková Pavlína Jobánková	K-2 500 m	1:51.346	6 R	1:55.377	3 SF	1:49.125	7	Did not advance
Jitka Janáčková Kateřina Heková Kateřina Hluchá Milena Pergnerová	K-4 500 m	1:44.707	7 SF	—		1:42.216	5	Did not advance

Cycling

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Ján Svorada	Road race	4:56:44	30

Track

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage	Round 2	Repechage 2	Round of 16	Repechage 3	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Pavel Buráň	Men's sprint	10.389 (69.30)	7	Vassilopoulus (GRE) W 11.700 (61.54)	Bye	Himonetos (GRE) W 11.272 (63.86)	Bye	Hill (AUS) L	Magné (FRA) Bērziņš (LAT) L	Did not advance			9

Mountain bike

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Radovan Fořt	Men's cross-country	2:42:43	24
Pavel Camrda	Men's cross-country	2:49:09	33
Kateřina Neumannová	Women's cross-country	2:04:03	18
Kateřina Hanušová	Women's cross-country	2:04:05	19

Fencing

One male fencer represented the Czech Republic in 1996.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Roman Ječmínek	Men's épée	Chang (KOR) L 13–15	Did not advance					37

Gymnastics

Judo

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

The Czech Republic had five rowers participate in three out of fourteen rowing events in 1996.^[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Václav Chalupa	Single sculls	7:35.48	1 SA/B	bye		7:16.97	3 FA	6:55.65	5
Michal Vabroušek Adam Michálek	Lightweight double sculls	7:16.07	5 R	6:30.34	3 SC/D	6:41.41	1 FC	6:53.14	13

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sabina Telenská Hana Dariusová	Pair	7:54.72	4 R	8:01.50	1 Q	7:48.40	5 FB	7:20.24	8

Qualification legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinal A/B; SC/D=Semifinal C/D; R=Repechage; Q=Qualified for the next round

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 100m Backstroke

Rastislav Bizub
- Heat — 58.29 (→ did not advance, 39th place)

Men's 200m Backstroke

Rastislav Bizub
- Heat — 2:04.55 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Men's 100m Breaststroke

Daniel Málek
- Heat — 1:02.46
- B-Final — 1:02.39 (→ 10th place)

Men's 200m Breaststroke

Daniel Málek
- Heat — 2:17.08 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Men's 200m Butterfly

Josef Horký
- Heat — 2:02.84 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Men's 200m Individual Medley

Josef Horký
- Heat — 2:05.45 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Men's 400m Individual Medley

Josef Horký
- Heat — 4:26.58
- B-Final — 4:28.39 (→ 14th place)

Women's 100m Freestyle

Kristýna Kyněrová
- Heat — 58.03 (→ did not advance, 34th place)

Women's 200m Freestyle

Kristýna Kyněrová
- Heat — 2:03.63 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Women's 400m Freestyle

Olga Šplíchalová
- Heat — 4:20.04 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 800m Freestyle

Olga Šplíchalová
- Heat — 8:47.68 (→ did not advance, 15th place)

Women's 100m Backstroke

Marcela Kubalčíková
- Heat — 1:05.48 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Women's 200m Backstroke

Kateřina Pivoňková
- Heat — 2:18.20 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 100m Breaststroke

Lenka Maňhalová
- Heat — 1:12.72 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Women's 200m Breaststroke

Lenka Maňhalová
- Heat — 2:32.14
- B-Final — 2:29.96 (→ 16th place)

Women's 100m Butterfly

Marcela Kubalčíková
- Heat — 1:03.82 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)

Women's 200m Butterfly

Marcela Kubalčíková
- Heat — 2:19.38 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Women's 200m Individual Medley

Lenka Maňhalová
- Heat — 2:18.43 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 400m Individual Medley

Pavla Chrástová
- Heat — 4:51.35
- B-Final — 4:56.23 (→ 16th place)
Hana Černá
- Heat — 4:49.43
- B-Final — 4:46.78 (→ 10th place)

Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

Hana Černá, Kristýna Kyněrová, Pavla Chrástová, and Olga Šplíchalová
- Heat — 8:21.19 (→ did not advance, 15th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

Kateřina Pivoňková, Lenka Maňhalová, Marcela Kubalčíková, and Kristýna Kyněrová
- Heat — 4:21.05 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Table tennis

Three Czech table tennis players qualified for the following events.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Athlete	Event	Group stage			Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Petr Korbel	Men's singles	Choi (PRK) W 2–1 (15–21, 21–16, 21–13)	Morales (CHI) W 2–0 (21–9, 21–11)	Gatien (FRA) W 2–0 (21–13, 21–19)	Hoyama (BRA) W 3–2 (17–21, 19–21, 21–17, 21–14, 21–13)	Saive (BEL) W 3–0 (21–10, 21–13, 21–19)	Wang (CHN) L 0–3 (21–23, 7–21, 16–21)	Roßkopf (GER) L 1–3 (17–21, 21–19, 18–21, 19–21)	4
Petr Korbel Josef Plachý	Men's doubles	Matsushita / Shibutani (JPN) L 0–2 (16–21, 22–24)	Grujić / Lupulesku (SCG) L 0–2 (11–21, 19–21)	Olaleye / Toriola (NGR) L 0–2 (8–21, 18–21)	—	Did not advance			25
Jana Dobešová	Women's singles	Palina (RUS) L 0–2 (9–21, 17–21)	Koyama (JPN) L 0–2 (20–22, 20–22)	Alejo (DOM) W 2–0 (21–9, 21–7)	Did not advance				33

Tennis

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jiří Novák	Singles	Furlan (ITA) W 6–4, 4–6, 3–6	Schwartzman (ARG) L 4–6, 5–7	Did not advance
Daniel Vacek	Singles	Prinosil (GER) W 6–4, 2–6, 6–4	Olhovskiy (RUS) L 3–6, 6–7^(1–7)	Did not advance
Jiří Novák Daniel Vacek	Doubles	—	Ogorodov / Tomashevich (UZB) W RET	Campana / Lapentti (ECU) W 7–5, 6–4	Broad / Henman (GBR) L 6–7^(4–7), 4–7	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jana Novotná	Singles	Dragomir (ROM) W 6–4, 4–4 ret	Wiesner (AUT) W 6–4, 3–6, 6–3	Sugiyama (JPN) W 6–3, 6–4	Seles (USA) W 7–5, 3–6, 8–6	Sánchez Vicario (ESP) L 4–6, 6–1, 3–6	Fernández (USA) W 7–6^(10–8), 6–4
Helena Suková	Singles	de Swardt (RSA) L 6–7^(4–6), 6–3, 5–7	Did not advance
Jana Novotná Helena Suková	Doubles	—	Kournikova / Makarova (RUS) W 6–2, 6–2	Basuki / Tedjakusuma (INA) W 6–2, 6–3	Hetherington / Hy-Boulais (CAN) W 6–2, 6–4	Martínez / Sánchez Vicario (ESP) W 6–2, 7–6^(6–1)	Fernández / Fernández (USA) L 6–7^(6–8), 4–6