Czechoslovakia at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Czechoslovakia competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, after having boycotted the previous Games in 1984. 163 competitors, 110 men and 53 women, took part in 97 events in 17 sports.

Medalists

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Athletics

Men's 10.000 metres

• Martin Vrabel Heat — did not finish (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• Karel David Final — 2"26.12 (→ 55th place)

Men's Discus Throw

• Géjza Valent Qualifying Heat – 63.46m Final – 65.80m (→ 6th place)
• Imrich Bugár Qualifying Heat – 61.94m Final – 60.88m (→ 12th place)

Men's Javelin Throw

• Jan Železný Qualification — 85.90m Final — 84.12m (→ Silver Medal)
• Zdenek Nenadal Qualification — 75.56m (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

• Remigius Machura Qualifying Heat – 20.16m Final – 20.57m (→ 5th place)

Men's Decathlon

• Roman Hraban — 7781 points (→ 20th place)

100 metres — 10.98s Long Jump — 7.07m Shot Put — 15.84m High Jump — 1.79m 400 metres — 49.68s 110m Hurdles — 14.94s Discus Throw — 45.32m Pole Vault — 4.90m Javelin Throw — 60.48m 1.500 metres — 5:06.68s

• Veroslav Valenta — 7442 points (→ 28th place)

100 metres — 11.51s Long Jump — 7.01m Shot Put — 14.17m High Jump — 1.94m 400 metres — 51.216s 110m Hurdles — 15.18s Discus Throw — 45.84m Pole Vault — 4.60m Javelin Throw — 56.28m 1.500 metres — 5:03.17s

Men's 20 km Walk

• Jozef Pribilinec Final — 1:19:57 (→ Gold Medal)
• Roman Mrázek Final — 1:20:43 (→ 5th place)

Men's 50 km Walk

• Pavol Szikora Final — 3:47:04 (→ 10th place)
• Pavol Blazek Final — 3:47:31 (→ 12th place)
• Roman Mrazek Final — 3:50:46 (→ 17th place)

Women's Marathon

• Ludmila Melicherová Final — 2"43.56 (→ 45th place)

Women's Discus Throw

• Zdeňka Šilhavá Qualifying Heat – 66.52m Final – 67.84m (→ 6th place)

Women's Shot Put

• Zdeňka Šilhavá Qualification – 19.74m Final – 18.86m (→ 11th place)
• Sona Vasickova Qualification — did not start (→ did not advance)

Women's Heptathlon

• Zuzana Lajbnerová Final Result — 6252 points (→ 9th place)

Basketball

Women's tournament

Team roster

The following is the Czechoslovakia roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Group play

Classification 5–8

Classification 7/8

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Thirteen cyclists, all men, represented Czechoslovakia in 1988.

Men's road race

• Jozef Regec
• Luděk Štyks
• Luboš Lom

Men's team time trial

• Vladimír Hrůza
• Vladimír Kinšt
• Milan Křen
• Jozef Regec

Men's sprint

• Vratislav Šustr

Men's individual pursuit

• Roman Čermák

Men's team pursuit

• Svatopluk Buchta
• Zbyněk Fiala
• Pavel Soukup
• Aleš Trčka
• Pavel Tesař

Men's points race

• Luboš Lom

Gymnastics

Handball

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Czechoslovakia in 1988.

Men's Individual Competition:

• Milan Kadlec — 5130pts (→ 11th place)
• Tomáš Fleissner — 5010pts (→ 19th place)
• Jiří Prokopius — 4903pts (→ 29th place)

Men's Team Competition:

• Kadlec, Fleissner, and Prokopius — 15043pts (→ 6th place)

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Czechoslovakia was represented by 17 rowers, 12 men and 5 women.

Quadruple Sculls, Men

• Václav Chalupa Jr., Jiří Jakoubek, Pavel Lůžek, Martin Tichý (11th)

Coxed Pairs, Men

• Jan Kabrhel, Jiří Pták, Milan Škopek (7th)

Coxed Fours, Men

• Milan Doleček, Oldřich Hejdušek, Petr Hlídek, Dušan Macháček, Michal Šubrt (8th)

Single Sculls, Women

• Michaela Loukotová (12th)

Quadruple Sculls, Women

• Hana Krejčová, Ľubica Kurhajcová, Blanka Mikysková, Irena Soukupová (5th)

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle

• Petr Kladiva Heat – 23.53 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Men's 100m Freestyle

• Petr Kladiva Heat – 51.39 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Men's 100m Backstroke

• Pavel Vokoun Heat – 58.88 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Men's 200m Backstroke

• Pavel Vokoun Heat – 2:07.24 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Men's 100m Breaststroke

• Radek Beinhauer Heat – 1:04.61 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
• Alexander Marcek Heat – 1:04.95 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Men's 200m Breaststroke

• Radek Beinhauer Heat – 2:18.02 B-Final – 2:18.13 (→ 12th place)
• Alexander Marcek Heat – 2:18.44 B-Final – 2:18.51 (→ 15th place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

• Robert Wolf Heat – 55.73 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's 200m Butterfly

• Ondrej Bures Heat – 2:02.93 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 400m Individual Medley

• Ondrej Bures Heat – 4:29.62 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

• Pavel Vokoun, Radek Beinhauer, Robert Wolf, and Petr Kladiva Heat – 3:49.90 (→ did not advance, 13th place)

Table tennis

Tennis

Women's Singles Competition

• Regina Rajchrtová First Round – Lost to Leila Meskhi (Soviet Union) 5-7 5–7
• Jana Novotná First Round – Defeated Isabelle Demongeot (France) 6-4 6–3 Second Round – Lost to Barbara Paulus (Austria) 4-6 3–6
• Helena Suková First Round – Bye Second Round – Lost to Il-Soon Kim (South Korea) 2-6 6-4 2–6

Men's Doubles Competition

• Miloslav Mečíř and Milan Šrejber → Bronze Medal First Round – Defeated Liu Shuhua and Ma Keqin (China) 7-5 6-1 6–4 Second Round – Defeated Vijay Amritraj and Anand Amritraj (India) 4-6 6-4 4-6 6-4 6–2 Quarterfinals – Defeated Guy Forget and Henri Leconte (France) 3-6 4-6 7-5 6-3 9–7 Semifinals – Lost to Ken Flach and Robert Seguso (United States) 2-6 4-6 1-6

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Notes