History

The Czech Republic made its first Summer Olympic appearance in 1996 after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia and has competed ever since. The nation sends a large team to the Olympics with over 100 athletes appearing in each edition. The Czech Republic appears in a variety of sports, particularly athletics, canoeing, cycling, rowing and shooting.

In total the Czech Republic has won 54 medals in 11 sports and has medalled at every Olympic appearance. The most successful sports include canoeing (14), athletics (12) and shooting (9). Their most successful athletes are canoeist Josef Dostal, javelin thrower Barbora Spotakova and rower Ondrej Synek whom all won three medals. Dostal won two bronze medals in the men’s K4 1000m in 2012 and 2016 and a silver medal in the men’s K1 1000m in 2016. Spotokova won her medals in women’s javelin; two golds in 2008 and 2012 and a bronze in 2016. Synek won two silver medals in men’s single sculls in 2008 and 2012 and a bronze in 2016. At the 2016 Olympics the Czech Republic won 10 medals.

Qualified Quotas

Archery

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s Individual	Marie Horakova	Marie Horakova

Athletics

Men’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s 200m	Jan Jirka
Men’s 400m	Pavel Maslak
Men’s 400m Hurdles	Vit Muller
Men’s 4x400m Relay	Qualified Via Rankings
Men’s 50km Race Walk	Vit Hlavac
	Lukas Gdula
Men’s Shot Put	Tomas Stanek	Tomas Stanek
Men’s Javelin Throw	Jakub Vadlejch	Jakub Vadlejch
	Vitezslav Vesely
Men’s Decathlon	Adam Helcelet
	Jiri Sykora
	Jan Dolezal	Declined

Women’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s 400m	Barbora Malikova
	Lada Vondrova
Women’s 1500m	Kristiina Maki
	Diana Mezulianikova
	Simona Vrzalova
Women’s 400m Hurdles	Zuzana Hejnova	Zuzana Hejnova
Women’s 20km Race Walk	Tereza Durdiakova	Tereza Durdiakova
	Anezka Drahotova
Women’s Marathon	Over 3 Eligible Athletes
Women’s Pole Vault	Romana Malacova
Women’s Shot Put	Marketa Cervenkova
Women’s Javelin Throw	Nikola Ogrodnikova	Nikola Ogrodnikova
	Barbora Spotakova
	Irena Gillarova

Basketball

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Tournament	Patrik Auda Ondrej Balvin Jaromir Bohacik Lukas Palyza Martin Peterka Patrick Samoura Tomas Satoransky Blake Schilb Ondrej Sehnal Jakub Sirina Jan Vesely Tomas Vyoral	Patrik Auda Ondrej Balvin Jaromir Bohacik Lukas Palyza Martin Peterka Patrick Samoura Tomas Satoransky Blake Schilb Ondrej Sehnal Jakub Sirina Jan Vesely Tomas Vyoral

Canoeing

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s K1 Slalom	Jiri Prskavec	Jiri Prskavec
Women’s K1 Slalom	Katerina Kudejova	Katerina Kudejova
Men’s C1 Slalom	Vojtech Heger	Lukas Rohan
Women’s C1 Slalom	Tereza Fisherova	Tereza Fisherova
Men’s K1 1000m	Josef Dostal	Josef Dostal
Men’s K2 1000m	Josef Dostal Radek Slouf	Josef Dostal Radek Slouf
Men’s C1 1000m	Martin Fuksa	Martin Fuksa
	Eligible to Compete	Petr Fuksa
Men’s C2 1000m	Martin Fuksa Petr Fuksa	Martin Fuksa Petr Fuksa

Cycling

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Cross-Country	Qualified Via Rankings	Ondrej Cink
Women’s Cross-Country	Qualified Via Rankings	Jitka Cavelicka
Men’s Road Race	Qualified Via Rankings	Michael Kukrle
		Michal Schlegel
		Zdenek Stybar
Women’s Road Race	Nikola Noskova	Tereza Neumanova
Men’s Time Trial	Qualified Via Rankings	Michael Kukrle
Men’s Individual Sprint	Eligible to Compete	Tomas Babek
Men’s Keirin	Qualified Via Rankings	Tomas Babek

Equestrian

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Individual Eventing	Miroslav Prihoda Jr. Horse: Ferreolus Lat	Miroslav Prihoda Jr. Horse: Ferreolus Lat
	Miroslav Trunda Horse: Shutterflyke	Miroslav Trunda Horse: Shutterflyke
Individual Jumping	From Team Quota	Anna Kellnerova Horse: Catch Me If You Can OLD
	From Team Quota	Kamil Papousek Horse: Warness
	From Team Quota	Ales Opatrny Horse: Forewer
Team Jumping	Zuzana Zelinkova Horse: Caleri II Emma Augier de Moussac Horse: J.C.S. Chacco Dia Ondrej Zvara Horse: Cento Lamo Ales Opatrny Horse: Forewer	Anna Kellnerova Horse: Catch Me If You Can OLD Kamil Papousek Horse: Warness Ales Opatrny Horse: Forewer

Fencing

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Individual Epee	Jakub Jurka	Jakub Jurka
Men’s Individual Foil	Alexander Choupenitch	Alexander Choupenitch

Golf

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Individual	Ondrej Lieser	Ondrej Lieser
Women’s Individual	Klara Spilkova	Klara Spilkova

Gymnastics

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Artistic Individual Events	David Jessen	David Jessen
Women’s Artistic Individual Events	Aneta Holasova	Aneta Holasova

Judo

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s -90kg	David Klammert	David Klammert
Men’s +100kg	Lukas Krpalek	Lukas Krpalek

Modern Pentathlon

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Individual (1) (2)	Over 2 Eligible Athletes	Martin Vlach
		Jan Kuf

Rowing

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Single Sculls	Ondrej Synek	Jan Fleissner
Men’s Double Sculls	Jakub Podrazil Jan Cincibuch	Jakub Podrazil Jan Cincibuch
Women’s Double Sculls	Lenka Antosova Kristyna Fleissnerova	Lenka Antosova Kristyna Fleissnerova
Men’s Lightweight Double Sculls	Jiri Simanek Miroslav Vrastil	Jiri Simanek Miroslav Vrastil

Sailing

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s RS:X	Karel Lavicky	Karel Lavicky

Shooting

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions (1) (2)	Filip Nepejchal	Jiri Privratsky
	Petr Nymbursky	Petr Nymbursky
Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions	Double Starter	Nikola Mazurova
Men’s 10m Air Rifle	David Hrckulak	David Hrckulak
	Double Starter	Jiri Privratsky
Women’s 10m Air Rifle	Nikola Mazurova	Nikola Mazurova
Mixed Team 10m Air Rifle	Eligible to Compete
Men’s Trap (1) (2)	David Kostelecky	David Kostelecky
	Jiri Liptak	Jiri Liptak
Men’s Skeet	Jakub Tomecek	Jakub Tomecek
Women’s Skeet	Barbora Sumova	Barbora Sumova

Sport Climbing

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Combined	Adam Ondra	Adam Ondra

Swimming

Men’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s 800m Freestyle	Jan Micka	Jan Micka
Men’s 1500m Freestyle	Jan Micka	Jan Micka
Men’s 10km Open Water	Matej Kozubek

Women’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s 100m Freestyle	Barbora Seemanova	Barbora Seemanova
Women’s 200m Freestyle	Barbora Seemanova	Barbora Seemanova
Women’s 100m Backstroke	Simona Kubova	Simona Kubova
Women’s 200m Breaststroke	Kristyna Horska	Kristyna Horska
Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay	Barbora Seemanova Anna Kolarova Simona Kubova Anika Apostalon

Table Tennis

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Singles (1) (2)	Lubomir Jancarik	Lubomir Jancarik
	Pavel Sirucek	Pavel Sirucek
Women’s Singles	Hana Matelova	Hana Matelova

Tennis

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s Singles	Karolina Pliskova
	Petra Kvitova
	Barbora Krejcikova
	Marketa Vondrousova
Women’s Doubles	Barbora Krejcikova Katerina Siniakova
	Karolina Pliskova Marketa Vondrousova

Triathlon

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s Individual	Vendula Frintova	Vendula Frintova
	Petra Kurikova	Petra Kurikova

Volleyball

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Beach Volleyball	Ondrej Perusic David Schweiner	Ondrej Perusic David Schweiner
Women’s Beach Volleyball	Barbora Hermannova Marketa Slukova	Barbora Hermannova Marketa Slukova

Weightlifting

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s +109kg	Jiri Orsag	Jiri Orsag

Wrestling

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Greco-Roman -97kg	Artur Omarov	Artur Omarov