Czechoslovakia at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Czechoslovakia at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Czechoslovakia competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 181 competitors, 145 men and 36 women, took part in 93 events in 17 sports.
Medalists
Athletics
Men's 100 metres
Juraj Demec
First Heat — 10.66s (→ did not advance)
Men's 800 metres
Jozef Plachý
Heat — 1:47.1
Semifinals — 1:48.9 (→ did not advance)
Men's 1500 metres
Jozef Horčic
Heat — 3:45.7 (→ did not advance)
Men's 5000 metres
Josef Janský
Heat — 13:39.8 (→ did not advance)
Dusan Moravcik
Heat — 13:40.4 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
Jaroslav Matousek, Juraj Demec, Jiri Kynos, and Luděk Bohman
Heat — 39.31s
Semifinals — 39.01s
Final — 38.82s (→ 4th place)
Men's High Jump
Roman Moravec
Qualification Round — 2.12m (→ did not advance)
Jaroslav Alexa
Qualification Round — 2.09m (→ did not advance)
Basketball
Boxing
Canoeing
Cycling
Fifteen cyclists represented Czechoslovakia in 1972.
Individual road race
Jiří Prchal — 18th place
Jiří Háva — 41st place
Petr Matoušek — 47th place
Alois Holík — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Team time trial
Miloš Hrazdíra
Jiří Mainuš
Petr Matoušek
Vlastimil Moravec
Sprint
Vladimír Vačkář
Ivan Kučírek
1000m time trial
Anton Tkáč
Final — 1:08.78 (→ 13th place)
Tandem
Ivan Kučírek and Vladimír Popelka → 8th place
Individual pursuit
Milan Puzrla
Team pursuit
Zdeněk Dohnal
Jiří Mikšík
Anton Tkáč
Milan Zyka
Diving
Fencing
Two fencers, one man and one woman, represented Czechoslovakia in 1972.
Men's foil
František Koukal
Women's foil
Katarína Lokšová-Ráczová
Gymnastics
Handball
Czechoslovakia won a silver medal at the second Olympic handball tournament. In the first round, the team tied for second place in the points ranking after defeating Tunisia, tying Iceland, and losing to East Germany. Czechoslovakia won the tie-breaker over the Iceland team, which had also defeated Tunisia and lost to East Germany, and advanced to the second round. There, wins over Sweden and the Soviet Union put Czechoslovakia in another standings tie, this time in first place with East Germany. Again, the tie-breaker went to Czechoslovakia, giving the team the opportunity to play Yugoslavia, the winner of the other group, in the gold medal game. Yugoslavia won, 21-16, leaving Czechoslovakia with the silver.
Men's Team Competition:
Czechoslovakia - silver medal (3-2-1)
Judo
Rowing
Men's Single Sculls
Jaroslav Hellebrand
Heat — 7:58.15
Repechage — 8:19.28
Semi Finals — 8:44.60
B-Final — 8:11.04 (→ 12th place)
Men's Coxed Pairs
Oldřich Svojanovský, Pavel Svojanovský and Vladimír Petříček
Heat — 7:41.27
Semi Finals — 8:07.88
Final — 7:19.57 (→ Silver Medal)
Sailing
Shooting
Eight male shooters represented Czechoslovakia in 1972.
25 m pistol
Ladislav Falta
Vladimír Hurt
50 m pistol
Hynek Hromada
Miroslav Štefan
300 m rifle, three positions
Karel Bulan
Rudolf Pojer
50 m rifle, three positions
Petr Kovářík
Karel Bulan
50 m rifle, prone
Jiří Vogler
Rudolf Pojer
Swimming
Volleyball
Men's team competition
Team Roster
Vladimír Petlák
Milan Vápenka
Pavel Schenk
Zdeněk Groessl
Stefan Pipa
Jaroslav Tomáš
Drahomír Koudelka
Jaroslav Stančo
Lubomír Zajíček
Jaroslav Penc
Milan Řezníček
Miroslav Nekola
Head coaches: Karel Láznička and Zdeněk Malý
Weightlifting
Wrestling
References
Nations at the 1972 Summer Olympics
1972 Summer Olympics
Summer Olympics