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Czechoslovakia at the 1920 Summer Olympics
IOC code	TCH
NOC	Czechoslovak Olympic Committee
in Antwerp
Competitors	121 in 13 sports
Flag bearer	Ladislav Žemla
Medals Ranked 21st	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 2 Total 2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992
Other related appearances
Bohemia (1900–1912)  Czech Republic (1994–)  Slovakia (1994–)

Czechoslovakia competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. It was the first time that the nation had competed at the Summer Olympic Games, after the republic was founded in 1918. Previously, Bohemia had competed at the Olympic Games from 1900 to 1912.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Karel Hartmann Vilém Loos Jan Palouš Jan Peka Karel Pešek Josef Šroubek Otakar Vindyš Karel Wälzer	Ice hockey	Men's	April 29
Bronze	Milada Skrbková Ladislav Žemla	Tennis	Mixed doubles	August 24

Aquatics

Swimming

Four swimmers, all male, represented Czechoslovakia in 1920. It was the nation's debut in the sport as well as the Olympics. None of the swimmers were able to advance to the finals.

Ranks given are within the heat.

Men

Water polo

Czechoslovakia competed in the Olympic water polo tournament for the first time in 1920. A modified version of the Bergvall System was in use at the time. The team was shut out in both of its games, first by Sweden in the round of 16 and then by the Netherlands in the bronze medal quarterfinals.

• Squad

Round of 16

Sweden

11–0

Czechoslovakia

Antwerp

Bronze medal quarterfinals

Netherlands

7–0

Czechoslovakia

Antwerp

Final rank

11th

Athletics

16 athletes represented Czechoslovakia in the country's Olympics debut in 1920. The best result for the team was Vohralík's 4th-place finish in the 1500 metres, just 1.6 seconds behind the bronze medal winner.

Ranks given are within the heat.

Cycling

Four cyclists represented Czechoslovakia in the nation's Olympic debut 1920. The four cyclists competed in the road time trials, placing ninth as a team. Procházka was the best of the four, finishing 34th individually.

Road cycling

Fencing

Nine fencers represented Czechoslovakia in 1920. It was the nation's debut in the sport. The country had two individual fencers reach semifinals, but neither advanced to a final. The nation's teams were unsuccessful in team competitions, unable to win a single bout.

Ranks given are within the group.

Football

Czechoslovakia competed in the Olympic football tournament for the first time. The squad started strong, outscoring opponents 15 to 1 in the first three rounds to qualify for the final. There the team fell behind 2–0 to Belgium before abandoning the match in protest in the 40th minute. Czechoslovakia, which was not guaranteed the silver medal by advancing to the final due to the use of the Bergvall System, was disqualified from the competition, losing the opportunity to play in the second-place tournament. Archived 2012-01-18 at the Wayback Machine

First round

Czechoslovakia	7–0	Yugoslavia
Vanik 20' 46' 79' Janda 34' 50' 75' Sedláček 43'	Report

Quarterfinals

Czechoslovakia	4–0	Norway
Vanik 8' Janda 17' 66' 77'	Report

Semifinals

Czechoslovakia	4–1	France
Mazal 18' 75' 87' Steiner 70'	Report	Boyer 79'

Final

Belgium	2–0	Czechoslovakia
Coppée 6' (pen.) Larnoe 30'	Report

Final rank

Disqualified

Gymnastics

Sixteen gymnasts represented Czechoslovakia in 1920. It was the nation's debut in the sport, though Bohemia had competed three times previously. No gymnasts competed in the individual all-around, and the country sent a team in only one of the three team events. That team took fourth place out of five.

Artistic gymnastics

Ice hockey

Czechoslovakia competed in the inaugural Olympic ice hockey tournament. The team took a bronze medal, thanks in large part to the use of the Bergvall System in the tournament. This system allowed the team to continue competing despite an early loss. Czechoslovakia was blown out by Canada, 15 to nil, in the quarterfinals. Because Canada went on to win the gold medal, the Bergvall System operated to put Czechoslovakia in the silver medal tournament; there, the team received a bye in the semifinals and went immediately to play against the United States in the silver medal match. The Americans did Canada one better, beating Czechoslovakia 16 to nothing. Still the Czechoslovakian team was not done; having lost only to the gold and silver medalists, the team competed for the bronze medal. Again Czechoslovakia received a semifinal bye, facing Sweden in the bronze medal match. This time, they were on the right end of the shutout, beating the Swedes 1 to zero to finish in third place.

Roster

Coach: Adolf Dušek

Gold medal quarterfinals

24 April 1920 21:30

Canada

15 – 0 (7–0, 8–0)

Czechoslovakia

Palais de Glace d'Anvers

Silver medal match

28 April 1920 22:00

United States

16 – 0 (7–0, 9–0)

Czechoslovakia

Palais de Glace d'Anvers

Game reference
	Cy Weidenborner	Goalies	Jan Peka	Referee: Paul Loicq
	L. McCormick (7) Drury (4) Conroy (2) Goheen J. McCormick Synott Goals
	0 min	Penalties	0 min

Bronze medal match

29 April 1920 23:00

Czechoslovakia

1 – 0 (1–0, 0–0)

Sweden

Palais de Glace d'Anvers

Game reference
	Karel Wälzer	Goalies	Seth Howander	Referee: Frank Fredrickson
	Šroubek 1 – 0
	0 min	Penalties	0 min
	2	Shots	48

Final rank

Bronze

Rowing

Fifteen rowers represented Czechoslovakia in the nation's debut in 1920 (Bohemia had competed in rowing once, in 1912). The nation sent three boats, each of which came in last in their initial heats in its event and did not advance.

Ranks given are within the heat.

Shooting

Eight shooters represented Czechoslovakia in 1920. It was the nation's debut in the sport as well as the Olympics.

Tennis

Seven tennis players, including one woman, competed for Czechoslovakia in 1920. It was the nation's debut in the sport as well as the Olympics, though Bohemia had competed three times. Three of the Czechoslovakian men had previously competed. Skrbková, the lone woman, did not compete in the singles but only as part of a mixed pair with Žemla-Rázný. That pair won the bronze medal, contributing three of the nation's four match wins in 1920. Žemla-Rázný was also involved in the fourth, as part of a men's pair with Ardelt which won its first match before being defeated. The other two men's pairs, as well as all four men's singles players, were defeated in their first match.

Player	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Karel Ardelt	Men's singles	Bye	Beamish (GBR) L 6–2, 6–4, 6–3	Did not advance				17
Jaroslav Just	Men's singles	Alonso (ESP) L 6–3, 2–6, 6–0, 6–2	Did not advance					32
Otto Woffek	Men's singles	Beamish (GBR) L 6–1, 6–3, 6–4	Did not advance					32
Ladislav Žemla-Rázný	Men's singles	Bye	Malström (SWE) L 4–6, 6–2, 6–3, 7–5	Did not advance				17
Karel Ardelt Ladislav Žemla-Rázný	Men's doubles	N/A	Laloux & Laloux (BEL) W 6–2, 6–4, 6–4	Norton & Raymond (RSA) L 6–1, 6–4, 6–4	Did not advance			9
Bohuslav Hykš-Černý Jaroslav Just	Men's doubles	N/A	Bye	Blanchy & Brugnon (FRA) L 6–1, 6–2, 6–4	Did not advance			9
Milada Skrbková Ladislav Žemla-Rázný	Mixed doubles	N/A	Bye	Dupont & Laloux (BEL) W 7–5, 6–4	Halot & Storms (BEL) W 7–5, 6–3	McKane & Woosnam (GBR) L 9–7, 6–3	Hansen & Tegner (DEN) W 8–6, 6–4
František Týř Otto Woffek	Men's doubles	N/A	Bye	Turnbull & Woosnam (GBR) L 6–1, 6–2, 6–3	Did not advance			9

Opponent nation Wins Losses Percent  Belgium 3 0 1.000  Denmark 1 0 1.000  France 0 1 .000  Great Britain 0 4 .000  South Africa 0 1 .000  Spain 0 1 .000  Sweden 0 1 .000 Total 4 8 .333

Round Wins Losses Percent Round of 64 0 2 .000 Round of 32 1 2 .333 Round of 16 1 3 .250 Quarterfinals 1 0 .000 Semifinals 0 1 .000 Final 0 0 – Bronze match 1 0 1.000 Total 4 8 .333

Weightlifting

Two weightlifters represented Czechoslovakia in 1920. It was the nation's debut in the sport as well as the Games. Wágner placed fifth and Dvořák took eighth in their respective weight classes.

Wrestling

Ten wrestlers, two in each of the Greco-Roman weight classes, competed for Czechoslovakia in 1920. It was the nation's debut in the sport as well as the Games, though Bohemia had competed twice previously. Czechoslovakia had no freestyle wrestlers in 1920.

Greco-Roman

Wrestler	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals	Rank
				Silver quarters	Silver semis	Silver match
				Bronze quarters	Bronze semis	Bronze match
Jan Balej	Greco-Roman middle	Bye	Corsanego (ITA) (W)	Lindfors (FIN) (L)	Did not advance		7
				Did not advance
				Eillebrecht (NED) (L)	Did not advance
Josef Beránek	Greco-Roman feather	Bye	Bouquet (FRA) (W)	Pütsep (EST) (L)	Did not advance		9
				N/A	Did not advance
				Did not advance
Karel Halík	Greco-Roman light	Bye	Coerse (NED) (L)	Did not advance			12
				Did not advance
				Did not advance
Josef Huml	Greco-Roman middle	Prunier (FRA) (W)	Szymanski (USA) (L)	Did not advance			13
				Did not advance
				Did not advance
Václav Kocián	Greco-Roman light heavy	Bye	Snoeck (BEL) (L)	Did not advance			10
				N/A	Did not advance
				N/A
František Kopřiva	Greco-Roman light	Bye	Tamminen (FIN) (L)	Did not advance			5
				Did not advance
				Bye	Andersen (NOR) (L)	Did not advance
Jan Kraus	Greco-Roman heavy	Calza (ITA) (L)	Did not advance	Did not advance			18
				Did not advance
				Did not advance
František Řezáč	Greco-Roman feather	Torgensen (DEN) (L)	Did not advance	Did not advance			17
				N/A	Did not advance
				Did not advance
Josef Struna	Greco-Roman heavy	Willkie (USA) (L)	Did not advance	Did not advance			18
				Did not advance
				Did not advance
František Tázler	Greco-Roman light heavy	Theisen (LUX) (W)	Rajala (FIN) (L)	Did not advance			10
				N/A	Did not advance
				N/A

Opponent nation Wins Losses Percent  Belgium 0 1 .000  Denmark 0 1 .000  Estonia 0 1 .000  Finland 0 3 .000  France 2 0 1.000  Italy 1 1 .500  Luxembourg 1 0 1.000  Netherlands 0 2 .000  Norway 0 1 .000  United States 0 2 .000 Total 4 12 .250

Round Wins Losses Percent Round of 32 2 3 .400 Round of 16 2 5 .286 Quarterfinals 0 2 .000 Semifinals 0 0 – Final 0 0 – Silver quarterfinals 0 0 – Silver semifinals 0 0 – Silver match 0 0 – Bronze quarterfinals 0 1 .000 Bronze semifinals 0 1 .000 Bronze match 0 0 – Total 4 12 .250

References

1. Objev! Po 101 letech byla odhalena identita našeho prvního československého vlajkonoše, Olympijskytym.cz, 2021-08-13
2. ^ "Czechoslovakia Fencing at the 1920 Antwerpen Summer Games". Sports-Reference. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Composition for teams.

• Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French).
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 26 August 2007.
• International Olympic Committee results database

• Nations at the 1920 Summer Olympics
• Czechoslovakia at the Summer Olympics by year
• 1920 in Czechoslovak sport