Czechoslovakia at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Czechoslovakia competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. 133 competitors, 129 men and 4 women, took part in 75 events in 16 sports.^[1]

Czechoslovakia at the 1924 Summer Olympics
IOC code	TCH
NOC	Czechoslovak Olympic Committee
in Paris
Competitors	133 (129 men and 4 women) in 16 sports
Medals Ranked 15th	Gold 1 Silver 4 Bronze 5 Total 10
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992
Other related appearances
Bohemia (1900–1912)  Czech Republic (1994–)  Slovakia (1994–)

Medalists

Further information: 1924 Summer Olympics medal table

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Bedřich Šupčík	Gymnastics	Men's rope climbing	July 20
Silver	Robert Pražák	Gymnastics	Men's artistic individual all-around	July 23
			Men's parallel bars	July 18
			Men's rings	July 19
Silver	Jan Koutný	Gymnastics	Men's vault	July 21
Bronze	Bedřich Šupčík	Gymnastics	Men's artistic individual all-around	July 23
Bronze	Ladislav Vácha	Gymnastics	Men's rings	July 19
			Men's rope climbing	July 20
Bronze	Bohumil Mořkovský	Gymnastics	Men's vault	July 21
Bronze	Bohumil Durdis	Weightlifting	Men's 67.5 kg	July 22

Aquatics

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Two divers represented Czechoslovakia in 1924. It was the nation's debut in the sport.

Ranks given are within the heat.

Diver	Event	Semifinals			Final
		Points	Score	Rank	Points	Score	Rank
Julius Balasz	Men's 3 m board	16	488	3 Q	44	463.1	9
Aloisie Krongeigerová	Women's 3 m board	42	233.2	9	did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Nine swimmers, six men and three women, represented Czechoslovakia in 1924. It was the nation's 2nd appearance in the sport and the 1st time sending female swimmers.

Ranks given are within the heat.

Swimmer	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Julius Balasz	Men's 100 m freestyle	1:11.8	3	did not advance
Stanislav Bičák		1:10.2	6	did not advance
Viktor Legát		1:13.2	3	did not advance
Václav Antoš	Men's 400 m freestyle	5:34.8	2 Q	5:53.2	5	did not advance
Stanislav Bičák		5:52.4	5	did not advance
Eva Chaloupková	Women's 400 m freestyle	8:14.0	5	did not advance
Václav Antoš	Men's 1500 m freestyle	24:44.0	4	did not advance
Viktor Legát	Men's 100 m backstroke	1:27.8	4	did not advance
Jarmila Müllerová	Women's 100 m backstroke	—		1:37.0	2 Q	1:31.2	5
Jaroslav Müller	Men's 200 m breaststroke	3:22.0	5	did not advance
Rudolf Piowatý		3:10.8	2 Q	3:11.8	6	did not advance
Běla Drážková	Women's 200 m breaststroke	—		3:43.0	4	did not advance
Václav Antoš	Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay	11:12.8	3 q	DNS	—	did not advance
Stanislav Bičák
Viktor Légat
Rudolf Piowatý

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Czechoslovakia made its second Olympic water polo appearance.

Roster

• Václav Ankrt
• František Cerník
• Frantšek Franěk
• Jan Hora
• J. Humelhans
• Hugo Klempfner
• František Kůrka
• Vojtech Neményi
• Jiří Reitman
• Josef Tomášek
• Frantšek Vacín

First round

	Czechoslovakia	6–1	Greece	Piscine des Tourelles

Quarterfinals

	Czechoslovakia	4–2	Ireland	Piscine des Tourelles

Semifinals

	Belgium	5–1	Czechoslovakia	Piscine des Tourelles

Bronze medal quarterfinals

	Hungary	7–0	Czechoslovakia	Piscine des Tourelles

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Eighteen athletes represented Czechoslovakia in 1924. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport as well as the Games.

Ranks given are within the heat.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Josef Eberle	Marathon	N/A						did not finish
František Fuhrherr-Nový	Pole vault	N/A				3.20	7	did not advance
Bohumil Honzátko	Marathon	N/A						did not finish
František Janda-Suk	Discus throw	N/A				34.08	10	did not advance
Otakar Jandera	110 m hurdles	N/A		16.0	2 Q	Unknown	4	did not advance
Emil Kalous	Marathon	N/A						did not finish
Mór Kóczán	Javelin throw	N/A				48.39	12	did not advance
Mikuláš Kucsera	High jump	N/A				No mark	3	did not advance
Alois Linka	100 m	11.6	5	did not advance
	100 m	Unknown	4	did not advance
Josef Macháň	Long jump	N/A				6.09	6	did not advance
	High jump	N/A				1.75	6	did not advance
Karel Nedobitý	5000 m	N/A				Unknown	10	did not advance
Karel Přibyl	400 m	52.8	5	did not advance
	800 m	N/A		2:03.8	4	did not advance
Jan Plichta	10k walk	N/A						DQ
Eduard Riedl	800 m	N/A		2:02.5	6	did not advance
Vilém Šindler	1500 m	N/A				4:23.6	7	did not advance
Alois Sobotka	Long jump	N/A				6.59	5	did not advance
Antonín Svoboda	100 m	Unknown	3	did not advance
	Pentathlon	N/A						Elim-3
Jiří Svoboda	Javelin throw	N/A				No mark	15	did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Eight cyclists represented Czechoslovakia in 1924:

• Antonín Perič
• Karel Červenka
• Antonín Charvát
• František Kundert
• Jaroslav Brož
• Oldřich Červinka
• Miloš Knobloch
• Karel Pechan

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Eleven equestrians represented Czechoslovakia in 1924. It was the nation's debut in the sport. Thiel finished sixth in the dressage for Czechoslovakia's best result.

Equestrian	Event	Final
		Score	Time	Rank
Oldřich Buchar	Jumping	45.00	2:37.6	34
Josef Charous	Eventing	359.5	N/A	32
František Donda	Dressage	236.0	N/A	11
Jaroslav Hanf	Dressage	213.4	N/A	19
Bedřich John	Eventing	did not finish
Matěj Pechman	Eventing	did not finish
Rudolf Popler	Jumping	24.50	2:45.8	23
Josef Rabas	Jumping	did not finish
Otto Schöniger	Dressage	215.0	N/A	18
František Statečný	Eventing	did not finish
Emanuel Thiel	Dressage	256.2	N/A	6
Oldřich Buchar Rudolf Popler Josef Rabas	Team jumping	did not finish
Josef Charous Bedřich John Matěj Pechman František Statečný	Team eventing	did not finish

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Seven fencers, all men, represented Czechoslovakia in 1924. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport as well as the Games. The sabre team advanced to the final for the second consecutive Games (this time placing it in the top four), and for the second time finished without a win in the final pool.

Men

Ranks given are within the pool.

Fencer	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
František Dvořák	Foil	0–4	5	did not advance
Josef Javůrek	Épée	0–8	9	N/A		did not advance
	Foil	0–3	4	did not advance
Josef Jungmann	Épée	2–7	9	N/A		did not advance
Jan Tille	Épée	2–6	8	N/A		did not advance
Alexandr Bárta František Dvořák Josef Jungmann Luděk Oppl Otakar Švorčík	Team sabre	1–1	2 Q	N/A		1–1	2 Q	1–0	2 Q	0–3	4

Football

Main article: Football at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Czechoslovakia competed in the Olympic football tournament for the second time in 1924.

Round 1

May 25, 1924

Czechoslovakia	5–2	Turkey
Sloup 21' Sedláček 28' 37' Novák 64' Čapek 74'	Report	Refet 63' 82'

Stade Bergeyre

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: P. Chr. Andersen (NOR)

Round 2

May 28, 1924

Switzerland	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Czechoslovakia
Dietrich 79'	Report	Sloup 21' (pen.)

Stade Bergeyre

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: P. Chr. Andersen (NOR)

May 30, 1924

Switzerland	1–0	Czechoslovakia
Pache 87'	Report

Stade Bergeyre

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Marcel Slawik (FRA)

Final rank

9th place

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Eight gymnasts represented Czechoslovakia in 1924. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport as well as the Games; Czechoslovakia had not won any medals in its prior appearance. Individual gymnasts had great success, taking four of the top six places (though Pražák missed out on the gold medal by .017 points) and with all six finishers placing in the top 13. Indruch and Kos, however, did not compete in each apparatus, preventing Czechoslovakia from turning in what would have been a dominant team score.

The only gold medal was that of Šupčík (the overall bronze winner) in the rope climbing. Pražák had two apparatus silvers to go with his all-around silver, while Koutný had one apparatus silver. Vácha had a pair of apparatus bronzes, and Mořkovský added one more. The total tally of nine medals was more than that won by any other nation, though three countries took a pair of gold medals each to place Czechoslovakia fourth on the leaderboard.

Artistic gymnastics

Equestrian	Event	Final
		Score	Rank
Stanislav Indruch	All-around	did not finish
	Horizontal bar	17.430	19
	Parallel bars	20.50	18
Miroslav Klinger	All-around	105.500	5
	Horizontal bar	16.470	26
	Parallel bars	21.13	10
	Pommel horse	19.670	7
	Rings	20.730	11
	Rope climbing	8 (9.4 s)	24
	Sidehorse vault	9.75	12
	Vault	9.75	7
Josef Kos	All-around	did not finish
	Horizontal bar	17.960	15
	Parallel bars	21.28	7
Jan Koutný	All-around	103.359	11
	Horizontal bar	15.716	35
	Parallel bars	21.00	11
	Pommel horse	17.870	22
	Rings	21.053	7
	Rope climbing	8 (9.4 s)	24
	Sidehorse vault	9.75	12
	Vault	9.97
Bohumil Mořkovský	All-around	102.743	13
	Horizontal bar	14.563	41
	Parallel bars	20.93	13
	Pommel horse	16.790	31
	Rings	21.080	6
	Rope climbing	10 (9.0 s)	18
	Sidehorse vault	9.45	23
	Vault	9.93
Robert Pražák	All-around	110.323
	Horizontal bar	18.730	9
	Parallel bars	21.61
	Pommel horse	18.970	13
	Rings	21.483
	Rope climbing	10 (8.8 s)	13
	Sidehorse vault	9.80	8
	Vault	9.74	9
Bedřich Šupčík	All-around	106.930
	Horizontal bar	17.860	16
	Parallel bars	21.26	8
	Pommel horse	17.530	24
	Rings	21.120	5
	Rope climbing	10 (7.2 s)
	Sidehorse vault	9.83	6
	Vault	9.33	15
Ladislav Vácha	All-around	105.300	6
	Horizontal bar	14.700	39
	Parallel bars	21.31	6
	Pommel horse	18.330	17
	Rings	21.430
	Rope climbing	10 (7.8 s)
	Sidehorse vault	9.83	6
	Vault	9.70	10
Stanislav Indruch Miroslav Klinger Josef Kos Jan Koutný Bohumil Mořkovský Robert Pražák Bedřich Šupčík Ladislav Vácha	Team	did not finish

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Two pentathletes represented Czechoslovakia in 1924. It was the nation's debut in the sport. The Czechoslovaks took the bottom two places.

Pentathlete	Event	Final
		Score	Rank
Jindřich Lepiere	Individual	169.5	38
Karel Tůma	Individual	166.5	37

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1924 Summer Olympics

A single sailor represented Czechoslovakia in 1924. It was the nation's debut in the sport.

Sailor	Event	Qualifying				Final
		Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Total	Race 1	Race 2	Total	Rank
Eduard Bürgermeister	Olympic monotype	7	6	N/A		did not advance

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Eighteen sport shooters represented Czechoslovakia in 1924. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport as well as the Games.

Shooter	Event	Final
		Score	Rank
Antonín Byczanski	50 m rifle, prone	372	47
František Čermák	600 m free rifle	66	60
Miloslav Hlaváč	100 m deer, single shots	32	17
	100 m deer, double shots	55	19
	100 m team deer, single shots	33	7
Josef Hosa	100 m deer, single shots	21	30
	100 m deer, double shots	41	27
Rudolf Jelen	50 m rifle, prone	381	36
	600 m free rifle	75	46
	100 m deer, single shots	24	28
	100 m deer, double shots	57	15
Josef Kruz	25 m rapid fire pistol	7	53
Jaroslav Mach	25 m rapid fire pistol	13	47
	600 m free rifle	79	35
Josef Pavlík	25 m rapid fire pistol	13	40
Kurt Riedl	Trap	Unknown	31–44
František Schuster	Trap	Unknown	31–44
Antonín Siegl	Trap	Unknown	31–44
Josef Sucharda	50 m rifle, prone	376	41
	600 m free rifle	79	35
	100 m deer, single shots	20	31
	100 m deer, double shots	53	20
Emil Werner	25 m rapid fire pistol	14	37
	50 m rifle, prone	369	52
Miloslav Hlaváč Josef Hosa Rudolf Jelen Josef Suchada	100 m team deer, double shots	204	6
Antonín Byczanski František Čermák Josef Kozlík Jaroslav Mach Josef Sucharda	Team free rifle	501	14
Bruno Frank Antonín Jílek Richard Klier Pavel Mach Kurt Riedl Antonín Siegl	Team clay pigeons	309	12

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 128	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jan Koželuh	Singles	Bye	Okamoto (JPN) W 4–6, 7–5, 10–8, 4–6, 6–4	Lacoste (FRA) L 1–6, 2–6, 1–6	did not advance
Pavel Macenauer	Singles	Bye	Lammens (BEL) W 6–0, 6–1, 6–0	Williams (USA) L 2–6, 6–4, 6–3, 2–6, 1–6	did not advance
Friedrich Rohrer	Singles	Kingscote (GBR) L 3–6, 4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 3–6	did not advance
Ladislav Žemla	Singles	Bye	Harada (JPN) L 3–6, 6–3, 2–6, 2–6	did not advance
Ernst Gottlieb Friedrich Rohrer	Doubles	—	Godfree / Woosnam (GBR) W 6–3, 6–4, 6–2	Williams / Washburn (USA) L 3–6, 2–6, 1–6	did not advance
Jan Koželuh Ladislav Žemla	Doubles	—	van der Feen / Leembruggen (NED) W 6–3, 6–2, 6–3	Aeschlimann / Ferrier (SUI) W 6–4, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4	Richards / Hunter (USA) L 2–6, 3–6, 4–6	did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	1H Snatch	1H Clean & Jerk	Press	Snatch	Clean & Jerk	Total	Rank
Bohumil Durdis	Men's −67.5 kg	70	82.5	72.5	90	110	425
František Fišer	Men's +82.5 kg						435	16
Antonín Hrabě	Men's −60 kg	57.5	80	62.5	70	95	365	9
Jaroslav Skobla	Men's −82.5 kg	70	95	92.5	85	127.5	470	8
Bohumil Stinný	Men's −82.5 kg	70	X	X	–	–	DNF	–
Josef Tomáš	Men's −75 kg	60	72.5	80	70	110	392.5	15

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Greco-Roman

Men's

Athlete	Event	First round	Second round	Third round	Fourth round	Fifth round	Sixth round	Seventh round	Eighth round	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Josef Beránek	Lightweight	Bergmann (AUT) W	Friman (FIN) L	Gaupset (NOR) L	did not advance			—		=13
Jan Bozděch	Bantamweight	Gundersen (DEN) L	Ponte (ITA) W	Herschmann (AUT) L	did not advance			—		=13
František Dyršmid	Featherweight	Quaqlia (ITA) W	Anttila (FIN) L	Toivola (FIN) L	did not advance					=13
František Kratochvíl	Lightweight	de Marchi (ITA) W	Rahmy (EGY) W	Coerse (NED) W	Frisenfeldt (DEN) W	Westerlund (FIN) L	Retired L	—		=5
František Pražský	Middleweight	Bye	Gorletti (ITA) L	Steinberg (EST) L	did not advance				—	=15
Oldřich Pštros	Middleweight	Kónyi (HUN) L	Grandjean (SUI) W	Clody (FRA) W	Fischer (AUT) L	did not advance			—	=9
František Řezáč	Featherweight	Fettes (LUX) W	Nord (NOR) L	Egeberg (NOR) L	did not advance					=13
Antonín Skopový	Bantamweight	Kueny (FRA) L	Olsen (NOR) W	Pütsep (EST) L	did not advance			—		=13
František Tázler	Light heavyweight	Tetens (DEN) W	Westergren (SWE) L	Retired L	did not advance				—	=12

Art Competitions

Main article: Art competitions at the 1924 Summer Olympics