Czechoslovakia
, rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי,
, common_name = Czechoslovakia
, life_span = 1918–19391945–1992
, p1 = Austria-Hungary
, image_p1 ...
competed at the
1948 Summer Olympics
The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca ...
in
London
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,
England
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. Eighty-seven competitors, 73 men and 14 women, took part in 55 events in 11 sports.
Twenty-six-year-old
Emil Zátopek
Emil Zátopek (; 19 September 1922 – 21 November 2000) was a Czech long-distance runner best known for winning three gold medals at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. He won gold in the 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres runs, but his final me ...
won the gold medal in the 10-kilometre run on the first day (his third race at that distance). On the second day he added a silver medal in the 5 km run. Czechoslovak canoeists were also very successful (gaining three gold and one silver medal),
Jan Brzák-Felix
Jan Brzák-Felix (6 April 1912 – 15 July 1988) was a Czechoslovak slalom and sprint canoeist from Prague who competed from the mid-1930s to the early 1950s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won three medals in the C-2 1000 m event wi ...
successfully defended his medal that he had won 12 years earlier in
1936 Summer Olympics with another partner,
Václav Havel
Václav Havel (; 5 October 193618 December 2011) was a Czech statesman, author, poet, playwright, and former dissident. Havel served as the last president of Czechoslovakia from 1989 until the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1992 and then ...
and
Jiří Pecka
Jiří Pecka (June 4, 1917 – May 12, 1997) was a Czechoslovak slalom and sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1940s to the late 1950s. He was born in Prague (where he also died).
Pecka won a silver medal in the C-2 10000 m event at the ...
won a silver medal using a 12-year-old boat from the 1936 Olympics. Boxer
Július Torma
Július Torma (March 7, 1922, Budapest – October 23, 1991, Prague) was an ethnic Slovakian boxer competing for Czechoslovakia. He won the gold medal at the Olympic Games in 1948 for Czechoslovakia in the category up to 67 kg. He comp ...
won the gold medal in the Welterweight class, although he had injured his left arm before the
semi-final. Women's gymnastics team also secured gold medals, but this victory was overshadowed by the death of their teammate
Eliška Misáková, who succumbed to
polio
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in London.
Medalists
Athletics
Basketball
Boxing
Canoeing
Fencing
Five fencers, all men, represented Czechoslovakia in 1948.
;
Men's sabre
*
Alois Sokol
*
Svatopluk Skýva
*
Jaroslav Starý
;
Men's team sabre
*
Jindřich Kakos,
Svatopluk Skýva,
Jaroslav Starý,
Alois Sokol,
Jindřich Chmela
Gymnastics
Modern pentathlon
Two male pentathletes represented Czechoslovakia in 1948.
*
Karel Bártů
*
Otto Jemelka
Rowing
Czechoslovakia had four male rowers participate in one out of seven
rowing
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events in 1948.
;
Men's coxless four
*
Václav Roubík
*
Josef Kalaš
*
Josef Schejbal
*
Jiří Vaněk
Swimming
Wrestling
Art competitions
References
External links
Official Olympic ReportsInternational Olympic Committee results databaseCzech Olympic Report
{{Nations at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Nations at the 1948 Summer Olympics
1948
Summer Olympics