Czechoslovakia competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 163 competitors, 125 men and 38 women, took part in 79 events in 16 sports.[1]
Medalists
Athletics
Men's Discus Throw
- Ludvík Daněk
- Qualification — 60.44m
- Final — 61.28m (→ 9th place)
- Josef Šilhavý
- Qualification — 60.82m
- Final — 58.42m (→ 13th place)
Women's Shot Put
Basketball
- Men's team competition
- Preliminary round (group B):
- Defeated Egypt (103–64)
- Lost to Yugoslavia (81-99)
- Lost to Italy (69-79)
- Defeated Puerto Rico (89-83)
- Lost to United States (76-81)
- Classification Matches:
- 5th/8th place: Defeated Cuba (91-79)
- 5th/6th place: Lost to Italy (75-98) → Sixth place
- Team Roster
- Head coach: Vladimir Heger
- Women's team competition
- Team Roster
- Head coach: Jindrich Drasal
Canoeing
Cycling
Eleven cyclists represented Czechoslovakia in 1976.
- Vlastimil Moravec — 4:49:01 (→ 13th place)
- Petr Bucháček — 4:54:26 (→ 41st place)
- Petr Matoušek — did not finish (→ no ranking)
- Vladimír Vondráček — did not finish (→ no ranking)
- Anton Tkáč —
Gold Medal
- Miroslav Vymazal — 1:08.173 (→ 9th place)
- Michal Klasa — 8th place
Diving
Fencing
Three fencers, two men and one woman, represented Czechoslovakia in 1976.
Gymnastics
Handball
Judo
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Czechoslovakia in 1976. They won silver in the team event and Jan Bártů won an individual bronze.
- Individual
- Team
- Jan Bártů
- Bohumil Starnovský
- Jiří Adam
Rowing
Shooting
Swimming
Volleyball
- Men's team competition
- Preliminary round (group A)
- Defeated Canada (3-0)
- Lost to Cuba (0-3)
- Lost to Poland (1-3)
- Defeated South Korea (3-1)
- Classification Matches
- 5th/8th place: Defeated Italy (3-0)
- 5th/6th place: Defeated South Korea (3-1) → Fifth place
- Team Roster
- Head coaches: Pavel Schenk and Zdeněk Václavík
Weightlifting
Wrestling
References
- ^ "Czechoslovakia at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-04-03.
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