The Czech Republic, officially named Czechia by the IOC, competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Czech athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, except for three occasions: Athens 1896, St. Louis 1904 and Los Angeles 1984 as part of the Soviet boycott. It is the nation's eighth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics after splitting from the former Czechoslovakia.
The Czech Republic left Paris with a total of five Olympic medals (three gold and two bronze), the least amount of medals in the history of the country and least amount of medals since 1932 Summer Olympics. Two of the medals were awarded to the Czech team in canoeing, while the rest were awarded in fencing, tennis and track and field.
Among the medalists were that year French Open and Wimbledon champion in doubles Kateřina Siniaková, who captured her second consecutive gold medal in tennis, this time with Tomáš Macháč in mixed doubles, flatwater canoeist Josef Dostál picked up gold in the K-1 1000 m event, his fifth medal in four consecutive Games being the most decorated Czech athlete at the Summer Olympics since the breakup of the former Czechoslovakia. Martin Fuksa managed to win gold medal in the C-1 1000 metres event in best olympic time of 3:43.16.
Czech épée fencing team (Jiří Beran, Jakub Jurka, Martin Rubeš and Michal Čupr) won the bronze medal in the team event after defeating acting world champions and runner-ups from Italy and France. It was only the second medal from fencing competitions for the Czech Republic and fourth overall in the history of the Olympic Games. Nikola Ogrodníková won the bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics making it the fifth consecutive medal in javelin throw for the Czech Republic and the eighth medal from the last nine Olympic Games in this sport.
Other notable achievements by Czech athletes include Radek Juška, who in long jump became only the second athlete who made it to the Olympic final for the Czech Republic or Czechoslovakia and with 8.15 m achieved the longest jump at the Olympic Games made by Czech or Czechoslovak athlete in history. Amálie Švábíková set a new national record at 4.80 m in pole vault; previous record was held by Jiřina Ptáčníková. Švábíková ended up 5th in the final, the second-best result in women's pole vault for Czech athlete at the Olympic games. In swimming Barbora Seemanová equaled her result from Tokyo at 6th place, the best result for a Czech swimmer since 2000 Summer Olympics. In Madison 7th place achieved by Jan Voneš and Denis Rugovac was the best result in this discipline for the Czech Republic so far and the best result achieved by Czech athlete in track cycling since 2004 Summer Olympics. Also 14th place of Mathias Vacek in road race was the best result of a Czech athlete in this event since 1988 Summer Olympics. Lukáš Rohan who was at the time of the competition in kayak cross marked as 136th in world ranking managed to get 4th place in the competition. Martin Vlach in men's pentathlon set a new Olympic record in shooting/running part of 713 points in the semifinal of the competition. It lasted one day, when Emiliano Hernández broke that record in the final with 720 points. Tomáš Staněk's 21.61 m in men's shot put in the semifinal was the best result by Czech athlete at the olympics. Tereza Hrochová equaled the best result by Czech athlete at the Olympic games in women's marathon at 26th place and achieved the best time by Czech or Czechoslovak athlete in this discipline at the olympics. Karolína Maňasová's participation in 100m race was only second one since 1972 Summer Olympics for Czech or Czechoslovak woman but her time 11.11 s was the fastest ever at this distance in history. Also the time of 1:45.62 achieved by Jakub Dudycha at the 800m distance was the best time by a Czech or Czechoslovak athlete ever at the Olympic games.
These Olympic Games mark the first time since independence when the Czech Republic didn't achieve any medal in canoe slalom, which is regarded as one of the most successful Czech olympic sports regarding the medal count.
Medalists
The following Czech competitors won medals at the games. In the by-discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.
Medal Name Sport Event Date Kateřina SiniakováTomáš Macháč Tennis Mixed Doubles Martin Fuksa Canoeing Men's C1 1000 m Josef Dostál Canoeing Men's K1 1000 m Jiří BeranJakub JurkaMartin RubešMichal Čupr Fencing Men's team épée Nikola Ogrodníková Athletics Javelin throw
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Competitors Czech Olympic Committee fielded a roster of 111 athletes, 62 men and 49 women, to compete across 23 sports at these Games; it was the nation's second smallest delegation sent to the Olympics since the breakup of the former Czechoslovakia. Czech Republic did not send teams in any of the collective sports for the second time in the nation's Olympic history. Of the 111 participants, 51 of them attended at least a single Olympiad, with the rest making their debut in Paris.
Track and field accounted for the largest number of athletes on the team with 30 entries although Czechia didn't enter a decathlon athlete for the first time in history. Also for the first time since 1956 Summer Olympics there was no athlete in wrestling competitions due to late injury of Artur Omarov. Table tennis, artistic gymnastics, sport climbing, triathlon and weightlifting all had a single competitor.
Nine of the nation's past Olympic medalists returned, including all of defending champions from Tokyo 2020: tennis players Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková, slalom canoeist Jiří Prskavec, judoka Lukáš Krpálek and trap shooter Jiří Lipták.
2016 and 2020 champion in judo Lukáš Krpálek, four-time medalist in sprint canoeing Josef Dostál, silver medalist in javelin throw from Tokyo Jakub Vadlejch, double sculls rowers Lenka Lukšová and Miroslav Vraštil and cross-country biker Ondřej Cink headed the full roster of Czech athletes by participating in their fourth Olympics as the most experienced competitors. They were followed by flatwater canoeists Martin Fuksa and double bronze medalist Daniel Havel, slalom canoeist Jiří Prskavec, bronze medalist in foil fencing Alexander Choupenitch, golfer Klára Davidson Spilková, beach player Barbora Hermannová, table tennis player Hana Matelová, swimmer Barbora Seemanová, shot putter Tomáš Staněk, pistol shooter Martin Podhráský, skeet shooter Jakub Tomeček and trap shooter Jiří Lipták, all of whom vied for their third Games.
Artistic gymnast Soňa Artamonová aged 16 years old was Czech Republic's youngest competitor, with épée fencer Jiří Beran and shooter Jiří Lipták rounding out the field as the oldest members (aged 42). Double canoeing champion Martin Doktor served as the team's chef de mission for the Games.
SportMenWomenTotalArchery 1 1 2Athletics 17 13 30Badminton 3 1 4Canoeing 7 4 11Cycling 4 3 7Equestrian 2 0 2Fencing 5 0 5Golf 0 2 2Gymnastics 0 1 1Judo 2 1 3Modern pentathlon 2 2 4Rowing 2 4 6Sailing 0 3 3Shooting 7 2 9Sport climbing 1 0 1Swimming 3 2 5Table tennis 0 1 1Taekwondo 0 2 2Tennis 3 4 7Triathlon 0 1 1Volleyball 2 2 4Weightlifting 1 0 1 Total 62 49 111
Archery
World champion Marie Horáčková qualified for the women's individual recurve based on the results of the 2023 World Championships in Berlin, Germany; and Adam Li joined her at the 2024 Final Qualification Tournament in Antalya, Turkey.
AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankAdam LiMen's individual62761L 1–7colspan=5 =33Marie HoráčkováWomen's individual65131W 6–2L 3–7colspan=4 =17Adam LiMarie HoráčkováMixed team127825colspan=2 colspan=4 25
Athletics
Czech Republic track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, nine of them by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races – Lada Vondrová, Lurdes Gloria Manuel, Nikoleta Jíchová, Moira Stewartová, Tereza Hrochová, Amálie Švábíková, Tomáš Staněk, Jakub Vadlejch and Vít Müller), the others by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):
Track & road events Men AthleteEventHeatRepechageSemifinalFinalResultRankOverallResultRankOverallResultRankOverallResultRankEduard Kubelík200 m21.148 R4221.20620colspan=5 Ondřej Macík21.046 R4121.14519colspan=5 Tomáš Němejc21.037 R4020.84515colspan=5 Matěj Krsek400 m45.718 R3745.53 211colspan=5 Jakub Dudycha800 m1:45.624 R151:49.94727colspan=5 Vít Müller400 m hurdles49.446 R2548.9638colspan=5 Tomáš Habarta3000 m steeplechasecolspan=6 colspan=2
Women AthleteEventHeatRepechageSemifinalFinalResultRankOverallResultRankOverallResultRankOverallResultRankKarolína Maňasová100 m11.11 418 qcolspan=3 11.35824colspan=2 Lurdes Gloria Manuel400 m52.206 R3850.8136 q51.42822colspan=2 Tereza Petržilková51.927 R3551.46 415 colspan=5 Lada Vondrová51.805 R3252.15521 colspan=5 Kristiina Mäki1500 m4:06.077 R264:07.80514 colspan=5 Nikoleta Jíchová400 m hurdles55.455 R2555.31412 colspan=5 Tereza HrochováMarathonrowspan=2 colspan=9 2:30:0026Moira Stewartová2:38:07 66Eliška Martínková20 km walk colspan=9 1:32:30 27
Mixed AthleteEventHeatFinalNotesResultRankResultRankVít HlaváčEliška MartínkováMarathon walk relaycolspan=2 >> Key: ~ = Loss of contact; > = Bent knee
Field events Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalResultRankResultRank´Jan ŠtefelaHigh jump2.24=9 q2.229David HolýPole vault5.60=20colspan=2 Matěj Ščerba5.40=23colspan=2 Radek JuškaLong jump8.152 Q7.8310Petr Meindlschmid6.9730colspan=2 Tomáš StaněkShot put21.61 2 Q20.3710Patrik HájekHammer throw68.8031colspan=2 Volodymyr Myslyvčuk73.8416colspan=2 Jakub VadlejchJavelin throw85.637 Q88.504
Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalResultRankResultRankMichaela HrubáHigh jump1.88=15colspan=2 Amálie ŠvábíkováPole vault4.55=1 Q4.80 5Nikola OgrodníkováJavelin throw61.1611 q63.68 Petra Sičáková60.4714colspan=2
Badminton
Czech Republic entered four badminton players into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF Race to Paris Rankings.
Athlete Event Group stage Elimination Quarter-final Semi-final Final / OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore Rank OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore Rank Jan Louda Men's singles L 0–2(13–21, 10–21) W 2–0(21–12, 21–10) 2 colspan=4 =14 Ondřej KrálAdam Mendrek Men's doubles L 0–2(12–21, 17–21) L 0–2(10–21, 13–21) L 0–2(18–21, 19–21) 4 colspan=3 =13 Tereza Švábíková Women's singles L 1–2(19–21, 21–19, 18–21) L 0–2(12–21, 18–21) 3 colspan=4 =27
Canoeing
Slalom Czech Republic entered four boats into the slalom competition, for the Games through the 2023 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in London, Great Britain.
AthleteEventPreliminarySemifinalFinalRun 1RankRun 2RankBestRankTimeRankTimeRankLukáš RohanMen's C-195.631097.74895.6312 Q101.5410 Q98.096Jiří PrskavecMen's K-183.74284.90283.742 Q92.536 Q91.748Gabriela SatkováWomen's C-199.441106.54799.441 Q105.551 Q114.227Antonie GaluškováWomen's K-196.42694.49594.495 Q155.6621 colspan="2"
Kayak cross
AthleteEventTime trial Round 1 Repechage Heats Quarterfinal SemifinalSmall FinalFinalTimeRankPositionPositionPositionPositionPositionPositionPositionRankLukáš RohanMen's KX-169.80152 Q2 Q2 Q2 Qcolspan=144Jiří Prskavec71.71213 R1 Q2 Q3colspan=3 11Tereza FišerováWomen's KX-181.17333 R1 Q3colspan=4 23Antonie Galušková73.75111 Q4colspan=4 25
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