Czech Republic at the Olympics

Template:Infobox Olympics Czech Republic The Czech Republic first participated at the Olympic Games as an independent nation in 1994, and has competed in every Summer Olympic Games and Winter Olympic Games since then. Prior to the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993, Czech athletes had competed at the Olympics from 1920 to 1992 as Czechoslovakia and from 1900 to 1912 as Bohemia.

Athletes from the Czech Republic have won a total of 27 medals at the Summer Games, with canoeing and athletics as the top medal-producing sports. The nation has also won 10 medals at the Winter Games, most notably the gold medal and bronze medal won by the Czech Republic national ice hockey team in 1998 and 2006 respectively.

The National Olympic Committee for the Czech Republic is the Czech Olympic Committee, which was originally founded in 1899 and recognized in its current form by the International Olympic Committee in 1993.

List of medalists

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Gold	Jan Železný	1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Men's javelin throw
Gold	Martin Doktor	1996 Atlanta	Canoeing	Men's C-1 1000 metres
Gold	Martin Doktor	1996 Atlanta	Canoeing	Men's C-1 500 metres
Gold	Štěpánka Hilgertová	1996 Atlanta	Canoeing	Women's slalom K-1
Silver	Lukáš Pollert	1996 Atlanta	Canoeing	Men's slalom C-1
Silver	Jiří Rohan and Miroslav Šimek	1996 Atlanta	Canoeing	Men's slalom C-2
Silver	Jana Novotná and Helena Suková	1996 Atlanta	Tennis	Women's doubles
Bronze	Tomáš Dvořák	1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Men's decathlon
Bronze	Šárka Kašpárková	1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Women's triple jump
Bronze	Miroslav Januš	1996 Atlanta	Shooting	Men's 50 metre running target
Bronze	Jana Novotná	1996 Atlanta	Tennis	Women's singles
Gold	Josef Beránek, Jan Čaloun, Roman Čechmánek, Jiří Dopita, Roman Hamrlík, Dominik Hašek, Milan Hejduk, Jaromír Jágr, František Kučera, Robert Lang, David Moravec, Pavel Patera, Libor Procházka, Martin Procházka, Robert Reichel, Martin Ručínský, Vladimír Růžička, Jiří Šlégr, Richard Šmehlík, Jaroslav Špaček, Martin Straka, Petr Svoboda	1998 Nagano	Ice hockey	Men's competition
Silver	Kateřina Neumannová	1998 Nagano	Cross-country skiing	Women's 5 km
Bronze	Kateřina Neumannová	1998 Nagano	Cross-country skiing	Women's pursuit
Gold	Jan Železný	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Men's javelin throw
Gold	Štěpánka Hilgertová	2000 Sydney	Canoeing	Women's slalom K-1
Silver	Roman Šebrle	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Men's decathlon
Silver	Rudolf Kraj	2000 Sydney	Boxing	Men's light heavyweight
Silver	Petr Málek	2000 Sydney	Shooting	Men's skeet
Bronze	Marek Jiras and Tomáš Máder	2000 Sydney	Canoeing	Men's slalom C-2
Bronze	Martin Tenk	2000 Sydney	Shooting	Men's 50 m pistol
Bronze	Jan Řehula	2000 Sydney	Triathlon	Men's competition
Gold	Aleš Valenta	2002 Salt Lake City	Freestyle skiing	Men's aerials
Silver	Kateřina Neumannová	2002 Salt Lake City	Cross-country skiing	Women's 15 km
Silver	Kateřina Neumannová	2002 Salt Lake City	Cross-country skiing	Women's pursuit
Gold	Roman Šebrle	2004 Athens	Athletics	Men's decathlon
Silver	David Kopřiva, Tomáš Karas, Jakub Hanák, David Jirka	2004 Athens	Rowing	Men's quadruple sculls
Silver	Lenka Šmídová	2004 Athens	Sailing	Women's Europe class
Silver	Lenka Hyková	2004 Athens	Shooting	Women's 25 m pistol
Bronze	Jaroslav Bába	2004 Athens	Athletics	Men's high jump
Bronze	Ondřej Štěpánek and Jaroslav Volf	2004 Athens	Canoeing	Men's slalom C-2
Bronze	Libor Capalini	2004 Athens	Modern pentathlon	Men's competition
Bronze	Kateřina Kůrková	2004 Athens	Shooting	Women's 10 m air rifle
Gold	Kateřina Neumannová	2006 Turin	Cross-country skiing	Women's 30 km
Silver	Kateřina Neumannová	2006 Turin	Cross-country skiing	Women's pursuit
Silver	Lukáš Bauer	2006 Turin	Cross-country skiing	Men's 15 km
Bronze	Jan Bulis, Petr Čajánek, Patrik Eliáš, Martin Erat, Dominik Hašek, Milan Hejduk, Aleš Hemský, Milan Hnilička, Jaromír Jágr, František Kaberle, Tomáš Kaberle, Aleš Kotalík, Filip Kuba, Pavel Kubina, Robert Lang, Marek Malík, Rostislav Olesz, Václav Prospal, Martin Ručínský, Dušan Salfický, Jaroslav Špaček, Martin Straka, Tomáš Vokoun, David Výborný, Marek Židlický	2006 Turin	Ice hockey	Men's competition

Medal tables

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal count

Medals by Summer Games

1996 Atlanta	4	3	4	11
2000 Sydney	2	3	3	8
2004 Athens	1	3	4	8
2008 Beijing	-	-	-	-
Total	7	9	11	27

Medals by Winter Games

1994 Lillehammer	0	0	0	0
1998 Nagano	1	1	1	3
2002 Salt Lake City	1	2	0	3
2006 Turin	1	2	1	4
Total	3	5	2	10

Medals by summer sport

Canoeing	4	2	2	8
Athletics	3	1	3	7
Shooting	0	2	3	5
Tennis	0	1	1	2
Boxing	0	1	0	1
Rowing	0	1	0	1
Sailing	0	1	0	1
Modern pentathlon	0	0	1	1
Triathlon	0	0	1	1
Total	7	9	11	27

Medals by winter sport

Cross-country skiing	1	5	1	7
Ice hockey	1	0	1	2
Freestyle skiing	1	0	0	1
Total	3	5	2	10

See also

• Category:Olympic competitors for the Czech Republic

References

• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2007-12-19.
• "Czech Olympic Committee". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2007-10-05.