Czechoslovakia at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Czechoslovakia at the
1948 Summer Olympics
Czechoslovakia at the; 1948 Summer Olympics
IOC code	TCH
NOC	Czechoslovak Olympic Committee
in London, Great Britain; 29 July 1948 – 14 August 1948
Competitors	87 (73 men and 14 women) in 11 sports
Flag bearer	Ladislav Trpkoš
Medals; Ranked 8th	Gold 6 Silver 2 Bronze 3 Total 11
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1920; 1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992;
Other related appearances
	Bohemia (1900–1912); Czech Republic (1994–); Slovakia (1994–)

Czechoslovakia competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. Eighty-seven competitors, 73 men and 14 women, took part in 55 events in 11 sports.^[1]

Twenty-six-year-old Emil Zátopek 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 successfully defended his medal that he had won 12 years earlier in 1936 Summer Olympics with another partner, Václav Havel and Jiří Pecka won a silver medal using a 12-year-old boat from the 1936 Olympics. Boxer Július Torma 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 in London.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Emil Zátopek	Athletics	Men's 10,000 metres	30 July
Gold	František Čapek	Canoeing	Men's C-1 10000 m	11 August
Gold	Josef Holeček	Canoeing	Men's C-1 1000 m	12 August
Gold	Jan Brzák-Felix Bohumil Kudrna	Canoeing	Men's C-2 1000 m	12 August
Gold	Július Torma	Boxing	Men's welterweight	13 August
Gold	Zdeňka Honsová Marie Kovářová Miloslava Misáková Milena Müllerová Věra Růžičková Olga Šilhánová Božena Srncová Zdeňka Veřmiřovská Eliška Misáková ^{(awarded posthumously)}	Gymnastics	Women's artistic team all-around	14 August
Silver	Emil Zátopek	Athletics	Men's 5000 metres	2 August
Silver	Václav Havel Jiří Pecka	Canoeing	Men's C-2 10000 m	11 August
Bronze	Zdeněk Růžička	Gymnastics	Men's floor	13 August
Bronze	Zdeněk Růžička	Gymnastics	Men's rings	13 August
Bronze	Leo Sotorník	Gymnastics	Men's vault	13 August

Athletics

Basketball

Boxing

Canoeing

Fencing

Five fencers, all men, represented Czechoslovakia in 1948.

Men's sabre

Men's team sabre

Jindřich Kakos, Svatopluk Skýva, Jaroslav Starý, Alois Sokol, Jindřich Chmela

Gymnastics

Modern pentathlon

Two male pentathletes represented Czechoslovakia in 1948.

Rowing

Czechoslovakia had four male rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1948.^[2]

Men's coxless four

Swimming

Wrestling

Art competitions

References

^ "Czechoslovakia at the 1948 London Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2010-06-13.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Czechoslovakia Rowing at the 1948 London Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2018.

External links

[sports-reference-1] "Czechoslovakia at the 1948 London Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2010-06-13.

[2] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Czechoslovakia Rowing at the 1948 London Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2018.

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