Czechoslovakia at the 1960 Summer Olympics
# Czechoslovakia at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Czechoslovakia competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 116 competitors, 99 men and 17 women, took part in 75 events in 13 sports.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Bohumil Němeček | Boxing | Men's light welterweight |
| Gold | Václav Kozák Pavel Schmidt | Rowing | Men's double sculls |
| Gold | Eva Bosáková | Gymnastics | Women's balance beam |
| Silver | Dana Zátopková | Athletics | Women's javelin throw |
| Silver | Eva Bosáková Věra Čáslavská Matylda Matoušková-Šínová Hana Růžičková Ludmila Švédová Adolfína Tkačíková | Gymnastics | Women's team all-around |
| Bronze | Josef Němec | Boxing | Men's heavyweight |
| Bronze | Bohumil Janoušek Jan Jindra Jiří Lundák Stanislav Lusk Václav Pavkovič Luděk Pojezný Jan Švéda Josef Věntus Miroslav Koníček | Rowing | Men's eight |
| Bronze | Bohumil Kubát | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman heavyweight |

## Cycling

Six male cyclist represented Czechoslovakia in 1960.

### Tandem

* Juraj Miklušica
* Dušan Škvarenina

### Team pursuit

* Slavoj Černý
* Ferdinand Duchoň
* Jan Chlístovský
* Josef Volf

## Rowing

Czechoslovakia had 22 male rowers participate in five of the seven rowing events in 1960.

### Men's double sculls – 1st place ( gold medal)

* Václav Kozák
* Pavel Schmidt

### Men's coxed pair

* Václav Chalupa
* Miroslav Strejček
* František Staněk

### Men's coxless four – 4th place

* Jindřich Blažek
* Miroslav Jíška
* René Líbal
* Jaroslav Starosta

### Men's coxed four

* Pavel Hofmann
* Richard Nový
* Petr Pulkrábek
* Oldřich Tikal
* Miroslav Koníček

### Men's eight – 3rd place ( bronze medal)

* Bohumil Janoušek
* Jan Jindra
* Jiří Lundák
* Stanislav Lusk
* Václav Pavkovič
* Luděk Pojezný
* Jan Švéda
* Josef Věntus
* Miroslav Koníček

## Shooting

Nine shooters represented Czechoslovakia in 1960.

### 25 m pistol

* Jiří Hrneček
* Josef Šváb

### 50 m pistol

* Vladimír Kudrna
* Jiří Hrneček

### 300 m rifle, three positions

* Vladimír Stibořík
* František Prokop

### 50 m rifle, three positions

* Dušan Houdek
* Otakar Hořínek

### 50 m rifle, prone

* Otakar Hořínek
* Dušan Houdek

### Trap

* Josef Hrach
* Václav Zavázal
