Czechoslovakia first participated at the Olympic Games in 1920, after having competed as Bohemia from 1900 to 1912. The nation sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except for the 1984 Games when they were part of the Soviet-led boycott of the 1984 Summer Olympics. Czechoslovakia has participated in every Winter Olympic Games since the inaugural Games of 1924.
After the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993, the Czech Republic and Slovakia sent independent teams to the Olympics starting in 1994.
Czechoslovak athletes have won a total of 143 medals at the Summer Games, mostly in gymnastics. The nation also won 25 medals at the Winter Games, with ski jumping and ice hockey as the top medal-producing sports.
Timeline of participation
Olympic Years Teams 1900–1912 as part of Hungary 1920–1992 1994–present
Medal tables
Medals by Summer Games Games Athletes Total Rank1900–1912 as 121 0 0 2 2 21 133 1 4 5 10 15 70 2 5 2 9 14 7 1 2 1 4 17 188 3 5 0 8 12 87 6 2 3 11 8 99 7 3 3 13 6 63 1 4 1 6 18 116 3 2 3 8 10 104 5 6 3 14 9 121 7 2 4 13 7 181 2 4 2 8 18 163 2 2 4 8 17 209 2 3 9 14 13 boycotted 163 3 3 2 8 17 208 4 2 1 7 18 Total 49 49 45 143 28
Medals by Winter Games Games Athletes Total Rank 27 0 0 0 0 – 29 0 0 1 1 8 6 0 0 0 0 – 48 0 0 0 0 – 47 0 1 0 1 11 22 0 0 0 0 – 41 0 0 0 0 – 21 0 1 0 1 13 46 0 0 1 1 13 48 1 2 1 4 12 41 1 0 2 3 12 58 0 1 0 1 13 41 0 0 1 1 17 50 0 2 4 6 12 60 0 1 2 3 15 74 0 0 3 3 18 Total 2 8 15 25 32
Medals by summer sport
This table of summer sports does not include the bronze medal won in ice hockey at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
Medals by winter sport
This table includes the bronze medal won in ice hockey at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
List of medalists
Summer Games Medal Name Games Sport Event Czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team Ice hockey Men's competition Milada Skrbková Ladislav Žemla Tennis Mixed doubles Gymnastics Men's rope climbing Gymnastics Men's artistic individual all-around Gymnastics Men's parallel bars Gymnastics Men's rings Gymnastics Men's vault Gymnastics Men's artistic individual all-around Gymnastics Men's rings Gymnastics Men's rope climbing Gymnastics Men's vault Weightlifting Men's 67.5 kg Equestrian Individual jumping Gymnastics Men's parallel bars Boxing Men's middleweight 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 Weightlifting Men's heavyweight Weightlifting Men's heavyweight Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman heavyweight Athletics Men's shot put Canoeing Men's C-2 1000 m Canoeing Men's C-2 10000 m Gymnastics Men's rings Canoeing Men's C-1 1000 m Gymnastics Women's team all-around Weightlifting Men's heavyweight Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman lightweight Wrestling Men's freestyle heavyweight Athletics Men's 10,000 metres Canoeing Men's C-1 10000 m Canoeing Men's C-1 1000 m Canoeing Men's C-2 1000 m Boxing Men's welterweight (awarded posthumously) Gymnastics Women's artistic team all-around Athletics Men's 5000 metres Václav Havel Canoeing Men's C-2 10000 m Gymnastics Men's floor Gymnastics Men's rings Gymnastics Men's vault 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 Women's discus throw Shooting Men's 50 m rifle 3 positions Gymnastics Women's balance beam Cycling Men's 1000 m time trial Cycling Men's tandem Athletics Men's shot put Boxing Men's light welterweight Rowing Men's double sculls Gymnastics Women's balance beam Athletics Women's javelin throw Gymnastics Women's team all-around Boxing Men's heavyweight Rowing Men's eight Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman heavyweight Gymnastics Women's individual all-around Gymnastics Women's vault Gymnastics Women's balance beam Cycling Men's individual pursuit Weightlifting Men's middleweight Athletics Men's 1500 m Athletics Men's discus throw Czechoslovakia national football team Football Men's competition Marianna Krajčírová Gymnastics Women's team all-around Czechoslovakia men's national volleyball team Volleyball Men's tournament Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman middleweight Shooting Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol Petr ČermákJiří LundákJan MrvíkJúlius TočekJosef VěntusLuděk PojeznýBohumil JanoušekRichard NovýMiroslav Koníček Rowing Men's eight Vladimír AndrsPavel Hofmann Rowing Men's double sculls Athletics Women's high jump Diving Women's 10 m platform Gymnastics Women's individual all-around Gymnastics Women's floor Gymnastics Women's vault Gymnastics Women's uneven bars Shooting Mixed 50 m rifle, prone Gymnastics Women's balance beam Marianna Krajčírová Gymnastics Women's team all-around Athletics Men's discus throw Czechoslovakia men's national volleyball team Volleyball Men's tournament Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman +97 kg Athletics Men's discus throw Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg Diving Women's 10 m platform Czechoslovakia national handball team Handball Men's competition Rowing Men's coxed pair Shooting Mixed 25 m rapid fire pistol Athletics Women's long jump Rowing Men's coxed four Cycling Men's sprint Shooting Mixed skeet Modern pentathlon Men's team Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg Athletics Women's shot put Modern pentathlon Men's individual Rowing Men's quadruple sculls Rowing Men's coxed pair Weightlifting Men's 100 kg Czechoslovakia national football team Football Men's competition Athletics Men's discus throw Athletics Women's 400 m Czechoslovakia women's national field hockey team Field hockey Women's tournament Boxing Men's light middleweight Gymnastics Men's rings Judo Men's +95 kg Weightlifting Men's 82.5 kg wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg wrestling Men's freestyle 100 kg Rowing Men's double sculls Jiří Pokorný Cycling Men's team pursuit Alipi Kostadinov Cycling Men's team time trial Shooting Men's 50 m rifle prone Athletics Men's 20 km walk Tennis Men's singles Shooting Trap Athletics Men's javelin throw Tennis Women's doubles Tennis Men's doubles Wrestling Men's freestyle 82 kg Canoeing Men's slalom C-1 Shooting Trap Athletics Men's decathlon Athletics Men's javelin throw Rowing Men's single sculls Canoeing Men's slalom C-2 Shooting Men's 10 metre running target
Winter Games Medal Name Games Sport Event Ski jumping Men's individual Czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team Ice hockey Men's competition Figure skating Men's singles Czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team Ice hockey Men's competition Ski jumping Men's normal hill Czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team Ice hockey Men's competition Ski jumping Men's large hill Figure skating Women's singles Figure skating Men's singles Cross-country skiing Women's 5 km Czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team Ice hockey Men's competition Czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team Ice hockey Men's tournament Cross-country skiing Women's 5 km Květa JeriováBlanka PaulůGabriela SvobodováDagmar Švubová Cross-country skiing Women's 4 x 5 km relay Czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team Ice hockey Men's tournament Cross-country skiing Women's 5 km Alpine skiing Women's downhill Figure skating Men's singles Ski jumping Large hill individual Ski jumping Normal hill individual Ski jumping Normal hill individual Cross-country skiing Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay Ski jumping Large hill team Figure skating Men's singles Czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team Ice hockey Men's tournament List of multiple medalists Summer games
The Czechoslovak athlete who won the most medals in the history of the Summer Olympic Games is the gymnast Věra Čáslavská with ten medals. Athlete Sport Games Total Věra Čáslavská Gymnastics 1960, 1964, 1968 6 4 0 10 Emil Zátopek Athletics 1948, 1952 4 1 0 5 Ladislav Vácha Gymnastics 1924, 1928 1 2 2 5 Jan Brzák-Felix Canoeing 1936, 1948, 1952 2 1 0 3 Eva Bosáková Gymnastics 1956, 1960 1 2 0 3 Ludvík Daněk Athletics 1964, 1968, 1972 1 1 1 3 Bedřich Šupčík Gymnastics 1924, 1928 1 1 1 3 Robert Pražák Gymnastics 1924 0 3 0 3 Emanuel Löffler Gymnastics 1928 0 2 1 3 Milena Duchková Diving 1968, 1972 1 1 0 2 Bohumil Kudrna Canoeing 1948, 1952 1 1 0 2 Vítězslav Mácha Wrestling 1972, 1976 1 1 0 2 Zdeňka Veřmiřovská Gymnastics 1936, 1948 1 1 0 2 Dana Zátopková Athletics 1952, 1960 1 1 0 2 Jan ŽeleznýZEL Athletics 1988, 1992 1 1 0 2 Jan Jindra Rowing 1952, 1960 1 0 1 2 Stanislav Lusk Rowing 1952, 1960 1 0 1 2 Miloslav Mečíř Tennis 1988 1 0 1 2 Božena Srncová Gymnastics 1948, 1952 1 0 1 2 Ladislav Fouček Cycling 1956 0 2 0 2 Jan Koutný Gymnastics 1924, 1928 0 2 0 2 Marianna Krajčírová Gymnastics 1964, 1968 0 2 0 2 Václav Pšenička Weightlifting 1932, 1936 0 2 0 2 Hana Růžičková Gymnastics 1960, 1964 0 2 0 2 Adolfína Tkačíková Gymnastics 1960, 1964 0 2 0 2 Jan Bártů Modern pentathlon 1976 0 1 1 2 Jaroslav Skobla Weightlifting 1928, 1932 0 1 1 2 Petr Kop Volleyball 1964, 1968 0 1 1 2 Matylda Matoušková-Šínová Gymnastics 1952, 1960 0 1 1 2 Josef Musil Volleyball 1964, 1968 0 1 1 2 Vladimír Petříček Rowing 1972 0 1 1 2 Pavel Schenk Volleyball 1964, 1968 0 1 1 2 Pavel Svojanovský Rowing 1972, 1976 0 1 1 2 Oldřich Svojanovský Rowing 1972, 1976 0 1 1 2 Josef Holeček Canoeing 1948, 1952 0 0 2 2 Bohumil Janoušek Rowing 1960, 1964 0 0 2 2 Miroslav Koníček Rowing 1960, 1964 0 0 2 2 Jiří Lundák Rowing 1960, 1964 0 0 2 2 Zdeněk Pecka Rowing 1976, 1980 0 0 2 2 Luděk Pojezný Rowing 1960, 1964 0 0 2 2 Zdeněk Růžička Gymnastics 1948 0 0 2 2 Josef Věntus Rowing 1960, 1964 0 0 2 2 Václav Vochoska Rowing 1976, 1980 0 0 2 2 Lukáš PollertPOL Canoeing 1992 1 0 0 1 Jana NovotnáNOV Tennis 1988 0 1 0 1 Helena SukováSUK Tennis 1988 0 1 0 1 Jiří RohanROH Canoeing 1992 0 1 0 1 Miroslav ŠimekSIM Canoeing 1992 0 1 0 1 ZEL Jan Železný also won two other gold medals in javelin throw for Czech Republic at 1996 Olympics and 2000 Olympics. POL Lukáš Pollert also won silver medal for Czech Republic in canoe slalom at the 1996 Olympics. NOV Jana Novotná also won bronze medal in women's singles and silver medal in women's doubles for Czech Republic at the 1996 Olympics. SUK Helena Suková also won silver medal in women's doubles for Czech Republic at the 1996 Olympics. ROH Jiří Rohan also won silver medal Czech Republic in canoe slalom at the 1996 Olympics. SIM Miroslav Šimek also won silver medal Czech Republic in canoe slalom at the 1996 Olympics.
Winter Games The Czechoslovak athlete who won the most medals in the history of the Winter Olympic Games is the ice hockey player Jiří Holík with four medals.