Czech_Republic_at_the_1998_Winter_Olympics

Czech Republic at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Czech Republic at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Sporting event delegation


The Czech Republic competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. The medal hopes were set on ice hockey team and Kateřina Neumannová in cross-country skiing. The ice hockey team won their first gold medal in history.[1] Kateřina Neumannová was also successful, winning one silver and one bronze medal. The surprise performance for the team was freestyle skier Aleš Valenta who came fourth.

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Medalists

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Alpine skiing

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Men's combined

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Women
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Women's combined

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Biathlon

Men
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Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay
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Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay
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1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
2 One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh

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Cross-country skiing

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1 Starting delay based on 10 km results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
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Women
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2 Starting delay based on 5 km results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Women's 4 × 5 km relay
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Figure skating

Women
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Pairs
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Ice Dancing
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Freestyle skiing

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Ice hockey

Men's tournament

First Round - Group D

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All times are local (UTC-7).

13 February 1998Czech Republic 3 – 0
(0-0, 0-1, 0-2)
 FinlandThe Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 5,050
15 February 1998Czech Republic 8 – 2
(0-1, 2-3, 0-4)
 KazakhstanThe Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 9,975
16 February 1998Russia 2 – 1
(0-0, 0-1, 2-0)
 Czech RepublicThe Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 9,847

Quarter-final

All times are local (UTC-7).

18 February 1998Czech Republic 4 – 1
(1-0, 0-3, 0-1)
 United StatesThe Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 9,822

Semi-final

All times are local (UTC-7).

20 February 1998Canada 1 – 2 (SO)
(0-0, 0-0, 1-1, 0-0, 0-1)
 Czech RepublicThe Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 9,279

Gold Medal Game

All times are local (UTC-7).

22 February 19981st place, gold medalist(s)  Czech Republic1 – 0
(0-0, 0-0, 1-0)
Russia The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 9,985
Gold:
 Czech Republic
Josef Beránek
Jan Čaloun
Roman Čechmánek
Jiří Dopita
Roman Hamrlík
Dominik Hašek
Milan Hejduk
Milan Hnilička
Jaromír Jágr
František Kučera
Robert Lang
David Moravec
Pavel Patera
Libor Procházka
Martin Procházka
Robert Reichel
Martin Ručinský
Vladimír Růžička-C
Jiří Šlégr
Richard Šmehlík
Jaroslav Špaček
Martin Straka
Petr Svoboda

Nordic combined

Men's individual

Events:

  • normal hill ski jumping
  • 15 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)
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Men's Team

Four participants per team.

Events:

  • normal hill ski jumping
  • 5 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)
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Ski jumping

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Men's team large hill
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1 Four teams members performed two jumps each.

References

  1. "Czech Republic Beats Russia for Gold". The Washington Post. 23 February 1998. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

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