Czechoslovakia at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Czechoslovakia competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.

Medalists

Czechoslovakia finished in 18th position in the final medal rankings, with two gold medals and eight medals overall.

Gold

• Ludvík Daněk — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
• Vítězslav Mácha — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight

Silver

• Milena Duchková — Diving, Women's Platform
• Ladislav Beneš, Frantisek Brina, Vladimír Haber, Vladimír Jarý, Jiří Kavan, Arnošt Klimčík, Jaroslav Konečný, František Králík, Jindřich Krepindl, Vincent Lafko, Andrej Lukošík, Pavel Mikeš, Petr Pospíšil, Ivan Satrapa, Zdeněk Škára, and Jaroslav Škarvan — Handball, Men's Team Competition
• Vladimír Petříček, Pavel Svojanovský and Oldřich Svojanovský — Rowing, Men's Coxed Pairs
• Ladislav Falta — Shooting, Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol

Bronze

• Eva Šuranová — Athletics, Women's Long Jump
• Vladimír Jánoš, Otakar Mareček, Karel Neffe, Vladimír Petříček and František Provazník — Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

• Juraj Demec

* First Heat — 10.66s (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 metres

• Jozef Plachý

* Heat — 1:47.1

* Semifinals — 1:48.9 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres

• Jozef Horčic

* Heat — 3:45.7 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5000 metres

• Josef Janský

* Heat — 13:39.8 (→ did not advance)

• Dusan Moravcik

* Heat — 13:40.4 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100m Relay

• Jaroslav Matousek, Juraj Demec, Jifi Kynos, and Ludvik Bohman

* Heat — 39.31s

* Semifinals — 39.01s

* Final — 38.82s (→ 4th place)

Men's High Jump

• Roman Moravec

* Qualification Round — 2.12m (→ did not advance)

• Jaroslav Alexa

* Qualification Round — 2.09m (→ did not advance)

Cycling

Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race

• Jirí Prchal — 18th place
• Jirí Háva — 41st place
• Petr Matoušek — 47th place
• Alois Holík — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

• Anton Tkáč

* Final — 1:08.78 (→ 13th place)

Men's Tandem

• Ivan Kučírek and Vladimír Popelka → 8th place

Handball

Czechoslovakia won a silver medal at the second Olympic handball tournament. In the first round, the team tied for second place in the points ranking after defeating Tunisia, tying Iceland, and losing to East Germany. Czechoslovakia won the tie-breaker over the Iceland team, which had also defeated Tunisia and lost to East Germany, and advanced to the second round. There, wins over Sweden and the Soviet Union put Czechoslovakia in another standings tie, this time in first place with East Germany. Again, the tie-breaker went to Czechoslovakia, giving the team the opportunity to play Yugoslavia, the winner of the other group, in the gold medal game. Yugoslavia won, 21-16, leaving Czechoslovakia with the silver.

Men's Team Competition:

• Czechoslovakia - silver medal (3-2-1)

Rowing

Men's Single Sculls

• Jaroslav Hellebrand

*Heat — 7:58.15

*Repechage — 8:19.28

*Semi Finals — 8:44.60

*B-Final — 8:11.04 (→ 12th place)

Men's Coxed Pairs

• Oldřich Svojanovský, Pavel Svojanovský and Vladimír Petříček

*Heat — 7:41.27

*Semi Finals — 8:07.88

*Final — 7:19.57 (→ Silver Medal)

Volleyball

Men's Team Competition

• Team Roster

*Vladimír Petlák

*Milan Vápenka

*Pavel Schenk

*Zdeněk Groessl

*Stefan Pipa

*Jaroslav Tomáš

*Drahomír Koudelka

*Jaroslav Stančo

*Lubomír Zajíček

*Jaroslav Penc

*Milan Řezníček

*Miroslav Nekola

• Head Coaches: Karel Láznička and Zdeněk Malý