Czech Republic at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Czech Republic at the Olympic Games

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At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors 69 in 13 sports
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0		 Bronze
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The Czech Republic is scheduled to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This will be the nation's sixth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics after gaining its independence from the former Czechoslovakia.

Competitors

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 13 9 22
Badminton 1 1 2
Canoeing 11 1 12
Cycling 6 1 7
Fencing 2 0 2
Modern pentathlon 2 0 2
Rowing 5 1 6
Sailing 2 1 3
Shooting 2 3 5
Swimming 1 3 4
Synchronized swimming — 2 2
Table tennis 0 1 1
Weightlifting 1 0 0
Total 46 23 69

Athletics

Czech athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):[1][2]

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
  • NR = National record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
  • NM = No mark
Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Lukáš Gdula 50 km walk N/A
Jakub Holuša 800 m
1500 m
Pavel Maslák 400 m
Petr Svoboda 110 m hurdles

Limits 2016: Lukáš Gdula, Pavel Maslák

Limits 2015: Jakub Holuša, Petr Svoboda

Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Jaroslav Bába High jump
Michal Balner Pole vault
Petr Frydrych Javelin throw
Radek Juška Long jump
Jan Kudlička Pole vault
Tomáš Stanek Shot put
Jakub Vadlejch Javelin throw
Vítězslav Veselý

Limits 2016: Jaroslav Bába, Radek Juška, Jan Kudlička, Tomáš Staněk, Jakub Vadlejch, Michal Balner

Limits 2015: Petr Frydrych, Vítězslav Veselý

Combined events – Decathlon
Athlete Event 100 m LJ SP HJ 400 m 110H DT PV JT 1500 m Final Rank
Adam Helcelet Result
Points

Limits 2015: Adam Helcelet

Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Anežka Drahotová 20 km walk N/A
Zuzana Hejnová 400 m hurdles
Denisa Rosolová
Lucie Sekanová 3000 m steeplechase N/A

Limits 2016: Anežka Drahotová

Limits 2015: Zuzana Hejnová, Denisa Rosolová, Lucie Sekanová

Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Michaela Hrubá High jump
Romana Maláčová Pole vault
Barbora Špotáková Javelin throw
Jiřina Svobodová Pole vault

Limits 2016: Michaela Hrubá, Romana Maláčová, Jiřina Svobodová

Limits 2015: Barbora Špotáková

Combined events – Heptathlon
Athlete Event 100H HJ SP 200 m LJ JT 800 m Final Rank
Eliška Klučinová Result
Points

Limits 2015: Eliška Klučinová

Note 1: Those athletes who performed A-limit IAAF in 2015 are not certain to start at 2016 Rio Summer Olympics.

Note 2: All Top athletes must confirm their performances from last year by performing IAAF B-limit this year at least. Those athletes who did not perform IAAF A-limit last year and want to participate Rio 2016 Summer Olympics must perform A-limit IAAF this year.

Badminton

Czech Republic has qualified two badminton players for each of the following events into the Olympic tournament. Remarkably going to their third Olympics, Kristína Gavnholt was selected among the top 34 individual shuttlers in the women's singles based on the BWF World Rankings as of 5 May 2016, while her counterpart Petr Koukal picked up one of the spare athlete berths from the doubles as the next highest-ranked eligible player in the men's singles.[3]

Athlete Event Group Stage Elimination Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Petr Koukal Men's singles
Kristína Gavnholt Women's singles

Canoeing

Slalom

Czech canoeists have qualified a maximum of one boat in each of the following classes through the 2015 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships.[4] The roster of Czech slalom canoeists will be announced on May 15, 2016 as a result of their top performances at three selection meets of the Olympic Trials: two domestic races in Veltrusy (April 16 to 17) and Prague (April 23 to 24) and the European Championships (May 13 to 15) in Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia.[5][6]

Athlete Event Preliminary Semifinal Final
Run 1 Rank Run 2 Rank Best Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Vítězslav Gebas Men's C-1
Jonáš Kašpar
Marek Šindler		 Men's C-2
Men's K-1
Kateřina Kudějová Women's K-1

Sprint

Czech canoeists have qualified one boat in each of the following events through the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.[7]

Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Men's K-1 200 m
Men's C-1 1000 m
Men's K-1 1000 m




Men's K-4 1000 m

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

Cycling

Road

Czech riders qualified for a maximum of four quota places in the men's Olympic road race by virtue of their top 15 final national ranking in the 2015 UCI World and Europe Tour.[8]

Athlete Event Time Rank
  Men's road race
Men's time trial
  Men's road race
Men's time trial
  Men's road race
 
Women's road race
Women's time trial

Track

Following the completion of the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Czech riders failed to win a quota place in the men's team sprint, but they managed to accumulate a single berth in the men's keirin and two in the men's sprint, by virtue of their final individual UCI Olympic rankings in those events.

Sprint
Athlete Event Qualification Round 1 Repechage 1 Round 2 Repechage 2 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)		 Rank
Pavel Kelemen Men's sprint  
 
Adam Ptáčník  
 
Keirin
Athlete Event 1st Round Repechage 2nd Round Final
Rank Rank Rank Rank
Pavel Kelemen Men's keirin

Fencing

The Czech Republic has entered two fencers into the Olympic competition. 2010 Youth Olympian Alexander Choupenitch secured a spot in the men's foil as one of the two highest-ranked fencers coming from the European zone in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings.[9] Meanwhile, Jiri Beran rounded out the Czech fencing roster as the sole winner of the men's épée at the European Zonal Qualifier in Prague.

Men
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
Jiří Beran Individual épée
Alexander Choupenitch Individual foil

Gymnastics

Artistic

The Czech Republic has entered one artistic gymnast into the Olympic competition. David Jessen, son of 1988 Olympian Hana Říčná, had claimed his Olympic spot in the men's apparatus and all-around events at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.[10]

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB F PH R V PB HB
David Jessen

Modern pentathlon

Czech athletes have qualified for the following spots to compete in modern pentathlon. Defending Olympic champion David Svoboda and newcomer Jan Kuf secured a selection in the men's event by gaining two of the eight Olympic slots reserved for their team from the 2015 European Championships.[11]

Athlete Event Fencing
(épée one touch)		 Swimming
(200 m freestyle)		 Riding
(show jumping)		 Combined: shooting/running
(10 m air pistol)/(3200 m)		 Total points Final rank
Results Rank MP points Time Rank MP points Penalties Rank MP points Time Rank MP Points
Jan Kuf Men's
David Svoboda

Rowing

Czech rowers have qualified boats in each of the following classes through the 2015 FISA World Championships.

Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Single sculls




Lightweight four N/A
Women
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Single sculls

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Czech sailors have qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships, the individual fleet Worlds, and European qualifying regattas.[12]

Men
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 M*
RS;X
Viktor Teplý Laser N/A
Women
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Veronika Fenclová Laser Radial

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Shooting

Czech shooters have achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2014 and 2015 ISSF World Championships, the 2015 ISSF World Cup series, and European Championships or Games, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by March 31, 2016.[13]

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Semifinal Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
50 m rifle prone N/A
Trap
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Semifinal Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
  50 m rifle 3 positions N/A
  N/A
  Skeet

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Swimming

Czech swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):[14][15]

Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Jan Micka 400 m freestyle N/A
1500 m freestyle N/A
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Simona Baumrtová 200 m backstroke
Lucie Svěcená 100 m butterfly
Barbora Závadová 200 m individual medley
400 m individual medley N/A

Synchronized swimming

The Czech Republic has fielded a squad of two synchronized swimmers to compete only in the women's duet by virtue of their ninth-place finish at the FINA Olympic test event in Rio de Janeiro.[16][17]

Athlete Event Technical routine Free routine (preliminary) Free routine (final)
Points Rank Points Total (technical + free) Rank Points Total (technical + free) Rank
Soňa Bernardová
Alžběta Dufková		 Duet

Table tennis

Czech Republic has entered one athlete into the table tennis competition at the Games. London 2012 Olympian Iveta Vacenovská was automatically selected among the top 22 eligible players in the women's singles based on the ITTF Olympic Rankings.[18]

Athlete Event Preliminary round Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Iveta Vacenovská Women's singles

Weightlifting

The Czech Republic has qualified one male weightlifter for the Rio Olympics by virtue of a top seven national finish at the 2016 European Championships.[19] The team must allocate this place by June 20, 2016.

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Men's +105 kg

See also

References

  1. ↑ "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Rio 2016 Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  3. ↑ Sukumar, Dev (5 May 2016). "Provisional List of Olympic Qualifiers Published". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "Slalom Powerhouses Comfortably Qualify for Rio". International Canoe Federation. 12 October 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "Olympiádu si vyjeli Gebas a Kudějová, Hradilek triumf vyreklamoval" [Gebas and Kudějová will go to the Olympics; Hradilek scores a triumph] (in Czech). Deník. 24 April 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  6. ↑ "Czech selection goes to the wire". International Canoe Federation. 26 April 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  7. ↑ "Olympic Canoe Sprint Qualification spots confirmed". International Canoe Federation. 6 September 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  8. ↑ "UCI announces men's road Olympic quotas". Cyclingnews.com. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  9. ↑ "Russia top as Olympic qualification by ranking ends". FIE. 5 April 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  10. ↑ "Rio 2016 Olympic qualifiers in Men's Artistic Gymnastics: See the updated list!". FIG. 16 April 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  11. ↑ "Moderní pětibojař Svoboda doběhl na ME čtvrtý a pojede do Ria" [Modern pentathlete flies to Rio for his title defense through the European Champs] (in Czech). Sportovní noviny. 22 August 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  12. ↑ "Nineteen Rio 2016 Olympic Laser Radial Places Awarded At Santander 2014 ISAF Worlds". ISAF. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  13. ↑ "Quota places by Nation and Name". ISSF. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  14. ↑ "Swimming World Rankings". FINA. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  15. ↑ "Rio 2016 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (PDF). Rio 2016 (FINA). Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  16. ↑ Etchells, Daniel (7 March 2016). "Ukraine land first-ever Olympic synchronised swimming team event berth at Rio 2016 qualifier". Inside the Games. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  17. ↑ "Akvabely slaví. Bernardová s Dufkovou postoupily na olympiádu do Ria" [Swimmers celebrate as Soňa Bernardová and Alžběta Dufková advanced to the Rio Olympics] (in Czech). Deník. 7 March 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  18. ↑ Marshall, Ian (5 May 2016). "Olympic Games Singles Ranking Announced, Another Step Nearer Final Line Up". ITTF. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  19. ↑ "Continental Qualification current standing". International Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
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