Czechoslovakia competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 181 competitors, 145 men and 36 women, took part in 93 events in 17 sports.
Medalists
MedalNameSportEvent Athletics Men's discus throw Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg Diving Women's 10 m platform Czechoslovakia national handball team Handball Men's competition Rowing Men's coxed pair Shooting Mixed 25 m rapid fire pistol Athletics Women's long jump Rowing Men's coxed four
Athletics
Men's 100 metres Juraj Demec First Heat — 10.66s (→ did not advance)
Men's 800 metres Jozef Plachý Heat — 1:47.1 Semifinals — 1:48.9 (→ did not advance)
Men's 1500 metres Jozef Horčic Heat — 3:45.7 (→ did not advance)
Men's 5000 metres Josef Janský Heat — 13:39.8 (→ did not advance) Dusan Moravcik Heat — 13:40.4 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 × 100 m Relay Jaroslav Matousek, Juraj Demec, Jiri Kynos, and Luděk Bohman Heat — 39.31s Semifinals — 39.01s Final — 38.82s (→ 4th place)
Men's High Jump Roman Moravec Qualification Round — 2.12m (→ did not advance) Jaroslav Alexa Qualification Round — 2.09m (→ did not advance)
Basketball
Boxing
Canoeing
Cycling
Fifteen cyclists represented Czechoslovakia in 1972.
Individual road race Jiří Prchal — 18th place Jiří Háva — 41st place Petr Matoušek — 47th place Alois Holík — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Team time trial Miloš Hrazdíra Jiří Mainuš Petr Matoušek Vlastimil Moravec
Sprint Vladimír Vačkář Ivan Kučírek
1000m time trial Anton Tkáč Final — 1:08.78 (→ 13th place)
Tandem Ivan Kučírek and Vladimír Popelka → 8th place
Individual pursuit Milan Puzrla
Team pursuit Zdeněk Dohnal Jiří Mikšík Anton Tkáč Milan Zyka
Diving
Fencing
Two fencers, one man and one woman, represented Czechoslovakia in 1972.
Men's foil František Koukal
Women's foil Katarína Lokšová-Ráczová
Gymnastics
Handball
Czechoslovakia won a silver medal at the second Olympic handball tournament. In the first round, the team tied for second place in the points ranking after defeating Tunisia, tying Iceland, and losing to East Germany. Czechoslovakia won the tie-breaker over the Iceland team, which had also defeated Tunisia and lost to East Germany, and advanced to the second round. There, wins over Sweden and the Soviet Union put Czechoslovakia in another standings tie, this time in first place with East Germany. Again, the tie-breaker went to Czechoslovakia, giving the team the opportunity to play Yugoslavia, the winner of the other group, in the gold medal game. Yugoslavia won, 21–16, leaving Czechoslovakia with the silver.
Men's Team Competition: Czechoslovakia - silver medal (3–2–1)
Judo
Rowing
Men's Single Sculls Jaroslav Hellebrand Heat — 7:58.15 Repechage — 8:19.28 Semi Finals — 8:44.60 B-Final — 8:11.04 (→ 12th place)
Men's Coxed Pairs Oldřich Svojanovský, Pavel Svojanovský and Vladimír Petříček Heat — 7:41.27 Semi Finals — 8:07.88 Final — 7:19.57 (→ Silver Medal)
Sailing
Shooting
Eight male shooters represented Czechoslovakia in 1972.
25 m pistol Ladislav Falta Vladimír Hurt
50 m pistol Hynek Hromada Miroslav Štefan
300 m rifle, three positions Karel Bulan Rudolf Pojer
50 m rifle, three positions Petr Kovářík Karel Bulan
50 m rifle, prone Jiří Vogler Rudolf Pojer
Swimming
Volleyball
Men's team competition Team Roster Vladimír Petlák Milan Vápenka Pavel Schenk Zdeněk Groessl Stefan Pipa Jaroslav Tomáš Drahomír Koudelka Jaroslav Stančo Lubomír Zajíček Jaroslav Penc Milan Řezníček Miroslav Nekola Head coaches: Karel Láznička and Zdeněk Malý
Weightlifting
Wrestling
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