Czech Republic at the Olympics

The Czech Republic first took part in the Olympic Games as an independent country in 1994. It has competed in every Summer Olympic Games and Winter Olympic Games since then.  Before 1993, Czech athletes took part in the Olympics from 1920 to 1992 as Czechoslovakia and from 1900 to 1912 as Bohemia.

Athletes from the Czech Republic have won a total of 43 medals at the Summer Games. Canoeing, shooting  and athletics have been their best sports.  They have also won 16 medals at the Winter Games. Most of their medals came from  the Czech Republic national ice hockey team and cross-country skier Kateřina Neumannová.

The National Olympic Committee for the Czech Republic is the Czech Olympic Committee. It was founded in 1899 and accepted by the International Olympic Committee in 1993.

Medal tables
Medals by Summer Games
GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank 1900–1912  as Bohemia 1920–1992  as part of Czechoslovakia 1996 Atlanta  115   4  3  4  11  17 2000 Sydney  119   2  3  3  8  28 2004 Athens  142   1  3  4  8  42 2008 Beijing  134  3  3  0  6  24 2012 London  133  4  3  3  10  19 Total  14  15  14  43  45

Medals by Winter Games
 1994 Lillehammer  0  0  0  0 1998 Nagano  1  1  1  3 2002 Salt Lake City  1  2  0  3 2006 Turin  1  2  1  4 2010 Vancouver  2  0  4  6 Total  5  5  6  16

Medals by summer sport
 Canoeing  4  4  3  11 Athletics  5  1  4  10 Shooting  2  3  4  9 Rowing  1  2  0  4 Tennis  0  2  1  3 Modern pentathlon  1  0  1  2 Cycling  1  0  0  1 Boxing  0  1  0  1 Sailing  0  1  0  1 Triathlon  0  0  1  1 Total  14  15  14  43

Medals by winter sport
 Cross-country skiing  1  5  3  9 Ice hockey  1  0  1  2 Freestyle skiing  1  0  0  1 Speed skating  2  0  1  3 Alpine skiing  0  0  1  1 Total  5  5  6  16

Related pages
 List of IOC country codes
 Czechoslovakia at the Olympics
 Bohemia at the Olympics

 References 

Other websites 

 Czech Republic profile at London2012.com 

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