Czech Republic at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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Czech Republic at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  CZE
NOC Czech Olympic Committee
Website www.olympic.cz (Czech) (English)
At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors 90 in 16 sports
Medals Gold
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Silver
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Bronze
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Total
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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 12 25
Badminton 1 1 2
Canoeing 13 1 14
Cycling 9 2 11
Fencing 2 0 2
Judo 3 0 3
Modern pentathlon 2 0 2
Rowing 7 3 10
Sailing 2 1 3
Shooting 2 3 5
Swimming 1 4 5
Synchronized swimming 2 2
Table tennis 2 2 4
Triathlon 0 1 1
Weightlifting 1 0 1
Total 58 32 90

Athletics

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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
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 Staněk Shot put
Jakub Vadlejch Javelin throw
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
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
Eva Vrabcová-Nývltová Marathon N/A
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Michaela Hrubá High jump
Romana Maláčová Pole vault
Kateřina Šafránková Hammer throw
Barbora Špotáková Javelin throw
Jiřina Svobodová Pole vault
Combined events – Heptathlon
Athlete Event 100H HJ SP 200 m LJ JT 800 m Final Rank
Kateřina Cachová Result
Points
Eliška Klučinová Result
Points

Badminton

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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

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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
Jiří Prskavec Men's K-1
Kateřina Kudějová Women's K-1

Sprint

Czech canoeists have qualified a total of four boats in each of the following distances for the Games through the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.[7] Meanwhile, one additional boat was awarded to the Czech squad in men's C-2 1000 m by virtue of a top two national finish at the 2016 European Qualification Regatta in Duisburg, Germany.

Men
Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Josef Dostál K-1 1000 m
Martin Fuksa C-1 1000 m
Filip Dvořák
Jaroslav Radoň
C-2 1000 m
K-1 200 m
Josef Dostál
 
 
 
K-4 1000 m

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

Cycling

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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

Mountain biking

Czech mountain bikers qualified for three men's quota places into the Olympic cross-country race, as a result of the nation's fourth-place finish in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of May 25, 2016. Due to the lack of eligible NOCs for Africa on the list, the unused berth was added to the Czech mountain biking team as the next highest-ranked nation, not yet qualified, in the women's cross-country race.

Athlete Event Time Rank
  Men's cross-country
 
 
Women's cross-country

Fencing

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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.

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 Men's épée
Alexander Choupenitch Men's foil

Gymnastics

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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

Judo

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Czech Republic has qualified three judokas for each of the following weight classes at the Games. London 2012 Olympian Lukáš Krpálek and returnee Pavel Petřikov were ranked among the top 22 eligible judokas for men in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016, while Jaromír Ježek at men's lightweight (73 kg) earned a continental quota spot from the European region as the Czech Republic's top-ranked judoka based on World Ranking points.[11]

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Pavel Petřikov Men's −60 kg
Jaromír Ježek Men's −73 kg
Lukáš Krpálek Men's −100 kg

Modern pentathlon

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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.[12]

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

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Czech Republic has qualified a total of five boats for each of the following rowing classes into the Olympic regatta. Three rowing crews had confirmed Olympic places for their boats each in both the men's and women's single sculls, and men's lightweight four at the 2015 FISA World Championships in Lac d'Aiguebelette, France, while the rowers competing in the men's pair and women's double sculls were added to the Czech roster with their top two finish at the 2016 European & Final Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland.

Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Single sculls
 
 
Pair N/A




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

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

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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.[13]

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

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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.[14]

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

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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)):[15][16]

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
200 m individual medley
Martina Moravčíková 200 m breaststroke
Lucie Svěcená 100 m butterfly
Barbora Závadová 200 m individual medley
400 m individual medley N/A

Synchronized swimming

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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.[17][18]

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

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The Czech Republic has entered four athletes 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.[19] Meanwhile, Lubomír Jančařík, Dimitrij Prokopcov, and Hana Matelová granted their wildcard invitations from ITTF to compete in each of their respective singles events as one of the next seven highest-ranked eligible players, not yet qualified, on the Olympic Ranking List.

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
Lubomír Jančařík Men's singles
Dimitrij Prokopcov
Hana Matelová Women's singles
Iveta Vacenovská

Triathlon

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The Czech Republic has entered one triathlete to compete at the Games. Two-time Olympian Vendula Frintová was ranked among the top 40 eligible triathletes in the women's event based on the ITU Olympic Qualification List as of May 15, 2016.[20]

Athlete Event Swim (1.5 km) Trans 1 Bike (40 km) Trans 2 Run (10 km) Total Time Rank
Vendula Frintová Women's

Weightlifting

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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.[21] 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

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