Czechoslovakia at the 1964 Summer Olympics
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| Czechoslovakia at the Olympic Games | ||||||||
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| At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo | ||||||||
| Competitors | 107 | |||||||
| Medals | Gold 5 |
Silver 6 |
Bronze 3 |
Total 14 |
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Czechoslovakia competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Most successful competitor was Věra Čáslavská (one of only 9 women in crew) with 4 gold medals - 3 individual, 1 team. Other big surprises were gold medals performances of bicycle racer Jiří Daler and weightlifter Hans Zadražila, who break world record during his performance. Medal hopes of world record holder athlete Jiří Daněk were fulfilled with little disappointment bronze medal.
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[edit] Medals
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Gold
- Gymnastics - Women's Individual all-around, Věra Čáslavská
- Gymnastics - Women's Vault, Věra Čáslavská
- Gymnastics - Women's Balance beam, Věra Čáslavská
- Cycling - Men's Individual pursuit Jiří Daler
- Weightlifting - Men's 75 kg Hans Zdražila
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Silver
- Athletics - Men's 1500 metres, Josef Odložil
- Athletics - Men's Discus throw, Ludvík Daněk
- Football - Men's tournament
- Gymnastics - Women's Team competition
- Volleyball - Men's Team competition: Antonín Procházka, Jiří Svoboda, Luboš Zajíček, Josef Musil, Josef Smolka, Vladimír Petlák, Petr Kop, František Sokol, Bohunil Golián, Zdeněk Groessl, Pavel Schenk, and Drahomír Koudelka
- Wrestling - Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight, Jiří Komarník
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Bronze
- Shooting - 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol, Lubomír Nácovský
- Rowing - Eights
- Rowing - Double sculls; Vladimír Andrs, Pavel Hofman
[edit] Results by event
[edit] Cycling
Men's Individual Road Race
- Daniel Garc — 4:39:51.74 (→ 22nd place)
- Jiri Daller — 4:39:51.79 (→ 65th place)
- Frantisek Rezak — 4:39:51.79 (→ 68th place)
- Jan Smolik — did not finish (→ no ranking)
[edit] Volleyball
[edit] Men's Team Competition
- Round Robin
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- Defeated Hungary (3-2)
- Defeated Bulgaria (3-2)
- Defeated Japan (3-1)
- Defeated United States (3-0)
- Lost to Soviet Union (2-3)
- Defeated Brazil (3-0)
- Defeated Romania (3-1)
- Defeated Netherlands (3-1)
- Defeated South Korea (3-1) → Silver Medal
- Team Roster
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- Antonín Procházka
- Jiří Svoboda
- Luboš Zajíček
- Josef Musil
- Josef Smolka
- Vladimír Petlák
- Petr Kop
- František Sokol
- Bohunil Golián
- Zdeněk Groessl
- Pavel Schenk
- Drahomír Koudelka
- Head Coach: Václav Matiášek
[edit] References
- Official Olympic Reports
- International Olympic Committee results database
- Czech olympic report (in Czech)
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