The Czech Republic participated in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, sending 92 participants, the largest Czech team ever to appear at the Winter Olympics. The Czechs competed in the majority of events, except curling, skeleton and women's ice hockey. Hockey player Jaromír Jágr served as flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
The medal hopes were set on speed skater Martina Sáblíková, cross-country skier Lukáš Bauer, freestyle skier Tomáš Kraus and alpine skier Šárka Záhrobská. As for ice hockey team, the expectations were less ambitious than at previous Olympics and this became true when the Czech teams went out in the quarterfinals. The games of Vancouver were with six medals the most successful in history of independent Czech Republic, equalling the medal count of its predecessor Czechoslovakia from Sarajevo 1984 but surpassing it in quality. The most successful Czech participant (and also the flag bearer during the closing ceremony) was speed skater Martina Sáblíková with two gold and one bronze medal.
Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Speed skating Women's 3000 metres Speed skating Women's 5000 metres Cross-country skiing Men's 15 km freestyle Speed skating Women's 1500 metres Martin JakšLukáš BauerJiří MagálMartin Koukal Cross-country skiing Men's 4 x 10 km relay Alpine skiing Women's slalom
Alpine skiing
AthleteEventFinalRun 1Run 2TotalRankOndřej BankMen's downhill n/a1:56.6630Men's giant slalom1:18.391:21.252:39.6417Men's slalom48.6952.121:40.8111Men's combined1:55.1751.022:46.197Klára KřížováWomen's downhill n/a2:09.2737Women's super-G n/a1:26.4629Kryštof KrýzlMen's downhill n/a1:58.4340Men's giant slalom1:18.571:22.162:40.7323Men's slalomDisqualifiedMen's combined1:56.0652.252:48.3117Filip TrejbalMen's downhill n/a2:02.5757Men's giant slalom1:21.741:23.672:45.4139Men's slalomdid not finishMen's combined1:58.6252.232:50.8528Martin VráblíkMen's super-G n/a DisqualifiedMen's giant slalom Did not finishMen's slalom Did not finishMen's combined1:58.5453.922:52.4631Šárka ZáhrobskáWomen's downhill n/a1:50.6827Women's giant slalom1:18.06did not finishWomen's slalom51.1552.751:43.90Women's combined1:27.3343.692:11.027Petr ZáhrobskýMen's downhill n/a1:57.4436Petra ZakouřilováWomen's giant slalomdid not finishWomen's slalomdid not finish
Biathlon
Men AthleteEventFinalTimeMissesRankRoman DostálIndividual52:51.4335Ondřej MoravecSprint27:39.8367Michal ŠlesingrSprint25:50.9118Pursuit35:58.8329Mass start36:35.6216Individual51:04.8217Jaroslav SoukupSprint27:10.4252Pursuit38:04.9451Individual52:35.2330Zdeněk VítekSprint26:13.7128Pursuit36:45.1538Individual55:41.2667Jaroslav SoukupZdeněk VítekRoman DostálMichal ŠlesingrRelay1:23:55.2 20:13.5 20:36.8 21:45.7 21:19.20+9 0+1 0+2 0+4 0+26
Women AthleteEventFinalTimeMissesRankMagda RezlerováSprint20:51.0019Pursuit33:46.9532Individual47:13.1564Zdeňka VejnarováSprint22:28.5260Pursuit37:30.6655Individual46:38.0455Veronika VítkováSprint21:10.9024Pursuit34:02.5337Individual47:33.4468Veronika ZvařičováSprint22:52.9271Gabriela SoukalováIndividual46:49.8260Veronika VítkováMagda RezlerováGabriela SoukalováZdeňka VejnarováRelay1:14:37.5 17:51.1 18:25.9 18:23.7 19:56.83+10 0+2 1+3 0+1 2+416
Bobsleigh
AthleteEventFinalRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalRankIvo DanilevičJan StokláskaTwo-man52.7352.5952.5252.443:30.2816Ivo DanilevičJan KobiánDominik SuchýJan StokláskaFour-man51.5451.7251.7651.963:26.9812Jan VrbaMiloš VeselýMartin BohmanOndřej KozlovskýFour-man52.0052.0952.4352.613:29.1316
Cross-country skiing
Distance Men AthleteEventFinalTimeRankLukáš Bauer15 km freestyle34:12.030 km pursuit1:15:25.2750 km classical2:05:49.412Martin Jakš15 km freestyle35:13.02930 km pursuit1:17:58.227Martin Koukal15 km freestyle34:53.51830 km pursuit1:14:25.920Milan Šperl15 km freestyle35:46.443Jiří Magál50 km classical2:10:22.729Martin JakšLukáš BauerJiří MagálMartin Koukal4 x 10 km relay1:45:21.9 28:22.4 27:36.4 24:34.8 24:48.3
Women AthleteEventFinalTimeRankIvana Janečková10 km freestyle26:51.33230 km classical1:40:13.640Eva Nývltová10 km freestyle28:04.15415 km pursuit44:52.85030 km classical1:38:40.139Kamila Rajdlová10 km freestyle26:26.22515 km pursuit42:26.523Eva Skalníková30 km classical1:44:47.847Eva NývltováKamila RajdlováIvana JanečkováEva Skalníková4 x 5 km relay59:11.2 15:15.0 15:28.9 13:34.3 14:53.013
Sprint AthleteEventQualifyingQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTotalRankTotalRankTotalRankTotalRankDušan KožíšekMen's sprint3:42.4535did not advanceEva NývltováWomen's sprint3:51.3733did not advanceAleš RazýmMen's sprint3:46.4244did not advanceDušan KožíšekMartin KoukalMen's team sprintn/a3:10.41 Q3:19.66
Figure skating
The Czech Republic qualified two entrants in men's singles and one in ice dancing, for a total of four athletes.
Athlete(s)Event//TotalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRank Michal BřezinaMen's78.809137.9311216.7310 Tomáš VernerMen's65.3219119.4217184.7419Kamila Hájková, David VincourIce dancing23.192240.542270.0821133.8121
Freestyle skiing
AthleteEventQualifyingFinalPointsRankPointsRankMartina KonopováWomen's aerials115.0721did not advanceNikola SudováWomen's moguls22.4012 Q19.4116Šárka SudováWomen's moguls18.5525did not advanceTereza VaculíkováWomen's moguls1.5027did not advanceLukáš VaculíkMen's moguls21.7826did not advance
Ski cross AthleteEventQualifying1/8 finalsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalsTimeRankPositionPositionPositionPositionRankTomáš KrausMen's ski cross1:13.7511 Q1 Q3did not advanceZdeněk ŠafářMen's ski crossdid not finish
Ice hockey
Men's tournament
Roster
Group play The Czech Republic will play in Group B. Round-robin All times are local (UTC-8).
Standings
Final rounds Qualification playoff
Quarterfinal
Luge
AthleteEventFinalRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalRankJakub HymanMen's singles49.37949.72649.46549.2313:17.80128Ondřej HymanMen's singles49.28449.34649.51249.2473:17.38925Luboš JíraMatěj KvíčalaDoubles42.20442.459n/a1:24.66318
Nordic combined
AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-CountryPointsRankDeficitTimeRankPavel ChuravýIndividual normal hill/10 km121.5100:5625:32.712Individual large hill/10 km114.080:3425:14.95Miroslav DvořákIndividual normal hill/10 km105.5392:0026:33.535Individual large hill/10 km107.5362:5325:36.715Tomáš SlavíkIndividual normal hill/10 km115.5241:2025:36.820Individual large hill/10 km104.7181:2926:29.825Aleš VodseďálekIndividual normal hill/10 km108.5351:4827:45.844Individual large hill/10 km102.8201:3727:29.834Aleš VodseďálekMiroslav DvořákTomáš SlavíkPavel ChuravýTeam457.3109.0110.5113.3124.581:0651:44.212:51.112:10.813:08.113:33.88
Short track speed skating
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankKateřina Novotná500 m44.6142 Q44.4383did not advance121000 m1:45.3004did not advance281500 m2:24.5043 QDisqualified19
Ski jumping
AthleteEventQualifyingFirst RoundFinalPointsRankPointsRankPointsTotalRankMartin CiklLarge hill114.329 Q78.441did not advance41Antonín HájekNormal hill134.54 Q121.017 Q118.5239.521Large hill138.03 Q119.49 Q121.2240.67Lukáš HlavaNormal hill112.037 Q108.038did not advance38Jakub JandaNormal hill135.52 Q127.58 Q123.0250.514Roman KoudelkaNormal hill123.518 Q127.09 Q125.0252.012Large hill117.027 Q97.029 Q111.5208.523Antonín HájekRoman KoudelkaLukáš HlavaLukáš HlavaTeamn/a477.4121.2124.3112.5119.47 Q504.4134.0134.4114.3121.7981.87
Snowboarding
Halfpipe AthleteEventQualifyingSemifinalFinalRun 1Run 2RankRun 1Run 2RankRun 1Run 2RankŠárka PančochováWomen's halfpipe15.428.117 QS34.424.98did not advance
Parallel GS AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalsTimeRankOppositionTimeOppositionTimeOppositionTimeOppositionTimeRankZuzana DoležalováWomen's parallel giant slalom1:26.5522did not advance22Petr ŠindelářMen's parallel giant slalom1:37.7728did not advance28
Snowboard cross AthleteEventQualifying1/8 finalsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalsTimeRankPositionPositionPositionPositionRankDavid BakešMen's snowboard cross1:26.0532 Q4did not advance32Michal NovotnýMen's snowboard cross1:24.2329 Q2 Q4did not advance16
Speed skating
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2FinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankKarolína ErbanováWomen's 500 m39.3652539.3212678.68623Women's 1000 mn/a1:17.5312Women's 1500 mn/a2:02.0125Martina SáblíkováWomen's 1500 mn/a1:57.96Women's 3000 mn/a4:02.53Women's 5000 mn/a6:50.91
See also Czech Republic at the Olympics Czech Republic at the 2010 Winter Paralympics
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