Czechoslovakia at the 1988 Summer Olympics
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Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...

competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics
1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an all international multi-sport events celebrated from September 17 to October 2, 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. They were the second summer Olympic Games to be held in Asia and the first since the 1964 Summer Olympics...

in Seoul
Seoul
Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...

, Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

, after having boycotted the previous Games in 1984
1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1984...

.

Gold

  • Miloslav Mečíř
    Miloslav Mecír
    Miloslav Mečíř is a former professional tennis player from Slovakia. He won the men's singles gold medal at the 1988 Olympic Games where he represented Czechoslovakia and played in two Grand Slam singles finals...

     — Tennis, Men's Singles Competition
  • Jozef Pribilinec
    Jozef Pribilinec
    Jozef Pribilinec is a Slovak athlete who mainly competed in racewalking.He was born in Kopernica.Pribilinec competed for the former Czechoslovakia at the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea where he won the gold medal in the men's 20 kilometre walk event.-References:...

     — Athletics, Men's 20 km Walk
  • Miroslav Varga
    Miroslav Varga
    Miroslav Varga is a sports shooter and Olympic Champion for Czechoslovakia. He won a gold medal in the 50 metre rifle prone event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul....

     — Shooting, Men's 50 m Rifle, Prone position

Silver

  • Miloslav Bednařík — Shooting, Men's Trap
  • Jana Novotná
    Jana Novotná
    Jana Novotná is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. She played a serve and volley game, an increasingly rare style of play among women during her career. She won the women's singles title at Wimbledon in 1998 and was runner-up in three previous Grand Slam tournaments...

     and Helena Suková
    Helena Suková
    Helena Suková is a former professional tennis player from Czechia. During her career, she won 14 Grand Slam titles, 9 of them in women's doubles and 5 of them in mixed doubles...

     — Tennis, Women's Doubles Competition
  • Jan Železný
    Jan Železný
    Jan Železný is a Czech javelin thrower, world and Olympic champion and world record holder in javelin throw...

     — Athletics, Men's Javelin Throw

Bronze

  • Miloslav Mečíř
    Miloslav Mecír
    Miloslav Mečíř is a former professional tennis player from Slovakia. He won the men's singles gold medal at the 1988 Olympic Games where he represented Czechoslovakia and played in two Grand Slam singles finals...

     and Milan Šrejber
    Milan Šrejber
    Milan Šrejber is a former tennis player from Czechoslovakia, who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. There here reached the semi finals of the men's doubles competition, partnering Miloslav Mečíř. The pair was defeated by America's eventual winners Ken Flach and...

     — Tennis, Men's Doubles Competition
  • Jozef Lohyňa — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle 82kg

Athletics
Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics
At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul a total number of 42 events in athletics were contested: 24 by men and 18 by women. There were a total number of 1617 participating athletes from 149 countries.-Men's events:...

Men's 10.000 metres
  • Martin Vrabel
  • Heat — did not finish (→ did not advance)


Men's Marathon
  • Karel David
    Karel David
    Karel David is a retired long-distance runner from the Czech Republic, who won the 1991 and 1992 edition of the Vienna Marathon. David represented Czechoslovakia twice in the men's marathon at the Summer Olympics...

  • Final — 2"26.12 (→ 55th place)


Men's Discus Throw
  • Géjza Valent
    Géjza Valent
    Géjza Valent is a retired male discus thrower from Czechoslovakia, who won the bronze medal at the 1983 World Championships. He set a personal best throw of 69.70 metres on August 26, 1984 at a meet in Nitra. Today, he continues to compete in veterans championships.-Achievements:-External links:*...

  • Qualifying Heat – 63.46m
  • Final – 65.80m (→ 6th place)

  • Imrich Bugár
    Imrich Bugár
    Imrich Bugár born 14 April 1955) is a champion discus thrower. An ethnic Hungarian who represented Czechoslovakia and then the Czech Republic, his career highlights include an Olympic silver medal from 1980, a European Championship title from 1982 and a gold medal in the inaugural World...

  • Qualifying Heat – 61.94m
  • Final – 60.88m (→ 12th place)


Men's Javelin Throw
  • Jan Železný
    Jan Železný
    Jan Železný is a Czech javelin thrower, world and Olympic champion and world record holder in javelin throw...

  • Qualification — 85.90m
  • Final — 84.12m (→ Silver Medal)

  • Zdenek Nenadal
  • Qualification — 75.56m (→ did not advance)


Men's Shot Put
  • Remigius Machura
    Remigius Machura
    Remigius Machura is a retired shot putter who represented Czechoslovakia. His career highlights include a bronze medal at the first World Championships and a gold medal at the first World Indoor Championships. He also represented his country at the 1988 Summer Olympics where he finished fifth...

  • Qualifying Heat – 20.16m
  • Final – 20.57m (→ 5th place)


Men's Decathlon
  • Roman Hraban — 7781 points (→ 20th place)
  1. 100 metres — 10.98s
  2. Long Jump — 7.07m
  3. Shot Put — 15.84m
  4. High Jump — 1.79m
  5. 400 metres — 49.68s
  6. 110m Hurdles — 14.94s
  7. Discus Throw — 45.32m
  8. Pole Vault — 4.90m
  9. Javelin Throw — 60.48m
  10. 1.500 metres — 5:06.68s

  • Veroslav Valenta — 7442 points (→ 28th place)
  1. 100 metres — 11.51s
  2. Long Jump — 7.01m
  3. Shot Put — 14.17m
  4. High Jump — 1.94m
  5. 400 metres — 51.216s
  6. 110m Hurdles — 15.18s
  7. Discus Throw — 45.84m
  8. Pole Vault — 4.60m
  9. Javelin Throw — 56.28m
  10. 1.500 metres — 5:03.17s


Men's 20 km Walk
  • Jozef Pribilinec
    Jozef Pribilinec
    Jozef Pribilinec is a Slovak athlete who mainly competed in racewalking.He was born in Kopernica.Pribilinec competed for the former Czechoslovakia at the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea where he won the gold medal in the men's 20 kilometre walk event.-References:...

  • Final — 1:19:57 (→ Gold Medal)

  • Roman Mrázek
    Roman Mrázek
    Roman Mrázek is a race walker who represented Czechoslovakia and later Slovakia.-Achievements:-External links:...

  • Final — 1:20:43 (→ 5th place)


Men's 50 km Walk
  • Pavol Szikora
    Pavol Szikora
    Pavol Szikora is a retired Slovak race walker.He was born in Lučenec and represented the club Dukla Banská Bystrica. He finished eleventh at the 1983 World Championships , won the silver medal at the 1984 Friendship Games , finished eighth at the 1986 European Championships , seventh at the 1987...

  • Final — 3:47:04 (→ 10th place)

  • Pavol Blazek
    Pavol Blažek
    Pavol Blažek is a retired race walker, who represented Czechoslovakia and later Slovakia in the Olympic Games. He was born in Trnava.-Achievements:-External links:...

  • Final — 3:47:31 (→ 12th place)

  • Roman Mrazek
    Roman Mrázek
    Roman Mrázek is a race walker who represented Czechoslovakia and later Slovakia.-Achievements:-External links:...

  • Final — 3:50:46 (→ 17th place)



Women's Marathon
  • Ludmila Melicherová
    Ludmila Melicherová
    Ludmila Melicherová is a retired female long-distance runner from Slovakia, who represented Czechoslovakia at the 1988 Summer Olympics in the women's marathon. She set her personal best in the classic distance on April 22, 1990, winning the Vienna City Marathon...

  • Final — 2"43.56 (→ 45th place)


Women's Discus Throw
  • Zdeňka Šilhavá
    Zdenka Šilhavá
    Zdeňka Bartoňová-Šilhavá is a retired female track and field athlete from the Czech Republic, who set the world record in the women's discus throw on 26 August 1984 with a distance of 74.56 metres...

  • Qualifying Heat – 66.52m
  • Final – 67.84m (→ 6th place)


Women's Shot Put
  • Zdeňka Šilhavá
    Zdenka Šilhavá
    Zdeňka Bartoňová-Šilhavá is a retired female track and field athlete from the Czech Republic, who set the world record in the women's discus throw on 26 August 1984 with a distance of 74.56 metres...

  • Qualification – 19.74m
  • Final – 18.86m (→ 11th place)

  • Sona Vasickova
  • Qualification — did not start (→ did not advance)


Women's Heptathlon
  • Zuzana Lajbnerová
  • Final Result — 6252 points (→ 9th place)

Modern Pentathlon
Modern pentathlon at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Final results for the modern pentathlon at the 1988 Summer OlympicsIt was fought in five days on September 18 to 22, and individual results were also directly applied towards the team event ranking.This article describes the comprehensive record of the event...

Men's Individual Competition:
  • Milan Kadlec — 5130pts (→ 11th place)
  • Tomáš Fleissner — 5010pts (→ 19th place)
  • Jiří Prokopius — 4903pts (→ 29th place)


Men's Team Competition:
  • Kadlec, Fleissner, and Prokopius — 15043pts (→ 6th place)

Swimming
Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics took place in Seoul, South Korea. The swimming competition, held from September 18 to September 25, was notable for the seven medals, including five golds, won by Matt Biondi, the six golds won by Kristin Otto, and the three individual golds won by Janet Evans...

Men's 50m Freestyle
  • Petr Kladiva
    1. Heat – 23.53 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)


Men's 100m Freestyle
  • Petr Kladiva
    1. Heat – 51.39 (→ did not advance, 26th place)


Men's 100m Backstroke
  • Pavel Vokoun
    1. Heat – 58.88 (→ did not advance, 30th place)


Men's 200m Backstroke
  • Pavel Vokoun
    1. Heat – 2:07.24 (→ did not advance, 28th place)


Men's 100m Breaststroke
  • Radek Beinhauer
    1. Heat – 1:04.61 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

  • Alexander Marcek
    1. Heat – 1:04.95 (→ did not advance, 28th place)


Men's 200m Breaststroke
  • Radek Beinhauer
    1. Heat – 2:18.02
    2. B-Final – 2:18.13 (→ 12th place)

  • Alexander Marcek
    1. Heat – 2:18.44
    2. B-Final – 2:18.51 (→ 15th place)


Men's 100m Butterfly
  • Robert Wolf
    1. Heat – 55.73 (→ did not advance, 21st place)


Men's 200m Butterfly
  • Ondrej Bures
    1. Heat – 2:02.93 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)


Men's 400m Individual Medley
  • Ondrej Bures
    1. Heat – 4:29.62 (→ did not advance, 19th place)


Men's 4x100m Medley Relay
  • Pavel Vokoun, Radek Beinhauer, Robert Wolf, and Petr Kladiva
    1. Heat – 3:49.90 (→ did not advance, 13th place)

Tennis
Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Tennis returned to the Summer Olympic Games at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, having been left out since the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. Tennis had been a demonstration sport at the 1984 Summer Olympics....

Women's Singles Competition
  • Regina Rajchrtová
    Regina Rajchrtová
    Regina Rajchrtová is a former tennis player from Czechoslovakia, who competed for her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. There she was defeated in the first round....

    1. First Round – Lost to Leila Meskhi
      Leila Meskhi
      Leila Meskhi is a retired Georgian professional female tennis player. She was ranked World No. 12 on 5 August 1991.She was born in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union.-Singles :-Singles finalist :...

       (Soviet Union) 5-7 5-7

  • Jana Novotná
    Jana Novotná
    Jana Novotná is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. She played a serve and volley game, an increasingly rare style of play among women during her career. She won the women's singles title at Wimbledon in 1998 and was runner-up in three previous Grand Slam tournaments...

    1. First Round – Defeated Isabelle Demongeot
      Isabelle Demongeot
      Isabelle Demongeot is a former professional tennis player from France, who turned professional on May 1, 1983. She lived in Saint-Tropez in the French Riviera in the early stages of her career and later settled down further south in Gassin.Demongeot won her only WTA Tour singles title in Purchase...

       (France) 6-4 6-3
    2. Second Round – Lost to Barbara Paulus
      Barbara Paulus
      Barbara Paulus is a former professional top 10 female tennis player from Austria. She began playing on the WTA Tour in 1986 and retired in 2001. During her career she won a total of seven WTA tournaments...

       (Austria) 4-6 3-6

  • Helena Suková
    Helena Suková
    Helena Suková is a former professional tennis player from Czechia. During her career, she won 14 Grand Slam titles, 9 of them in women's doubles and 5 of them in mixed doubles...

    1. First Round – Bye
    2. Second Round – Lost to Il-Soon Kim (South Korea) 2-6 6-4 2-6



Men's Doubles Competition
  • Miloslav Mečíř
    Miloslav Mecír
    Miloslav Mečíř is a former professional tennis player from Slovakia. He won the men's singles gold medal at the 1988 Olympic Games where he represented Czechoslovakia and played in two Grand Slam singles finals...

     and Milan Šrejber
    Milan Šrejber
    Milan Šrejber is a former tennis player from Czechoslovakia, who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. There here reached the semi finals of the men's doubles competition, partnering Miloslav Mečíř. The pair was defeated by America's eventual winners Ken Flach and...

     → Bronze Medal
    1. First Round – Defeated Shu-Hua Lu and Ke-Qin Ma (China) 7-5 6-1 6-4
    2. Second Round – Defeated Vijay Amritraj
      Vijay Amritraj
      Vijay Amritraj is a former Indian tennis player, sports commentator and actor.Amritraj was born in Chennai, India to Maggie Dhairyam and Robert Amritraj. He and his brothers, Anand Amritraj and Ashok Amritraj, were among the first Indians to play in top-flight international tour tennis...

       and Anand Amritraj
      Anand Amritraj
      Anand Amritraj is a former Indian tennis player and businessman.Anand Amritraj and his brothers, Vijay Amritraj and Ashok Amritraj, were among the first Indians to play in top-flight international tour tennis. In 1976, the team of Anand and Vijay was semi-finalists in the Wimbledon men's doubles...

       (India) 4-6 6-4 4-6 6-4 6-2
    3. Quarterfinals – Defeated Guy Forget
      Guy Forget
      Guy Forget is a former French professional tennis player. During his career, he helped France win the Davis Cup in both 1991 and 1996. Since retiring as a player, he has served as France's Davis Cup team captain.-Career:...

       and Henri Leconte
      Henri Leconte
      Henri Leconte is a former French professional tennis player. He reached the men's singles final at the French Open in 1988, won the French Open men's doubles title in 1984, and helped France win the Davis Cup in 1991.-Biography and career:...

       (France) 3-6 4-6 7-5 6-3 9-7
    4. Semifinals – Lost to Ken Flach
      Ken Flach
      Kenneth Eliot "Ken" Flach is a former professional tennis player from the United States. A doubles specialist, he won 4 Grand Slam men's doubles titles , and 2 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles...

       and Robert Seguso
      Robert Seguso
      Robert Arthur Seguso is a former professional tennis player from the United States. A doubles specialist, he won 4 Grand Slam men's doubles titles . He also won the men's doubles Gold Medal at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, partnering Ken Flach. Seguso reached the World No...

      (United States) 2-6 4-6 1-6


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