Czech Republic competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's third appearance at the Summer Olympics after gaining its independence from the former Czechoslovakia. The Czech Olympic Committee sent the nation's largest team to the Games since the post-Czechoslovak era. A total of 142 athletes, 80 men and 62 women, competed in 19 sports; the nation's team size was roughly denser from Sydney by one sixth of the athletes. Women's basketball was the only team-based sport in which the Czech Republic had its representation at these Olympic Games. There was only a single competitor in equestrian, artistic and trampoline gymnastics, judo, and weightlifting.
The Czech team featured two defending Olympic champions: slalom kayaker Štěpánka Hilgertová, who made her fourth Olympic appearance as the most experienced female athlete, and javelin throwing legend Jan Železný, who had won three consecutive Olympic titles throughout his illustrious sporting career, and competed at his fifth Olympics. Meanwhile, freestyle swimmer and top medal favorite Květoslav Svoboda was appointed by the committee to carry the Czech flag in the opening ceremony. Other notable Czech athletes featured decathletes and Olympic medalists Roman Šebrle and Tomáš Dvořák, double Olympic champion Martin Doktor in men's sprint canoeing, and rifle shooter Kateřina Kůrková, who eventually married to the American and Olympic rifle prone titleholder Matt Emmons.
Czech Republic left Athens with a total of nine Olympic medals (one gold, three silver, and four bronze), surpassing the record set in Sydney four years earlier by just a single medal. Roman Šebrle, who previously won silver in Sydney, ended a 20-year drought to set an Olympic record and to receive the nation's only gold medal in men's decathlon, while Libor Capalini set a historic milestone for Czech Republic to pick up its first Olympic medal in modern pentathlon. Meanwhile, Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová originally finished fourth in women's discus throw. On December 5, 2012, the International Olympic Committee stripped off Belarusian Iryna Yatchenko's silver medal after drug re-testings of her samples were found positive, lifting Cechlova's spot to the bronze medal position. For Jan Železný, he ended his sparkling career with a disappointing ninth-place finish in men's javelin throw at his fifth Olympic Games. On August 29, 2004, at the time of the closing ceremony, Zelezny was elected to the IOC Athletes' Commission, along with three other athletes.
Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Date Athletics Men's decathlon Shooting Women's 25 m pistol Rowing Men's quadruple sculls Sailing Europe class Shooting Women's 10 m air rifle Canoeing Men's slalom C-2 Athletics Women's discus throw Athletics Men's high jump Modern pentathlon Men's event
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Medals by sportSport TotalAthletics1023Canoeing0011Modern pentathlon0011Rowing0101Sailing0101Shooting0112Total 1 3 59 |style="text-align:left;width:22%;vertical-align:top;"|
Medals by dayDayDate Total100115010170011120011130213131001170011Total 1 3 58 |style="text-align:left;width:22%;vertical-align:top;"|
Medals by genderGender TotalPercentageMale113555.55%Female022444.44%Mixed00000.00%Total 1 3 59100% |style="text-align:left;width:22%;vertical-align:top;"|
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Athletics
Czech athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard). Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová originally finished fourth in women's discus throw. On December 5, 2012, Belarus' Iryna Yatchenko was ordered to strip off her silver medal by the International Olympic Committee after drug re-testings of her samples were discovered positive, lifting Cechlova's spot to the bronze medal position.
Men Track & road events AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankJiří Vojtík200 m20.795colspan=6 Michal Šneberger800 m1:47.895colspan=2 colspan=4 1500 m3:39.687 qcolspan=2 3:47.0312colspan=2 Jiří Mužík400 m hurdles48.852 Qcolspan=2 48.885colspan=2 Štěpán Tesařík49.445 qcolspan=2 49.877colspan=2 Róbert ŠtefkoMarathoncolspan=6 2:27:1263Jiří Malysa20 km walkcolspan=6 Miloš Holuša50 km walkcolspan=6 4:15:0138
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionJaroslav BábaHigh jump2.28=9 Q2.34Tomáš Janků2.2030colspan=2 Svatoslav Ton2.28=4 Q2.298Štěpán JanáčekPole vault5.30=28colspan=2 Adam Ptáček5.50=22colspan=2 Petr StehlíkShot put20.0611 q19.2112Antonín Žalský19.0927colspan=2 Libor MalinaDiscus throw62.1210 q58.7810Vladimír MaškaHammer throw71.7629colspan=2 Miroslav GuzdekJavelin throw76.4523colspan=2 Jan Železný81.189 Q80.599
Combined events – Decathlon AthleteEvent 100 m 400 m 1500 mFinalRankTomáš DvořákResult11.53————————Points7460————————Roman ŠebrleResult10.857.8416.362.1248.3614.0548.725.0070.524:40.018893 Points8941020873915892968844910897680
Women Track & road events AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankLucie Škrobáková100 m hurdles13.515colspan=4 Anna PichrtováMarathoncolspan=4 2:40:5828Barbora Dibelková20 km walkcolspan=4 1:33:3724
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionZuzana HlavoňováHigh jump1.8526colspan=2 Iva Straková1.8916colspan=2 Kateřina BaďurováPole vault4.40=4 q4.2012Pavla Hamáčková4.452 Q4.4011Denisa ŠčerbováLong jump6.3925colspan=2 Šárka KašpárkováTriple jump13.7926colspan=2 Věra Pospíšilová-CechlováDiscus throw64.481 Q66.08Vladimíra Racková55.8234colspan=2 Lucie VrbenskáHammer throw60.2942colspan=2 Nikola BrejchováJavelin throw64.392 Q64.234Jarmila Klimešová57.7025colspan=2 Barbora Špotáková58.2023colspan=2
Combined events – Heptathlon AthleteEvent 200 m 800 mFinalRankMichaela HejnováResult13.821.7012.1325.365.7048.222:25.68571626Points1004855670854759826748
Basketball
Women's tournament
Roster
Group play
Quarterfinal
5th place game
Canoeing
Slalom AthleteEventPreliminarySemifinalFinalRun 1RankRun 2RankTotalRankTimeRankTimeRankTotalRankTomáš IndruchMen's C-199.812102.877202.684 Q98.225 Q97.065195.285Ondřej RaabMen's K-198.541395.965194.509 Q98.1314colspan=4 Marek JirasTomáš MáderMen's C-2110.666118.338228.998 Q110.357colspan=4 Ondřej ŠtěpánekJaroslav Volf108.104106.252214.353 Q106.223 Q106.644212.86Štěpánka HilgertováWomen's K-1117.0511111.709228.7511 Q111.318 Q109.443220.755Irena Pavelková116.089111.38=7227.469 Q161.4915colspan=4
Sprint AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMartin DoktorMen's C-1 500 m1:49.5572 q1:50.2531 Q1:47.9995Men's C-1 1000 m3:49.0292 q3:51.8121 Q3:50.4054Michaela StrnadováWomen's K-1 500 m1:55.8065 q1:56.1547colspan=2 Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to final; q = Qualify to semifinal
Cycling
Road Men AthleteEventTimeRankRené AndrleRoad race5:50:3558Time trial1:00:27.2916Michal HrazdíraRoad raceTime trial1:00:07.2313Ondřej SosenkaRoad race5:50:3565Ján Svorada5:50:3563
Women AthleteEventTimeRankLada KozlíkováRoad raceTime trial32:15.415Martina RůžičkováRoad race3:40:4352
Track Sprint AthleteEventQualificationRound 1Repechage 1Round 2Repechage 2QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeSpeed (km/h)RankOppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)RankAlois KaňkovskýMen's sprint10.95665.71718LLcolspan=6
Pursuit AthleteEventQualificationSemifinalsFinalTimeRankOpponentResultsRankOpponentResultsRankLenka ValováWomen's individual pursuit3:54.37211colspan=4
Time trial AthleteEventTimeRankAlois KaňkovskýMen's time trial1:03.03810
Keirin AthleteEvent1st roundRepechage2nd roundFinalRankRankRankRankIvan VrbaMen's keirin2 Q4 Q10
Omnium AthleteEventPointsLapsRankMilan KadlecMen's points race6535Lada KozlíkováWomen's points race0015Milan KadlecPetr LazarMen's madison2113
Mountain biking AthleteEventTimeRankRadim KořínekMen's cross-country2:25:2822Jaroslav Kulhavý
Equestrian
Eventing AthleteHorseEventDressageCross-countryJumpingTotalQualifierFinalPenaltiesRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesRankJaroslav HatlaJennallas BoyIndividual57.80=395.2063.00=284.0067.00=23 Q8.0075.00=2175.00=21
Gymnastics
Artistic Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRankJana KomrskováAll-around 9.2259.2758.7009.01236.21232colspan=6
Rhythmic AthleteEventQualificationFinalHoopBallClubsRibbonTotalRankHoopBallClubsRibbonTotalRankDominika ČervenkováIndividual22.35022.90018.30021.20084.75020colspan=6
Judo
Czech Republic has qualified a single judoka.
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankAndrea PažoutováWomen's −70 kgW 1000–0000L 0001–0010colspan=2 L 0011–0100colspan=3
Modern pentathlon
Three Czech athletes qualified to compete in the modern pentathlon event through the European and UIPM Championships.
AthleteEventShooting(10 m air pistol)Fencing(épée one touch)Swimming(200 m freestyle)Riding(show jumping)Running(3000 m)Total pointsFinal rankPointsRankMP PointsResultsRankMP pointsTimeRankMP pointsPenaltiesRankMP pointsTimeRankMP PointsLibor CapaliniMen's17913108414–17=197762:02.002133684811169:40.70610805392Michal Michalík1816110818–13=68882:08.51151260565114410:17.682893253326Alexandra KalinovskáWomen's1642590418–1368882:30.052711202522994811:14.40151024488426
Rowing
Czech rowers qualified the following boats:
Men AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankVáclav ChalupaSingle sculls7:13.841 SA/B/Ccolspan=2 6:59.391 FA6:59.135Petr ImreAdam MichálekPair7:26.194 R6:33.244colspan=4 Milan DolečekOndřej SynekDouble sculls6:50.672 SA/Bcolspan=2 6:13.653 FA6:35.815Václav MalečekMichal VabroušekLightweight double sculls6:21.823 R6:19.041 SA/B6:23.175 FB6:46.779Jakub MakovičkaKarel Neffe Jr.Jan SchindlerPetr VitásekFour6:31.233 SA/Bcolspan=2 5:51.815 FB5:49.998Jakub HanákDavid JirkaTomáš KarasDavid KopřivaQuadruple sculls5:40.831 SA/Bcolspan=2 5:42.731 FA5:57.43
Women AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMiroslava KnapkováSingle sculls7:25.231 SA/Bcolspan=2 7:36.732 FA7:25.144 Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; R=Repechage
Sailing
Czech sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events.
Men AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank12345678910M*Tom MalinaMistral282532323126332829322228531Michal MaierFinn13171992012151847612015
Women AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank12345678910M*Lenka ŠmídováEurope10131131DSQ16371065
Open AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank12345678910M*Martin TrčkaLaser372915271532283133101123125 M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given
Shooting
Seven Czech shooters (five men and two women) qualified to compete in the following events:
Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankVáclav Bečvář50 m rifle prone592=16colspan=2 50 m rifle 3 positions1148=31colspan=2 Tomáš Caknakis10 m running target56017colspan=2 Miroslav Januš56415colspan=2 Tomáš Jeřábek50 m rifle prone591=24colspan=2 50 m rifle 3 positions1155=24colspan=2 Jan SychraSkeet121=9colspan=2 Martin Tenk10 m air pistol577=20colspan=2 50 m pistol5599colspan=2
Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankLenka Hyková10 m air pistol380=16colspan=2 25 m pistol5882 Q687.8Kateřina Kůrková10 m air rifle3983 Q501.150 m rifle 3 positions56527colspan=2
Swimming