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.
Medalists
MedalNameSportEvent Weightlifting Men's 100 kg Czechoslovakia national football team Football Men's competition Athletics Men's discus throw Athletics Women's 400 m Czechoslovakia women's national field hockey team Field hockey Women's tournament Boxing Men's light middleweight Gymnastics Men's rings Judo Men's +95 kg Weightlifting Men's 82.5 kg wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg wrestling Men's freestyle 100 kg Rowing Men's double sculls Jiří Pokorný Cycling Men's team pursuit Alipi Kostadinov Cycling Men's team time trial
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 (→ Silver Medal)
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 400 metres Jarmila Kratochvílová Heat — 51.04 Semifinals — 50.79 Final — 49.46 NR (→ Silver Medal)
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: Jaroslav Skála Dušan Žáček Vlastimil Havlík Peter Rajniak Stanislav Kropilák Pavol Bojanovský Zdeněk Kos Jiří Pospíšil Vlastibor Klimeš Kamil Brabenec Zdeněk Douša Gustáv Hraška
Boxing
Men's Featherweight (57 kg) Miroslav Šandor First Round — Bye Second Round — Lost to Dejan Marovic (Yugoslavia) on points (0-5)
Canoeing
Cycling
Eleven cyclists represented Czechoslovakia in 1980.
Individual road race Jiří Škoda Vlastibor Konečný Ladislav Ferebauer Michal Klasa
Team time trial Michal Klasa Vlastibor Konečný Alipi Kostadinov Jiří Škoda
Sprint Anton Tkáč
1000m time trial Petr Kocek
Individual pursuit Martin Penc
Team pursuit Teodor Černý Martin Penc Jiří Pokorný Igor Sláma
Diving
Fencing
Seven fencers, six men and one woman, represented Czechoslovakia in 1980.
Men's foil Jaroslav Jurka František Koukal
Men's épée Jaroslav Jurka Oldřich Kubišta Jiří Douba
Men's team épée Jaroslav Jurka, Jaromír Holub, Jiří Douba, Jiří Adam, Oldřich Kubišta
Women's foil Katarína Lokšová-Ráczová
Football
Men's team competition
Preliminary Round (Group B) All matches were played at the Kirov Stadium in Leningrad except where noted. July 21, 1980 : Czechoslovakia - Colombia 3-0 (2-0) July 23, 1980 : Czechoslovakia - Nigeria 1-1 (1-0) July 25, 1980 : Czechoslovakia - Kuwait 0-0 (0-0)
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
Handball
Women's Tournament Jana Kuťková
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) → Silver Medal Team Roster: Jarmila Králíčková Berta Hrubá Iveta Šranková Lenka Vymazalová Jiřina Křížová Jiřina Kadlecová Jiřina Čermáková Marta Urbanová Květa Petříčková Marie Sýkorová Ida Hubáčková Milada Blažková Jana Lahodová Alena Kyselicová Jiřina Hájková Viera Podhányiová
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