Czechoslovakia at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Czechoslovakia at the Olympic Games
Flag of Czechoslovakia IOC code  TCH NOC Czechoslovak Olympic Committee
At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki
Competitors	99 (86 men, 13 women) in 11 sports
Flag bearer	Vít Matlocha
Medals Rank: 6	Gold 7	Silver 3	Bronze 3	Total 13
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992
Winter Games
1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992
Other related appearances
Bohemia (1900–1912) Czech Republic (1994–) Slovakia (1994–)

Czechoslovakia competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 99 competitors, 86 men and 13 women, took part in 70 events in 11 sports.^[1]

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 50 km 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
• Mikuláš Athanasov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight

Athletics

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

Boxing

Canoeing

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

Gymnastics

Rowing

Shooting

Six shooters represented Czechoslovakia in 1952.

25 m pistol

• Ladislav Ondřej
• Zlatko Poláček

50 m pistol

• František Maxa
• Miroslav Proft

Trap

• František Čapek
• Igor Treybal

Swimming

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

1. "Czechoslovakia at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 16 February 2015.

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database