Czechoslovakia at the 1952 Summer Olympics
# Czechoslovakia at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Czechoslovakia competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 99 competitors, 86 men and 13 women, took part in 70 events in 11 sports.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Emil Zátopek | Athletics | Men's 5000 metres |
| Gold | Emil Zátopek | Athletics | Men's 10000 metres |
| Gold | Emil Zátopek | Athletics | Men's Marathon |
| Gold | Dana Zátopková | Athletics | Women's javelin throw |
| Gold | Ján Zachara | Boxing | Men's featherweight |
| Gold | Josef Holeček | Canoeing | Men's C-1 1000 m |
| Gold | Karel Mejta Jiří Havlis Jan Jindra Stanislav Lusk Miroslav Koranda | Rowing | Men's coxed four |
| Silver | Josef Doležal | Athletics | Men's 50 km walk |
| Silver | Jan Brzák-Felix Bohumil Kudrna | Canoeing | Men's C-2 1000 m |
| Silver | Josef Růžička | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman heavyweight |
| Bronze | Alfréd Jindra | Canoeing | Men's C-1 10000 m |
| Bronze | Hana Bobková Alena Chadimová Jana Rabasová Alena Reichová Matylda Matoušková-Šínová Božena Srncová Věra Vančurová Eva Věchtová | Gymnastics | Women's team all-around |
| Bronze | Mikuláš Athanasov | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman lightweight |

## Basketball

### Men's Team Competition

* Main Round (Group A)
   * Lost to Uruguay (51-53)
   * Lost to United States (47-72)
   * Defeated Hungary (63-39) → did not advance, 12th place
* Team Roster
   * Miroslav Baumruk
   * Zdeněk Bobrovský
   * Josef Ezr
   * Jiří Matoušek
   * Miroslav Škeřík
   * Mcheq Kodl
   * Jan Kozák
   * Evžen Horňák
   * Zdeněk Rylich
   * Lubomir Kolár
   * Ivan Mrázek
   * Jaroslav Šíp

## Cycling

### Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)

* Jan Veselý — did not finish (→ no ranking)
* Karel Nesl — did not finish (→ no ranking)
* Milan Perič — did not finish (→ no ranking)
* Stanislav Svoboda — did not finish (→ no ranking)

### Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

* Ladislav Fouček
   * Final — 1:15.2 (→ 12th place)

Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race

* Zdenek Košta — 18th place

## Rowing

Czechoslovakia had eight male rowers participate in three out of seven rowing events in 1952.

### Men's single sculls

* František Reich

### Men's double sculls

* Antonín Malinkovič
* Jiří Vykoukal

### Men's coxed four

* Karel Mejta
* Jiří Havlis
* Jan Jindra
* Stanislav Lusk
* Miroslav Koranda (cox)

## Shooting

Six shooters represented Czechoslovakia in 1952.

### 25 m pistol

* Ladislav Ondřej
* Zlatko Poláček

### 50 m pistol

* František Maxa
* Miroslav Proft

### Trap

* František Čapek
* Igor Treybal
