Czech Republic at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Czech Republic at the
2018 Winter Olympics
Czech Republic at the; 2018 Winter Olympics
IOC code	CZE
NOC	Czech Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.cz Template:Cs icon Template:En icon
in Pyeongchang, South Korea; 9–25 February 2018
Competitors	95 in 13 sports
Flag bearer	Eva Samková (opening)
Medals; Ranked 16th	Gold 0 Silver 2 Bronze 2 Total 4
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
	1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018; 2022;
Other related appearances
	Czechoslovakia (1924–1992)

Czech Republic is scheduled to compete at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Michal Krčmář	Biathlon	Men's sprint	11 February
Silver	Martina Sáblíková	Speed skating	Women's 5000 m	16 February
Bronze	Veronika Vítková	Biathlon	Women's sprint	10 February
Bronze	Eva Samková	Snowboarding	Women's snowboard cross	16 February

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	5	4	9
Biathlon	5	6	11
Bobsleigh	8	0	8
Cross-country skiing	5	5	10
Figure skating	3	2	5
Freestyle skiing	0	1	1
Ice hockey	25	0	25
Luge	5	1	6
Nordic combined	4	0	4
Short track speed skating	0	1	1
Ski jumping	5	0	5
Snowboarding	2	6	8
Speed skating	0	3	3
Total	67	29	96^[1]

^ Ester Ledecká participates in both alpine skiing and snowboarding, therefore is counted twice. Real number is 95.

Alpine skiing

Czech Republic has qualified 5 men and 4 women.

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ondřej Berndt	Downhill	—				DNS
	Super-G	—				1:28.30	35
	Combined	1:21.81	34	48.10	10	2:09.91	16
Filip Forejtek	Downhill	—				1:44.79	38
	Super-G	—				1:28.06	34
	Combined	1:22.56	45	DNF
Jan Hudec	Downhill	—				1:46.42	45
Jan Hudec	Super-G	—				DNF
Adam Kotzmann
Jan Zabystřan	Downhill	—				1:46.60	46
	Super-G	—				1:29.68	40
	Combined	1:23.65	54	DNF

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Gabriela Capová	Giant slalom	1:15.80	34	1:11.62	27	2:27.42	29
Gabriela Capová	Slalom	52.96	33	DNF
Martina Dubovská	Giant slalom	DNF
Martina Dubovská	Slalom	52.90	32	51.87	29	1:44.77	29
Ester Ledecká	Giant slalom	1:14.62	29	1:10.07	16	2:24.69	23
Kateřina Pauláthová	Giant slalom	DNF

Biathlon

Based on their Nations Cup rankings in the 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup, the Czech Republic has qualified a team of 5 men and 6 women.^[2]^[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Michal Krčmář	Sprint	23:43.2	0 (0+0)
	Pursuit	36:41.6	7 (2+0+3+2)	30
	Individual	49:19.3	1 (0+1+0+0)	7
Ondřej Moravec	Sprint	24:46.7	1 (1+0)	29
	Pursuit	38:45.9	8 (1+2+2+3)	51
	Individual	49:56.9	1 (0+0+0+1)	12
Michal Šlesingr	Sprint	26:06.0	4 (0+4)	69
Michal Šlesingr	Individual	52:35.5	4 (0+3+0+1)	45
Adam Václavík	Sprint	26:15.4	4 (2+2)	73
Adam Václavík	Individual	54:31.7	6 (0+4+1+1)	67
	Team relay

Jaroslav Soukup

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Markéta Davidová	Sprint	22:03.3	1 (1+0)	15
	Pursuit	33:29.8	6 (1+2+1+2)	25
	Individual	47:06.7	5 (1+1+0+3)	57
Jessica Jislová	Sprint	22:29.1	1 (1+0)	23
	Pursuit	33:24.3	3 (0+1+1+1)	23
	Individual	49:00.6	5 (1+1+0+3)	72
Eva Puskarčíková	Sprint	23:19.8	3 (2+1)	43
	Pursuit	33:53.8	3 (2+1+0+0)	32
	Individual	46:22.0	3 (1+0+2+0)	44
Veronika Vítková	Sprint	21:32.0	1 (0+1)
	Pursuit	32:12.6	3 (0+1+0+2)	7
	Individual	44:31.5	3 (1+1+1+0)	18
	Team relay

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
	Team relay

Bobsleigh

Based on their rankings in the 2017–18 Bobsleigh World Cup, the Czech Republic has qualified 4 sleds.^[4]^[5]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jakub Havlín Jan Vrba	Two-man
Dominik Dvořák Jakub Nosek	Two-man
David Egydy Jakub Havlín Dominik Suchý Jan Vrba	Four-man
Dominik Dvořák Jaroslav Kopřiva Jakub Nosek Jan Šindelář	Four-man

* – Denotes the driver of each sled

Cross-country skiing

Czech Republic has qualified 5 men and 5 women.

Distance
Men

Athlete	Event	Classical		Freestyle		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Deficit	Rank
Martin Jakš	15 km freestyle	—				35:05.2	+1:21.3	16
Martin Jakš	30 km skiathlon	40:53.2	19	35:27.0	4	1:16:53.8	+33.8	9
Petr Knop	15 km freestyle	—				35:35.5	+1:51.6	24
Petr Knop	30 km skiathlon	42:29.8	43	37:10.7	34	1:20:12.1	+3:52.1	38
Michal Novák	15 km freestyle	—				36:42.4	+2:58.5	46
Aleš Razým	15 km freestyle	—				35:59.0	+2:15.1	30
Aleš Razým	30 km skiathlon	43:28.5	51	39:29.3	55	1:23:33.8	+7:13.8	55
Miroslav Rypl		—
	4×10 km relay	—

Women

Athlete	Event	Classical		Freestyle		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Deficit	Rank
Kateřina Beroušková	10 km freestyle	—				28:14.4	+3:13.9	45
Kateřina Beroušková	15 km skiathlon	23:03.9	34	20:56.3	38	44:32.7	+3:47.8	38
Barbora Havlíčková	10 km freestyle	—				29:00.7	+4:00.2	57
Barbora Havlíčková	15 km skiathlon	23:52.3	53	20:48.4	35	45:12.1	+4:27.2	43
Petra Hynčicová	10 km freestyle	—				29:09.9	+4:09.4	60
Petra Hynčicová	15 km skiathlon	23:42.0	48	21:22.5	47	45:42.4	+4:57.5	47
Petra Nováková	10 km freestyle	—				27:33.8	+2:33.3	28
Petra Nováková	15 km skiathlon	23:25.9	28	19:56.9	18	43:55.6	+3:10.7	28
	4×5 km relay	—

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Aleš Razým	Men's sprint	3:21.05	43	Did not advance
Michal Novák		3:28.33	60	Did not advance
Miroslav Rypl		3:27.46	56	Did not advance
	Men's team sprint	—
Kateřina Beroušková	Women's sprint	3:20.09	23 Q	3:27.43	6	Did not advance
Karolína Grohová		3:30.91	43	Did not advance
Petra Hynčicová		3:32.03	45	Did not advance
Karolína Grohová Petra Nováková	Women's team sprint	—

Figure skating

The Czech Republic has qualified one male figure skater, based on its placement at the 2017 World Figure Skating Championships in Helsinki, Finland.^[6] They additionally qualified one entry in ice dance as well as an entry in pairs skating through the 2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy.^[7] The team was announced on October 7 2017.^[8]

Athlete	Event	SP / SD		FS / FD		Total
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Michal Březina	Men's singles	85.15	9 Q
Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař	Pairs	63.25	15 Q	123.08	14	186.33	14
Cortney Mansour / Michal Češka	Ice dancing

Freestyle skiing

Ski cross

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Position	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Nikol Kučerová	Women's ski cross

Ice hockey

Summary

Key:

OT – Overtime
GWS – Match decided by penalty-shootout

Team	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Czech Republic men's	Men's tournament	South Korea W 2–1	Canada	Switzerland

Men's tournament

Czech Republic men's national ice hockey team qualified by finishing as one of the top eight teams in the 2015 IIHF World Ranking.^[9]

Team roster

Template:2018 Winter Olympics Czech Republic men's ice hockey team roster

Preliminary round

Template:2018 Winter Olympics men's ice hockey group A standings

Template:2018 Winter Olympics men's ice hockey game A1

Template:2018 Winter Olympics men's ice hockey game A3

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Luge

Based on the results from the World Cups during the 2017–18 Luge World Cup season, the Czech Republic qualified 4 sleds.^[10]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ondřej Hyman	Men's singles	48.324	23	48.276	20	48.313	25	Eliminated		2:24.913	21
Lukáš Brož Antonín Brož	Men's doubles	46.570	12	46.582	16	—				1:33.152	13
Matěj Kvíčala Jaromír Kudera	Men's doubles	46.818	16	46.910	18	—				1:33.728	18
Tereza Nosková	Women's singles	47.813	26	48.132	27	47.921	27	Eliminated		2:23.866	26

Mixed team relay

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Tereza Nosková Ondřej Hyman Lukáš Brož Antonín Brož	Team relay	48.238	12	49.178	10	49.645	11	2:27.061	12

Nordic combined

Czech Republic qualified 4 athletes:

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping			Cross-country		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lukáš Daněk	Normal hill/10 km	DSQ			DNS		DNF
Lukáš Daněk	Large hill/10 km
Miroslav Dvořák	Normal hill/10 km	95.5	89.3	28	24:40.4	14	27:23.4	21
Miroslav Dvořák	Large hill/10 km
Ondřej Pažout	Normal hill/10 km	97.5	95.8	22	25:46.8	37	28:05.8	34
Ondřej Pažout	Large hill/10 km
Tomáš Portyk	Normal hill/10 km	89.5	89.3	29	24:46.4	17	27:31.4	24
Tomáš Portyk	Large hill/10 km
Lukáš Daněk Miroslav Dvořák Ondřej Pažout Tomáš Portyk	Team large hill/4×5 km

Short track speed skating

The Czech Republic qualified one skater for women's 1500 m events for the Olympics during the four World Cup events in November 2017.^[11]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Michaela Sejpalová	Women's 1500 m

Ski jumping

Czech Republic qualified 5 male ski jumpers:

Athlete	Event	Qualification			First round			Final			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Roman Koudelka	Men's normal hill	97.5	114.5	24 Q	98.0	103.5	25	103.0	105.7	25	209.2	25
Čestmír Kožíšek	Men's normal hill	81.0	80.6	54	Did not advance
Viktor Polášek	Men's normal hill	88.0	90.1	47 Q	92.0	81.9	44	Did not advance
Vojtěch Štursa	Men's normal hill	83.5	81.5	53	Did not advance

Lukáš Hlava

Snowboarding

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Petr Horák	Men's big air
Petr Horák	Men's slopestyle	41.93	39.05	41.93	15	Did not advance
Šárka Pančochová	Women's big air
Šárka Pančochová	Women's slopestyle	Canceled^[12]				43.46	39.18	CAN	43.46	16
Kateřina Vojáčková	Women's big air

Parallel

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Ester Ledecká	Women's giant slalom

Snowboard cross

Athlete	Event	Seeding						1/8 final	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Run 1		Run 2		Best	Seed	1/8 final	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Best	Seed	Position	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Jan Kubičík	Men's snowboard cross	1:15.73	=29	1:16.25	10	1:15.73	32	5	Did not advance
Vendula Hopjáková	Women's snowboard cross	DNF		DNF		DNF	24	—	DNS	Did not advance
Eva Samková	Women's snowboard cross	1:16.84	1	Bye		1:16.84	1	—	2 Q	1 FA	3

Speed skating

The Czech Republic earned the following quotas at the conclusion of the four World Cup's used for qualification.^[13]

Athlete	Event	Race
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Karolína Erbanová	Women's 500 m
Karolína Erbanová	Women's 1000 m	1:14.95	7
Martina Sáblíková	Women's 3000 m	4:00.54	4
Martina Sáblíková	Women's 5000 m	6:51.85
Nikola Zdráhalová
	Women's 1000 m	1:16.43	19
	Women's 1500 m	1:58.03	11
	Women's 3000 m	4:11.36	15
	Women's mass start

References

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^ "Men's Nation Cup Score" (PDF). www.docs.google.com/. International Biathlon Union (IBU). 5 March 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
^ "Women's Nation Cup Score" (PDF). www.docs.google.com/. International Biathlon Union (IBU). 5 March 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
^ "Quota Allocation PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games 2018 - 2-man Bobsleigh - IBSF 14 January 2018" (PDF). www.ibsf.org. International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF). 15 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
^ "Quota Allocation PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games 2018 - 4-man Bobsleigh - IBSF 14 January 2018" (PDF). www.ibsf.org. International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF). 15 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
^ "Figure Skating Quota places for the XXIII Olympic Winter Games 2018". www.isu.org/. International Skating Union. 4 April 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
^ "ISU communication 2119". www.isu.org/. International Skating Union. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
^ "Informace z jednání předsednictva Českého krasobruslařského svazu konaného dne 7.10.2017 v Praze" (PDF) (in Czech). Czech Figure Skating Association. 7 October 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2017. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "2018 Winter Olympics". IIHF. iihf.com. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
^ "Ranking list" (PDF). fil-luge.org. Retrieved December 19, 2017.
^ "XXI II Olympic Winter Games 2018 PyeongChang: Qualified quota places Short Track Speed Skating". International Skating Union (ISU). 23 November 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
^ "Women's slopestyle qualification canceled". Reuters. 11 February 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
^ "Communication No. 2136: XXIII Olympic Winter Games 2018 PyeongChang Entries Speed Skating". www.isu.org/. International Skating Union (ISU). 20 December 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2017.

[1] "Opening Ceremony Flagbearers - Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018" (PDF). olympic.org. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 9 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.

[2] "Men's Nation Cup Score" (PDF). www.docs.google.com/. International Biathlon Union (IBU). 5 March 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.

[3] "Women's Nation Cup Score" (PDF). www.docs.google.com/. International Biathlon Union (IBU). 5 March 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.

[4] "Quota Allocation PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games 2018 - 2-man Bobsleigh - IBSF 14 January 2018" (PDF). www.ibsf.org. International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF). 15 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

[5] "Quota Allocation PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games 2018 - 4-man Bobsleigh - IBSF 14 January 2018" (PDF). www.ibsf.org. International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF). 15 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

[6] "Figure Skating Quota places for the XXIII Olympic Winter Games 2018". www.isu.org/. International Skating Union. 4 April 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.

[7] "ISU communication 2119". www.isu.org/. International Skating Union. Retrieved 21 October 2017.

[8] "Informace z jednání předsednictva Českého krasobruslařského svazu konaného dne 7.10.2017 v Praze" (PDF) (in Czech). Czech Figure Skating Association. 7 October 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2017. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[icehockey-9] "2018 Winter Olympics". IIHF. iihf.com. Retrieved 23 August 2016.

[10] "Ranking list" (PDF). fil-luge.org. Retrieved December 19, 2017.

[11] "XXI II Olympic Winter Games 2018 PyeongChang: Qualified quota places Short Track Speed Skating". International Skating Union (ISU). 23 November 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2017.

[12] "Women's slopestyle qualification canceled". Reuters. 11 February 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2018.

[13] "Communication No. 2136: XXIII Olympic Winter Games 2018 PyeongChang Entries Speed Skating". www.isu.org/. International Skating Union (ISU). 20 December 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2017.

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