Summary
The Czech Republic competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's sixth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics after splitting from the former Czechoslovakia. The Czech team consisted of 105 athletes, 63 men and 42 women, across twenty sports.[2]
| Czech Republic at the 2016 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | CZE |
| NOC | Czech Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Rio de Janeiro | |
| Competitors | 105 in 20 sports |
| Flag bearers | Lukáš Krpálek (opening)[1] Josef Dostál (closing) |
| Medals Ranked 43rd |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
 Bohemia (1900–1912) Czechoslovakia (1924–1992) | |
Czech Republic returned home from Rio de Janeiro with a total of 10 medals (1 gold, 2 silver, and 7 bronze), marking the country's second-most successful Olympics, behind tallies of 11 achieved at Atlanta 1996 and London 2012.[3][4] Three of the medals were awarded to the Czech squad in canoeing and tennis, while the rest to the competitors in judo, track and field, mountain biking, and rowing.
Among the medalists were 2014 world judo champion Lukáš Krpálek, who captured the country's only gold medal in the men's half-heavyweight division (100 kg), and rower Ondřej Synek, who managed to add a bronze to his Olympic career treasury of two silvers in the men's single sculls.[5] Flatwater canoeist and two-time world champion Josef Dostál contributed two of the country's medals, picking up a silver in the K-1 1000 m, and a bronze as a member of the Czech crew in the kayak four, his second consecutive medal in that event.[6] Despite witnessing her three-peat bid come to an end with a bronze at the Games, double Olympic champion Barbora Špotáková cemented her place in history as the first woman to score three medals in the javelin throw.[7] Mountain biker Jaroslav Kulhavý closed out the nation's Olympic campaign by taking home the silver medal in the men's cross-country race, losing his title defense to Switzerland's Nino Schurter.[2]
Medalists edit
The following Czech competitors won medals at the Games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.
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Competitors edit
Czech Olympic Committee fielded a roster of 105 athletes, 63 men and 42 women, to compete across twenty sports at these Games; it was the nation's smallest delegation sent to the Olympics since the breakup of the former Czechoslovakia.[2][8] Moreover, Czech Republic did not send teams in any of the collective sports for the first time in the nation's Olympic history.
Of the 105 participants, sixty of them attended at least a single Olympiad, with the rest making their debut in Rio de Janeiro. Track and field accounted for the largest number of athletes on the team with 25 entries. Golf, artistic gymnastics, triathlon, weightlifting, and wrestling all had a single competitor.
Thirteen of the nation's past Olympic medalists returned, including four defending champions from London 2012: javelin thrower Barbora Špotáková, modern pentathlete David Svoboda, single sculls rower Miroslava Knapková, and mountain biker Jaroslav Kulhavý.[2] 2008 trap shooting champion David Kostelecký, synchronized swimmer Soňa Bernardová, and former cross-country skier Kateřina Nash in mountain biking headed the full roster of Czech athletes by participating in their fifth Olympics as the most experienced competitors. They were followed by Knapková, Špotakova, Kulhavý, long-distance and open water swimmer Jana Pechanová, double rowing medalist Ondřej Synek in the men's single sculls, and high jumper and 2004 bronze medalist Jaroslav Bába, all of whom vied for their fourth straight Games.
Other notable athletes on the Czech roster included reigning silver medalists Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká in the women's tennis doubles, 2012 bronze medalist and double world champion Zuzana Hejnová in the women's 400 m hurdles, and 2014 world judo champion Lukáš Krpálek, who was selected to be the country's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.[1][9]
Rifle shooting rookie Filip Nepejchal and freestyle swimming teen Barbora Seemanová, both of whom competing under 18, were Czech Republic's youngest competitors, with Kostelecký rounding out the field as the oldest member (aged 41). Double canoeing champion Martin Doktor served as the team's chef de mission for the Games.[2]
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The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:
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Athletics edit
Czech athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):[10][11]
- 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
Track & road events edit
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Lukáš Gdula | 50 km walk | — | DSQ | ||||
| Jakub Holuša | 1500 m | 3:38.31 | 1 Q | 3:40.83 | 9 | did not advance | |
| Pavel Maslák | 400 m | 45.54 | 5 q | 45.06 | 3 | did not advance | |
| Petr Svoboda | 110 m hurdles | 13.65 | 6 q | 13.67 | 8 | did not advance | |
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Anežka Drahotová | 20 km walk | — | 1:30:43 | 10 | |||
| Zuzana Hejnová | 400 m hurdles | 55.54 | 2 Q | 54.55 | 1 Q | 53.92 | 4 |
| Denisa Rosolová | 56.36 | 4 q | 57.39 | 8 | did not advance | ||
| Eva Vrabcová-Nývltová | Marathon | — | 2:33.51 | 26 | |||
Field events edit
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||||
| Jaroslav Bába | High jump | 2.26 | =12 q | 2.20 | 14 | ||
| Michal Balner | Pole vault | 5.60 | =10 q | 5.50 | =7 | ||
| Petr Frydrych | Javelin throw | 83.60 | 5 Q | 79.12 | 12 | ||
| Radek Juška | Long jump | 7.84 | 13 | did not advance | |||
| Jan Kudlička | Pole vault | 5.70 | =7 q | 5.75 | =4 | ||
| Lukáš Melich | Hammer throw | 73.14 | 15 | did not advance | |||
| Tomáš Staněk | Shot put | 19.76 | 20 | did not advance | |||
| Jakub Vadlejch | Javelin throw | 83.27 | 7 Q | 82.42 | 8 | ||
| Vítězslav Veselý | 82.85 | 10 q | 82.51 | 7 | |||
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||||
| Michaela Hrubá | High jump | 1.92 | 18 | did not advance | |||
| Romana Maláčová | Pole vault | 4.30 | =24 | did not advance | |||
| Kateřina Šafránková | Hammer throw | 68.33 | 17 | did not advance | |||
| Barbora Špotáková | Javelin throw | 64.65 | 2 Q | 64.80 | 
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| Jiřina Svobodová | Pole vault | 4.45 | =19 | did not advance | |||
Combined events edit
| Athlete | Event | 100 m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400 m | 110H | DT | PV | JT | 1500 m | Final | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Helcelet | Result | 11.06 | 7.35 | 15.11 | 2.04 | 49.51 | 14.37 | 44.13 | 4.70 | 68.20 | 4:34.41 | 8291 | 12 |
| Points | 847 | 898 | 796 | 840 | 837 | 927 | 749 | 819 | 862 | 716 | |||
| Jiří Sýkora | Result | 11.15 | 7.00 | 13.45 | 1.98 | 49.88 | 15.02 | 44.49 | NM | 56.99 | DNF | 6237 | 25 |
| Points | 827 | 814 | 695 | 785 | 820 | 847 | 756 | 0 | 693 | 0 |
| Athlete | Event | 100H | HJ | SP | 200 m | LJ | JT | 800 m | Final | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kateřina Cachová | Result | 13.19 | 1.77 | 12.38 | 24.32 | 5.91 | 37.77 | 2:18.95 | 5958 | 24 |
| Points | 1096 | 941 | 686 | 950 | 822 | 625 | 838 | |||
| Eliška Klučinová | Result | 14.07 | 1.80 | 14.41 | 25.37 | 6.08 | 46.73 | 2:22.81 | 6077 | 22 |
| Points | 968 | 978 | 821 | 853 | 874 | 797 | 786 |
Badminton edit
The 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.[12]
| Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Elimination | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |||
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| Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | ||
| Petr Koukal | Men's singles |  Ouseph (GBR)L (14–21, 18–21) |
 Sasaki (JPN)L (10–21, 21–16, 12–21) |
3 | did not advance | ||||
| Kristína Gavnholt | Women's singles | Yamaguchi (JPN) L (22–20, 12–21, 15–21) |
 Tee J Y (MAS)L (20–22, 21–15) |
3 | did not advance | ||||
Canoeing edit
Slalom edit
Czech canoeists have qualified a maximum of one boat in each of the following classes through the 2015 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships.[13] The roster of Czech slalom canoeists will be announced on 15 May 2016 as a result of their top performances at three selection meets of the Olympic Trials: two domestic races in Veltrusy ( 16 to 17 April) and Prague ( 23 to 24 April) and the European Championships ( 13 to 15 May) in Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia.[14][15]
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Semifinal | Final | |||||||
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| Run 1 | Rank | Run 2 | Rank | Best | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Vítězslav Gebas | Men's C-1 | 109.92 | 14 | 102.78 | 12 | 102.78 | 14 Q | 98.77 | 5 Q | 97.57 | 4 |
| Jonáš Kašpar Marek Šindler |
Men's C-2 | 106.32 | 6 | 103.43 | 2 | 103.43 | 4 Q | 108.09 | 2 Q | 108.35 | 8 |
| Jiří Prskavec | Men's K-1 | 88.71 | 3 | 101.18 | 17 | 88.71 | 7 Q | 90.62 | 2 Q | 88.99 |
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| Kateřina Kudějová | Women's K-1 | 102.06 | 3 | 106.10 | 8 | 102.06 | 5 Q | 103.78 | 4 Q | 108.76 | 10 |
Sprint edit
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.[16] 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.
The sprint canoeing team, led by London 2012 bronze medalist Josef Dostál in the men's kayak four, was named to the Olympic roster on 7 June 2016.[17]
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Semifinals | Final | |||
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| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Josef Dostál | K-1 1000 m | 3:35.342 | 1 Q | 3:36.384 | 4 FA | 3:32.145 | 
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| Martin Fuksa | C-1 200 m | 40.311 | 3 Q | 40.311 | 4 FB | 39.760 | 9 |
| C-1 1000 m | 4:01.492 | 2 Q | 4:01.793 | 1 FA | 4:03.322 | 5 | |
| Filip Šváb | K-1 200 m | 35.567 | 7 | did not advance | |||
| Filip Dvořák Jaroslav Radoň |
C-2 1000 m | 3:36.818 | 4 Q | 3:42.166 | 2 FA | 3:49.352 | 7 |
| Daniel Havel Jan Štěrba |
K-2 1000 m | 3:53.907 | 6 Q | 3:21.569 | 4 FB | 3:25.966 | 12 |
| Josef Dostál Daniel Havel Jan Štěrba Lukáš Trefil |
K-4 1000 m | 2:52.027 | 1 FA | Bye | 3:05.176 |
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Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)
Cycling edit
Road edit
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.[18] The men's road cycling team was named to the Olympic roster on 23 June 2016.[19]
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan Bárta | Men's road race | did not finish | |
| Men's time trial | 1:15:56.91 | 15 | |
| Leopold König | Men's road race | did not finish | |
| Men's time trial | 1:15:23.64 | 11 | |
| Zdeněk Štybar | Men's road race | did not finish | |
| Petr Vakoč | Men's road race | 6:30:05 | 58 |
Track edit
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 did manage 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 | 9.969 72.223 |
14 Q |  Bauge (FRA)L |
 Constable (AUS) Zieliński (POL)L |
did not advance | |||||
- Keirin
| Athlete | Event | 1st Round | Repechage | 2nd Round | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Rank | Rank | Rank | ||
| Pavel Kelemen | Men's keirin | 6 R | 4 | did not advance | |
Mountain biking edit
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 25 May 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. The mountain biking team, highlighted by reigning Olympic men's cross-country champion Jaroslav Kulhavý, was announced on 24 May 2016.[20]
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ondřej Cink | Men's cross-country | 1:38:18 | 14 |
| Jaroslav Kulhavý | 1:34:18 |
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| Jan Škarnitzl | 1:41:11 | 22 | |
| Kateřina Nash | Women's cross-country | 1:32:25 | 5 |
Fencing edit
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.[21] Meanwhile, Jiří 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 |  Schwantes (BRA)L 6–8 |
did not advance | |||||
| Alexander Choupenitch | Men's foil | Bye |  Abouelkassem (EGY)L 8–15 |
did not advance | ||||
Golf edit
Czech Republic has entered one golfer into the Olympic tournament. Klára Spilková (world no. 279) qualified directly among the top 60 eligible players for the women's event based on the IGF World Rankings as of 11 July 2016.[22]
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Score | Score | Score | Score | Par | Rank | ||
| Klára Spilková | Women's | 77 | 73 | 71 | 74 | 295 | +11 | =48 |
Gymnastics edit
Artistic edit
The Czech Republic has entered one artistic gymnast into the Olympic competition. David Jessen, son of 1988 Olympian Hana Říčná, claimed his Olympic spot in the men's apparatus and all-around events at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.[23]
- 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 | Individual | 12.233 | 12.166 | 13.336 | 14.500 | 13.100 | 14.316 | 79.681 | 47 | did not advance | |||||||
Judo edit
The 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 30 May 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 outside of direct qualifying position.[24][25]
| 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 | Bye |  Mogopa (BOT)W 110–000 |
Takato (JPN) L 000–100 |
did not advance | ||||
| Jaromír Ježek | Men's −73 kg |  Estrada (CUB)L 002–010 |
did not advance | ||||||
| Lukáš Krpálek | Men's −100 kg | Bye |  Fonseca (POR)W 010–001 |
 Rakov (KAZ)W 000–000 S |
Haga (JPN) W 000–000 S |
Maret (FRA) W 100–000 |
Bye |  Gasimov (AZE)W 100–000 |
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Modern pentathlon edit
Czech athletes have qualified for the following spots to compete in modern pentathlon. Defending Olympic champion David Svoboda and rookie 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.[26] Meanwhile, Barbora Kodedová granted an invitation from UIPM to compete in the women's event, as one of the next highest-ranked eligible modern pentathletes, not yet qualified, in the World Rankings as of 1 June 2016.[27]
| 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 | |||||||||
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| RR | BR | Rank | MP points | Time | Rank | MP points | Penalties | Rank | MP points | Time | Rank | MP Points | ||||
| Jan Kuf | Men's | 19–16 | 1 | 15 | 215 | 2:05.84 | 26 | 323 | EL | =33 | 0 | 12:15.62 | 34 | 565 | 1103 | 36 |
| David Svoboda | 21–14 | 0 | 7 | 226 | 2:05.59 | 23 | 324 | 18 | 19 | 282 | 11:20.92 | 10 | 620 | 1452 | 9 | |
| Barbora Kodedová | Women's | 20–15 | 0 | 10 | 220 | 2:24.70 | 34 | 266 | 51 | 28 | 249 | 13:25.36 | 29 | 495 | 1230 | 26 |
Rowing edit
The Czech Republic has qualified a total of five boats for each of the following rowing classes into the Olympic regatta. Three rowing crews 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 | |||||
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| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Ondřej Synek | Single sculls | 7:21.90 | 1 QF | Bye | 6:50.51 | 2 SA/B | 6:58.56 | 1 FA | 6:44.10 |
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| Lukáš Helešic Jakub Podrazil |
Pair | 6:42.71 | 3 SA/B | Bye | — | 6:32.85 | 6 FB | 7:00.04 | 7 | ||
| Jiří Kopáč Jan Vetešník Ondřej Vetešník Miroslav Vraštil Jr. |
Lightweight four | 6:39.95 | 5 R | 6:04.30 | 3 SA/B | — | 6:33.43 | 6 FB | 6:43.52 | 12 | |
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Miroslava Knapková | Single sculls | 8:28.90 | 2 QF | Bye | 7:37.04 | 2 SA/B | 7:47.53 | 4 FB | 7:22.86 | 7 | |
| Lenka Antošová Kristýna Fleissnerová |
Double sculls | 7:35.85 | 4 R | 7:03.68 | 3 SA/B | — | 7:03.79 | 6 FB | 7:43.77 | 10 | |
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 edit
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.[28]
| Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | M* | ||||
| Karel Lavický | Men's RS:X | 26 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 26 | 24 | DNF | 29 | DNF | 25 | 31 | EL | 324 | 31 | |
| Viktor Teplý | Men's Laser | 29 | 18 | 30 | 19 | 13 | 23 | 29 | 29 | 32 | — | EL | 222 | 28 | ||
| Veronika Fenclová | Women's Laser Radial | 11 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 17 | 19 | — | EL | 113 | 12 | ||
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race
Shooting edit
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 31 March 2016.[29]
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| David Kostelecký | Men's trap | 118 | 5 Q | 13 | 3 q | 9 | 4 |
| Filip Nepejchal | Men's 10 m air rifle | 619.9 | 35 | — | did not advance | ||
| Men's 50 m rifle prone | 620.5 | 33 | — | did not advance | |||
| Men's 50 m rifle 3 positions | 1169 | 21 | — | did not advance | |||
| Adéla Bruns | Women's 10 m air rifle | 411.8 | 32 | — | did not advance | ||
| Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions | 582 | 8 Q | — | 404.3 | 7 | ||
| Libuše Jahodová | Women's skeet | 58 | 20 | did not advance | |||
| Nikola Mazurová | Women's 10 m air rifle | 414.4 | 18 | — | did not advance | ||
| Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions | 575 | 25 | — | did not advance | |||
Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)
Swimming edit
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)):[30][31]
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Pavel Janeček | 400 m individual medley | 4:22.09 | 24 | did not advance | |
| Jan Micka | 400 m freestyle | 3:49.97 | 29 | did not advance | |
| 1500 m freestyle | 14:58.69 | 12 | did not advance | ||
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Simona Baumrtová | 100 m backstroke | 1:01.08 | 17 | did not advance | |||
| 200 m backstroke | 2:13.26 | 23 | did not advance | ||||
| 200 m individual medley | 2:17.21 | 36 | did not advance | ||||
| Martina Moravčíková | 100 m breaststroke | 1:08.50 | 26 | did not advance | |||
| 200 m breaststroke | 2:27.51 | 18 | did not advance | ||||
| Jana Pechanová | 10 km open water | — | 1:59:07.7 | 19 | |||
| Barbora Seemanová | 200 m freestyle | 2:00.26 | 31 | did not advance | |||
| Lucie Svěcená | 100 m butterfly | 59.45 | 27 | did not advance | |||
| Barbora Závadová | 200 m individual medley | 2:14.45 | 21 | did not advance | |||
| 400 m individual medley | 4:38.53 | 14 | — | did not advance | |||
| Simona Baumrtová Martina Moravčíková Barbora Seemanová Lucie Svěcená |
4 × 100 m medley relay | DSQ | — | did not advance | |||
Synchronized swimming edit
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.[32][33]
| 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 | 80.0640 | 18 | 80.5333 | 160.5973 | 18 | did not advance | ||
Table tennis edit
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.[34] Meanwhile, Lubomír Jančařík, Dmitrij Prokopcov, and Hana Matelová granted their 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 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round of 16 | 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 | Bye |  Kenjaev (UZB)L 2–4 |
did not advance | ||||||
| Dmitrij Prokopcov | Bye |  Toriola (NGR)L 2–4 |
did not advance | |||||||
| Hana Matelová | Women's singles | Bye |  Zhang (CAN)L 3–4 |
did not advance | ||||||
| Iveta Vacenovská | Bye |  Ruano (COL)W 4–0 |
 Bilenko (UKR)L 0–4 |
did not advance | ||||||
Tennis edit
The Czech Republic has entered eight tennis players (two men and six women) into the Olympic tournament. Tomáš Berdych (world no. 8) and Jiří Veselý (world no. 67) qualified directly for the men's singles as two of the top 56 eligible players in the ATP World Rankings, while Petra Kvitová (world no. 11), Karolína Plíšková (world no. 17), Lucie Šafářová (world no. 29), and Barbora Strýcová (world no. 30) did so for the women's singles based on their WTA World Rankings as of 6 June 2016.
Having been directly entered to the singles, Berdych and Veselý also opted to play with their partners Radek Štěpánek and Lukáš Rosol, respectively, in the men's doubles. Meanwhile, reigning silver medalists Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká teamed up together for their second Olympic stint in the women's doubles by virtue of the latter's top-10 WTA ranking.[35][36]
On 16 July 2016, Berdych and Plíšková announced that both of them withdrew from the Games due to personal and family concerns on Zika virus. Instead, Rosol (world no. 71) took over Berdych's place in the men's singles and doubles.[37] On 27 July 2016, Veselý joined them as one of the Czech tennis players to be pulled out from the Games, citing chest pains.[38]
- 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 | ||
| Lukáš Rosol | Singles | Paire (FRA) L 6–3, 3–6, 4–6 |
did not advance | |||||
| Lukáš Rosol Radek Štěpánek |
Doubles | — |  Ferrer / Bautista Agut (ESP) L 1–6, 4–6 |
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 | ||
| Lucie Hradecká | Singles |  Wozniacki (DEN)L 2–6, 2–6 |
did not advance | |||||
| Petra Kvitová |  Babos (HUN)W 6–1, 6–2 |
Wozniacki (DEN) W 6–2, 6–4 |
 Makarova (RUS)W 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
Svitolina (UKR) W 6–2, 6–0 |
 Puig (PUR)L 4–6, 6–1, 3–6 |
 Keys (USA)W 7–5, 2–6, 6–2 |
| |
| Lucie Šafářová |  Knapp (ITA)W 4–6, 6–1, 6–1 |
 Flipkens (BEL)L 2–6, ret |
did not advance | |||||
| Barbora Strýcová | Wickmayer (BEL) W 7–6(8–6), 6–1 |
Errani (ITA) L 2–6, 2–6 |
did not advance | |||||
| Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká |
Doubles | — | Savchuk / Svitolina (UKR) W 7–6(7–1), 1–6, 6–4 |
 Peng S / Zhang S (CHN) W 6–4, 6–4 |
Kasatkina / Kuznetsova (RUS) W 6–1, 4–6, 7–5 |
 Bacsinszky / Hingis (SUI) L 7–5, 6–7(3–7), 2–6 |
Šafářová / Strýcová (CZE) L 5–7, 1–6 |
4 |
| Lucie Šafářová Barbora Strýcová |
— | S Williams / V Williams (USA) W 6–3, 6–4 |
Bourchard / Dabrowski (CAN) W 6–7(4–7), 6–2, 6–4 |
Errani / Vinci (ITA) W 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
Makarova / Vesnina (RUS) L 6–7(7–9), 4–6 |
Hlaváčková / Hradecká (CZE) W 7–5, 6–1 |
| |
- Mixed
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | ||
| Lucie Hradecká Radek Štěpánek |
Doubles | Muguruza / Nadal (ESP) W WO |
 Begu / Tecău (ROU) W 6–4, 7–5 |
Mattek-Sands / Sock (USA) L 4–6, 6–7(3–6) |
 Mirza / Bopanna (IND) W 6–1, 7–5 |
|
Triathlon edit
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 15 May 2016.[39]
| Athlete | Event | Swim (1.5 km) | Trans 1 | Bike (40 km) | Trans 2 | Run (10 km) | Total Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vendula Frintová | Women's | 19:21 | 0:56 | 1:04:27 | 0:36 | 36:29 | 2:01:49 | 27 |
Volleyball edit
Beach edit
The Czech Republic women's beach volleyball team qualified directly for the Olympics by virtue of their top two national finish at the 2016 FIVB Continental Cup in Sochi, Russia. The place was awarded to London 2012 Olympian Markéta Sluková and her rookie partner Barbora Hermannová.[40]
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary round | Standing | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | ||||
| Barbora Hermannová Markéta Sluková |
Women's | Pool B Bednarczuk – Seixas (BRA) L 1 – 2 (21–19, 17–21, 11–15) Baquerizo – Fernández (ESP)L 0 – 2 (15–21, 19–21)  Gallay – Klug (ARG)W 2 – 1 (13–21, 21–19, 15–8) Lucky Losers Birlova – Ukolova (RUS)L 1 – 2 (19–21, 21–12, 10–15) |
3 | did not advance | ||||
Weightlifting edit
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.[41] The team must allocate this place by 20 June 2016.
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
| Jiří Orság | Men's +105 kg | 185 | 14 | 240 | =6 | 425 | 8 |
Wrestling edit
The Czech Republic has received a spare host berth freed up by Brazil as the next highest-ranked eligible nation, not yet qualified, to send a wrestler competing in the women's freestyle 63 kg to the Olympics, based on the results from the World Championships.[42][43]
- VT – Victory by Fall.
- PP – Decision by Points – the loser with technical points.
- PO – Decision by Points – the loser without technical points.
- ST – Technical superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
- Women's freestyle
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
| Adéla Hanzlíčková | −63 kg | Bye |  Johansson (SWE)L 0–4 ST |
did not advance | 20 | ||||
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External links edit
- Czech Olympic Team – Rio 2016 Olympic Coverage (in Czech)
- Czech Republic at the 2016 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics (archived)