Czech Republic competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's fifth appearance at the Summer Olympics after gaining its independence from the former Czechoslovakia. The Czech Olympic Committee sent a total of 133 athletes to the Games, 68 men and 65 women, to compete in 19 sports.

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Czech Republic at the 2012 Summer Olympics
IOC code	CZE
NOC	Czech Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.cz (in Czech and English)
in London
Competitors	133 in 19 sports
Flag bearers	Petr Koukal (opening) Barbora Špotáková (closing)
Medals Ranked 19th	Gold 4 Silver 4 Bronze 3 Total 11
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Other related appearances
Bohemia (1900–1912)  Czechoslovakia (1924–1992)

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Czech Republic left London with a total of 11 medals (4 gold, 3 silver, and 4 bronze),^[1][2] the same total achieved in Atlanta. This was in stark contrast with the zero medal tally of the neighbouring Austria, a nation of roughly comparable size. Finishing the nineteenth position in the medal standings was the second best performance for the Czech Republic in the post-Czechoslovak era.

Among the nation's medalists were Barbora Špotáková, who successfully defended her Olympic title in women's javelin throw, and rower Ondřej Synek, who managed to repeat his silver medal in men's single sculls. Three Czech athletes won Olympic gold medals for the first time in history: single sculls rower Miroslava Knapková, modern pentathlete David Svoboda, and mountain biker Jaroslav Kulhavý. Several Czech athletes, however, missed out of medal standings in the finals, including rifle shooter and defending champion Kateřina Emmons, and javelin thrower Vítězslav Veselý.

For the first time in its history, the Czech House (located in the Business Design Centre in borough of Islington) had become accessible to the public (i.e. not only the team members and VIPs), attracting over 78,000 visitors during the Olympics. In a brief comparison of selected national centres, AP news agency even awarded this project an imaginary "gold medal".^[3] A moving sculpture by David Černý named London Booster (a life-sized London double-decker bus doing push-ups with humanoid arms)^[4] was a major feature outside the Czech House. Meanwhile, Czech presentation relied heavily on eccentricity. For example, the official outfit, in which Czech athletes paraded during the opening ceremonies (and some also entered podiums), featured bright blue Wellington boots (a pun on the stereotypically unstable British weather).^[3][5]

The Czech Olympic Committee selected a team of 133 athletes, 68 men and 65 women, to compete in 19 sports; this was the nation's second-largest team sent to the Olympics, tying the record (one athlete and two sports less) set by Beijing. Women's basketball was the only team-based sport in which the Czech Republic had its representation in these Olympic Games. There was only a single competitor in boxing, trampoline gymnastics, weightlifting, and wrestling.

The Czech team included five past Olympic champions, three of them defending (rifle shooter Kateřina Emmons, trap shooter David Kostelecký, and javelin thrower Barbora Špotáková). Finn sailor Michael Maier, at age 48, was the oldest athlete of the team, while swimmer Jan Micka was the youngest at age 17.^[6] Slalom canoer and double gold medalist Štěpánka Hilgertová, who had participated at every Olympic games since 1992, made her sixth appearance as the most experienced athlete.

Other notable Czech athletes featured decathlete and former Olympic champion Roman Šebrle, mountain biker Kateřina Nash, who competed at both Summer and Winter Olympic games, javelin thrower and defending world champion Vítězslav Veselý, and high jumper and former bronze medalist Jaroslav Bába. Badminton player and cancer survivor Petr Koukal was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.

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The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games: Sport Men Women Total Athletics 14 17 31 Badminton 1 1 2 Basketball 0 12 12 Boxing 1 0 1 Canoeing 10 1 11 Cycling 7 3 10 Gymnastics 1 2 3 Judo 3 0 3 Modern pentathlon 2 1 3 Rowing 9 3 12 Sailing 3 1 4 Shooting 7 3 10 Swimming 2 5 7 Synchronized swimming 0 2 2 Table tennis 0 2 2 Tennis 2 6 8 Triathlon 2 2 4 Volleyball 2 4 6 Weightlifting 1 0 1 Wrestling 1 0 1 Total 68 65 133

Medals by date Day Date Total Day 1 28 July 0 0 0 0 Day 2 29 July 0 0 0 0 Day 3 30 July 0 0 0 0 Day 4 31 July 0 0 0 0 Day 5 1 August 0 1 0 1 Day 6 2 August 0 0 0 0 Day 7 3 August 0 1 0 1 Day 8 4 August 1 0 1 2 Day 9 5 August 0 1 0 1 Day 10 6 August 0 0 0 0 Day 11 7 August 0 0 0 0 Day 12 8 August 0 1 0 1 Day 13 9 August 1 0 1 2 Day 14 10 August 0 0 0 0 Day 15 11 August 1 0 1 2 Day 16 12 August 1 0 0 1 Total 4 4 3 11

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Czech athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard):^[7][8]

Key

• Note – Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

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Track & road events

Field events

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Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Jaroslav Bába	High jump	2.21	21	Did not advance
Petr Frydrych	Javelin throw	75.46	34	Did not advance
Jan Kudlička	Pole vault	5.50	=9 q	5.65	8
Lukáš Melich	Hammer throw	75.88	9 q	77.17	6
Roman Novotný	Long jump	6.96	38	Did not advance
Jakub Vadlejch	Javelin throw	77.61	25	Did not advance
Vítězslav Veselý		88.34	1 Q	83.34
Štěpán Wagner	Long jump	7.50	30	Did not advance
Antonín Žalský	Shot put	19.62	23	Did not advance

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Combined events – Decathlon

Women

Track & road events

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Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Tereza Čapková	1500 m	4:12.15	12	—		Did not advance
Kateřina Čechová	100 m	Bye		11.43	5	Did not advance
Zuzana Hejnová	400 m hurdles	53.96	1 Q	—		53.62	2 Q	53.38 SB
Lenka Masná	800 m	2:08.68	5	—		Did not advance
Lucie Pelantová	20 km walk	—						1:33:35	35
Denisa Rosolová	400 m hurdles	55.42	5 q	—		54.87	3 q	55.27	7
Ivana Sekyrová	Marathon	—						2:37:14	67
Lucie Škrobáková	100 m hurdles	13.01	3 Q	—		12.81	5	Did not advance
Jitka Bartoničková Zuzana Bergrová Tereza Čapková Zuzana Hejnová Lenka Masná Denisa Rosolová	4 × 400 m relay	3:26.20	4 q	—				3:27.77	7

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Field events

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Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Věra Cechlová	Discus throw	55.00	34	Did not advance
Jarmila Klimešová	Javelin throw	59.90	14	Did not advance
Oldřiška Marešová	High jump	1.80	29	Did not advance
Jiřina Ptáčníková	Pole vault	4.55	12 q	4.45	6
Kateřina Šafránková	Hammer throw	66.16	31	Did not advance
Barbora Špotáková	Javelin throw	66.19	1 Q	69.55 SB

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Combined events – Heptathlon

• Eliška Klučinová (second from left) during the 800 m run in women's heptathlon
• Ivana Sekyrová on course of the women's marathon
• Jan Kreisinger on course of the men's marathon

Czech Republic has qualified a women's team.

• Women's team – 1 team of 12 players

Women's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the Czech Republic roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[9]

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Czech Republic women's national basketball team – 2012 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. F 4 Jana Veselá 28 – (1983-12-31)31 December 1983 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Homend Antakya F 5 Michaela Zrůstová 25 – (1987-04-04)4 April 1987 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Frisco SIKA Brno PG 6 Kateřina Bartoňová 22 – (1990-01-17)17 January 1990 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) VS Prague SF 7 Kateřina Zohnová 27 – (1984-11-07)7 November 1984 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) USO Mondeville C 8 Ilona Burgrová 28 – (1984-03-15)15 March 1984 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) ZVVZ USK Praha G 9 Hana Horáková 32 – (1979-09-11)11 September 1979 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) UMMC Ekaterinburg C 10 Alena Hanušová 21 – (1991-05-29)29 May 1991 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Frisco SIKA Brno SG 11 Kateřina Elhotová 22 – (1989-10-14)14 October 1989 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) ZVVZ USK Praha G 12 Lenka Bartáková 21 – (1991-05-17)17 May 1991 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) VS Prague C 13 Petra Kulichová 27 – (1984-09-13)13 September 1984 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Good Angels Košice G 14 Tereza Pecková 25 – (1987-07-10)10 July 1987 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Frisco SIKA Brno F 15 Eva Vítečková 30 – (1982-01-26)26 January 1982 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) ZVVZ USK Praha	Head coach Lubor Blažek Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 28 July 2012

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Group play

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	5	5	0	462	279	+183	10	Quarterfinals
2	Turkey	5	4	1	343	316	+27	9
3	China	5	3	2	346	363	−17	8
4	Czech Republic	5	2	3	346	332	+14	7
5	Croatia	5	1	4	324	379	−55	6
6	Angola	5	0	5	243	395	−152	5

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Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.

28 July 2012 09:00

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China	66–57	Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 20–16, 16–13, 15–15, 15–13
Pts: Ma Zengyu 16 Rebs: Chen Nan 8 Asts: Miao Lijie 8		Pts: Vítečková 14 Rebs: Horáková 9 Asts: three players 3

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Jorge Vazquez (PUR), Vaughan Mayberry (AUS), Carole Delaune (FRA)

30 July 2012 11:15

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Czech Republic	57–61	Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 8–13, 13–20, 18–12, 18–16
Pts: Veselá 19 Rebs: three players 6 Asts: Bartoňová, Elhotová 4		Pts: three players 11 Rebs: Yılmaz 13 Asts: Vardarlı 4

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Pablo Estévez (ARG), Shoko Sugruro (JPN), Samir Abaakil (MAR)

1 August 2012 20:00

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Croatia	70–89	Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 19–22, 20–23, 21–12, 10–32
Pts: Mandir 20 Rebs: Mandir 6 Asts: Mandir 3		Pts: Elhotová 20 Rebs: Horáková 10 Asts: Veselá 7

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Cristiano Maranho (BRA), Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Carole Delauné (FRA)

3 August 2012 22:15

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Czech Republic	61–88	United States
Scoring by quarter: 26–24, 12–24, 9–22, 14–18
Pts: Zrůstová 15 Rebs: Pecková 6 Asts: Bartoňová 3		Pts: Taurasi 18 Rebs: Charles 14 Asts: Bird 9

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Elena Chernova (RUS), Marcos Benito (BRA), Vitalis Gode (KEN)

5 August 2012 11:15

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Angola	47–82	Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 18–23, 7–17, 10–18, 12–24
Pts: Mauricio 18 Rebs: Manuel 12 Asts: Eusébio, Guadalupe 2		Pts: Zrůstová 20 Rebs: Horáková 9 Asts: Elhotová 4

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Rabah Noujaim (LIB), Vaughan Mayberry (AUS), Vitalis Gode (KEN)

Quarter-final

7 August 2012 22:15

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France	71–68	Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 16–12, 12–16, 13–23, 30–17
Pts: Dumerc 23 Rebs: Gruda 7 Asts: Dumerc 6		Pts: Vítečková 17 Rebs: Horáková 7 Asts: Horáková 5

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Marcos Benito (BRA), Felicia Grinter (USA), Rabah Noujaim (LIB)

• Czech Republic (in white) versus Turkey

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Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Zdeněk Chládek	Light welterweight	Mönkh-Erdene (MGL) L 12–20	Did not advance

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Czech Republic qualified 3 judokas.

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Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jaromír Ježek	Men's 73 kg	Bye	Smith (SAM) W 0100–0000	Wang K-c (KOR) L 0001–0010	Did not advance
Jaromír Musil	Men's 81 kg	—	Toma (MDA) L 0001–1000	Did not advance
Lukáš Krpálek	Men's 100 kg	—	Bye	Anai (JPN) W 1001–0000	Khaibulaev (RUS) L 0011–1000	Did not advance	Grol (NED) L 0000–1010	Did not advance	7

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Czech Republic has qualified three athletes in modern pentathlon.

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Athlete	Event	Fencing (épée one touch)			Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3000 m)			Total points	Final rank
		Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points
Ondřej Polívka	Men's	12–23	=34	688	2:02.71	=10	1328	64	15	1136	10:25.99	4	2500	5652	15
David Svoboda		26–9	1	1024 OR	2:04.84	17	1304	68	16	1132	10:33.02	6	2468	5928 OR
Natálie Dianová	Women's	17–18	=19	808	2:13.78	7	1196	144	28	1056	12:33.61	23	1988	5048	22

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Czech Republic has so far qualified boats for the following events

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Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ondřej Synek	Single sculls	6:53.23	1 QF	—		6:53.32	1 SA/B	7:16.58	1 FA	6:59.37
Milan Bruncvík Michal Horváth Matyáš Klang Jakub Podrazil	Four	5:54.37	4 R	6:04.56	4	—		Did not advance			13
Jiří Kopáč Jan Vetešník Ondřej Vetešník Miroslav Vraštil Jr.	Lightweight four	5:52.69	4 R	6:02.23	3 SA/B	—		6:06.85	6 FB	6:11.49	11

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Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Miroslava Knapková	Single sculls	7:24.17	1 QF	—		7:35.35	1 SA/B	7:42.57	1 FA	7:54.37
Jitka Antošová Lenka Antošová	Double sculls	7:05.05	5 R	7:11.68	3 FA	—				7:24.93	7

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Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Czech Republic has so far qualified 1 boat for each of the following events

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Women

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race;

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Women

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Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Kateřina Emmons	50 m rifle 3 positions	576	32	Did not advance
	10 m air rifle	397	8 Q	500.3	4
Lenka Marušková	25 m pistol	582	13	Did not advance
	10 m air pistol	385	7 Q	482.6	8
Adéla Sýkorová	50 m rifle 3 positions	584	4 Q	683.0
	10 m air rifle	392	31	Did not advance

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Czech swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):^[10][11]

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Women

Czech Republic has qualified 2 quota places in synchronized swimming.

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Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Tomáš Berdych	Singles	Darcis (BEL) L 4–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Radek Štěpánek		Davydenko (RUS) L 4–6, 3–6	Did not advance
Tomáš Berdych Radek Štěpánek	Doubles	—	Bracciali / Seppi (ITA) W 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–4	Melo / Soares (BRA) L 6–1, 4–6, 22–24	Did not advance

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Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Petra Cetkovská	Singles	Kerber (GER) L 1–6, 0–3r	Did not advance
Petra Kvitová		Bondarenko (UKR) W 6–4, 5–7, 6–4	Peng (CHN) W 7–5, 2–6, 6–1	Pennetta (ITA) W 6–3, 6–0	Kirilenko (RUS) L 6–7(3–7), 3–6	Did not advance
Lucie Šafářová		Robson (GBR) L 6–7(4–7), 4–6	Did not advance
Klára Zakopalová		Schiavone (ITA) L 3–6, 6–3, 4–6	Did not advance
Petra Cetkovská Lucie Šafářová	Doubles	—	Errani / Vinci (ITA) L 2–6, 3–6	Did not advance
Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká		—	Babos / Szávay (HUN) W 6–1, 6–7(5–7), 6–2	Li / Zhang (CHN) W 6–3, 6–1	C-j Chuang / S-w Hsieh (TPE) W 6–3, 6–4	Huber / L Raymond (USA) W 6–1, 7–6(7–2)	S. Williams / V. Williams (USA) L 4–6, 4–6

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Mixed

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Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Radek Štěpánek Lucie Hradecká	Doubles	Murray / Robson (GBR) L 5–7, 7–6(9–7), [7–10]	Did not advance

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Czech Republic has qualified the following athletes.

Czech Republic has qualified the following quota places.

Czech Republic has qualified 1 quota.

Key:

• VT - Victory by Fall.
• PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
• PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Men's Greco-Roman

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Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
David Vála	96 kg	Bye	Estrada (CUB) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance					12

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