# Czech Republic at the 1998 Winter Olympics

The Czech Republic competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. The medal hopes were set on ice hockey team and Kateřina Neumannová in cross-country skiing. The ice hockey team won their first gold medal in history. Kateřina Neumannová was also successful, winning one silver and one bronze medal. The surprise performance for the team was freestyle skier Aleš Valenta who came fourth.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Gold | Czech Republic men's national ice hockey team Jan ČalounRoman ČechmánekJiří DopitaRoman HamrlíkDominik HašekMilan HejdukMilan HniličkaJaromír JágrFrantišek KučeraRobert LangDavid MoravecPavel PateraLibor ProcházkaMartin ProcházkaRobert ReichelMartin RučinskýVladimír RůžičkaJiří ŠlégrRichard ŠmehlíkJaroslav ŠpačekMartin StrakaPetr Svoboda | Ice hockey | Men's tournament | 22 February |
| Silver | Kateřina Neumannová | Cross-country skiing | Women's 5 kilometre classical | 10 February |
| Bronze | Kateřina Neumannová | Cross-country skiing | Women's 10 kilometre freestyle pursuit | 12 February |

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Alpine skiing | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Biathlon | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Bobsleigh | 5 | – | 5 |
| Cross-country skiing | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Figure skating | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Freestyle skiing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ice hockey | 21 | 0 | 21 |
| Nordic combined | 5 | – | 5 |
| Ski jumping | 4 | – | 4 |
| Total | 48 | 13 | 61 |

## Alpine skiing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Time | Time | Rank |
| Marcel Maxa | Giant Slalom | 1:25.88 | 1:23.63 | 2:49.51 | 29 |
| Marcel Maxa | Slalom | 57.81 | DNF | DNF | – |
Men's combined
| Athlete | Slalom | Slalom | Downhill | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Time 1 | Time 2 | Time | Total time | Rank |
| Marcel Maxa | 49.73 | 46.44 | DSQ | DSQ | – |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Time | Time | Rank |
| Lucie Hrstková | Downhill | | | 1:33.00 | 31 |
| Lucie Hrstková | Super-G | | | 1:21.74 | 35 |
| Lucie Hrstková | Giant Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
| Lucie Hrstková | Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
Women's combined
| Athlete | Downhill | Slalom | Slalom | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Time | Time 1 | Time 2 | Total time | Rank |
| Lucie Hrstková | 1:33.29 | 39.30 | 37.37 | 2:49.96 | 15 |

## Biathlon
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Misses $^1$ | Time | Rank |
| 10 km Sprint | Petr Garabík | 3 | 30:51.3 | 53 |
| 10 km Sprint | Zdeněk Vítek | 2 | 30:46.5 | 51 |
| 10 km Sprint | Ivan Masařík | 2 | 28:58.6 | 15 |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time $^2$ | Rank |
| 20 km | Petr Garabík | 58:28.8 | 6 | 1'04:28.8 | 56 |
| 20 km | Jiří Holubec | 59:08.8 | 2 | 1'01:08.8 | 34 |
| 20 km | Ivan Masařík | 56:30.7 | 1 | 57:30.7 | 4 |

### Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race | Race |
| Athletes | Misses $^1$ | Time | Rank |
| Petr Garabík Zdeněk Vítek Jiří Holubec Ivan Masařík | 0 | 1'26:35.5 | 14 |

### Women

| Event | Athlete | Misses $^1$ | Time | Rank |
| 7.5 km Sprint | Kateřina Losmanová-Holubcová | 3 | 26:51.7 | 57 |
| 7.5 km Sprint | Irena Novotná-Česneková | 3 | 25:30.4 | 40 |
| 7.5 km Sprint | Jiřína Adamičková-Pelcová | 1 | 25:14.5 | 35 |
| 7.5 km Sprint | Eva Háková | 1 | 24:58.6 | 26 |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time $^2$ | Rank |
| 15 km | Eva Háková | 57:25.4 | 6 | 1'03:25.4 | 53 |
| 15 km | Kateřina Losmanová-Holubcová | 1'00:48.9 | 1 | 1'01:48.9 | 44 |
| 15 km | Jiřína Adamičková-Pelcová | 58:26.3 | 3 | 1'01:26.3 | 38 |
| 15 km | Irena Novotná-Česneková | 57:09.0 | 3 | 1'00:09.0 | 30 |

### Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race | Race |
| Athletes | Misses $^1$ | Time | Rank |
| Kateřina Losmanová-Holubcová Irena Novotná-Česneková Jiřína Adamičková-Pelcová Eva Háková | 0 | 1'43:20.5 | 6 |
    $^1$ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
    $^2$ One minute added per missed target.

## Bobsleigh

| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| CZE-1 | Jiří Dzmura Pavel Polomský | Two-man | 55.30 | 16 | 55.11 | 17 | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – |
| CZE-2 | Pavel Puškár Jan Kobián | Two-man | 54.99 | 12 | 54.60 | 5 | 54.46 | 8 | 54.54 | 7 | 3:38.59 | 8 |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Total | Total |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| CZE-1 | Pavel Puškár Peter Kondrát Pavel Polomský Jan Kobián | Four-man | 53.61 | 12 | 53.80 | 16 | 53.88 | 11 | 2:41.29 | 13 |

## Cross-country skiing
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 10 km C | Lubomír Buchta | 30:38.4 | 52 |
| 10 km C | Lukáš Bauer | 30:11.1 | 45 |
| 10 km C | Martin Koukal | 29:41.8 | 35 |
| 10 km C | Petr Michl | 29:28.5 | 32 |
| 15 km pursuit$^1$ F | Lubomír Buchta | 45:36.6 | 50 |
| 15 km pursuit$^1$ F | Martin Koukal | 44:41.8 | 37 |
| 15 km pursuit$^1$ F | Lukáš Bauer | 44:16.3 | 32 |
| 15 km pursuit$^1$ F | Petr Michl | 42:47.5 | 23 |
| 30 km C | Lubomír Buchta | DNF | – |
| 30 km C | Lukáš Bauer | 1'42:08.8 | 33 |
| 30 km C | Jiří Magál | 1'40:29.6 | 22 |
| 50 km F | Jiří Magál | 2'21:30.5 | 47 |
| 50 km F | Petr Michl | 2'13:08.3 | 17 |
| 50 km F | Lubomír Buchta | 2'11:34.8 | 13 |
    $^1$ Starting delay based on 10 km results.
    C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

### Men's 4 × 10 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race |
| Athletes | Time | Rank |
| Lukáš Bauer Martin Koukal Petr Michl Jiří Magál | 1'45:35.4 | 15 |

### Women

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 5 km C | Zuzana Kocumová | 19:58.3 | 59 |
| 5 km C | Jana Šaldová | 19:00.4 | 28 |
| 5 km C | Kateřina Hanušová | 18:49.1 | 22 |
| 5 km C | Kateřina Neumannová | 17:42.7 | |
| 10 km pursuit$^2$ F | Zuzana Kocumová | 32:34.9 | 41 |
| 10 km pursuit$^2$ F | Kateřina Hanušová | 30:58.8 | 24 |
| 10 km pursuit$^2$ F | Kateřina Neumannová | 28:37.2 | |
| 15 km C | Iveta Zelingerová-Fortová | 52:26.3 | 44 |
| 15 km C | Jana Šaldová | 51:33.8 | 29 |
| 15 km C | Kateřina Neumannová | 49:01.9 | 9 |
| 30 km F | Zuzana Kocumová | 1'32:52.1 | 35 |
| 30 km F | Kateřina Hanušová | 1'29:59.9 | 23 |
    $^2$ Starting delay based on 5 km results.
    C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

### Women's 4 × 5 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race |
| Athletes | Time | Rank |
| Jana Šaldová Kateřina Neumannová Kateřina Hanušová Zuzana Kocumová | 56:58.7 | 6 |

## Figure skating
### Women

| Athlete | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
| Lenka Kulovaná | 16 | 18 | 26.0 | 18 |

### Pairs

| Athletes | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
| Kateřina Beránková Otto Dlabola | 14 | 15 | 22.0 | 15 |

### Ice Dancing

| Athletes | CD1 | CD2 | OD | FD | TFP | Rank |
| Kateřina Mrázová Martin Šimeček | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 26.0 | 13 |

## Freestyle skiing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Aleš Valenta | Aerials | 205.50 | 11 Q | 232.25 | 4 |

## Ice hockey
### Men's tournament
#### First Round - Group D

| Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Russia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 6 |
| Czech Republic | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 4 |
| Finland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 2 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 25 | -19 | 0 |
All times are local (UTC-7).

#### Quarter-final

All times are local (UTC-7).

#### Semi-final

All times are local (UTC-7).

#### Gold Medal Game

All times are local (UTC-7).
* Gold:
* Czech Republic Josef Beránek Jan Čaloun Roman Čechmánek Jiří Dopita Roman Hamrlík Dominik Hašek Milan Hejduk Milan Hnilička Jaromír Jágr František Kučera Robert Lang David Moravec Pavel Patera Libor Procházka Martin Procházka Robert Reichel Martin Ručinský Vladimír Růžička-C Jiří Šlégr Richard Šmehlík Jaroslav Špaček Martin Straka Petr Svoboda

## Nordic combined

Men's individual
Events:
* normal hill ski jumping
* 15 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)
| Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Cross-country time | Total rank |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Cross-country time | Total rank |
| Petr Šmejc | Individual | 195.0 | 34 | 48:37.4 | 40 |
| Ladislav Rygl | Individual | 204.5 | 23 | 44:20.8 | 14 |
| Jan Matura | Individual | 218.0 | 12 | 47:35.0 | 35 |
| Milan Kučera | Individual | 228.0 | 8 | 42:45.8 | 5 |
Men's Team
Four participants per team.
Events:
* normal hill ski jumping
* 5 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)
| Athletes | Ski jumping | Ski jumping | Cross-country time | Total rank |
| Athletes | Points | Rank | Cross-country time | Total rank |
| Marek Fiurášek Milan Kučera Jan Matura Ladislav Rygl | 900.5 | 4 | 57:04.7 | 8 |

## Ski jumping

| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Points | Rank |
| Jakub Sucháček | Normal hill | 77.5 | 87.5 | 29 Q | 81.0 | 96.0 | 183.5 | 28 |
| Jaroslav Sakala | Normal hill | 77.5 | 89.0 | 28 Q | 80.5 | 96.0 | 185.0 | 26 |
| Michal Doležal | Normal hill | 81.5 | 98.5 | 20 Q | 87.5 | 112.5 | 211.0 | 11 |
| František Jež | Normal hill | 83.5 | 103.0 | 13 Q | 77.5 | 89.5 | 192.5 | 24 |
| Jaroslav Sakala | Large hill | 91.5 | 61.2 | 56 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| František Jež | Large hill | 113.5 | 104.3 | 25 Q | 113.0 | 104.4 | 208.7 | 24 |
| Michal Doležal | Large hill | 116.0 | 107.8 | 18 Q | 130.5 | 135.4 | 243.2 | 8 |
| Jakub Sucháček | Large hill | 117.5 | 111.0 | 13 Q | 121.0 | 118.3 | 229.3 | 15 |

### Men's team large hill

| Athletes | Result | Result |
| Athletes | Points $^1$ | Rank |
| Jakub Sucháček František Jež Michal Doležal Jaroslav Sakala | 710.3 | 7 |
    $^1$ Four teams members performed two jumps each.