Czech Republic competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 65 athletes, 45 men and 20 women. Competitors from Czech Republic won 31 medals, including 16 gold, 8 silver and 7 bronze to finish 12th in the medal table. Among them was the flag bearer of the Czech team, Roman Musil – the most successful Czech Paralympian at the Sydney games.
Medallists Medal Name Sport Event Roman Musil Athletics Men's shot put F33/34 Radim Beles Athletics Men's discus throw F32/51 Milan Kubala Athletics Men's discus throw F36 Martin Němec Athletics Men's discus throw F55 Rostislav Pohlmann Athletics Men's discus throw F57 Veronika Foltova Athletics Women's shot put F35/36 Martina Kniezkova Athletics Women's discus throw F32-34/51-53 Veronika Foltova Athletics Women's throw F35/36/38 Marcel Pipek Cycling Men's handcycle time trial HC B/C Jiří Ježek Cycling Men's bicycle road race/time trial LC2 Martin Kovar Swimming Men's 50m freestyle S3 Martin Kovar Swimming Men's 100m freestyle S3 Martin Kovar Swimming Men's 200m freestyle S3 Katerina Coufalova Swimming Women's 100m breaststroke SB9 Bela Hlaváčková Swimming Women's 50m backstroke S5 Frantisek Glazar Michal Stefanu Rene Taus Table tennis Men's teams class 5 Miroslav Sperk Athletics Men's discus throw F56 Radim Beles Athletics Men's club throw F32/51 Vladimira Bujarkova Athletics Women's shot put F37/38 Eva Kacanu Athletics Women's shot put F54/55 Veronika Foltova Athletics Women's javelin throw F35-38 Jiří Ježek Cycling Men's bicycle 4 km individual pursuit LC2 Michal Stefanu Table tennis Men's singles class 4 Jolana Matouskova Table tennis Women's singles class 10 Dusan Grezl Athletics Men's shot put F38 Frantisek Purgl Athletics Men's discus throw F54 Rostislav Pohlmann Athletics Men's javelin throw F57 Eva Berna Athletics Women's shot put F37/38 Jiri Bouska Cycling Men's bicycle 1 km time trial CP 3/4 Jiri Bouska Cycling Men's bicycle 3 km individual pursuit CP4 Jiri Kaderavek Swimming Men's 100m freestyle S1
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|align=left|Zdenek Sebek |align=left|Men's individual W1 |643 |3 |colspan=2|Bye |W 103-94 |L 96-99 |L 96-108 |4
Women
|align=left|Miroslava Cerna |align=left rowspan=3|Women's individual W1/W2 |552 |5 | |W 119-117 |L 80-85 |colspan=3|did not advance |- |align=left|Lenka Kuncova |545 |9 | |L 126-147 |colspan=4|did not advance |- |align=left|Marketa Sidkova |550 |6 | |W 140-121 |L 85-94 |colspan=3|did not advance |- |align=left|Miroslava Cerna Lenka Kuncova Marketa Sidkova |align=left|Women's teams open |1647 |3 |colspan=2 |L 176-201 |colspan=3|did not advance
Athletics Czech discus thrower Veronika Foltová took the gold, setting a new Paralympic record at 23.47 meters. Martina Kniezková also won a gold medal in the discus throw, setting a new world record in category F51, repeating her triumph at Sydney.
Czech discus thrower František Pürgl initially took fourth place, before being granted the bronze medal after the handicap of the winner Mochtar from Iran was reconsidered and he was moved into other category. Athens was František Pürgl's last Paralympic Games.
Men's track AthleteClassEventHeatsSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankAleš ŠvehlíkT38800mN/A2:16.536
Men's field AthleteClassEventFinalResultPointsRankRadim BelesF32/51Club throw25.44993Discus9.771082Dusan GrezlF36/38Javelin41.52-6F38Discus35.42-7Shot put13.19-Miroslav JanecekF38Shot put12.11-5Ales KisyF53Discus17.02-9Shot put6.86-6Roman KolekF36/38Javelin39.27-7F38Discus36.28-6Shot put11.72-6Milan KubalaF36Discus35.25-Roman MusilF33/34Discus26.248705Shot put10.261069 PRMartin NěmecF55Discus37.18 WR-F55-56Javelin31.699289F56Shot put11.09-4Rostislav PohlmannF57Discus47.53 WR-Javelin37.91-Shot putDNSFrantisek PurglF54Discus27.97-Javelin22.42-6Miroslav SperkF56Discus37.30-Shot put7.42-18Josef StiakF55-56Javelin31.699895F56Shot put9.15-14Petr VratilF36/38Javelin42.49-5F38Discus38.51-4
Women's field AthleteClassEventFinalResultPointsRankEva BernaF35-38Javelin20.6393010F37Discus25.107034F37/38Shot put9.471028Vladimira BujarkovaF37Discus22.517067F37/38Shot put9.681051Andrea FarkasovaF35/36/38Discus17.8970013F35-38Javelin22.029469F37/38Shot put6.9969812Jana FesslovaF54/55Discus19.0474412Shot put6.8679111Veronika FoltovaF35/36Shot put9.47 WR1363F35/36/38Discus23.47 PR1323F35-38Javelin22.701288Eva KacanuF54/55Shot put6.181016Martina KniezkovaF32-34/51-53Discus15.281330 WRF33/34/52/53Javelin9.4211115
Boccia AthleteEventPreliminariesRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOpponentOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankAles BidlasMixed individual BC3 L 1-75did not advance W 5-4 L 0-10 L 0-14Radovan Krenek L 0-63did not advance L 0-9 W 3-2
Cycling Cyclist Jiří Bouška was the first to garner a medal for the Czech team. He took the bronze medal in the 1 km race. Jiří made a new world record for division 4, but after conversion of coefficients placed third in the race overall. The British competitor Darren Kenny from division 3 took home the gold medal. Jiří Bouška also took the bronze medal in the 3 km pursuit event, with teammate Luboš Jirka coming in just behind him in fourth place.
Cyclist Jiří Ježek won the silver medal in another pursuit event. He had taken the gold medal in Sydney. Jiří has a below-knee amputation. In the finals in category LC2, he could not beat Robert Alcaide from Spain. Jiří also competed in the combination event, and won the gold medal there.
Historically, the first gold medal in timed competition went to the Czech handy-cyclist, Marcel Pipek. He expressed that he had trained very hard to prepare for the race with his friend in Jeseníky.
Men's road AthleteEventTimeRankJiri BouskaMen's road race / time trial CP div 4-5Jiří JežekMen's road race / time trial LC2-Lubos JirkaMen's road race / time trial CP div 4-8Marcel PipekMen's handcycle road race HC div B/C1:25:406Men's handcycle time trial HC div B/C17:28.09Petr PlihalMen's road race / time trial CP div 4-11Michal StarkMen's road race / time trial LC3-6Josef WinklerMen's tricycle road race CP div 1/249:214Men's tricycle time trial CP div 1/210:53.137
Women's road AthleteEventTimeRankDaniela ProchazkovaWomen's time trial LC1-4/CP 3/436:06.9411
Men's track AthleteEventQualification1st roundFinalTimeRankTimeRankOppositionTimeRankJiri BouskaMen's 1km time trial CP div 3/4align="center" colspan="4" 1:11.35Men's individual pursuit CP div 43:47.323 Q W 3:43.613 q W 3:46.62Jiří JežekMen's 1km time trial LC1-4align="center" colspan="4" 1:11.359Men's individual pursuit LC25:06.852 Q W 5:01.432 Q L 5:01.23Lubos JirkaMen's 1km time trial CP div 3/4align="center" colspan="4" 1:15.627Men's individual pursuit CP div 43:53.714 Q W 3:53.364 q L 3:52.224Petr PlihalMen's 1km time trial CP div 3/4align="center" colspan="4" 1:20.3815Men's individual pursuit CP div 44:16.3711did not advanceMichal StarkMen's 1km time trial LC1-4align="center" colspan="4" 1:12.9414Men's individual pursuit LC34:16.277 Q L 4:13.996did not advanceJiri Bouska Jiří Ježek Michal StarkMen's team sprint LC1-4/CP 3/457.6595 L 57.2855did not advance
Women's track AthleteEventQualificationFinalTimeRankOppositionTimeRankDaniela ProchazkovaWomen's time trial LC1-4/CP 3/4N/A1:33.1312
Swimming Czech swimmers had a successful showing at the games as well. Swimmer Martin Kovář won the 100 meter freestyle competition, taking home the gold medal and setting a new world record. He bested his previous world record that had held for 3 months old, by over 2 seconds. He has now confirmed his absolute sovereignty in the S3 category. Martin also took home the gold in the 200 meter free style event, again setting a world record, despite having to swim the competition from the lane 8.
In category S1, Jiří Kadeřávek won the bronze medal in the 100 meter crawl. He also participated in the rugby union event at the games.
Less than six months after giving birth, Běla Hlaváčková returned to compete in the swimming events and won a gold medal for the 50 meter backstroke Her biggest competitor, Beatrice Hess from France, finished just after her. Kateřina Lišková also participated in this event, placing fourth.
Swimmer Kateřina Coufalová won the next gold medal for the Czech team in the 100 meter breaststroke competition in category SB9. This category is for competitors with an amputated arm. After her triumph in Atlanta, this marked the second gold medal in her career.
Men AthleteClassEventHeatsFinalResultRankResultRankPetr AndrysekS6400m freestyle6:19.1913did not advanceFilip CoufalS1050m freestyle26.9411did not advance100m freestyle58.139did not advance400m freestyle4:42.9711did not advance100m backstroke1:11.2812did not advance100m butterfly1:07.2813did not advanceSM10200m individual medley2:28.248 Q2:31.468Vojtech FranekS250m freestyle1:17.517 Q1:19.798100m freestyle2:52.468 Q2:50.168200m freestyle6:22.0110did not advance50m backstroke1:17.676 Q1:17.316Jiri KaderavekS150m freestyleN/A1:54.324100m freestyleN/A3:40.4650m backstrokeN/A1:48.234Martin KovarS350m freestyle47.04 PR1 Q45.65 WR100m freestyle1:57.093 Q1:43.51 PR200m freestyle4:30.187 Q3:42.63 WR50m backstroke57.003 Q58.734Dalibor MachS750m freestyle32.9514did not advance100m freestyle1:11.739did not advance400m freestyle5:38.4110did not advance50m butterfly37.9112did not advanceSB6100m breaststrokeN/A1:44.118SM7200m individual medley3:15.1813did not advancePavel MachalaS950m freestyle28.4717did not advance100m freestyle1:02.2916did not advanceJan PovysilS450m freestyle41.614 Q42.336100m freestyle1:31.725 Q1:38.387200m freestyle3:24.276 Q3:22.85550m backstroke53.404 Q54.82850m butterfly1:07.188 Q1:07.657SB350m breaststroke58.748 Q59.168SM4150m individual medley3:04.5710did not advanceTomas ScharfS750m freestyle32.6713did not advance50m butterfly39.6814did not advanceMartin ŠtěpánekS1350m freestyle27.369did not advance100m freestyle1:00.669 did not advance100m backstroke1:13.678 Q1:12.668SB13100m breaststroke1:18.196 QDSQSM13200m individual medley2:36.817 Q2:35.227Lukas UrbanekS10100m freestyle58.6412did not advance400m freestyle4:32.687 Q4:29.826Petr Andrysek Martin Kovar Jan Povysil Tomas ScharfN/A4 × 50 m freestyle relay (20pts)2:45.235 Q2:41.375Filip Coufal Dalibor Mach Tomas Scharf Lukas UrbanekN/A4 × 100 m freestyle relay (34pts)4:21.778 Q4:22.358Martin Kovar Dalibor Mach Jan Povysil Tomas ScharfN/A4 × 50 m medley relay (20pts)3:08.368 Q3:12.828
Women AthleteClassEventHeatsFinalResultRankResultRankKaterina CoufalovaSB9100m breaststroke1:23.191 Q1:24.17Tereza DiepoldovaS9400m freestyle5:26.4911did not advance100m backstroke1:23.9413did not advanceSM9200m individual medley3:04.7714did not advanceBela HlaváčkováS550m freestyle38.463 Q38.424100m freestyle1:25.805 Q1:25.36550m backstroke41.781 Q42.3650m butterflyN/A50.845SB4100m breaststroke2:04.586 Q2:06.176Petra HrabinovaS7400m freestyle6:50.0212did not advanceSB6100m breaststroke1:56.345 Q1:55.106Katerina LiskovaS550m freestyle43.566 Q43.836100m freestyle1:32.776 Q1:30.186200m freestyle3:15.544 Q3:18.55450m backstroke49.974 Q51.114
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