Czechoslovakia at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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.

Athletics
Men's 100 metres
 * Juraj Demec
 * First Heat &mdash; 10.66s (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 metres
 * Jozef Plachý
 * Heat &mdash; 1:47.1
 * Semifinals &mdash; 1:48.9 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres
 * Jozef Horčic
 * Heat &mdash; 3:45.7 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5000 metres
 * Josef Janský
 * Heat &mdash; 13:39.8 (→ did not advance)
 * Dusan Moravcik
 * Heat &mdash; 13:40.4 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
 * Jaroslav Matousek, Juraj Demec, Jiri Kynos, and Luděk Bohman
 * Heat &mdash; 39.31s
 * Semifinals &mdash; 39.01s
 * Final &mdash; 38.82s (→ 4th place)

Men's High Jump
 * Roman Moravec
 * Qualification Round &mdash; 2.12m (→ did not advance)
 * Jaroslav Alexa
 * Qualification Round &mdash; 2.09m (→ did not advance)

Cycling
Fifteen cyclists represented Czechoslovakia in 1972.


 * Individual road race
 * Jiří Prchal &mdash; 18th place
 * Jiří Háva &mdash; 41st place
 * Petr Matoušek &mdash; 47th place
 * Alois Holík &mdash; 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 &mdash; 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

Fencing
Two fencers, one man and one woman, represented Czechoslovakia in 1972.


 * Men's foil
 * František Koukal


 * Women's foil
 * Katarína Lokšová-Ráczová

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)

Rowing
Men's Single Sculls
 * Jaroslav Hellebrand
 * Heat &mdash; 7:58.15
 * Repechage &mdash; 8:19.28
 * Semi Finals &mdash; 8:44.60
 * B-Final &mdash; 8:11.04 (→ 12th place)

Men's Coxed Pairs
 * Oldřich Svojanovský, Pavel Svojanovský and Vladimír Petříček
 * Heat &mdash; 7:41.27
 * Semi Finals &mdash; 8:07.88
 * Final &mdash; 7:19.57 (→ [[Image:Med 2.png]] Silver Medal)

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

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