Bohemia competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England as an independent team, though it was part of Austria-Hungary at the time.
Medalists
MedalNameSportEventDate Fencing Men's sabre , Vlastimil Lada-Sázavský,Bedřich Schejbal, Jaroslav Tuček,Vilém Goppold von Lobsdorf Fencing Men's team sabre
Results by event
Athletics
Event Place Athlete Heats Semifinals Final Men's 5 miles Semi-finalist Arnošt Nejedlý None held Unknown 3rd, semifinal 6 Did not advance Men's marathon 18th Arnošt Nejedlý None held 3:26:26.2
Event Place Athlete Height/Distance Men's discus throw 12-42 František Souček Unknown Miroslav Šustera Unknown Men's Greek discus 11-23 Miroslav Šustera Unknown Men's freestyle javelin 10-33 František Souček Unknown
Fencing
Bohemia refused to fence Italy in the silver medal match of the men's team sabre, contending that the repechage system was unfair.
Event Place Fencer First round Second round Semi-final Final Men's épée Second round Vilém Tvrzský 4-4 (2nd in D) 2-2 (3rd in 4) Did not advance Vilém Goppold von Lobsdorf 4-2 (2nd in G) 2-2 (3rd in 3) Vlastimil Lada-Sázavský 5-1 (1st in B) 0-4 (5th in 5) Jaroslav Tuček 4-2 (2nd in A) 1-3 (5th in 7) First round Bedřich Schejbal 1-4 (5th in F) Did not advance Otakar Lada 3-5 (6th in E) František Dušek 0-6 (7th in H) Men's sabre 3rd Vilém Goppold von Lobsdorf 7-0 (1st in J) 3-1 (1st in 3) 5-2 (1st in 2) 4-3 Second round Bedřich Schejbal 3-2 (2nd in L) 1-2 (3rd in 4) Did not advance Otakar Lada 3-1 (1st in B) 2-2 (3rd in 5) Vilém Tvrzský 3-2 (3rd in K) 0-3 (4th in 4) Vlastimil Lada-Sázavský 3-2 (2nd in A) 1-3 (4th in 7) First round Jaroslav Šourek-Tuček 1-4 (5th in A) Did not advance František Dušek 2-4 (5th in M)
Event Place Fencers Play-in match First round Semi-finals Final Repechage Silver medal match Men's team épée 6th Otakar Lada Vlastimil Lada-Sázavský Vilém Goppold von Lobsdorf Vilém Tvrzský Bye Lost to Italy 12-5 Out 6th place Did not advance Not relegated Men's team sabre 3rd Vlastimil Lada-Sázavský (all) Vilém Goppold von Lobsdorf (all) Bedřich Schejbal (all) Jaroslav Šourek-Tuček (f) Otakar Lada (1st, sf)This fencer competed in the team event, but is not listed in the IOC medallist database. Not held Defeated Netherlands 9-8 Advanced to semifinals Defeated France 9-7 Advanced to final Lost to Hungary 9-7 Relegated to silver medal match Bye Lost to Italy Walkover Won bronze medal
Gymnastics
Gymnast Event Score Rank Josef Čada Men's all-around 222.5 25 Bohumil Honzátko Men's all-around 205.5 36
Tennis
Event Place Name Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final Men's singles 9th Bohuslav Hykš Bye Defeated Zsigmondy Lost to Dixon Did not advance David Slíva Bye Bye Lost to Brown 16th Ladislav Žemla Bye Lost to R. Powell Did not advance 26th Jozef Micovský Lost to Tóth Did not advance Men's doubles 11th Bohuslav Hykš David Slíva None held Lost to Gauntlett/Kitson Did not advance
Opponent nation Wins Losses Percent Canada 0 2 .000 Great Britain 0 1 .000 Hungary 1 1 .500 South Africa 0 1 .000 Total 1 5 .167
Wrestling
All 4 Bohemian wrestlers lost their first match.
Event Place Wrestler Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final Greco-Roman lightweight 17th Karel Halík Lost to Wood Did not advance Greco-Roman middleweight 9th Jaroslav Týfa Bye Lost to Belmer Did not advance 17th Josef Bechyně Lost to Mårtensson Did not advance Greco-Roman light heavyweight 17th Miroslav Šustera Lost to West Did not advance
Opponent nation Wins Losses Percent Great Britain 0 2 .000 Netherlands 0 1 .000 Sweden 0 1 .000 Total 0 4 .000
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