Czech Republic At The 2000 Summer Olympics

The Czech Republic competed at the ''' 2000 Summer Olympics ''' in Sydney . It was the second time that the nation had competed separately from Slovakia after sixteen appearances as Czechoslovakia . The Czech Republic competed under the IOC Country Code CZE.

MEDALS

Bronze

Jan Rehula - Triathlon, men's competition

RESULTS BY EVENT

Athletics

Men's competition

Men's 800 m

Roman Oravec

# Round 1 - 01:47.66 (did not advance)

Men's 400 m Hurdles

Jiri Muzik

# Round 1 - 50.11 (did not advance)

# Semifinal - 49.23 (did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

Miroslav Menc

# Qualifying - 19.92

# Final - 19.39 (10th place)

Men's Discus

Libor Malina

# Qualifying - 60.83 (did not advance)

Men's Javelin Throw

Jan Zelezny

# Qualifying - 89.39

# Final - 90.17 (Gold medal) - ''Olympic record''

Men's Hammer Throw

Vladimir Maska

# Qualifying - 76.70

# Final - 77.32 (8th place)

Pavel Sedlacek

# Qualifying - 75.33 (did not advance)

Men's Pole Vault

Stepan Janacek

# Qualifying - 5.65 (did not advance)

Men's 20 km Walk

Jiri Malysa

# Final - 1:24:08 (19th place)

Men's 50 km Walk

Milos Holusa

# Final - 3:53:48 (16th place)

Men's Decathlon

Roman Sebrle

# 100 m - 10.92

# Long Jump - 7.62

# Shot Put - 15.22

# High Jump - 2.12

# 400 m - 48.20

# 100 m Hurdles - 13.87

# Discus Throw - 44.39

# Pole Vault - 4.80

# Javelin Throw - 64.04

# 1,500 m - 04:28.79

# Points - 8606.00 (Silver medal)

Tomas Dvorak

# 100 m - 10.91

# Long Jump - 7.50

# Shot Put - 15.91

# High Jump - 1.97

# 400 m - 49.11

# 100 m Hurdles - 14.34

# Discus Throw - 47.15

# Pole Vault - 4.40

# Javelin Throw - 69.94

# 1,500 m - 04:32.23

--- Points - 8385.00 (6th place)

Jiri Ryba

# 100 m - 11.14

# Long Jump - 7.10

# Shot Put - 14.21

# High Jump - 2.00

# 400 m - 48.97

# 100 m Hurdles - 14.99

# Discus Throw - 42.83

# Pole Vault - 4.90

# Javelin Throw - 57.76

# 1,500 m - 04:18.21

--- Points - 8056.00 (14th place)

Women's competition

Women's 400 m

Jitka Burianova

# Round 1 - 51.59

# Round 2 - 50.85

# Semifinal - 51.15 (did not advance)

Hana Benesova

# Round 1 - 52.85

# Round 2 - 52.70 (did not advance)

Women's 800 m

Helena Fuchsova

# Round 1 - 01:58.97

# Semifinal - 01:58.82

# Final - 01:58.56 (5th place)

Ludmila Formanova

# Round 1 - DNF (did not advance)

Women's 4x400 m

Hana Benesova , Jitka Burianova , Lenka Fickova , Helena Fuchsova

# Round 1 - 03:24.40

# Final - 03:29.17 (7th place)

Women's Discus

Vladimira Rackova

# Qualifying - 60.24 (did not advance)

Women's Javelin Throw

Nikola Tomechova

# Qualifying - 59.49

# Final - 62.10 (8th place)

Women's Triple Jump

Sarka Kasparkova

# Qualifying - 14.34 (did not advance)

# Final - NM

Women's High Jump

Zuzana Hlavonova

# Qualifying - 1.94

# Final - 1.90 (11th place)

Women's Pole Vault

Daniela Bartova

# Qualifying - 4.30

# Final - 4.50 (4th place)

Pavla Hamackova

# Qualifying - 4.00 (did not advance)

Boxing

Men's 63.5kg

Lukas Konecny

---Round 1 - Lost to Mohamed Allalou of Algeria (did not advance)

Men's 81kg

Rudolf Kraj

---Round 1 - Bye

---Round 2 - Defeated Olanda Anderson of United States

---Quarterfinal - Defeated Jegbefumere Albert of Nigeria

---Semifinal - Defeated Andri Fedtchouk of Ukraine

---Final - Lost to Alexander Lebziak of Russia - Silver medal

Canoe / Kayak

Flatwater

=Men's competition

Men's Kayak Singles 500 m

Pavel Hottmar

# Qualifying Heat - 01:44.391

# Semifinal - 01:41.920 (did not advance)

Men's Kayak Singles 1000 m

Radek Zaruba

# Qualifying Heat - 03:40.731

# Semifinal - 03:44.347 (did not advance)

Men's Kayak Doubles 500 m

Radek Zaruba , Pavel Holubar

# Qualifying Heat - 01:33.490

# Semifinal - 01:33.056 (did not advance)

Men's Kayak Doubles 1,000 m

Jan Andrlik , Jan Soucek

# Qualifying Heat - 03:20.760

# Semifinal - DSQ (did not advance)

Men's Kayak Fours 1,000 m

Pavel Holubar , Pavel Hottmar , Karel Lestina , Jiri Polivka

# Qualifying Heat - 03:02.053

# Semifinal - 03:02.851 (did not advance)

Men's Canoe Singles 500 m

Martin Doktor

# Qualifying Heat - 01:51.174

# Semifinal - Bye

# Final - 02:37.467 (8th place)

Men's Canoe Singles 1,000 m

Martin Doktor

# Qualifying Heat - 03:55.216

# Semifinal - Bye

# Final - 04:02.335 (8th place)

Men's Canoe Doubles 500 m

Jan Brecka , Petr Prochazka

# Qualifying Heat - 01:44.175

# Semifinal - 01:46.013 (did not advance)

Men's Canoe Doubles 1,000 m

Jan Brecka , Petr Prochazka

# Qualifying Heat - 03:50.606

# Semifinal - 03:51.012 (did not advance)

Slalom

=Men's competition

Men's Kayak Singles

Tomas Kobes

# Qualifying - 255.13

# Final - 226.99 (7th place)

Jiri Prskavec

# Qualifying - 263.01

# Final - 234.66 (13th place)

Men's Canoe Singles

Tomas Indruch

# Qualifying - 281.75 (did not advance)

Men's Canoe Doubles

Ondrej Stepanek , Jaroslav Volf

# Qualifying - 290.57

# Final - 253.36 (5th place)

Marek Jiras , Tomas Mader

# Qualifying - 284.07

# Final - 249.45 (Bronze medal)

=Women's competition

Women's Kayak Singles

Stepanka Hilgertova

# Qualifying - 285.07

# Final - 247.04 (Gold medal)

Irena Pavelkova

# Qualifying - 290.54

# Final - 256.11 (5th place)

Cycling

Cross Country Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country Mountain Bike

Radim Korinek

# Final - 2:21:08.59 (29th place)

Road Cycling

Men's Individual Time Trial

Tomas Konecny

# Final - 1:01:36 (28th place)

Men's Road Race

Pavel Padrnos

# Final - 5:30:46 (70th place)

Tomas Konecny

# Final - 5:34:58 (74th place)

Radim Korinek

# Final - DNF

Jan Svorada

# Final - DNF

Track Cycling

=Men's competition

Men's Sprint

Pavel Buran

---Qualifying - 10.370

---First Round - Defeated Tomohiro Nagatsuka of Japan

---1/8 Finals - Lost to Jose Vilanueva of Spain

---1/8 Finals Repechage - 2 place - Heat 1

---Finals 9-12 - 9th place

Men's 1 km Time Trial

Martin Polak

---Final - 01:05.851 (13th place)

Men's Keirin

Pavel Buran

---First Round - Heat - 2; Place - 1

---Second Round - Heat - 2; Place - 5 (did not advance)

Men's Olympic Sprint

Pavel Buran , Martin Polak , Ivan Vrba

---Qualifying - 46.276 (did not advance)

=Women's competition

Women's Individual Pursuit

Lada Kozlikova

---Qualifying - 03:43.019 (did not advance)

Diving

Men's 3 Metre Springboard

Jaroslav Makchin

# Preliminary - 311.67 (39th place, did not advance)

Football (soccer)

Men's team competition

Group C

USA - Czech Republic 2-2

Czech Republic - Kuwait 2-3

Czech Republic - Cameroon 1-1

Team Roster

# Ales Chvalovsky

# Lukas Dosek

# Adam Petrous

# Radoslav Kovac

# Roman Lengyel

# Roman Tyce

# Libor Sionko

# Tomas Ujfalusi

# Marek Jankulovski

# Tomas Kucera

# Milan Baros

# Jan Polak

# Erich Brabec

# Libor Dosek

# Martin Vozabal

# Jan Simak

# Marek Heinz

# Jaroslav Drobny

# Marcel Licka

# Ludek Straceny

# Martin Cupr

# Petr Cech

Sailing

The Czech Republic sent two competitors - one man and one woman - to the Sailing competition at the 2000 Olympics.

Men's Single Handed Dinghy (Finn)

Michael Maier

# Race 1 - 8

# Race 2 - 19

# Race 3 - 12

# Race 4 - (24)

# Race 5 - 17

# Race 6 - (26) DNF

# Race 7 - 17

# Race 8 - 12

# Race 9 - 15

# Race 10 - 17

# Race 11 - 191

# Final - 136 (19th place)

Women's Single Handed Dinghy (Europe)

Lenka Smidova

# Race 1 - (15)

# Race 2 - (19)

# Race 3 - 15

# Race 4 - 7

# Race 5 - 8

# Race 6 - 3

# Race 7 - 13

# Race 8 - 2

# Race 9 - 15

# Race 10 - 10

# Race 11 - 2

# Final - 75 (7th place)

Swimming

Men's 100 m Freestyle

Kvetoslav Svoboda

# Preliminary Heat - 52.18 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

Kvetoslav Svoboda

# Preliminary Heat - 1:50.29 (did not advance)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

Vlastimul Burda

# Preliminary Heat - 03:54.40 (did not advance)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

Vlastimul Burda

# Preliminary Heat - 15:33.25 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

Jan Vitazka

# Preliminary Heat - 54.34 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

Daniel Malek

# Preliminary Heat - 01:01.56

# Semi-final - 01:01.60

# Final - 01:01.50 (5th place)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

Daniel Malek

# Preliminary Heat - 02:14.10

# Semi-final - 02:13.46

# Final - 02:13.20 (5th place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

Jan Vitazka

# Preliminary Heat - 02:03.66 (did not advance)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

Jan Vitazka

# Preliminary Heat - 04:23.81 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

Ilona Hlavackova

# Preliminary Heat - 57.24 (did not advance)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

Hana Cerna

# Preliminary Heat - 04:17.96 (did not advance)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

Hana Cerna

# Preliminary Heat - 08:47.64 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

Ilona Hlavackova

# Preliminary Heat - 01:03.28 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

Hana Cerna

# Preliminary Heat - 02:17.58 (did not advance)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

Hana Cerna

# Preliminary Heat - 04:44.11 (did not advance)

Synchronized Swimming

Duet

Sona Bernardova , Jana Rybarova

# Technical Routine - 31.033 Did not compete in free routine

Triathlon

The Czech Republic captured one of the first Olympic triathlon medals when Jan Rehula passed ten other competitors during the final phase of the race to win the Bronze Medal . Two other Czech triathletes finished the race, while a fourth competitor withdrew during the cycling phase.

Women's:

Renata Berkova - 2:08:08.37 (29th place)

Men's:

Jan Rehula - 1:48:46.64 (bronze medal)

Martin Krnavek - 1:49:38.01 (13th place)

Filip Ospaly - DNF

REFERENCES

Wallechinsky, David (2004). ''The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition)''. Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.

International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results . Retrieved 11/12/05.

Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games . Retrieved 11/20/05.

Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games . Retrieved 11/20/05.

Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results . Retrieved 11/20/05.

International Olympic Committee Web Site

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