Czech Republic at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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]

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)

Medalists

Further information: 1996 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 1996 Summer Olympics medal winners

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

Main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat			Quarterfinal			Semifinal			Final
		Time	Rank	Overall	Time	Rank	Overall	Time	Rank	Overall	Time	Rank
Pavel Soukup	800 m	1:47.67	3	32	—			Did not advance
Tomáš Dvořák	110 m hurdles	13.78	6	33	Did not advance
Jiří Malysa	20 km walk	—									1:25:13	25
Tomáš Kratochvíl		—									1:30:11	48
Hubert Sonnek		—									1:32:42	52
Miloš Holuša	50 km walk	—									4:03:16	27
Hubert Sonnek		—									DNF

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Tomáš Janků	High jump	2.28	13 Q	2.25	14
Milan Gombala	Long jump	7.88	20	Did not advance
Miroslav Menc	Shot put	18.69	21	Did not advance
Marek Bílek	Discus throw	59.86	20	Did not advance
Pavel Sedláček	Hammer throw	73.98	20	Did not advance
Jan Železný	Javelin throw	86.52	2 Q	88.16

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Points	Rank
Tomáš Dvořák	Result	10.64	7.60	15.82	1.98	48.29	13.79	46.28	4.70	70.16	4:31.25	8664
	Points	942	960	840	785	895	1002	793	819	892	736
Robert Změlík	Result	10.83	7.64	13.53	1.95	49.55	14.17	43.44	5.40	67.20	4:38.45	8422	7
	Points	899	970	700	758	835	953	735	1035	847	690
Kamil Damašek	Result	10.86	7.22	15.51	2.01	47.35	14.94	42.66	4.90	55.84	4:25.86	8229	16
	Points	892	866	821	813	941	857	719	880	675	765

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat			Quarterfinal			Semifinal			Final
		Time	Rank	Overall	Time	Rank	Overall	Time	Rank	Overall	Time	Rank
Hana Benešová	400 m	52.28	5	22 q	51.30	5	13	Did not advance
Helena Fuchsová		51.71	2 Q	9	51.70	5	20	Did not advance
Naděžda Koštovalová		53.03	4 Q	35	53.21	8	31	Did not advance
Ludmila Formanová	800 m	1:59.37	3	7 q	—			1:59.28	5	12	Did not advance
Naděžda Koštovalová Ludmila Formanová Helena Fuchsová Hana Benešová	4 × 400 m relay	3:26.82	5	7 q	—						3:26.99	7

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Zuzana Kováčiková	High jump	1.93	13 q	1.93	11
Šárka Kašpárková	Triple jump	14.42	7 Q	14.98
Zdeňka Šilhavá	Discus throw	59.24	19	Did not advance
Alice Matějková		60.72	15	Did not advance
Nikola Tomečková	Javelin throw	55.02	25	Did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		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

Main article: Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Run 1			Run 2			Result
		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		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		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		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
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Martin Doktor	C-1 500 m	1:52.907	1 F	—		Bye		1:49.934
	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
	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
		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

Main article: Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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
		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		2:49:09	33
Kateřina Neumannová	Women's cross-country	2:04:03	18
Kateřina Hanušová		2:04:05	19

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

One male fencer represented the Czech Republic in 1996.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		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

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Artistic

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics § Artistic_gymnastics

Men

Athlete	Event	Apparatus																		Total
		Floor			Pommel horse			Rings			Vault			Parallel bars			Horizontal bar
		C	O	Rank	C	O	Rank	C	O	Rank	C	O	Rank	C	O	Rank	C	O	Rank	Score	Rank
Jiří Fiřt	Team	8.875	8.825	87	9.300	8.925	70	9.325	9.150	68	9.425	9.250	63	8.450	9.100	83	8.425	9.462	77	108.512	58

Women

Athlete	Event	Apparatus												Total
		Vault			Uneven bars			Balance beam			Floor
		C	O	Rank	C	O	Rank	C	O	Rank	C	O	Rank	Score	Rank
Gabriela Krčmárová	Team	9.325	9.262	73	8.987	8.975	84	8.162	8.912	84	9.050	9.437	74	72.110	67

Rhythmic

Main article: Rhythmic gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Individual

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries										Semifinal										Final
		Apparatus								Total		Apparatus								Total		Apparatus								Total
		Rope		Ball		Clubs		Ribbon				Rope		Ball		Clubs		Ribbon				Rope		Ball		Clubs		Ribbon
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Lenka Oulehlová	All-around	9.232	24	9.266	=18	9.266	=23	9.199	26	36.963	22	Did not advance
Andrea Šebestová		9.366	15	8.783	36	9.249	=26	9.200	=23	36.598	28	Did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
		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
		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

Main article: Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Rastislav Bizub	100 m backstroke	58.29	37	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:04.55	24	Did not advance
Daniel Málek	100 m breaststroke	1:02.46	9 FB	1:02.39 NR	10
	200 m breaststroke	2:17.08	17	Did not advance
Josef Horký	200 m butterfly	2:02.84	30	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:05.45	18	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:26.58 NR	13 FB	4:28.39	14

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kristýna Kyněrová	100 m freestyle	58.03	34	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle	2:03.63	19	Did not advance
Olga Šplíchalová	400 m freestyle	4:20.04	21	Did not advance
	800 m freestyle	8:47.68	15	Did not advance
Marcela Kubalčíková	100 m backstroke	1:05.48	24	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	1:03.82	33	Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	2:19.38	27	Did not advance
Kateřina Pivoňková	200 m backstroke	2:18.20	21	Did not advance
Lenka Maňhalová	100 m breaststroke	1:12.72	29	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:32.14	15 FB	2:29.96 NR	11
	200 m individual medley	2:18.43	20	Did not advance
Pavla Chrástová	400 m individual medley	4:51.35	15 FB	4:56.23	16
Hana Černá		4:49.43	13 FB	4:46.78 NR	10
Hana Černá Kristýna Kyněrová Pavla Chrástová Olga Šplíchalová	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	8:21.19 NR	15	Did not advance
Kateřina Pivoňková Lenka Maňhalová Marcela Kubalčíková Kristýna Kyněrová	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:21.05	20	Did not advance

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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

Athlete	Event	Group stage			Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		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

Main article: Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		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		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
		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		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

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Beach

Main article: Beach volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Athlete	Event	Winner's bracket				Loser's bracket					Final round
		First round	Second round	Third round	Fourth round	First round	Second round	Third round	Fourth round	Fifth round	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Marek Pakosta Michal Palinek	Men's	Prieto / Yuste (ESP) W 15–11	Lopes / Neto (BRA) L 5–15	Did not advance		Everaert / Mulder (NED) W 15–6	Child / Heese (CAN) L 9–15	Did not advance					=13

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Petr Stanislav	Men's 59 kg	112.0	10	142.5	10	255.0	10
Roman Polom	Men's 99 kg	160.0	16	187.5	18	347.5	19

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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