Czechoslovakia competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 70 competitors (69 men and 1 woman) took part in 51 events in 14 sports.
Medalists
MedalNameSportEventDate Equestrian Individual jumping Gymnastics Men's parallel bars Boxing Men's middleweight , Jan Gajdoš, Jan Koutný, Emanuel Löffler,Bedřich Šupčík, Ladislav Tikal, Ladislav Vácha, Václav Veselý Gymnastics Men's team all-around Gymnastics Men's rings Gymnastics Men's vault Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman bantamweight Gymnastics Men's rings Weightlifting Men's +82.5 kg
Aquatics
Diving
2 divers, both men, represented Czechoslovakia in 1928. It was the nation's 2nd appearance in the sport. Both men competed only in the 3 metre springboard event; neither reached the final. Balasz placed 4th in his semifinal group, just missing the top 3 needed to advance.
DiverEventSemifinalsFinalPointsScoreRankPointsScoreRank Men's 3 m board 20 139.24 4 did not advance 38 102.48 8 did not advance
Swimming
One male swimmer represented Czechoslovakia in 1928. It was the nation's 3rd appearance in the sport, in which it had competed each time it appeared at the Games. Antoš had been a member of the 1924 team as well. He placed 3rd in the preliminary heats in both of his events, not advancing to the semifinals in either.
SwimmerEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank Men's 400 m freestyle 5:39.8 3 did not advance Men's 1500 m freestyle 22:43.0 3 did not advance
Water polo
Czechoslovakia competed in water polo for the third time in 1928. The team was defeated by Great Britain in the first round.
Summary
TeamEventRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankCzechoslovakia men'sMen's tournamentL 4–2did not advance9
Men's tournament
Team roster
Round of 16
Athletics
11 athletes, all men, represented Czechoslovakia in 1928. It was the nation's 3rd appearance in the sport, in which Czechoslovakia had competed each time it appeared at the Games. Kittel's 8th place in the men's 1500 metres was the best result for Czechoslovak athletes in Amsterdam.
Track and road events
AthleteEventHeat QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank Men's 100 metres Unknown 3 did not advance 11.3 3 did not advance Unknown 2 Q Unknown 6 did not advance Men's 200 metres Unknown 5 did not advance Unknown 2 Q Unknown 5 did not advance Unknown 3 did not advance Men's 400 metres Unknown 2 Q Unknown 3 did not advance Unknown 3 did not advance Men's 800 metrescolspan=2 rowspan=2 1:59.6 4 did not advance 1:57.0 3 Q Unknown 7 did not advance Men's 1500 metrescolspan=4 rowspan=2 Unknown 2 Q 4:00.4 8 Unknown 4 did not advance Men's 5000 metrescolspan=4 rowspan=2 15:42.0 8 did not advance – did not advance Men's 10,000 metrescolspan=6 Unknown 17 Men's 110 metres hurdlescolspan=2 Unknown 2 Unknown 6 did not advance Men's 4 × 400 metres relaycolspan=4 rowspan=4 Unknown 5 did not advance Men's marathoncolspan=6 rowspan=2 2:43:18 16 2:52:42 33
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePosition Men's shot put 13.12 14 did not advance Men's discus throw 41.19 20 did not advance
Boxing
3 boxers, all men, represented Czechoslovakia in 1928. It was the nation's debut appearance in the sport. Jan Heřmánek won the silver medal in the middleweight class; the other two boxers each lost their first bout.
Boxer EventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / Bronze matchOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRank Men's lightweight L KO did not advance 17 Men's welterweight L points did not advance 9 Men's middleweight W points W points W points L points
Cycling
Four cyclists, all men and all road cyclists, represented Czechoslovakia in 1928. It was the nation's 3rd appearance in the sport, in which Czechoslovakia had competed each time the nation appeared at the Games. Honig had the best time of the team, placing 39th in the individual road race. The combined score of the top 3 placed them 11th among the 15 competing nations.
Road cycling
CyclistEventTimeRank Men's road race 5:54:07 59 5:27:45 39 5:34:30 46 5:34:30 46 Men's team road race 16:36:45 11
Equestrian
9 equestrians, all men, competed for Czechoslovakia in 1928. It was the nation's 2nd appearance in the sport. Czechoslovakia was one of 5 nations to have the maximum 3 riders in each event. František Ventura won gold in the individual jumping, Czechoslovakia's first equestrian medal. Emanuel Thiel, who had had the nation's best result in 1924 at 6th in the individual dressage, bettered his own performance to 5th in 1928.
Dressage
EquestrianHorseEventFinal Score Rank Elegán Dressage 201.70 17 Ex 210.28 10 Loki 225.96 5 Elegán Team dressage 642.18 5 Ex Loki
Eventing
EquestrianHorseEventFinal Score Rank Engadin Eventing 1844.44 16 Ekul – Fesák – Engadin Team eventing 1844.44 12 Ekul Fesák
Jumping
Equestrian Horse Event Final 1st re-ride 2nd re-ride Time Penalties Rank Penalties Rank Penalties Rank Denk Jumping – did not advance Daghestan 2:14 22.5 41 did not advance Eliot 1:34 0 1 0 1 0 Denk Team jumping –rowspan=3 colspan=4 Daghestan Eliot
Fencing
Seven fencers, six men and one woman, represented Czechoslovakia in 1928. It was the nation's 3rd appearance in the sport, in which Czechoslovakia had competed each time it participated in the Games. It was the first time Czechoslovakia had a female fencer, Jarmila Chalupová. Chalupová had the most individual success of any Czechoslovak fencer in 1928, reaching the semifinals.
FencerEventRound 1QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank Men's épée 4 wins 7 did not advance 3 wins 7 did not advance 3 wins 6 Q 5 wins 8 did not advance Men's team épée 1–1 2 Q 1–1 2 Q 1–2 3 did not advance Women's foilcolspan=2 5 wins 2 Q 1 win 7 did not advance
Gymnastics
Bohumil Mořkovský, bronze medalist on Vault and 13th-place finisher in the Individual All-Around at the previous Olympics in Paris, died on July 16, 1928, less than a month before he could make a repeat Olympic appearance. 8 gymnasts, all men, represented Czechoslovakia in 1928. It was the nation's 3rd appearance in the sport as well as the Games. The team took the silver medal, 6.375 points behind Germany, with Ladislav Vácha having the best individual all-around result at 9th place. Vácha also won gold in the parallel bars and silver in the rings. Emanuel Löffler took two apparatus medals as well, the silver in the vault and bronze in the rings.
Artistic gymnastics
Gymnast Event Score Rank Men's all-around 238.875 14 240.625 13 225.250 31 227.625 28 233.250 20 217.750 37 242.500 10 242.875 9 Men's team all-around 1712.250 Men's horizontal bar 55.50 9 51.25 33 52.25 31 54.00 16 54.25 14 46.75 50 54.75 12 52.00 32 Men's parallel bars 52.25 15 53.75 4 52.25 31 52.50 14 53.75 4 50.50 24 56.50 50.25 25 Men's pommel horse 54.00 10 54.00 10 42.75 56 52.00 17 51.50 19 45.50 49 47.00 45 46.50 47 Men's rings 52.00 22 54.25 8 52.50 18 56.50 54.75 6 48.75 41 57.50 52.75 15 Men's vault 25.125 46 27.375 12 26.750 26 28.500 19.000 78 26.250 32 27.125 18 26.375 30
Modern pentathlon
Three pentathletes represented Czechoslovakia in 1928. It was the nation's 2nd appearance in the sport. Růžička had the best finish for Czechoslovakia to date, placing 30th.
PentathleteEvent Shooting Swimming Fencing Running EquestrianTotal Rank Rank Rank Rank Rank Score Rank Men's individual 37 30 37 37 9 150 37 21 25 19 28 34 127 30 34 36 13 31 30 144 35
Rowing
1 rower competed for Czechoslovakia in 1928. It was the nation's 2nd appearance in the sport, and 1st since 1920. Josef Straka, whose son would compete in the Olympics in 1972 and 1976, reached the third round in the single sculls before being eliminated.
RowerEventRound 1Repechage 1Round 2Repechage 2Round 3SemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank Men's single sculls 8:05.2 1 Qcolspan=2 8:36.4 1 Qcolspan=2 8:04.8 2 did not advance
Sailing
A single male sailor represented Czechoslovakia in 1928. It was the nation's 2nd appearance in the sport. Winter finished 18th in the preliminary round standings, not advancing to the final.
Dinghy
SailorEventPreliminary seriesNet pointsPrelim rank Final seriesNet pointsFinal rank12341234 12' Dinghy 10 10 6 8 34 18 did not advance
Weightlifting
Six weightlifters, all men, represented Czechoslovakia in 1928. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport, in which Czechoslovakia had competed each time it appeared at the Olympics. Skobla, who had placed 8th in light heavyweight (−82.5 kg) in 1924, won the bronze medal in heavyweight (+82.5 kg) this time. This matched the nation's best-ever result in the sport to date.
LifterEventPressSnatchClean & JerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankResultRank Men's −60 kg 80 5 82.5 4 100 13 262.5 8 Men's −67.5 kg 82.5 7 77.5 13 107.5 11 265 11 Men's −75 kg 80 16 85 12 115 9 280 11 70 20 85 12 115 9 270 17 Men's −82.5 kg 100 1 105 3 130 6 335 5 Men's +82.5 kg 100 8 107.5 4 147.5 2 357.5
Wrestling
Six wrestlers, all men, represented Czechoslovakia in 1928. All six competed in the Greco-Roman discipline. It was the nation's 3rd appearance in the sport as well as the Games. Jindřich Maudr won the nation's first Olympic medal in wrestling, taking silver in the bantamweight after reaching a de facto gold medal final against the German Leucht.
Greco-Roman
Athlete EventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6Round 7 RankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResult Men's bantamweight W Decision 1pt W Fall 1pt W Decision 2pts W Decision 3pts W Fall 3pts L Fall 6pts Men's featherweight W Decision 1pt L Fall 4pts L Decision 7pts did not advance 13 Men's lightweight W Fall 0pts W Fall 0pts W Fall 0pts L Fall 3pts L Fall 6pts did not advance 5 Men's middleweight L Decision 3pts W Fall 3pts W Fall 3pts L Fall 6pts did not advance 6 Men's light heavyweight W Decision 1pt L Decision 4pts L Fall 7pts did not advance 9 Men's heavyweight W Fall 0pts W Fall 0pts W Fall 0pts L Fall 3pts L Decision 6pts Did not advance 5
References
External links Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database