Czechoslovakia at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Czechoslovakia at the Olympic Games

Flag of CzechoslovakiaFlag bearers
IOC code   TCH
At the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble
Competitors 48 (41 men, 7 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer Jiří Raška (ski jumping)
Medals
Rank: 12
Gold
1
Silver
2
Bronze
1
Total
4
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Czechoslovakia competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.

Contents

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Raška, JiříJiří Raška Ski jumping Men's normal hill
 Silver Czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team
Vladimír Nadrchal   Oldřich Machač   Josef Černý
Vladimír Dzurilla   Jozef Golonka   František Ševčík
Josef Horešovský   Jan Hrbatý   Petr Hejma
Jan Suchý   Václav Nedomanský   Jiří Holík
Karel Masopust   Jan Havel   Jiří Kochta
František Pospíšil   Jaroslav Jiřík   Jan Klapáč
Ice hockey Men's competition
 Silver Raška, JiříJiří Raška Ski jumping Men's large hill
 Bronze Maskova, HanaHana Maskova Figure skating Women's singles

Alpine skiing

Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Jaroslav Janda Downhill 2:07.71 36
Milan Pažout 2:07.45 35
Jaroslav Janda Giant Slalom 1:52.20 41 1:52.07 33 3:44.27 34
Milan Pažout 1:48.98 29 1:51.34 29 3:40.32 27
Men's slalom
Athlete Heat 1 Heat 2 Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time 1 Rank Time 2 Rank Total Rank
Milan Pažout 55.96 1 QF 1:02.29 44 DSQ DSQ
Jaroslav Janda 53.20 2 QF 51.62 19 DSQ DSQ
Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Anna Mohrová Downhill 1:50.22 33
Anna Mohrová Giant Slalom DSQ
Anna Mohrová Slalom 46.23 23 49.73 16 1:35.96 18

Biathlon

Men
Event Athlete Time Penalties Adjusted time 1 Rank
20 km Ladislav Žižka 1'21:45.3 14 1'35:45.3 55
Pavel Ploc 1'18:05.0 5 1'23:05.0 15

1One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.

Cross-country skiing

Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
15 km Václav Peřina 51:06.6 27
Ján Fajstavr 50:46.5 23
Karel Štefl 50:15.4 14
30 km Vit Fousek DNF
Václav Peřina 1'40:58.0 24
Ján Fajstavr 1'40:05.1 22
Karel Štefl 1'39:25.7 18
50 km Václav Peřina DNF
Vít Fousek 2'45:09.8 39
Ján Fajstavr 2'39:25.3 28
Men's 4 x 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Ján Fajstavr
Vít Fousek
Václav Peřina
Karel Štefl
2'19:51.3 9

Figure skating

Men
Athlete CF FS Points Places Rank
Marian Filc 13 8 1734.2 97 10
Ondrej Nepala 5 10 1772.8 73 8
Women
Athlete CF FS Points Places Rank
Marie Vichova 20 16 1580.4 187 21
Hana Mašková 4 3 1828.8 31
Pairs
Athletes SP FS Points Places Rank
Liana Drahova
Peter Bartosiewicz
11 15 276.8 116 12
Bohunka Srámkova
Jan Srámek
10 10 285.8 91.5 10

Ice hockey

Medal Round

Rank Team Pld W L T GF GA Pts
1  Soviet Union 7 6 1 0 48 10 12
2  Czechoslovakia 7 5 1 1 33 17 11
3  Canada 7 5 2 0 28 15 10
4  Sweden 7 4 2 1 23 18 9
5  Finland 7 3 3 1 17 23 7
6  United States 7 2 4 1 23 28 5
7  West Germany 7 1 6 0 13 39 2
8  East Germany 7 0 7 0 13 48 0

Czechoslovakia – USA 5:1 (1:1, 2:0, 2:0)
Goalscorers: Suchý, Havel, Jiřík, Hejma, Jiří Holík – Volmar.
Referees: Dahlberg, Wiking (SWE)

Czechoslovakia – West Germany 5:1 (1:0, 2:0, 2:1)
Goalscorers: Hrbatý, Golonka, Havel, Hejma, Ševčík – Lax.
Referees: Kubinec, McEvoy (CAN)

Czechoslovakia – Finland 4:3 (0:1, 3:0, 1:2)
Goalscorers: Nedomanský 2, Golonka, Havel – Keinonen, Ketola, Oksanen.
Referees: Wiking (SWE), Snětkov (URS)

Czechoslovakia – East Germany 10:3 (5:2, 1:0, 4:1)
Goalscorers: Horešovský 4, Nedomanský 2, Jiřík, Suchý, Kochta, Ševčík – Karrenbauer, Novy, Peters.
Referees: Dahlberg (SWE), Sillankorva (FIN)

Czechoslovakia – Canada 2:3 (0:0, 0:3, 2:0)
Goalscorers: Havel, Nedomanský – Huck, Bourbonnais, Cadieux.
Referees: Trumble (USA), Sillankorva (FIN)

Czechoslovakia – USSR 5:4 (3:1, 1:1, 1:2)
Goalscorers: Ševčík, Hejma, Havel, Golonka, Jiřík – Majorov 2, Blinov, Populanov.
Referees: Trumble (USA), Dahlberg (SWE)

Czechoslovakia – Sweden 2:2 (1:1, 1:0, 0:1)
Goalscorers: Golonka, Hrbatý – Bengtsson, Henriksson.
Referees: Trumble (USA), Sillankorva (FIN)

Leading scorers/Awards

Rk Team GP G A Pts
5th Jozef Golonka 7 4 6 10
7th Jan Hrbatý 7 2 7 9
10th Václav Nedomanský 7 5 2 7

IIHF Award:

Best Defender Josef Horešovský

CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Goaltenders: Vladimír Nadrchal, Vladimír Dzurilla.
Defence: Josef Horešovský, Jan Suchý, Karel Masopust, František Pospíšil, Oldřich Machač.
Forwards: Jozef Golonka, Jan Hrbatý, Václav Nedomanský, Jan Havel, Jaroslav Jiřík, Josef Černý, František Ševčík, Petr Hejma, Jiří Holík, Jiří Kochta, Jan Klapáč.
Coaches: Jaroslav Pitner, Vladimír Kostka.

Luge

Men
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Roland Urban 59.20 25 59.59 26 1:00.24 31 2:59.03 27
František Halíř 59.07 23 59.10 18 58.93 19 2:57.10 20
Horst Urban 58.93 19 59.54 25 59.91 27 2:58.38 24
Jan Hamřík 58.43 15 58.56 11 59.07 21 2:56.06 15

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Horst Urban
Roland Urban
50.46 12 50.02 12 1:40.48 12
Jan Hamřík
František Halíř
51.85 14 50.85 14 1:42.10 14
Women
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Olina Tylová-Hatlová 50.16 11 50.35 9 51.14 10 2:31.65 11
Dana Spálenská-Beldová 49.22 3 50.36 10 50.77 9 2:30.35 6

Nordic combined

Events:

Athlete Event Ski Jumping Cross-country Total
Distance 1 Distance 2 Points Rank Time Points Rank Points Rank
Tomáš Kučera Individual 72.0 73.0 217.4 9 50:07.7 216.74 6 434.14 4
Ladislav Rygl 71.0 71.5 200.4 18 50:55.5 206.88 14 407.28 16

Ski jumping

Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Distance Points Points Rank
Zbyněk Hubač Normal hill 74.0 101.7 73.5 101.9 203.6 19
František Rydval 76.0 106.4 73.5 100.4 206.8 12
Ladislav Divila 76.5 107.2 73.0 100.1 207.3 9
Jiří Raška 79.0 115.2 72.5 101.3 216.5
František Rydval Large hill 92.0 95.2 88.0 89.6 184.8 27
Zbyněk Hubač 95.0 101.4 87.0 87.2 188.6 25
Rudolf Höhnl 98.5 107.3 91.5 95.5 202.8 12
Jiří Raška 101.0 116.3 98.0 113.1 229.4

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