Czechoslovakia at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Czechoslovakia competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. 190 competitors, 175 men and 15 women, took part in 102 events in 17 sports.

Czechoslovakia at the
1936 Summer Olympics
IOC codeTCH
NOCCzechoslovak Olympic Committee
in Berlin
Competitors190 in 17 sports
Flag bearerJosef Klapuch
Medals
Ranked 12th
Gold
3
Silver
5
Bronze
0
Total
8
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Bohemia (1900–1912)
 Czech Republic (1994–)
 Slovakia (1994–)

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Jan Brzák-Felix
Vladimír Syrovátka
Canoeing Men's C-2 1000 m
 Gold Václav Mottl
Zdeněk Škrland
Canoeing Men's C-2 10000 m
 Gold Alois Hudec Gymnastics Men's rings
 Silver Bohuslav Karlík Canoeing Men's C-1 1000 m
 Silver Jaroslava Bajerová
Vlasta Děkanová
Božena Dobešová
Vlasta Foltová
Anna Hřebřinová
Matylda Pálfyová
Zdeňka Veřmiřovská
Marie Větrovská
Gymnastics Women's team all-around
 Silver Václav Pšenička Weightlifting Men's heavyweight
 Silver Jozef Herda Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman lightweight
 Silver Josef Klapuch Wrestling Men's freestyle heavyweight

Athletics

Men:

  • 400 metres – Karel Kněnický (6th place in heat 4, round 2 of 4)
  • 800 metres – Evžen Rošický (5th place in heat 4, round 1 of 3); Stanislav Otáhal (7th place in heat 3, round 1 of 3)
  • 1500 metres – Bedřich Hošek (5th place in heat 3, round 1 of 2)
  • 10,000 metres – Ludvík Bombík (17th place)
  • Marathon – Miloslav Luňák (19th place); Ján Takáč (21st place); Josef Šulc (38th place)
  • 110 metres hurdles – Ludvík Kománek (5th place in heat 3, round 1 of 3)
  • 400 metres hurdles – Ernst Berndt (4th place in heat 6, round 1 of 3)
  • 3000 metres steeplechase – Bedřich Hošek (7th place in heat 1, round 1 of 2); Václav Hošek (8th place in heat 2, round 1 of 2); Josef Hušek (8th place, round 1 of 2)
  • 4 × 100 metres relay – Czechoslovakia did not start
Ladislav Fišer, Jan Hanč, Rudolf Huml, Jiří Juranka, Karel Kněnický, Břetislav Krátký
  • 4 × 400 metres relay – Czechoslovakia (5th place in heat 3, round 1 of 2)
Heinz Lorenz, Evžen Rošický, Břetislav Krátký, Karel Kněnický, Ernst Berndt (did not start), Ladislav Fišer (did not start)
  • 50 kilometres walk – Jaroslav Štork (4th place); Václav Balšán (did not start); František Jirásek (did not start)
  • High jump – Břetislav Krátký (=32nd place, round 1 of 2); Zdeněk Sobotka (=32nd place, round 1of 2), Vladimír Galanda (did not start)
  • Pole vault – Jan Korejs (=6th place), Miroslav Klásek (=17th place)
  • Long jump – Josef Vosolsobě (13th place), Jiří Hoffmann (not placed, round 1 of 2), Rudolf Polame (not placed, round 1 of 2)
  • Shot put – František Douda (7th place), Karel Hoplíček (15th place), Miroslav Vítek (not placed, round 1 of 2)
  • Discus throw – Miroslav Vítek (not placed, round 1 of 2), Valér Barač (not placed, round 1 of 2), Július Viktorý (did not start)
  • Hammer throw – Jaroslav Eliáš (not placed, round 1 of 2), Jaroslav Knotek (not placed, round 1 of 2)
  • Javelin throw – Josef Klein (=22nd place, round 1 of 2), Pavol Mal'a (=26th place, round 1 of 2)
  • Decathlon – Josef Klein (16th place)

Women:

  • Discus throw – Margaréta Schieferová (12th place)
  • Javelin throw – Štefánie Pekarová (did not start)

Basketball

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Five cyclists, all men, represented Czechoslovakia in 1936.

Individual road race
  • Josef Lošek
  • Vilém Jakl
  • Miroslav Jung
  • Hans Leutelt
  • Miloslav Loos
Team road race
  • Josef Lošek
  • Vilém Jakl
  • Miroslav Jung
  • Hans Leutelt
  • Miloslav Loos

Diving

Men
Athlete Event Final
Points Rank
František Leikert 3 m springboard 131.98 9
Josef Nesvadba 111.44 =15
Václav Kacl 10 m platform 80.04 19
František Leikert 86.72 16
Josef Nesvadba 60.02 26

Equestrian

Fencing

13 fencers, 11 men and 2 women, represented Czechoslovakia in 1936.

Men's foil
  • Jiří Jesenský
  • Bohuslav Kirchmann
  • Hervarth Frass von Friedenfeldt
Men's team foil
  • Hervarth Frass von Friedenfeldt, František Vohryzek, Jiří Jesenský, Bohuslav Kirchmann, Josef Hildebrand
Men's épée
  • Josef Kunt
  • Robert Bergmann
  • František Vohryzek
Men's team épée
  • Robert Bergmann, František Vohryzek, Bohuslav Kirchmann, Josef Kunt, Alfred Klausnitzer, Václav Rais
Men's sabre
  • Jozef Benedik
  • Hervarth Frass von Friedenfeldt
  • Bohuslav Kirchmann
Men's team sabre
  • Josef Jungmann, Jozef Benedik, Hervarth Frass von Friedenfeldt, Bohuslav Kirchmann, Josef Hildebrand
Women's foil
  • Marie Šedivá
  • Carmen Raisová

Gymnastics

Rowing

Czechoslovakia had 17 rowers participate in four out of seven rowing events in 1936.

Men's single sculls
  • Jiří Zavřel
Men's double sculls
  • Vladimír Vaina
  • Josef Straka
Men's coxed four
  • František Maloň
  • Alfred Lerbretier
  • Jan Matoušek
  • Jaroslav Mysliveček
  • Josef Jabor (cox)
Men's eight
  • Karel Brandstätter
  • Pavel Parák
  • Jan Holobrádek
  • Ladislav Smolík
  • František Kšír
  • František Kobzík
  • Rudolf Baránek
  • Antonín Hrstka
  • Bedřich Procházka (cox)

Sailing

Shooting

Seven shooters represented Czechoslovakia in 1936.

25 m rapid fire pistol
  • Jan Gasche
  • František Pokorný
  • Josef Kopecký
50 m pistol
  • Václav Krecl
  • Jan Koller
50 m rifle, prone
  • František Čermák
  • Jaroslav Mach
  • František Pokorný

Swimming

Eric Lansky

Ranks given are within the heat.

Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Felix Erbert 200 m breaststroke 2:55.7 3 Q 2.53.5 7 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Irma Schrameková 100 m freestyle 1:11.8 4 Did not advance
400 m freestyle 5:47.5 2 Q 5:46.0 5 Did not advance
Eliška Boubelová 200 m breaststroke 3:25.8 5 Did not advance

Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Art competitions

wikipedia, wiki, encyclopedia, book, library, article, read, free download, Information about Czechoslovakia at the 1936 Summer Olympics, What is Czechoslovakia at the 1936 Summer Olympics? What does Czechoslovakia at the 1936 Summer Olympics mean?