Czechoslovakia at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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Czechoslovakia at the Olympic Games

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IOC code:   TCH
1972 Summer Olympics in Munich
Medals Gold
2		 Silver
4		 Bronze
2		 Total
8
Summer Olympic Games appearances
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Winter Olympic Games appearances
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Czechoslovakia competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.

Contents

[edit] Medals

Czechoslovakia finished in 18th position in the final medal rankings, with two gold medals and eight medals overall.

[edit] Image:Med_1.png Gold

  • Vítězslav Mácha — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight

[edit] Image:Med_2.png Silver

  • Milena Duchková — Diving, Women's Platform
  • Ladislav Beneš, Frantisek Brina, Vladimír Haber, Vladimír Jarý, Jiří Kaván, Arnošt Klimčík, Jaroslav Konečný, František Králík, Jindřich Krepindl, Vincent Lafko, Andrej Lukošík, Pavel Mikeš, Petr Pospíšil, Ivan Satrapa, Zdeněk Škára, and Jaroslav Škarvan — Handball, Men's Team Competition
  • Vladimír Petříček, Pavel Svojanovský and Oldřich Svojanovský — Rowing, Men's Coxed Pairs
  • Ladislav Falta — Shooting, Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol

[edit] Image:Med_3.png Bronze

  • Vladimír Jánoš, Otakar Mareček, Karel Neffe, Vladimír Petříček and František Provazník — Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours


[edit] Results by event

[edit] Athletics

Men's 800 metres

  • Jozef Plachy
  • Heat — 1:47.1
  • Semifinals — 1:48.9 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres

  • Jozef Horcic
  • Heat — 3:45.7 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5000 metres

  • Josef Jansky
  • Heat — 13:39.8 (→ did not advance)
  • Dusan Moravcik
  • Heat — 13:40.4 (→ did not advance)

[edit] Handball

Czechoslovakia won a silver medal at the second Olympic handball tournament. In the first round, the team tied for second place in the points ranking after defeating Tunisia, tying Iceland, and losing to East Germany. Czechoslovakia won the tie-breaker over the Iceland team, which had also defeated Tunisia and lost to East Germany, and advanced to the second round. There, wins over Sweden and the Soviet Union put Czechoslovakia in another standings tie, this time in first place with East Germany. Again, the tie-breaker went to Czechoslovakia, giving the team the opportunity to play Yugoslavia, the winner of the other group, in the gold medal game. Yugoslavia won, 21-16, leaving Czechoslovakia with the silver.

Men's Team Competition:

  • Czechoslovakia - silver medal (3-2-1)

[edit] Rowing

Men's Single Sculls

  • Jaroslav Hellebrand
  • Heat — 7:58.15
  • Repechage — 8:19.28
  • Semi Finals — 8:44.60
  • B-Final — 8:11.04 (→ 12th place)

Men's Coxed Pairs

  • Oldřich Svojanovský, Pavel Svojanovský and Vladimír Petříček
  • Heat — 7:41.27
  • Semi Finals — 8:07.88
  • Final — 7:19.57 (→ Image:Med_2.png Silver Medal)


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