Czechoslovakia at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Czechoslovakia at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Czechoslovakia competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. 209 competitors, 162 men and 47 women, took part in 114 events in 21 sports.
Medalists
Archery
In its first appearance in the Olympic archery competition, Czechoslovakia sent two women and one man. Zdeňka Padevětová earned a fourth-place finish.
Women's Individual Competition:
Zdeňka Padevětová — 2405 points (→ 4th place)
Jitka Dolejší — 2219 points (→ 20th place)
Men's Individual Competition:
František Hadaš — 2305 points (→ 24th place)
Athletics
Men's 1,500 metres
Jozef Plachý
Heat — 3:44.4
Semifinals — 3:40.4
Final — 3:40.7 (→ 6th place)
Men's 5,000 metres
Jiří Sýkora
Heat — 13:43.1
Semi Final — 13:31.0
Final — 13:25.0 (→ 9th place)
Men's 10,000 metres
Jiří Sýkora
Heat — 29:19.8 (→ did not advance)
Men's Marathon
Vlastimil Zwiefelhofer
Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Josef Janska
Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay
Josef Lomický, Dušan Malovec, František Břečka, and Karel Kolář
Heat — 3:03.5
Final — 3:07.0 (→ 7th place)
Men's 110 m Hurdles
Július Ivan
Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase
Dušan Moravčík
Heat — 8:33.4
Semifinals — 8:28.0
Final — 8:29.1 (→ 10th place)
Men's Long Jump
Jan Leitner
Qualification — 7.68 m (→ did not advance)
Men's Discus Throw
Imrich Bugár
Qualification — 65.08 m
Final — 66.38 m (→ Silver Medal)
Men's Hammer Throw
Jiří Chamrád
Qualification — 69.38 m
Final Round — 68.16 m (→ 12th place)
Men's Shot Put
Jaromír Vlk
Qualification — 19.69 m
Final — 20.24 m (→ 7th place)
Men's 20 km Walk
Pavol Blažek
Final — 1:35:30.8 (→ 14th place)
Jozef Pribilinec
Final — 1:42:52.4 (→ 20th place)
Juraj Benčík
Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)
Men's 50 km Walk
Pavol Blažek
Final — 4:16:26 (→ 10th place)
Juraj Benčík
Final — 4:27:39 (→ 13th place)
Jaromír Vaňous
Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)
Women's Long Jump
Jarmila Nygrýnová
Qualification — 6.58 m
Final — 6.83 m (→ 6th place)
Women's Discus Throw
Zdena Bartoňová
Qualification — 59.48 m
Final — 57.78 m (→ 11th place)
Women's Shot Put
Zdena Bartoňová
Final — 18.40 m (→ 10th place)
Women's Pentathlon
Marcela Koblasová — 4328 points (→ 11th place)
100 metres — 14.10s
Shot Put — 13.42m
High Jump — 1.71m
Long Jump — 6.15m
800 metres — 2:20.30
Basketball
Men's team competition
Preliminary round (group A)
Lost to Brazil (70-72)
Defeated India (133-65)
Lost to Soviet Union (83-99)
Second Round (Group B)
Lost to Australia (86-91)
Defeated Sweden (83-61)
Lost to Poland (84-88)
Defeated Senegal (88-72) → 9th place
Team Roster:
Jaroslav Skála
Dušan Žáček
Vlastimil Havlík
Peter Rajniak
Stanislav Kropilák
Pavol Bojanovský
Zdeněk Kos
Jiří Pospíšil
Vlastibor Klimeš
Kamil Brabenec
Zdeněk Douša
Gustáv Hraška
Boxing
Men's Featherweight (57 kg)
Miroslav Šándor
First Round — Bye
Second Round — Lost to Dejan Marovic (Yugoslavia) on points (0-5)
Canoeing
Cycling
Eleven cyclists represented Czechoslovakia in 1980.
Individual road race
Jiří Škoda
Vlastibor Konečný
Ladislav Ferebauer
Michal Klasa
Team time trial
Michal Klasa
Vlastibor Konečný
Alipi Kostadinov
Jiří Škoda
Sprint
Anton Tkáč
1000m time trial
Petr Kocek
Individual pursuit
Martin Penc
Team pursuit
Teodor Černý
Martin Penc
Jiří Pokorný
Igor Sláma
Diving
Fencing
Seven fencers, six men and one woman, represented Czechoslovakia in 1980.
Men's foil
Jaroslav Jurka
František Koukal
Men's épée
Jaroslav Jurka
Oldřich Kubišta
Jiří Douba
Men's team épée
Jaroslav Jurka, Jaromír Holub, Jiří Douba, Jiří Adam, Oldřich Kubišta
Women's foil
Katarína Lokšová-Ráczová
Football
Men's team competition
Preliminary Round (Group B)
All matches were played at the Kirov Stadium in Leningrad except where noted.
July 21, 1980 : Czechoslovakia - Colombia 3-0 (2-0)
July 23, 1980 : Czechoslovakia - Nigeria 1-1 (1-0)
July 25, 1980 : Czechoslovakia - Kuwait 0-0 (0-0)
Final standings
With four points each (one win and two draws), Czechoslovakia and Kuwait qualified for the quarterfinals.
Quarterfinals
July 27, 1980 : Czechoslovakia - Cuba 4-0 (4-0)
Semifinals
July 29, 1980 : Czechoslovakia - Yugoslavia 2-0 (2-0) at Dynamo Stadium, Moscow
Final
August 2, 1980 : Czechoslovakia - East Germany 1-0 (0-0) Loujniki Stadium, Moscow
Roster
Stanislav Seman
Luděk Macela
Josef Mazura
Libor Radimec
Zdeněk Rygel
Petr Němec
Ladislav Vízek
Jan Berger
Jindřich Svoboda
Luboš Pokluda
Werner Lička
Rostislav Václavíček
Jaroslav Netolička
Oldřich Rott
František Štambachr
František Kunzo
Gymnastics
Handball
Women's Tournament
Jana Kuťková
Hockey
Women's team competition
Preliminary Round Robin
Lost to Soviet Union (0-2)
Drew with Zimbabwe (2-2)
Defeated India (2-1)
Defeated Austria (5-0)
Defeated Poland (1-0) → Silver Medal
Team Roster:
Jarmila Králíčková
Berta Hrubá
Iveta Šranková
Lenka Vymazalová
Jiřina Křížová
Jiřina Kadlecová
Jiřina Čermáková
Marta Urbanová
Květa Petříčková
Marie Sýkorová
Ida Hubáčková
Milada Blažková
Jana Lahodová
Alena Kyselicová
Jiřina Hájková
Viera Podhányiová
Judo
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Czechoslovakia in 1980.
Men's Individual Competition:
Milan Kadlec — 5229 pts, 8th place
Jan Bártů — 5158 pts, 16th place
Bohumil Starnovský — 4952 pts, 26th place
Men's Team Competition:
Kadlec, Bártů, and Starnovský — 15339 pts, 6th place
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Swimming
Men's 200m Freestyle
Petr Adamec
Final — 1:55.84 (→ did not advance)
Radek Havel
Final — 1:55.07 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400m Freestyle
Daniel Machek
Final — 3:55.66 (→ 5th place)
Men's 100m Backstroke
Miloslav Rolko
Final — 57.74 (→ 4th place)
Men's 400m Individual Medley
Miloslav Rolko
Final — 4:26.99 (→ 6th place)
Daniel Machek
Final — 4:29.86 (→ 8th place)
Women's 100m Breaststroke
Irena Fleissnerová
Heats — 1:13.35 (→ did not advance)
Women's 200m Breaststroke
Irena Fleissnerová
Final — 2:33.23 (→ 5th place)
Volleyball
Men's team competition
Preliminary round (group A)
Lost to Soviet Union (1-3)
Lost to Italy (2-3)
Lost to Bulgaria (0-3)
Defeated Cuba (3-2)
Classification Matches
5th/8th place: Lost to Brazil (0-3)
7th/8th place: Lost to Cuba (1-3) → 8th place
Team Roster
Dušan Prieložný
Pavel Valach
Vlado Sirvoň
Ján Repák
Josef Novotný
Jaroslav Šmid
Vlastimil Lenert
Jaroslav Kopet
Ján Cifra
Pavel Řeřábek
Josef Pick
Cyril Krejčí
Head coaches: Pavel Schenk and Zdeněk Václavík
Weightlifting
Wrestling
References
Nations at the 1980 Summer Olympics
1980 Summer Olympics
Summer Olympics