Czechoslovakia competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 99 competitors, 86 men and 13 women, took part in 70 events in 11 sports.
Medalists
MedalNameSportEvent Athletics Men's 5000 metres Athletics Men's 10000 metres Athletics Men's Marathon Athletics Women's javelin throw Boxing Men's featherweight Canoeing Men's C-1 1000 m Rowing Men's coxed four Athletics Men's 50 km walk Canoeing Men's C-2 1000 m Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman heavyweight Canoeing Men's C-1 10000 m Eva Věchtová Gymnastics Women's team all-around Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman lightweight
Athletics
Basketball
Men's Team Competition Main Round (Group A) Lost to Uruguay (51-53) Lost to United States (47-72) Defeated Hungary (63-39) → did not advance, 12th place Team Roster Miroslav Baumruk Zdeněk Bobrovský Josef Ezr Jiří Matoušek Miroslav Škeřík Mcheq Kodl Jan Kozák Evžen Horňák Zdeněk Rylich Lubomir Kolár Ivan Mrázek Jaroslav Šíp
Boxing
Canoeing
Cycling
Road Competition
Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km) Jan Veselý — did not finish (→ no ranking) Karel Nesl — did not finish (→ no ranking) Milan Perič — did not finish (→ no ranking) Stanislav Svoboda — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Track Competition
Men's 1.000m Time Trial Ladislav Fouček Final — 1:15.2 (→ 12th place)
Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race Zdenek Košta — 18th place
Gymnastics
Rowing
Czechoslovakia had eight male rowers participate in three out of seven rowing events in 1952.
Men's single sculls František Reich
Men's double sculls Antonín Malinkovič Jiří Vykoukal
Men's coxed four Karel Mejta Jiří Havlis Jan Jindra Stanislav Lusk Miroslav Koranda (cox)
Shooting
Six shooters represented Czechoslovakia in 1952.
25 m pistol Ladislav Ondřej Zlatko Poláček
50 m pistol František Maxa Miroslav Proft
Trap František Čapek Igor Treybal
Swimming
Men Ranks given are within the heat. AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankLadislav Bačík100 m backstroke 1:10.2 4 Did not advanceĽudovít Komadel200 m breaststroke 2:38.9 1 Q 2:38.8 2 Q 2:40.1 8Vlastimil Linhart 2:48.0 6 Did not advanceVladimír Skovajsa 2:53.3 7 Did not advance
Weightlifting
Wrestling
References
External links Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database