Czech Republic at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Czech Republic
Czech Republic at the Olympic Games
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IOC code	CZE
NOC	Czech Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.cz (Czech) (English)
At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	90 in 16 sports
	Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
	1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016;
Winter Games
	1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014;
	Other related appearances
	Bohemia (1900–1912); Czechoslovakia (1920–1992)

The Czech Republic is scheduled to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This will be the nation's sixth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics after gaining its independence from the former Czechoslovakia.

Competitors

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	13	12	25
Badminton	1	1	2
Canoeing	13	1	14
Cycling	9	2	11
Fencing	2	0	2
Judo	3	0	3
Modern pentathlon	2	0	2
Rowing	7	3	10
Sailing	2	1	3
Shooting	2	3	5
Swimming	1	4	5
Synchronized swimming	—	2	2
Table tennis	2	2	4
Triathlon	0	1	1
Weightlifting	1	0	1
Total	58	32	90

Athletics

Czech athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[1]^[2]

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
NM = No mark

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Lukáš Gdula	50 km walk	N/A
Jakub Holuša	800 m
Jakub Holuša	1500 m
Pavel Maslák	400 m
Petr Svoboda	110 m hurdles

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Jaroslav Bába	High jump
Michal Balner	Pole vault
Petr Frydrych	Javelin throw
Radek Juška	Long jump
Jan Kudlička	Pole vault
Tomáš Staněk	Shot put
Jakub Vadlejch	Javelin throw
Vítězslav Veselý	Javelin throw

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Adam Helcelet	Result
Adam Helcelet	Points

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Anežka Drahotová	20 km walk	N/A
Zuzana Hejnová	400 m hurdles
Denisa Rosolová	400 m hurdles
Lucie Sekanová	3000 m steeplechase			N/A
Eva Vrabcová-Nývltová	Marathon	N/A

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Michaela Hrubá	High jump
Romana Maláčová	Pole vault
Kateřina Šafránková	Hammer throw
Barbora Špotáková	Javelin throw
Jiřina Svobodová	Pole vault

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Kateřina Cachová	Result
Kateřina Cachová	Points
Eliška Klučinová	Result
Eliška Klučinová	Points

Badminton

Czech Republic has qualified two badminton players for each of the following events into the Olympic tournament. Remarkably going to their third Olympics, Kristína Gavnholt was selected among the top 34 individual shuttlers in the women's singles based on the BWF World Rankings as of 5 May 2016, while her counterpart Petr Koukal picked up one of the spare athlete berths from the doubles as the next highest-ranked eligible player in the men's singles.^[3]

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Petr Koukal	Men's singles
Kristína Gavnholt	Women's singles

Canoeing

Slalom

Czech canoeists have qualified a maximum of one boat in each of the following classes through the 2015 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships.^[4] The roster of Czech slalom canoeists will be announced on May 15, 2016 as a result of their top performances at three selection meets of the Olympic Trials: two domestic races in Veltrusy (April 16 to 17) and Prague (April 23 to 24) and the European Championships (May 13 to 15) in Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia.^[5]^[6]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Vítězslav Gebas	Men's C-1
Jonáš Kašpar Marek Šindler	Men's C-2
Jiří Prskavec	Men's K-1
Kateřina Kudějová	Women's K-1

Sprint

Czech canoeists have qualified a total of four boats in each of the following distances for the Games through the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.^[7] Meanwhile, one additional boat was awarded to the Czech squad in men's C-2 1000 m by virtue of a top two national finish at the 2016 European Qualification Regatta in Duisburg, Germany.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Josef Dostál	K-1 1000 m
Martin Fuksa	C-1 1000 m
Filip Dvořák Jaroslav Radoň	C-2 1000 m
	K-1 200 m
Josef Dostál	K-4 1000 m

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

Road

Czech riders qualified for a maximum of four quota places in the men's Olympic road race by virtue of their top 15 final national ranking in the 2015 UCI World and Europe Tour.^[8]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	Men's road race
	Men's time trial
	Men's road race
	Men's time trial
	Men's road race
	Men's road race
	Women's road race
	Women's time trial

Track

Following the completion of the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Czech riders failed to win a quota place in the men's team sprint, but they managed to accumulate a single berth in the men's keirin and two in the men's sprint, by virtue of their final individual UCI Olympic rankings in those events.

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	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)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Pavel Kelemen	Men's sprint
Adam Ptáčník	Men's sprint

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st Round	Repechage	2nd Round	Final
Athlete	Event	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Pavel Kelemen	Men's keirin

Mountain biking

Czech mountain bikers qualified for three men's quota places into the Olympic cross-country race, as a result of the nation's fourth-place finish in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of May 25, 2016. Due to the lack of eligible NOCs for Africa on the list, the unused berth was added to the Czech mountain biking team as the next highest-ranked nation, not yet qualified, in the women's cross-country race.

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	Men's cross-country


	Women's cross-country

Fencing

The Czech Republic has entered two fencers into the Olympic competition. 2010 Youth Olympian Alexander Choupenitch secured a spot in the men's foil as one of the two highest-ranked fencers coming from the European zone in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings.^[9] Meanwhile, Jiri Beran rounded out the Czech fencing roster as the sole winner of the men's épée at the European Zonal Qualifier in Prague.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jiří Beran	Men's épée
Alexander Choupenitch	Men's foil

Gymnastics

Artistic

The Czech Republic has entered one artistic gymnast into the Olympic competition. David Jessen, son of 1988 Olympian Hana Říčná, had claimed his Olympic spot in the men's apparatus and all-around events at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.^[10]

Men

Athlete	Qualification								Final
	Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
David Jessen

Judo

Czech Republic has qualified three judokas for each of the following weight classes at the Games. London 2012 Olympian Lukáš Krpálek and returnee Pavel Petřikov were ranked among the top 22 eligible judokas for men in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016, while Jaromír Ježek at men's lightweight (73 kg) earned a continental quota spot from the European region as the Czech Republic's top-ranked judoka based on World Ranking points.^[11]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Pavel Petřikov	Men's −60 kg
Jaromír Ježek	Men's −73 kg
Lukáš Krpálek	Men's −100 kg

Modern pentathlon

Czech athletes have qualified for the following spots to compete in modern pentathlon. Defending Olympic champion David Svoboda and newcomer Jan Kuf secured a selection in the men's event by gaining two of the eight Olympic slots reserved for their team from the 2015 European Championships.^[12]

Athlete	Event	Fencing (épée one touch)			Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3200 m)			Total points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points	Total points	Final rank
Jan Kuf	Men's
David Svoboda	Men's

Rowing

Czech Republic has qualified a total of five boats for each of the following rowing classes into the Olympic regatta. Three rowing crews had confirmed Olympic places for their boats each in both the men's and women's single sculls, and men's lightweight four at the 2015 FISA World Championships in Lac d'Aiguebelette, France, while the rowers competing in the men's pair and women's double sculls were added to the Czech roster with their top two finish at the 2016 European & Final Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Single sculls
	Pair					N/A
	Lightweight four					N/A

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Single sculls
	Double sculls					N/A

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

Sailing

Czech sailors have qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships, the individual fleet Worlds, and European qualifying regattas.^[13]

Men

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*	Net points	Final rank
	RS;X
Viktor Teplý	Laser											N/A

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net points	Final rank
Veronika Fenclová	Laser Radial

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

Shooting

Czech shooters have achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2014 and 2015 ISSF World Championships, the 2015 ISSF World Cup series, and European Championships or Games, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by March 31, 2016.^[14]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	50 m rifle prone			N/A
	Trap

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	50 m rifle 3 positions			N/A
	50 m rifle 3 positions			N/A
	Skeet

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Swimming

Czech swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):^[15]^[16]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jan Micka	400 m freestyle			N/A
Jan Micka	1500 m freestyle			N/A

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Simona Baumrtová	200 m backstroke
Simona Baumrtová	200 m individual medley
Martina Moravčíková	200 m breaststroke
Lucie Svěcená	100 m butterfly
Barbora Závadová	200 m individual medley
Barbora Závadová	400 m individual medley			N/A

Synchronized swimming

The Czech Republic has fielded a squad of two synchronized swimmers to compete only in the women's duet by virtue of their ninth-place finish at the FINA Olympic test event in Rio de Janeiro.^[17]^[18]

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Soňa Bernardová Alžběta Dufková	Duet

Table tennis

The Czech Republic has entered four athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. London 2012 Olympian Iveta Vacenovská was automatically selected among the top 22 eligible players in the women's singles based on the ITTF Olympic Rankings.^[19] Meanwhile, Lubomír Jančařík, Dimitrij Prokopcov, and Hana Matelová granted their wildcard invitations from ITTF to compete in each of their respective singles events as one of the next seven highest-ranked eligible players, not yet qualified, on the Olympic Ranking List.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Lubomír Jančařík	Men's singles
Dimitrij Prokopcov	Men's singles
Hana Matelová	Women's singles
Iveta Vacenovská	Women's singles

Triathlon

The Czech Republic has entered one triathlete to compete at the Games. Two-time Olympian Vendula Frintová was ranked among the top 40 eligible triathletes in the women's event based on the ITU Olympic Qualification List as of May 15, 2016.^[20]

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Vendula Frintová	Women's

Weightlifting

The Czech Republic has qualified one male weightlifter for the Rio Olympics by virtue of a top seven national finish at the 2016 European Championships.^[21] The team must allocate this place by June 20, 2016.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
	Men's +105 kg

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Czech Republic at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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