Czech Republic at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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Czech Republic at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Věra Cechlová (closing)
Medals
Ranked 24th
Gold
3
Silver
3
Bronze
1
Total
7
Summer Olympics appearances (
overview)
Other related appearances
 Bohemia (1900–1912)
 Czechoslovakia (1924–1992)

The Czech Republic participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The Czech delegation consisted of around 130 athletes.[1]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Kateřina Emmons Shooting Women's 10 m air rifle
 Gold David Kostelecký Shooting Men's trap
 Gold Barbora Špotáková Athletics Women's javelin throw
 Silver Kateřina Emmons Shooting
Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions
 Silver Ondřej Štěpánek
Jaroslav Volf
Canoeing Men's slalom C-2
 Silver Ondřej Synek Rowing Men's single sculls
 Bronze Marek Švec Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg

Archery

Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Martin Bulíř Men's individual 629 56  di Buò (ITA) (9)
L 100–111
Did not advance
Barbora Horáčková Women's individual 620 44  Koval (UKR) (9)
L 107–109
Did not advance

Athletics

Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Roman Bílek 50 km walk 4:18:32 45
Rudolf Götz 400 m 46.38 6 Did not advance
Jakub Holuša 800 m 1:48.19 3 Did not advance
Lukáš Milo 100 m 10.52 5 Did not advance
Stanislav Sajdok 110 m hurdles 13.89 6 Did not advance
Petr Svoboda
13.43 3 Q 13.41 2 Q 13.60 7 Did not advance
Jiří Vojtík 200 m 21.05 4 Did not advance
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Jaroslav Bába High jump 2.29 =1 Q 2.29 6
Štěpán Janáček Pole vault 5.30 =17 Did not advance
Tomáš Janků High jump 2.29 =1 Q 2.29 7
Jan Kudlička Pole vault 5.65 =7 q 5.45 10
Jan Marcell Discus throw 59.52 28 Did not advance
Lukáš Melich Hammer throw 70.56 29 Did not advance
Roman Novotný Long jump 7.94 12 q 8.00 8
Petr Stehlík Shot put 19.41 28 Did not advance
Vítězslav Veselý Javelin throw 81.20 5 q 76.76 12
Combined events – Decathlon
Athlete Event 100 m LJ SP HJ 400 m 110H DT PV JT 1500 m Final Rank
Roman Šebrle Result 11.21 7.68 14.78 2.11 49.54 14.71 45.50 4.80 63.93 4:49.63 8241 5
Points 814 980 776 906 836 885 777 849 797 621
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Zuzana Hejnová 400 m hurdles 55.91 3 Q 55.17 4 Q 54.97 7
Zuzana Schindlerová 20 km walk 1:32.57 27
Lucie Škrobáková 100 m hurdles 13.18 6 Did not advance
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Kateřina Baďurová Pole vault NM Did not advance
Věra Cechlová
Discus throw 61.61 9 Q 61.75 5
Romana Dubnová High jump 1.93 =14 q 1.89 15
Jarmila Klimešová
Javelin throw 57.25 21 Did not advance
Lenka Ledvinová
Hammer throw 67.17 26 Did not advance
Denisa Ščerbová
Long jump 6.46 20 Did not advance
Martina Šestáková Triple jump NM Did not advance
Barbora Špotáková Javelin throw 67.69 1 Q 71.42 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Iva Straková High jump 1.93 7 q 1.93 12
Combined events – Heptathlon
Athlete Event 100H HJ SP 200 m LJ JT 800 m Final Rank
Denisa Ščerbová
Result 13.88 1.65 DNS DNF
Points 995 795 0

Badminton

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Petr Koukal Men's singles  Smith (GBR)
L 21–10, 12–21, 15–21
Did not advance
Kristína Ludíková
Women's singles  Daniel (NGR)
W 21–13, 21–8
 Hallam (GBR)
L 18–21, 13–21
Did not advance

Basketball

Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the Czech Republic roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.[2]

Czech Republic women's national basketball team – 2008 Summer Olympics roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
F
4 Jana Veselá 24 – (1983-12-31)December 31, 1983 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Gambrinus Sika Brno Czech Republic
F/C 5 Ivana Večeřová 29 – (1979-03-30)March 30, 1979 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Gambrinus Sika Brno Czech Republic
F
6 Romana Hejdová 20 – (1988-05-09)May 9, 1988 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Valosun Brno Czech Republic
F
7 Michala Hartigová 24 – (1983-11-14)November 14, 1983 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
ZVVZ USK Praha
Czech Republic
PG 8 Michaela Uhrová 26 – (1982-04-10)April 10, 1982 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) UMB Banka Bystrica Czech Republic
SG 9
Hana Machová
28 – (1979-09-11)September 11, 1979 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Gambrinus Sika Brno Czech Republic
C 10 Edita Šujanová 23 – (1985-05-23)May 23, 1985 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Bonas UFK Nitra Czech Republic
F/C 11 Miloslava Svobodová 22 – (1985-09-16)September 16, 1985 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Gambrinus Sika Brno Czech Republic
F
12
Markéta Mokrošová
 (C)
27 – (1981-04-17)April 17, 1981 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
ZVVZ USK Praha
Czech Republic
C 13 Petra Kulichová 23 – (1984-09-13)September 13, 1984 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Gambrinus Sika Brno Czech Republic
SG 14 Kateřina Elhotová 18 – (1989-10-14)October 14, 1989 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)
ZVVZ USK Praha
Czech Republic
F
15 Eva Vítečková 26 – (1982-01-26)January 26, 1982 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Gambrinus Sika Brno Czech Republic
Head coach
  • Jan Bobrovsky

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on August 9, 2008
Group play
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  United States 5 5 0 491 276 +215 10 Quarterfinals
2  China (H) 5 4 1 358 346 +12 9
3  Spain 5 3 2 357 324 +33 8
4  Czech Republic 5 2 3 346 356 −10 7
5  New Zealand 5 1 4 320 423 −103 6
6  Mali 5 0 5 255 402 −147 5
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head points difference; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
9 August 2008
20:00
Czech Republic  57–97  United States
Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 14–27, 13–26, 13–22
Machová
4
Pts: Pondexter 12
Rebs: Fowles 14
Asts: Lawson 3
11 August 2008
11:15
Czech Republic  81–47  Mali
Scoring by quarter: 23–4, 15–18, 18–11, 25–14
Mokrosova
3
Pts: Sissoko 24
Rebs: Sissoko 13
Asts: Bagayoko 3
13 August 2008
11:15
Spain  74–55  Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 15–21, 13–6, 30–11, 16–17
5 Pts:
Machová
5
15 August 2008
09:00
Czech Republic  90–59  New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 26–12, 18–19, 21–7, 25–21
Vesela
5
Pts: Marino 22
Rebs: Wallbutton 10
Asts: Bates 5
17 August 2008
20:00
China  79–63  Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 24–11, 17–14, 24–20, 14–18
Pts: Miao 21
Rebs: Bian 9
Asts: Chen
3
Pts:
Machová
3
Quarterfinals
19 August 2008
16:45
Australia  79–46  Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 23–10, 15–7, 23–10, 17–19
4 Pts:
Machova
4
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas
(LTU)

Canoeing

Slalom

Athlete Event Preliminary Semifinal Final
Run 1 Rank Run 2 Rank Total Rank Time Rank Time Rank Total Rank
Vavřinec Hradilek Men's K-1 85.61 8 86.41 10 172.02 7 Q 88.97 11 Did not advance
Stanislav Ježek Men's C-1 85.69 2 86.40 7 172.09 4 Q 89.85 2 Q 92.44 6 182.29 5
Ondřej Štěpánek
Jaroslav Volf
Men's C-2 93.78 2 97.16 4 190.94 4 Q 95.33 3 Q 97.56 3 192.89 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Štěpánka Hilgertová Women's K-1 97.14 6 91.99 2 189.13 3 Q 101.78 3 Q 242.63 9 344.41 9

Sprint

Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Michaela Mrůzková
Women's K-2 500 m 1:45.104 3 QF Bye 1:44.870 8

Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

Cycling

Road

Athlete Event Time Rank
Petr Benčík Men's road race 6:39:42 75
Roman Kreuziger 6:26:35 45

Track

Sprint
Athlete Event Qualification Round 1 Round 2 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time
Speed (km/h)
Rank Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Rank
Adam Ptáčník Men's sprint 10.569
68.123
19 Did not advance
Tomáš Bábek
Adam Ptáčník
Denis Špička
Men's team sprint 45.678
59.109
11 Did not advance
Pursuit
Athlete Event Qualification Semifinals Finals
Time Rank Opponent
Results
Rank Opponent
Results
Rank
Lada Kozlíková Women's individual pursuit 3:39.561 8 Q  Houvenaghel (GBR)
DNF
8 Did not advance
Keirin
Athlete Event 1st round Repechage 2nd round Finals
Rank Rank Rank Rank
Denis Špička Men's keirin 4 R 2 Did not advance
Omnium
Athlete Event Points Laps Rank
Milan Kadlec Men's points race 20 1 9
Lada Kozlíková Women's points race 2 0 13
Milan Kadlec
Alois Kaňkovský
Men's madison 3 −3 13

Mountain biking

Athlete Event Time Rank
Jaroslav Kulhavý Men's cross-country 2:03:20 18
Tereza Huříková Women's cross-country Did not finish

BMX

Athlete Event Seeding Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Result Rank Points Rank Points Rank Result Rank
Michal Prokop Men's BMX 36.689 20 18 6 Did not advance
Jana Horáková Women's BMX 38.077 8 16 5 Did not advance

Equestrian

Eventing

Athlete Horse Event Dressage Cross-country Jumping Total
Qualifier Final
Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Rank
Jaroslav Hatla Karla Individual 52.80 42 Eliminated Did not advance

Gymnastics

Artistic

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB F PH R V PB HB
Martin Konečný Pommel horse 13.650 13.650 58 Did not advance
Horizontal bar 13.125 13.125 73 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
F V UB BB F V UB BB
Kristýna Pálešová All-around 13.300 14.325 15.100 15.075 57.800 26 Q 12.900 14.075 15.350 14.650 56.975 21

Trampoline

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Lenka Popkin
Women's 57.60 15 Did not advance

Judo

Athlete Event Preliminary Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Repechage 3 Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Pavel Petříkov Men's −60 kg Bye  Lourenço (BRA)
W 0011–0000
 Sobirov (UZB)
L 0000–0001
Did not advance
Jaromír Ježek Men's −73 kg  Muminov (UZB)
L 0001–1000
Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

Athlete Event Shooting
(10 m air pistol)
Fencing
(épée one touch)
Swimming
(200 m freestyle)
Riding
(show jumping)
Running
(3000 m)
Total points Final rank
Points Rank MP Points Results Rank MP points Time Rank MP points Penalties Rank MP points Time Rank MP Points
Michal Michalík Men's 188 3 1192 16–19 =21 784 2:08.37 24 1260 28 1 1172 9:47.25 25 1052 5460 6
David Svoboda 191 1 1228 24–11 3 976 2:05.40 17 1296 1016* 32 184 9:24.35 7 1144 4828 29
Lucie Grolichová Women's 177 21 1060 23–12 3 952 2:19.78 19 1244 140 26 1060 11:06.47 28 1056 5372 16

* Did not finish

Rowing

Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Ondřej Synek Single sculls 7:23.94 1 QF 6:50.23 1 SA/B 7:03.57 1 FA 7:00.63 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Václav Chalupa
Jakub Makovička
Pair 6:52.50 3 SA/B Bye 6:37.88 4 FB 6:52.57 8
Milan Doleček
Jakub Hanák
David Jirka
Petr Vitásek
Quadruple sculls 6:00.98 5 R 6:04.95 3 SA/B 5:56.38 4 FB 5:50.07 10
Milan Bruncvík
Jan Gruber
Michal Horváth
Karel Neffe
Four 6:10.36 4 R 5:58.69 1 SA/B 5:58.02 2 FA 6:16.56 5
Women
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Miroslava Knapková Single sculls 7:51.56 1 QF 7:30.33 1 SA/B 7:38.14 3 FA 7:35.52 5
Jitka Antošová*
Gabriela Vařeková
Double sculls 7:04.23 2 R 7:00.75 2 FA 7:25.09 6

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

* Jitka Antošová fell ill during the course of the competition and was replaced by Miroslava Knapková at the final.

Sailing

Men
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Martin Trčka
Laser
29 36 38 13 29 19 26 DNF 12 CAN EL 202 31
Women
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Lenka Mrzílková
Lenka Šmídová
470
6 4 12 11 11 5 11 11 9 1 14 83 7
Open
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Michael Maier
Finn
15 14 22 25 21 23 19 23 CAN CAN EL 137 25

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled

Shooting

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Václav Haman 10 m air rifle 593 13 Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions 1163 23 Did not advance
Tomáš Jeřábek 50 m rifle prone 586 46 Did not advance
David Kostelecký Trap 121 2 Q 146 OR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Martin Podhráský 25 m rapid fire pistol 565 14 Did not advance
Martin Strnad 562 16 Did not advance
Jan Sychra Skeet 117 16 Did not advance
Martin Tenk 50 m pistol 544 37 Did not advance
Miroslav Varga 50 m rifle prone 590 29 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Kateřina Emmons 10 m air rifle 400 OR 1 Q 503.5 OR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
50 m rifle 3 positions
586 6 Q 687.7 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Pavla Kalná 10 m air rifle 392 31 Did not advance
Lenka Marušková 10 m air pistol 379 26 Did not advance
25 m pistol 578 20 Did not advance
Michaela Musilová 10 m air pistol 375 35 Did not advance
25 m pistol 571 34 Did not advance
Adéla Sýkorová
50 m rifle 3 positions
578 19 Did not advance

Swimming

Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Tomáš Fučík 100 m backstroke 57.29 41 Did not advance
200 m individual medley 2:02.85 31 Did not advance
Jiří Jedlička 100 m breaststroke 1:01.56 29 Did not advance
200 m breaststroke 2:15.79 39 Did not advance
Michal Rubáček 100 m butterfly 53.53 42 Did not advance
Květoslav Svoboda 200 m freestyle 1:51.67 46 Did not advance
400 m freestyle 3:56.54 33 Did not advance
200 m backstroke 2:03.12 40 Did not advance
Martin Verner 100 m freestyle 48.95 21 Did not advance
Rostislav Vítek 10 km open water 1:52:41.8 17
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Sandra Kazíková 50 m freestyle 25.54 29 Did not advance
Petra Klosová 100 m backstroke 1:03.36 39 Did not advance
Jana Klusáčková 100 m freestyle 55.92 31 Did not advance
Jana Pechanová 10 km open water 1:59:39.7 8

Synchronized swimming

Athlete Event Technical routine Free routine (preliminary) Free routine (final)
Points Rank Points Total (technical + free) Rank Points Total (technical + free) Rank
Soňa Bernardová
Alžběta Dufková
Duet 42.500 18 42.750 85.250 18 Did not advance

Table tennis

Athlete Event Preliminary round Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Petr Korbel Men's singles Bye  Błaszczyk (POL)
L 2–4
Did not advance
Dana Hadačová
Women's singles  Shaban (JOR)
W 4–0
 Pavlovich (BLR)
W 4–2
 Póta (HUN)
L 3–4
Did not advance

Tennis

Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Tomáš Berdych Singles  Yu Xy (CHN)
W 6–1, 6–2
 Seppi (ITA)
W 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
 Federer (SUI)
L 3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Did not advance
Ivo Minář  Rochus (BEL)
L 3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Did not advance
Radek Štěpánek  Llodra (FRA)
L 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 9–11
Did not advance
Jiří Vaněk  Youzhny (RUS)
L 4–6, 1–6
Did not advance
Tomáš Berdych
Radek Štěpánek
Doubles  Melo /
 (BRA)
L 7–5, 2–6, 6–8
Did not advance
Martin Damm
Pavel Vízner
 Djokovic /
Zimonjić (SRB)
W 3–6, 6–0, 6–2
 Fyrstenberg /
Matkowski (POL)
L 6–1, 6–7(3–7), 5–7
Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Iveta Benešová Singles  Mirza (IND)
W 6–2, 2–1r
 V Williams (USA)
L 1–6, 4–6
Did not advance
Lucie Šafářová  Ani (EST)
W 6–4, 6–2
 Koryttseva (UKR)
W 2–6, 6–1, 7–5
 Bammer (AUT)
L 5–7, 4–6
Did not advance
Nicole Vaidišová  Cornet (FRA)
L 6–4, 1–6, 4–6
Did not advance
Klára Zakopalová
 Llagostera Vives (ESP)
L 6–2, 3–6, 5–7
Did not advance
Iveta Benešová
Nicole Vaidišová
Doubles  S Williams /
V Williams (USA)
L 6–4, 5–7, 1–6
Did not advance
Petra Kvitová
Lucie Šafářová
 Stosur /
Stubbs (AUS)
L 1–6, 0–6
Did not advance

Triathlon

Athlete Event Swim (1.5 km) Trans 1 Bike (40 km) Trans 2 Run (10 km) Total Time Rank
Filip Ospalý Men's 18:17 0:30 58:56 0:29 32:41 1:50:53.69 20
Vendula Frintová Women's 20:53 0:31 1:05:29 0:28 36:06 2:03:27.49 23
Lenka Zemanová
20:00 0:28 Did not finish

Weightlifting

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Libor Wälzer Men's −105 kg 163 16 187 15 350 15

Wrestling

Key:

  • VT
    Victory by Fall
    .
  • PP – Decision by Points – the loser with technical points.
  • PO – Decision by Points – the loser without technical points.
Men's Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Marek Švec −96 kg Bye  Dinchev (BUL)
W 3–1 PP
 Nozadze (GEO)
W 3–1 PP
 Khushtov (RUS)
L 0–5 VT
Bye  Mambetov (KAZ)
L 1–3 PP
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
  • Marek Švec originally finished fifth, but in November 2016, he was promoted to bronze due to disqualification of Asset Mambetov.

References

  1. ^ ""Around 130 Czech athletes named for Beijing Olympics", July 16, 2008
  2. ^ "2008 Olympic Basketball Women (FIBA) – Czech Republic roster". FIBA. Archived from the original on June 24, 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2012.