Czech Republic at the Olympics

Summary

The Czech Republic first participated at the Olympic Games as an independent nation in 1994, and has competed in every Summer Olympic Games and Winter Olympic Games since then. Prior to the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993, Czech athletes had competed at the Olympics from 1920 to 1992 as Czechoslovakia and from 1900 to 1912 as Bohemia.

Czech Republic at the
Olympics
IOC codeCZE
NOCCzech Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympic.cz (in Czech and English)
Medals
Ranked 38th
Gold
29
Silver
33
Bronze
39
Total
101
Summer appearances
Winter appearances
Other related appearances
 Bohemia (1900–1912)
 Czechoslovakia (1924–1992)

Athletes from the Czech Republic have won a total of 67 medals at the Summer Games, with canoeing, athletics and shooting as the top medal-producing sports. The nation has also won 34 medals at the Winter Games, mostly in cross-country skiing, speed skating, and ultimately popular ice hockey. In terms of medal count, the most decorated Czech Olympian in the post-Czechoslovak period is speed skater Martina Sáblíková (7 medals between 2010 and 2022).

The National Olympic Committee for the Czech Republic is the Czech Olympic Committee, which was founded in 1899 and recognized in its current form by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1993. In November 2022, the Czech Olympic Committee requested that the name Czechia should be used in the IOC database.[1]


Participation edit

Timeline of participation edit

Date Team
1896 as part of   Hungary
1900–1912 as   Bohemia (BOH)
1920–1992   Czechoslovakia (TCH)
1994–   Czech Republic (CZE)   Slovakia (SVK)

Medal tables edit

List of medalists edit

Summer Games edit

Medal Name Games Sport Event
  Gold Jan Železný 1996 Atlanta   Athletics Men's javelin throw
  Gold Martin Doktor 1996 Atlanta   Canoeing Men's C-1 1000 metres
  Gold Martin Doktor 1996 Atlanta   Canoeing Men's C-1 500 metres
  Gold Štěpánka Hilgertová 1996 Atlanta   Canoeing Women's slalom K-1
  Silver Lukáš Pollert 1996 Atlanta   Canoeing Men's slalom C-1
  Silver Jiří Rohan
Miroslav Šimek
1996 Atlanta   Canoeing Men's slalom C-2
  Silver Jana Novotná
Helena Suková
1996 Atlanta   Tennis Women's doubles
  Bronze Tomáš Dvořák 1996 Atlanta   Athletics Men's decathlon
  Bronze Šárka Kašpárková 1996 Atlanta   Athletics Women's triple jump
  Bronze Miroslav Januš 1996 Atlanta   Shooting Men's 10 metre running target
  Bronze Jana Novotná 1996 Atlanta   Tennis Women's singles
  Gold Jan Železný 2000 Sydney   Athletics Men's javelin throw
  Gold Štěpánka Hilgertová 2000 Sydney   Canoeing Women's slalom K-1
  Silver Roman Šebrle 2000 Sydney   Athletics Men's decathlon
  Silver Rudolf Kraj 2000 Sydney   Boxing Men's light heavyweight
  Silver Petr Málek 2000 Sydney   Shooting Men's skeet
  Bronze Marek Jiras
Tomáš Máder
2000 Sydney   Canoeing Men's slalom C-2
  Bronze Martin Tenk 2000 Sydney   Shooting Men's 50 metre pistol
  Bronze Jan Řehula 2000 Sydney   Triathlon Men's competition
  Gold Roman Šebrle 2004 Athens   Athletics Men's decathlon
  Silver David Kopřiva
Tomáš Karas
Jakub Hanák
David Jirka
2004 Athens   Rowing Men's quadruple sculls
  Silver Lenka Šmídová 2004 Athens   Sailing Women's Europe class
  Silver Lenka Hyková 2004 Athens   Shooting Women's 25 m pistol
  Bronze Jaroslav Bába 2004 Athens   Athletics Men's high jump
  Bronze Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová 2004 Athens   Athletics Women's Discus Throw
  Bronze Ondřej Štěpánek
Jaroslav Volf
2004 Athens   Canoeing Men's slalom C-2
  Bronze Libor Capalini 2004 Athens   Modern pentathlon Men's competition
  Bronze Kateřina Kůrková 2004 Athens   Shooting Women's 10 m air rifle
  Gold Barbora Špotáková 2008 Beijing   Athletics Women's javelin throw
  Gold David Kostelecký 2008 Beijing   Shooting Men's trap
  Gold Kateřina Emmons 2008 Beijing   Shooting Women's 10 metre air rifle
  Silver Ondřej Štěpánek
Jaroslav Volf
2008 Beijing   Canoeing Men's slalom C-2
  Silver Kateřina Emmons 2008 Beijing   Shooting Women's 50 metre rifle three positions
  Silver Ondřej Synek 2008 Beijing   Rowing Men's single sculls
  Bronze Marek Švec 2008 Beijing   Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg
  Gold Barbora Špotáková 2012 London   Athletics Women's javelin throw
  Gold Jaroslav Kulhavý 2012 London   Cycling Men's cross-country
  Gold David Svoboda 2012 London   Modern pentathlon Men's
  Gold Miroslava Knapková 2012 London   Rowing Women's single sculls
  Silver Vavřinec Hradilek 2012 London   Canoeing Men's slalom K-1
  Silver Ondřej Synek 2012 London   Rowing Men's single sculls
  Silver Andrea Hlaváčková
Lucie Hradecká
2012 London   Tennis Women's doubles
  Silver Zuzana Hejnová 2012 London   Athletics Women's 400 m hurdles
  Bronze Josef Dostál
Daniel Havel
Jan Štěrba
Lukáš Trefil
2012 London   Canoeing Men's K-4 1000 m
  Bronze Adéla Sýkorová 2012 London   Shooting Women's 50 m rifle three positions
  Bronze Vítězslav Veselý 2012 London   Athletics Men's javelin throw
  Gold Lukáš Krpálek 2016 Rio de Janeiro   Judo Men's 100 kg
  Silver Josef Dostál 2016 Rio de Janeiro   Canoeing Men's K-1 1000 m
  Silver Jaroslav Kulhavý 2016 Rio de Janeiro   Cycling Men's cross-country
  Bronze Jiří Prskavec 2016 Rio de Janeiro   Canoeing Men's slalom K-1
  Bronze Ondřej Synek 2016 Rio de Janeiro   Rowing Men's single sculls
  Bronze Petra Kvitová 2016 Rio de Janeiro   Tennis Women's singles
  Bronze Lucie Šafářová
Barbora Strýcová
2016 Rio de Janeiro   Tennis Women's doubles
  Bronze Lucie Hradecká
Radek Štěpánek
2016 Rio de Janeiro   Tennis Mixed doubles
  Bronze Barbora Špotáková 2016 Rio de Janeiro   Athletics Women's javelin throw
  Bronze Josef Dostál
Daniel Havel
Jan Štěrba
Lukáš Trefil
2016 Rio de Janeiro   Canoeing Men's K-4 1000 m
  Gold Jiří Lipták 2020 Tokyo   Shooting Men's trap
  Gold Lukáš Krpálek 2020 Tokyo   Judo Men's 100 kg
  Gold Jiří Prskavec 2020 Tokyo   Canoeing Men's K-1 slalom
  Gold Barbora Krejčíková
Kateřina Siniaková
2020 Tokyo   Tennis Women's doubles
  Silver David Kostelecký 2020 Tokyo   Shooting Men's trap
  Silver Lukáš Rohan 2020 Tokyo   Canoeing Men's C-1 slalom
  Silver Markéta Vondroušová 2020 Tokyo   Tennis Women's singles
  Silver Jakub Vadlejch 2020 Tokyo   Athletics Men's javelin throw
  Bronze Alexander Choupenitch 2020 Tokyo   Fencing Men's foil
  Bronze Josef Dostál
Radek Šlouf
2020 Tokyo   Canoeing K-2 1000 metres
  Bronze Vítězslav Veselý 2020 Tokyo   Athletics Men's javelin throw

Winter Games edit

Medal Name Games Sport Event
  Gold Ice hockey team
Josef Beránek
Jan Čaloun
Roman Čechmánek
Jiří Dopita
Roman Hamrlík
Dominik Hašek
Milan Hejduk
Milan Hnilička
Jaromír Jágr
František Kučera
Robert Lang
David Moravec
Pavel Patera
Libor Procházka
Martin Procházka
Robert Reichel
Martin Ručinský
Vladimír Růžička
Jiří Šlégr
Richard Šmehlík
Jaroslav Špaček
Martin Straka
Petr Svoboda
1998 Nagano   Ice hockey Men's competition
  Silver Kateřina Neumannová 1998 Nagano   Cross-country skiing Women's 5 km
  Bronze Kateřina Neumannová 1998 Nagano   Cross-country skiing Women's pursuit
  Gold Aleš Valenta 2002 Salt Lake City   Freestyle skiing Men's aerials
  Silver Kateřina Neumannová 2002 Salt Lake City   Cross-country skiing Women's 15 km
  Silver Kateřina Neumannová 2002 Salt Lake City   Cross-country skiing Women's pursuit
  Gold Kateřina Neumannová 2006 Turin   Cross-country skiing Women's 30 km
  Silver Kateřina Neumannová 2006 Turin   Cross-country skiing Women's pursuit
  Silver Lukáš Bauer 2006 Turin   Cross-country skiing Men's 15 km
  Bronze Ice hockey team
Jan Bulis
Petr Čajánek
Patrik Eliáš
Martin Erat
Dominik Hašek
Milan Hejduk
Aleš Hemský
Milan Hnilička
Jaromír Jágr
František Kaberle
Tomáš Kaberle
Aleš Kotalík
Filip Kuba
Pavel Kubina
Robert Lang
Marek Malík
Rostislav Olesz
Václav Prospal
Martin Ručinský
Dušan Salfický
Jaroslav Špaček
Martin Straka
Tomáš Vokoun
David Výborný
Marek Židlický
2006 Turin   Ice hockey Men's competition
  Gold Martina Sáblíková 2010 Vancouver   Speed skating Women's 3000 metres
  Gold Martina Sáblíková 2010 Vancouver   Speed skating Women's 5000 metres
  Bronze Šárka Záhrobská 2010 Vancouver   Alpine skiing Women's slalom
  Bronze Lukáš Bauer 2010 Vancouver   Cross-country skiing Men's 15 kilometre freestyle
  Bronze Martin Jakš
Lukáš Bauer
Jiří Magál
Martin Koukal
2010 Vancouver   Cross-country skiing Men's 4 x 10 kilometre relay
  Bronze Martina Sáblíková 2010 Vancouver   Speed skating Women's 1500 metres
  Gold Eva Samková 2014 Sochi   Snowboarding Women's snowboard cross
  Gold Martina Sáblíková 2014 Sochi   Speed skating Women's 5000 metres
  Silver Ondřej Moravec 2014 Sochi   Biathlon Men's pursuit
  Silver Gabriela Soukalová 2014 Sochi   Biathlon Women's mass start
  Silver Veronika Vítková
Gabriela Soukalová
Jaroslav Soukup
Ondřej Moravec
2014 Sochi   Biathlon Mixed relay
  Silver Martina Sáblíková 2014 Sochi   Speed skating Women's 3000 metres
  Bronze Jaroslav Soukup 2014 Sochi   Biathlon Men's sprint
  Bronze Ondřej Moravec 2014 Sochi   Biathlon Men's mass start
  Bronze Eva Puskarčíková
Gabriela Soukalová
Jitka Landová
Veronika Vítková
2014 Sochi   Biathlon Women's relay
  Gold Ester Ledecká 2018 Pyeongchang   Alpine skiing Women's super-G
  Gold Ester Ledecká 2018 Pyeongchang   Snowboarding Women's parallel giant slalom
  Silver Michal Krčmář 2018 Pyeongchang   Biathlon Men's sprint
  Silver Martina Sáblíková 2018 Pyeongchang   Speed skating Women's 5000 metres
  Bronze Veronika Vítková 2018 Pyeongchang   Biathlon Women's sprint
  Bronze Karolína Erbanová 2018 Pyeongchang   Speed skating Women's 500 metres
  Bronze Eva Samková 2018 Pyeongchang   Snowboarding Women's snowboard cross
  Gold Ester Ledecká 2022 Beijing   Snowboarding Women's parallel giant slalom
  Bronze Martina Sáblíková 2022 Beijing   Speed skating Women's 5000 metres

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Lloyd, Owen (5 November 2022). "Czech Olympic Committee to request country's name changed by IOC to Czechia". Inside the Games. Retrieved 18 May 2023.

External links edit

  • "Czechia". International Olympic Committee.
  • "Czechia". Olympedia.com.
  • "Olympic Analytics/CZE". olympanalyt.com.