Czechoslovakia at the 1964 Summer Olympics

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Czechoslovakia at the Olympic Games
Flag of Czechoslovakia
IOC code: TCH
1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo
Competitors	107
Medals	Gold 5	Silver 6	Bronze 3	Total 14
Summer Olympic Games appearances
1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992
Winter Olympic Games appearances
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 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Most successful competitor was Věra Čáslavská (one of only 9 women in crew) with 4 gold medals - 3 individual, 1 team. Other big surprises were gold medals performances of bicycle racer Jiří Daler and weightlifter Hans Zadražila, who break world record during his performance. Medal hopes of world record holder athlete Jiří Daněk were fulfilled with little disappointment bronze medal.

1 Medals
2 References

[edit] Medals

[edit] Gold

Gymnastics - Women's Individual all-around, Věra Čáslavská
Gymnastics - Women's Vault, Věra Čáslavská
Gymnastics - Women's Balance beam, Věra Čáslavská
Cycling - Men's Individual pursuit Jiří Daler
Weightlifting - Men's 75 kg Hans Zdražila

[edit] Silver

Athletics - Men's 1500 metres, Josef Odložil
Athletics - Men's Discus throw, Ludvík Daněk
Football - Men's tournament
Gymnastics - Women's Team competition
Volleyball - Men's Team competition: Vaclav Smidl, Josef Sorm, Zdenek Humhal, Josef Labuda, Josef Musil, Petr Kop, Milan Cuda, Karel Paulus, Bohumil Golian, Boris Perusic, Pavel Schenk and Ladislav Toman
Wrestling - Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight, Jiří Komarník