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Czechoslovakia at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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Czechoslovakia at the
1952 Summer Olympics
IOC codeTCH
NOCCzechoslovak Olympic Committee
in Helsinki
Competitors99 (86 men, 13 women) in 11 sports
Flag bearer Vít Matlocha
Medals
Ranked 6th
Gold
7
Silver
3
Bronze
3
Total
13
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Bohemia (1900–1912)
 Czech Republic (1994–)
 Slovakia (1994–)

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.[1]

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Emil Zátopek Athletics Men's 5000 metres
 Gold Emil Zátopek Athletics Men's 10000 metres
 Gold Emil Zátopek Athletics Men's Marathon
 Gold Dana Zátopková Athletics Women's javelin throw
 Gold Ján Zachara Boxing Men's featherweight
 Gold Josef Holeček Canoeing Men's C-1 1000 m
 Gold Karel Mejta
Jiří Havlis
Jan Jindra
Stanislav Lusk
Miroslav Koranda
Rowing Men's coxed four
 Silver Josef Doležal Athletics Men's 50 km walk
 Silver Jan Brzák-Felix
Bohumil Kudrna
Canoeing Men's C-2 1000 m
 Silver Josef Růžička Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman heavyweight
 Bronze Alfréd Jindra Canoeing Men's C-1 10000 m
 Bronze Hana Bobková
Alena Chadimová
Jana Rabasová
Alena Reichová
Matylda Matoušková-Šínová
Božena Srncová
Věra Vančurová
Eva Věchtová
Gymnastics Women's team all-around
 Bronze Mikuláš Athanasov Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman lightweight

Athletics

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Basketball

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Men's Team Competition

Boxing

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Canoeing

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Cycling

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Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)

Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race

Gymnastics

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Rowing

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Czechoslovakia had eight male rowers participate in three out of seven rowing events in 1952.[2]

Men's single sculls
Men's double sculls
Men's coxed four

Shooting

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Six shooters represented Czechoslovakia in 1952.

25 m pistol
50 m pistol
Trap

Swimming

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Weightlifting

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Wrestling

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References

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  1. ^ "Czechoslovakia at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Czechoslovakia Rowing at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
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