Czechoslovakia at the Olympic Games
Flag of Czechoslovakia IOC code   TCH
At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki
Competitors
Medals Rank: 6	Gold 7	Silver 3	Bronze 3	Total 13
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Czechoslovakia competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.

Contents 1 Medalists 1.1 Gold 1.2 Silver 1.3 Bronze 2 Results by event 2.1 Basketball 2.1.1 Men's Team Competition 2.2 Cycling 2.2.1 Road Competition 2.2.2 Track Competition 3 References

[edit] Medalists

[edit] Gold

• Emil Zátopek — Athletics, Men's 5.000 metres
• Emil Zátopek — Athletics, Men's 10.000 metres
• Emil Zátopek — Athletics, Men's Marathon
• Dana Zátopková — Athletics, Women's Javelin Throw
• Ján Zachara — Boxing, Men's Featherweight
• Josef Holeček — Canoeing, Men's C1 1000m Canadian Singles
• Jiri Havlis, Jan Jindra, Miroslav Koranda, Stanislav Lusk, and Karel Mejta — Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours

[edit] Silver

• Josef Dolezal — Athletics, Men's 50km Walk
• Jan Brzák-Felix and Bohumil Kudrna — Canoeing, Men's C2 1.000m Canadian Pairs
• Jozef Ruzicka — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Heavyweight

[edit] Bronze

• Alfréd Jindra — Canoeing, Men's C1 10.000m Canadian Singles
• Hana Bobková, Eva Bosáková-Vechtová, Alena Chadimová, Matylda Matousková-Sínová, Jana Rabasová, Alena Reichová, Bozena Srncová, and Vera Vancurová — Gymnastics, Women's Team Combined Exercises

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Basketball

[edit] Men's Team Competition

• Main Round (Group A)

• Lost to Uruguay (51-53)
• Lost to United States (47-72)
• Defeated Hungary (63-39) → did not advance, 12th place

• Team Roster

• Miroslav Baumruk
• Zdenek Bobrovský
• Josef Ezr
• Jiri Matoušek
• Miroslav Škerik
• Mcheq Kodl
• Ján Kozák
• Evzen Hornák
• Zdenek Rylich
• Lubomir Kolár
• Ivan Mrázek
• Jaroslav Šip

[edit] Cycling

[edit] Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)

• Jan Veselý — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Karel Nesl — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Milan Perič — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Stanislav Svoboda — did not finish (→ no ranking)

[edit] Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

• Ladislav Fouček

• Final — 1:15.2 (→ 12th place)

Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race

• Zdenek Košta — 18th place

[edit] References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

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