Czechoslovakia at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Czechoslovakia at the Olympic Games
Flag of Czechoslovakia IOC code  TCH NOC Czechoslovak Olympic Committee
At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow
Competitors	209 (162 men and 47 women) in 21 sports
Flag bearer	Vítězslav Mácha
Medals Rank: 13	Gold 2	Silver 3	Bronze 9	Total 14
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992
Winter Games
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 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. 209 competitors, 162 men and 47 women, took part in 114 events in 21 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Gold

• Ota Zaremba — Weightlifting, men's 100 kg
• Jan Berger, František Kunzo, Werner Lička, Luděk Macela, Josef Mazura, Petr Němec, Luboš Pokluda, Libor Radimec, Oldřich Rott, Zdeněk Rygel, Stanislav Seman, Zdeněk Sreiner, František Štambachr, Jindřich Svoboda, Rostislav Václavíček and Ladislav Vízek — Football (soccer), men's team competition

Silver

• Imrich Bugár — Athletics, men's discus throw
• Jarmila Kratochvílová — Athletics, women's 400 metres
• Milada Blažková, Jiřina Čermáková, Jiřina Hájková, Berta Hrubá, Ida Hubáčková, Jiřina Kadlecová, Jarmila Králíčková, Jiřina Křížová, Alena Kyselicová, Jana Lahodová, Květoslava Petříčková, Viera Podhányiová, Iveta Šranková, Marie Sýkorová, Marta Urbanová and Lenka Vymazalová — Field Hockey, women's team competition

Bronze

• Ján Franek — Boxing, men's light middleweight
• Jiří Tabák — Gymnastics, men's rings
• Vladimír Kocman — Judo, men's heavyweight
• Dušan Poliačik — Weightlifting, men's light heavyweight
• Dan Karabin — Wrestling, men's freestyle welterweight
• Július Strnisko — Wrestling, men's freestyle heavyweight
• Zdeněk Pecka and Václav Vochoska — Rowing, men's double sculls
• Teodor Černý, Martin Penc, Jiří Pokorný and Igor Sláma — Cycling, men's 4.000 metres team pursuit
• Michal Klasa, Vlastibor Konečný, Alipi Kostadinov and Jiří Škoda — Cycling, men's team road race

Archery

In its first appearance in the Olympic archery competition, Czechoslovakia sent two women and one man. Zdeňka Padevětová earned a fourth place finish.
Women's Individual Competition:

• Zdeňka Padevětová — 2405 points (→ 4th place)
• Jitka Dolejší — 2219 points (→ 20th place)

Men's Individual Competition:

• František Hadaš — 2305 points (→ 24th place)

Athletics

Men's 1,500 metres

• Jozef Plachý
  • Heat — 3:44.4
  • Semifinals — 3:40.4
  • Final — 3:40.7 (→ 6th place)

Men's 5,000 metres

• Jiří Sýkora
  • Heat — 13:43.1
  • Semi Final — 13:31.0
  • Final — 13:25.0 (→ 9th place)

Men's 10,000 metres

• Jiří Sýkora
  • Heat — 29:19.8 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• Vlastimil Zwiefelhofer
  • Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

• Josef Janska
  • Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's 4x400 metres Relay

• Josef Lomický, Dušan Malovec, František Břečka, and Karel Kolář
  • Heat — 3:03.5
  • Final — 3:07.0 (→ 7th place)

Men's 110 m Hurdles

• Július Ivan
  • Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase

• Dušan Moravčík
  • Heat — 8:33.4
  • Semifinals — 8:28.0
  • Final — 8:29.1 (→ 10th place)

Men's Long Jump

• Jan Leitner
  • Qualification — 7.68 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw

• Imrich Bugár
  • Qualification — 65.08 m
  • Final — 66.38 m (→ Silver Medal)

Men's Hammer Throw

• Jiří Chamrád
  • Qualification — 69.38 m
  • Final Round — 68.16 m (→ 12th place)

Men's Shot Put

• Jaromír Vlk
  • Qualification — 19.69 m
  • Final — 20.24 m (→ 7th place)

Men's 20 km Walk

• Pavol Blažek
  • Final — 1:35:30.8 (→ 14th place)

• Jozef Pribilinec
  • Final — 1:42:52.4 (→ 20th place)

• Juraj Benčík
  • Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)

Men's 50 km Walk

• Pavol Blažek
  • Final — 4:16:26 (→ 10th place)

• Juraj Benčík
  • Final — 4:27:39 (→ 13th place)

• Jaromír Vaňous
  • Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)

Women's Long Jump

• Jarmila Nygrýnová
  • Qualification — 6.58 m
  • Final — 6.83 m (→ 6th place)

Women's Discus Throw

• Zdena Bartoňová
  • Qualification — 59.48 m
  • Final — 57.78 m (→ 11th place)

Women's Shot Put

• Zdena Bartoňová
  • Final — 18.40 m (→ 10th place)

Women's Pentathlon

• Marcela Koblasová — 4328 points (→ 11th place)
  1. 100 metres — 14.10s
  2. Shot Put — 13.42m
  3. High Jump — 1.71m
  4. Long Jump — 6.15m
  5. 800 metres — 2:20.30

Basketball

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Lost to Brazil (70-72)
  • Defeated India (133-65)
  • Lost to Soviet Union (83-99)
• Second Round (Group B)
  • Lost to Australia (86-91)
  • Defeated Sweden (83-61)
  • Lost to Poland (84-88)
  • Defeated Senegal (88-72) → 9th place

• Team Roster:
  • Jaroslav Skála
  • Dušan Žáček
  • Vlastimil Havlík
  • Peter Rajniak
  • Stanislav Kropilák
  • Pavol Bojanovský
  • Zdeněk Kos
  • Jiří Pospíšil
  • Vlastibor Klimeš
  • Kamil Brabenec
  • Zdeněk Douša
  • Gustáv Hraška

Boxing

Men's Featherweight (57 kg)

• Miroslav Šándor
  1. First Round — Bye
  2. Second Round — Lost to Dejan Marovic (Yugoslavia) on points (0-5)

Canoeing

Cycling

Diving

Fencing

Seven fencers, six men and one woman, represented Czechoslovakia in 1980.

Men's foil

• Jaroslav Jurka
• František Koukal

Men's épée

• Jaroslav Jurka
• Oldřich Kubišta
• Jiří Douba

Men's team épée

• Jaroslav Jurka, Jaromír Holub, Jiří Douba, Jiří Adam, Oldřich Kubišta

Women's foil

• Katarína Lokšová-Ráczová

Football

Men's Team Competition

Preliminary Round (Group B)

All matches were played at the Kirov Stadium in Leningrad except where noted.

• July 21, 1980 : Czechoslovakia - Colombia 3-0 (2-0)
• July 23, 1980 : Czechoslovakia - Nigeria 1-1 (1-0)
• July 25, 1980 : Czechoslovakia - Kuwait 0-0 (0-0)

Final Standings

With four points each (one win and two draws), Czechoslovakia and Kuwait qualified for the quarterfinals.

Quarterfinals

• July 27, 1980 : Czechoslovakia - Cuba 4-0 (4-0)

Semifinals

• July 29, 1980 : Czechoslovakia - Yugoslavia 2-0 (2-0) at Dynamo Stadium, Moscow

Final

• August 2, 1980 : Czechoslovakia - East Germany 1-0 (0-0) Loujniki Stadium, Moscow

Roster

• Stanislav Seman
• Luděk Macela
• Josef Mazura
• Libor Radimec
• Zdeněk Rygel
• Petr Němec
• Ladislav Vízek
• Jan Berger
• Jindřich Svoboda
• Luboš Pokluda
• Werner Lička
• Rostislav Václavíček
• Jaroslav Netolička
• Oldřich Rott
• František Štambachr
• František Kunzo

Gymnastics

Handball

Hockey

Women's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round Robin
  • Lost to Soviet Union (0-2)
  • Drew with Zimbabwe (2-2)
  • Defeated India (2-1)
  • Defeated Austria (5-0)
  • Defeated Poland (1-0) → Silver Medal

• Team Roster:
  • Jarmila Králíčková
  • Berta Hrubá
  • Iveta Šranková
  • Lenka Vymazalová
  • Jiřina Křížová
  • Jiřina Kadlecová
  • Jiřina Čermáková
  • Marta Urbanová
  • Květa Petříčková
  • Marie Sýkorová
  • Ida Hubáčková
  • Milada Blažková
  • Jana Lahodová
  • Alena Kyselicová
  • Jiřina Hájková
  • Viera Podhányiová

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Czechoslovakia in 1980.

Men's Individual Competition:

• Milan Kadlec — 5229 pts, 8th place
• Jan Bártů — 5158 pts, 16th place
• Bohumil Starnovský — 4952 pts, 26th place

Men's Team Competition:

• Kadlec, Bártů, and Starnovský — 15339 pts, 6th place

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 200m Freestyle

• Petr Adamec
  • Final — 1:55.84 (→ did not advance)
• Radek Havel
  • Final — 1:55.07 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400m Freestyle

• Daniel Machek
  • Final — 3:55.66 (→ 5th place)

Men's 100m Backstroke

• Miloslav Rolko
  • Final — 57.74 (→ 4th place)

Men's 400m Individual Medley

• Miloslav Rolko
  • Final — 4:26.99 (→ 6th place)
• Daniel Machek
  • Final — 4:29.86 (→ 8th place)

Women's 100m Breaststroke

• Irena Fleissnerová
  • Heats — 1:13.35 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200m Breaststroke

• Irena Fleissnerová
  • Final — 2:33.23 (→ 5th place)

Volleyball

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Lost to Soviet Union (1-3)
  • Lost to Italy (2-3)
  • Lost to Bulgaria (0-3)
  • Defeated Cuba (3-2)
• Classification Matches
  • 5th/8th place: Lost to Brazil (0-3)
  • 7th/8th place: Lost to Cuba (1-3) → 8th place

• Team Roster
  • Dušan Prieložný
  • Pavel Valach
  • Vlado Sirvoň
  • Ján Repák
  • Josef Novotný
  • Jaroslav Šmid
  • Vlastimil Lenert
  • Jaroslav Kopet
  • Ján Cifra
  • Pavel Řeřábek
  • Josef Pick
  • Cyril Krejčí
• Head Coaches: Pavel Schenk and Zdeněk Václavík

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

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