Czechoslovakia at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Czechoslovakia competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. 209 competitors, 162 men and 47 women, took part in 114 events in 21 sports.[1]
| Czechoslovakia at the 1980 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | TCH |
| NOC | Czechoslovak Olympic Committee |
| in Moscow | |
| Competitors | 209 (162 men and 47 women) in 21 sports |
| Flag bearer | Vítězslav Mácha |
| Medals Ranked 13th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
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Medalists
Archery
In its first appearance in the Olympic archery competition, Czechoslovakia sent two women and one man. Zdeňka Padevětová earned a fourth-place finish.
Women's Individual Competition:
- Zdeňka Padevětová — 2405 points (→ 4th place)
- Jitka Dolejší — 2219 points (→ 20th place)
Men's Individual Competition:
- František Hadaš — 2305 points (→ 24th place)
Athletics
Men's 1,500 metres
- Jozef Plachý
- Heat — 3:44.4
- Semifinals — 3:40.4
- Final — 3:40.7 (→ 6th place)
Men's 5,000 metres
- Jiří Sýkora
- Heat — 13:43.1
- Semi Final — 13:31.0
- Final — 13:25.0 (→ 9th place)
Men's 10,000 metres
- Jiří Sýkora
- Heat — 29:19.8 (→ did not advance)
Men's Marathon
- Vlastimil Zwiefelhofer
- Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
- Josef Janska
- Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay
- Josef Lomický, Dušan Malovec, František Břečka, and Karel Kolář
- Heat — 3:03.5
- Final — 3:07.0 (→ 7th place)
Men's 110 m Hurdles
- Július Ivan
- Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase
- Dušan Moravčík
- Heat — 8:33.4
- Semifinals — 8:28.0
- Final — 8:29.1 (→ 10th place)
Men's Long Jump
- Jan Leitner
- Qualification — 7.68 m (→ did not advance)
Men's Discus Throw
- Imrich Bugár
- Qualification — 65.08 m
- Final — 66.38 m (→
Men's Hammer Throw
- Jiří Chamrád
- Qualification — 69.38 m
- Final Round — 68.16 m (→ 12th place)
Men's Shot Put
- Jaromír Vlk
- Qualification — 19.69 m
- Final — 20.24 m (→ 7th place)
Men's 20 km Walk
- Pavol Blažek
- Final — 1:35:30.8 (→ 14th place)
- Jozef Pribilinec
- Final — 1:42:52.4 (→ 20th place)
- Juraj Benčík
- Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)
Men's 50 km Walk
- Pavol Blažek
- Final — 4:16:26 (→ 10th place)
- Juraj Benčík
- Final — 4:27:39 (→ 13th place)
- Jaromír Vaňous
- Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)
Women's Long Jump
- Jarmila Nygrýnová
- Qualification — 6.58 m
- Final — 6.83 m (→ 6th place)
Women's Discus Throw
- Zdena Bartoňová
- Qualification — 59.48 m
- Final — 57.78 m (→ 11th place)
Women's Shot Put
- Zdena Bartoňová
- Final — 18.40 m (→ 10th place)
Women's Pentathlon
- Marcela Koblasová — 4328 points (→ 11th place)
- 100 metres — 14.10s
- Shot Put — 13.42m
- High Jump — 1.71m
- Long Jump — 6.15m
- 800 metres — 2:20.30
Basketball
- Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group A)
- Lost to Brazil (70-72)
- Defeated India (133-65)
- Lost to Soviet Union (83-99)
- Second Round (Group B)
- Lost to Australia (86-91)
- Defeated Sweden (83-61)
- Lost to Poland (84-88)
- Defeated Senegal (88-72) → 9th place
- Team Roster:
Boxing
Men's Featherweight (57 kg)
- Miroslav Šándor
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Lost to Dejan Marovic (Yugoslavia) on points (0-5)
Canoeing
Cycling
Eleven cyclists represented Czechoslovakia in 1980.
Diving
Fencing
Seven fencers, six men and one woman, represented Czechoslovakia in 1980.
Football
- Men's Team Competition
Preliminary Round (Group B)
All matches were played at the Kirov Stadium in Leningrad except where noted.
Final Standings
With four points each (one win and two draws), Czechoslovakia and Kuwait qualified for the quarterfinals.
Quarterfinals
- July 27, 1980 : Czechoslovakia - Cuba 4-0 (4-0)
Semifinals
- July 29, 1980 : Czechoslovakia - Yugoslavia 2-0 (2-0) at Dynamo Stadium, Moscow
Final
- August 2, 1980 : Czechoslovakia - East Germany 1-0 (0-0) Loujniki Stadium, Moscow
Roster
- Stanislav Seman
- Luděk Macela
- Josef Mazura
- Libor Radimec
- Zdeněk Rygel
- Petr Němec
- Ladislav Vízek
- Jan Berger
- Jindřich Svoboda
- Luboš Pokluda
- Werner Lička
- Rostislav Václavíček
- Jaroslav Netolička
- Oldřich Rott
- František Štambachr
- František Kunzo
Gymnastics
Hockey
- Women's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round Robin
- Lost to Soviet Union (0-2)
- Drew with Zimbabwe (2-2)
- Defeated India (2-1)
- Defeated Austria (5-0)
- Defeated Poland (1-0) →
- Team Roster:
Judo
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Czechoslovakia in 1980.
Men's Individual Competition:
- Milan Kadlec — 5229 pts, 8th place
- Jan Bártů — 5158 pts, 16th place
- Bohumil Starnovský — 4952 pts, 26th place
Men's Team Competition:
- Kadlec, Bártů, and Starnovský — 15339 pts, 6th place
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Swimming
Men's 200m Freestyle
- Petr Adamec
- Final — 1:55.84 (→ did not advance)
- Radek Havel
- Final — 1:55.07 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400m Freestyle
- Daniel Machek
- Final — 3:55.66 (→ 5th place)
Men's 100m Backstroke
- Miloslav Rolko
- Final — 57.74 (→ 4th place)
Men's 400m Individual Medley
- Miloslav Rolko
- Final — 4:26.99 (→ 6th place)
- Daniel Machek
- Final — 4:29.86 (→ 8th place)
Women's 100m Breaststroke
- Irena Fleissnerová
- Heats — 1:13.35 (→ did not advance)
Women's 200m Breaststroke
- Irena Fleissnerová
- Final — 2:33.23 (→ 5th place)
Volleyball
- Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group A)
- Lost to Soviet Union (1-3)
- Lost to Italy (2-3)
- Lost to Bulgaria (0-3)
- Defeated Cuba (3-2)
- Classification Matches
- 5th/8th place: Lost to Brazil (0-3)
- 7th/8th place: Lost to Cuba (1-3) → 8th place
- Team Roster
- Dušan Prieložný
- Pavel Valach
- Vlado Sirvoň
- Ján Repák
- Josef Novotný
- Jaroslav Šmid
- Vlastimil Lenert
- Jaroslav Kopet
- Ján Cifra
- Pavel Řeřábek
- Josef Pick
- Cyril Krejčí
- Head Coaches: Pavel Schenk and Zdeněk Václavík
Weightlifting
Wrestling
References
- "Czechoslovakia at the 1980 Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2015.