Czechoslovakia at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Czechoslovakia competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 99 competitors, 86 men and 13 women, took part in 70 events in 11 sports.

Medalists

Athletics

Basketball

Men's Team Competition

• Main Round (Group A)
• Lost to Uruguay (51-53)
• Lost to United States (47-72)
• Defeated Hungary (63-39) → did not advance, 12th place
• Team Roster
• Miroslav Baumruk
• Zdeněk Bobrovský
• Josef Ezr
• Jiří MatouÅ¡ek
• Miroslav Å keřík
• Mcheq Kodl
• Jan Kozák
• Evžen Horňák
• Zdeněk Rylich
• Lubomir Kolár
• Ivan Mrázek
• Jaroslav Šíp

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)

• Jan Veselý — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Karel Nesl — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Milan Perič — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Stanislav Svoboda — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

• Ladislav Fouček
• Final — 1:15.2 (→ 12th place)

Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race

• Zdenek KoÅ¡ta — 18th place

Gymnastics

Rowing

Czechoslovakia had eight male rowers participate in three out of seven rowing events in 1952.

Men's single sculls

• FrantiÅ¡ek Reich

Men's double sculls

• Antonín Malinkovič
• Jiří Vykoukal

Men's coxed four

• Karel Mejta
• Jiří Havlis
• Jan Jindra
• Stanislav Lusk
• Miroslav Koranda (cox)

Shooting

Six shooters represented Czechoslovakia in 1952.

25 m pistol

• Ladislav Ondřej
• Zlatko Poláček

50 m pistol

• FrantiÅ¡ek Maxa
• Miroslav Proft

Trap

• FrantiÅ¡ek Čapek
• Igor Treybal

Swimming

Men

<small>Ranks given are within the heat.</small>

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database