Czech Republic at the 1998 Winter Olympics

The Czech Republic competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. The medal hopes were set on ice hockey team and Kateřina Neumannová in cross-country skiing. The ice hockey team won their first gold medal in history. Kateřina Neumannová was also successful, winning one silver and one bronze medal. The surprise performance for the team was freestyle skier Aleš Valenta who came fourth.

Medalists

Medal

Name

Sport

Event

Gold

Czech Republic men's national ice hockey team

Ice hockey

Men's competition

Silver

Neumannová, KateřinaKateřina Neumannová

Cross-country skiing

Women's 5 km (classical)

Bronze

Neumannová, KateřinaKateřina Neumannová

Cross-country skiing

Women's 10 km pursuit (freestyle)

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Marcel Maxa	Giant Slalom	1:25.88	1:23.63	2:49.51	29
Marcel Maxa	Slalom	57.81	DNF	DNF	–

Men's combined

Athlete	Slalom		Downhill	Total
Athlete	Time 1	Time 2	Time	Total time	Rank
Marcel Maxa	49.73	46.44	DSQ	DSQ	–

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Lucie Hrstková	Downhill			1:33.00	31
Lucie Hrstková	Super-G			1:21.74	35
Lucie Hrstková	Giant Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–
Lucie Hrstková	Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–

Women's combined

Athlete	Downhill	Slalom		Total
Athlete	Time	Time 1	Time 2	Total time	Rank
Lucie Hrstková	1:33.29	39.30	37.37	2:49.96	15

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Petr Garabík	3	30:51.3	53
	Zdeněk Vítek	2	30:46.5	51
	Ivan Masařík	2	28:58.6	15

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ²	Rank
20 km	Petr Garabík	58:28.8	6	1'04:28.8	56
	Jiří Holubec	59:08.8	2	1'01:08.8	34
	Ivan Masařík	56:30.7	1	57:30.7	4

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
Petr Garabík Zdeněk Vítek Jiří Holubec Ivan Masařík	0	1'26:35.5	14

Women

Event	Athlete	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
7.5 km Sprint	Kateřina Losmanová-Holubcová	3	26:51.7	57
	Irena Novotná-Česneková	3	25:30.4	40
	Jiřína Adamičková-Pelcová	1	25:14.5	35
	Eva Háková	1	24:58.6	26

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ²	Rank
15 km	Eva Háková	57:25.4	6	1'03:25.4	53
	Kateřina Losmanová-Holubcová	1'00:48.9	1	1'01:48.9	44
	Jiřína Adamičková-Pelcová	58:26.3	3	1'01:26.3	38
	Irena Novotná-Česneková	57:09.0	3	1'00:09.0	30

Women's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
Kateřina Losmanová-Holubcová Irena Novotná-Česneková Jiřína Adamičková-Pelcová Eva Háková	0	1'43:20.5	6

¹ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.

² One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
CZE-1	Jiří Dzmura Pavel Polomský	Two-man	55.30	16	55.11	17	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
CZE-2	Pavel Puškár Jan Kobián	Two-man	54.99	12	54.60	5	54.46	8	54.54	7	3:38.59	8

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
CZE-1	Pavel Puškár Peter Kondrát Pavel Polomský Jan Kobián	Four-man	53.61	12	53.80	16	53.88	11	2:41.29	13

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
10 km C	Lubomír Buchta	30:38.4	52
	Lukáš Bauer	30:11.1	45
	Martin Koukal	29:41.8	35
	Petr Michl	29:28.5	32
15 km pursuit¹ F	Lubomír Buchta	45:36.6	50
	Martin Koukal	44:41.8	37
	Lukáš Bauer	44:16.3	32
	Petr Michl	42:47.5	23
30 km C	Lubomír Buchta	DNF	–
	Lukáš Bauer	1'42:08.8	33
	Jiří Magál	1'40:29.6	22
50 km F	Jiří Magál	2'21:30.5	47
	Petr Michl	2'13:08.3	17
	Lubomír Buchta	2'11:34.8	13

¹ Starting delay based on 10 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Men's 4 x 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Lukáš Bauer Martin Koukal Petr Michl Jiří Magál	1'45:35.4	15

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
5 km C	Zuzana Kocumová	19:58.3	59
	Jana Šaldová	19:00.4	28
	Kateřina Hanušová	18:49.1	22
	Kateřina Neumannová	17:42.7	02 !
10 km pursuit² F	Zuzana Kocumová	32:34.9	41
	Kateřina Hanušová	30:58.8	24
	Kateřina Neumannová	28:37.2	03 !
15 km C	Iveta Zelingerová-Fortová	52:26.3	44
	Jana Šaldová	51:33.8	29
	Kateřina Neumannová	49:01.9	9
30 km F	Zuzana Kocumová	1'32:52.1	35
30 km F	Kateřina Hanušová	1'29:59.9	23

² Starting delay based on 5 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Women's 4 x 5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Jana Šaldová Kateřina Neumannová Kateřina Hanušová Zuzana Kocumová	56:58.7	6

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Women

Athlete	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Lenka Kulovaná	16	18	26.0	18

Pairs

Athletes	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Kateřina Beránková Otto Dlabola	14	15	22.0	15

Ice Dancing

Athletes	CD1	CD2	OD	FD	TFP	Rank
Kateřina Mrázová Martin Šimeček	13	13	13	13	26.0	13

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Aleš Valenta	Aerials	205.50	11 Q	232.25	4

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men's Tournament

First Round - Group D

Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Russia	3	3	0	15	6	+9	6
Czech Republic	3	2	1	12	4	+8	4
Finland	3	1	2	11	9	+2	2
Kazakhstan	3	0	3	6	25	-19	0

All times are local (UTC-7).

13 February 1998

Czech Republic

3 – 0
(0-0, 0-1, 0-2)

Finland

The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 5,050

15 February 1998

Czech Republic

8 – 2
(0-1, 2-3, 0-4)

Kazakhstan

The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 9,975

16 February 1998

Russia

2 – 1
(0-0, 0-1, 2-0)

Czech Republic

The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 9,847

Quarter-final

All times are local (UTC-7).

18 February 1998

Czech Republic

4 – 1
(1-0, 0-3, 0-1)

United States

The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 9,822

Semi-final

All times are local (UTC-7).

20 February 1998

Canada

1 – 2 (SO)
(0-0, 0-0, 1-1, 0-0, 0-1)

Czech Republic

The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 9,279

Gold Medal Game

All times are local (UTC-7).

22 February 1998

Czech Republic

1 – 0
(0-0, 0-0, 1-0)

Russia

The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 9,985

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men's individual

Events:

normal hill ski jumping
15 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping		Cross-country time	Total rank
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Cross-country time	Total rank
Petr Šmejc	Individual	195.0	34	48:37.4	40
Ladislav Rygl		204.5	23	44:20.8	14
Jan Matura		218.0	12	47:35.0	35
Milan Kučera		228.0	8	42:45.8	5

Men's Team

Four participants per team.

Events:

normal hill ski jumping
5 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)

Athletes	Ski jumping		Cross-country time	Total rank
Athletes	Points	Rank	Cross-country time	Total rank
Marek Fiurášek Milan Kučera Jan Matura Ladislav Rygl	900.5	4	57:04.7	8

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Jakub Sucháček	Normal hill	77.5	87.5	29 Q	81.0	96.0	183.5	28
Jaroslav Sakala		77.5	89.0	28 Q	80.5	96.0	185.0	26
Michal Doležal		81.5	98.5	20 Q	87.5	112.5	211.0	11
František Jež		83.5	103.0	13 Q	77.5	89.5	192.5	24
Jaroslav Sakala	Large hill	91.5	61.2	56	Did not advance
František Jež		113.5	104.3	25 Q	113.0	104.4	208.7	24
Michal Doležal		116.0	107.8	18 Q	130.5	135.4	243.2	8
Jakub Sucháček		117.5	111.0	13 Q	121.0	118.3	229.3	15

Men's team large hill

Athletes	Result
Athletes	Points ¹	Rank
Jakub Sucháček František Jež Michal Doležal Jaroslav Sakala	710.3	7

¹ Four teams members performed two jumps each.

References

Olympic Winter Games 1998, full results by sports-reference.com

Nations at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan

Africa	Kenya South Africa

America	Argentina Bermuda Brazil Canada Chile Jamaica Puerto Rico Trinidad-Tobago United States Uruguay Venezuela Virgin Islands

Asia	China Chinese Taipei India Iran Japan Kazakhstan North Korea South Korea Kyrgyzstan Mongolia Uzbekistan

Europe	Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia-Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Moldova Monaco Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Yugoslavia

Oceania	Australia New Zealand

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