Czechoslovakia competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 70 competitors (69 men and 1 woman) took part in 51 events in 14 sports.^[1]

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Czechoslovakia at the 1928 Summer Olympics
IOC code	TCH
NOC	Czechoslovak Olympic Committee
in Amsterdam
Competitors	70 in 14 sports
Flag bearer	Josef Effenberger
Medals Ranked 14th	Gold 2 Silver 5 Bronze 2 Total 9
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–)

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11 athletes, all men, represented Czechoslovakia in 1928. It was the nation's 3rd appearance in the sport, in which Czechoslovakia had competed each time it appeared at the Games. Kittel's 8th place in the men's 1500 metres was the best result for Czechoslovakian athletes in Amsterdam.

Track and road events

Field events

3 boxers, all men, represented Czechoslovakia in 1928. It was the nation's debut appearance in the sport. Jan Heřmánek won the silver medal in the middleweight class; the other two boxers each lost their first bout.

More information Boxer, Event ...

Boxer	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / Bronze match
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Tomáš Pötsch	Men's lightweight	Stephen Halaiko (USA) L KO	did not advance				17
František Nekolný	Men's welterweight	Bye	Galataud (FRA) L points	did not advance			9
Jan Heřmánek	Men's middleweight	Bye	Georges Pixius (LUX) W points	Harry Henderson (USA) W points	Fred Mallin (GBR) W points	Piero Toscani (ITA) L points

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Four cyclists, all men and all road cyclists, represented Czechoslovakia in 1928. It was the nation's 3rd appearance in the sport, in which Czechoslovakia had competed each time the nation appeared at the Games. Honig had the best time of the team, placing 39th in the individual road race. The combined score of the top 3 placed them 11th among the 15 competing nations.

9 equestrians, all men, competed for Czechoslovakia in 1928. It was the nation's 2nd appearance in the sport. Czechoslovakia was one of 5 nations to have the maximum 3 riders in each event. František Ventura won gold in the individual jumping, Czechoslovakia's first equestrian medal. Emanuel Thiel, who had had the nation's best result in 1924 at 6th in the individual dressage, bettered his own performance to 5th in 1928.

Jumping

More information Equestrian, Horse ...

Equestrian	Horse	Event	Final			1st re-ride		2nd re-ride
			Time	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Rudolf Popler	Denk	Jumping	DQ		–	did not advance
Josef Rabas	Daghestan		2:14	22.5	41	did not advance
František Ventura	Eliot		1:34	0	1	0	1	0
Rudolf Popler	Denk	Team jumping	DQ		–	—
Josef Rabas	Daghestan
František Ventura	Eliot

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Seven fencers, six men and one woman, represented Czechoslovakia in 1928. It was the nation's 3rd appearance in the sport, in which Czechoslovakia had competed each time it participated in the Games. It was the first time Czechoslovakia had a female fencer, Jarmila Chalupová. Chalupová had the most individual success of any Czechoslovakian fencer in 1928, reaching the semifinals.

Bohumil Mořkovský, bronze medalist on Vault and 13th-place finisher in the Individual All-Around at the previous Olympics in Paris, died on July 16, 1928, less than a month before he could make a repeat Olympic appearance. 8 gymnasts, all men, represented Czechoslovakia in 1928. It was the nation's 3rd appearance in the sport as well as the Games. The team took the silver medal, 6.375 points behind Germany, with Ladislav Vácha having the best individual all-around result at 9th place. Vácha also won gold in the parallel bars and silver in the rings. Emanuel Löffler took two apparatus medals as well, the silver in the vault and bronze in the rings.

Artistic gymnastics

More information Gymnast, Event ...

Gymnast	Event	Score	Rank
Josef Effenberger	Men's all-around	238.875	14
Jan Gajdoš		240.625	13
Jan Koutný		225.250	31
Emanuel Löffler		227.625	28
Bedřich Šupčík		233.250	20
Ladislav Tikal		217.750	37
Ladislav Vácha		242.500	10
Václav Veselý		242.875	9
Josef Effenberger	Men's team all-around	1712.250
Jan Gajdoš
Jan Koutný
Emanuel Löffler
Bedřich Šupčík
Ladislav Tikal
Ladislav Vácha
Václav Veselý
Josef Effenberger	Men's horizontal bar	55.50	9
Jan Gajdoš		51.25	33
Jan Koutný		52.25	31
Emanuel Löffler		54.00	16
Bedřich Šupčík		54.25	14
Ladislav Tikal		46.75	50
Ladislav Vácha		54.75	12
Václav Veselý		52.00	32
Josef Effenberger	Men's parallel bars	52.25	15
Jan Gajdoš		53.75	4
Jan Koutný		52.25	31
Emanuel Löffler		52.50	14
Bedřich Šupčík		53.75	4
Ladislav Tikal		50.50	24
Ladislav Vácha		56.50
Václav Veselý		50.25	25
Josef Effenberger	Men's pommel horse	54.00	10
Jan Gajdoš		54.00	10
Jan Koutný		42.75	56
Emanuel Löffler		52.00	17
Bedřich Šupčík		51.50	19
Ladislav Tikal		45.50	49
Ladislav Vácha		47.00	45
Václav Veselý		46.50	47
Josef Effenberger	Men's rings	52.00	22
Jan Gajdoš		54.25	8
Jan Koutný		52.50	18
Emanuel Löffler		56.50
Bedřich Šupčík		54.75	6
Ladislav Tikal		48.75	41
Ladislav Vácha		57.50
Václav Veselý		52.75	15
Josef Effenberger	Men's vault	25.125	46
Jan Gajdoš		27.375	12
Jan Koutný		26.750	26
Emanuel Löffler		28.500
Bedřich Šupčík		19.000	78
Ladislav Tikal		26.250	32
Ladislav Vácha		27.125	18
Václav Veselý		26.375	30

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Three pentathletes represented Czechoslovakia in 1928. It was the nation's 2nd appearance in the sport. Růžička had the best finish for Czechoslovakia to date, placing 30th.

1 rower competed for Czechoslovakia in 1928. It was the nation's 2nd appearance in the sport, and 1st since 1920. Josef Straka, whose son would compete in the Olympics in 1972 and 1976, reached the third round in the single sculls before being eliminated.

A single male sailor represented Czechoslovakia in 1928. It was the nation's 2nd appearance in the sport. Winter finished 18th in the preliminary round standings, not advancing to the final.

Dinghy

Six weightlifters, all men, represented Czechoslovakia in 1928. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport, in which Czechoslovakia had competed each time it appeared at the Olympics. Skobla, who had placed 8th in light heavyweight (−82.5 kg) in 1924, won the bronze medal in heavyweight (+82.5 kg) this time. This matched the nation's best-ever result in the sport to date.

More information Lifter, Event ...

Lifter	Event	Press		Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Josef Vacek	Men's −60 kg	80	5	82.5	4	100	13	262.5	8
Josef Matějček	Men's −67.5 kg	82.5	7	77.5	13	107.5	11	265	11
Jan Kostrba	Men's −75 kg	80	16	85	12	115	9	280	11
Bohumil Sýkora		70	20	85	12	115	9	270	17
Václav Pšenička	Men's −82.5 kg	100	1	105	3	130	6	335	5
Jaroslav Skobla	Men's +82.5 kg	100	8	107.5	4	147.5	2	357.5

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Six wrestlers, all men, represented Czechoslovakia in 1928. All six competed in the Greco-Roman discipline. It was the nation's 3rd appearance in the sport as well as the Games. Jindřich Maudr won the nation's first Olympic medal in wrestling, taking silver in the bantamweight after reaching a de facto gold medal final against the German Leucht.

Greco-Roman

More information Athlete, Event ...

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Jindřich Maudr	Men's bantamweight	Andersen (DEN) W Decision 1pt	Kamel (EGY) W Fall 1pt	van Maaren (NED) W Decision 2pts	Gozzi (ITA) W Decision 3pts	Lindelöf (SWE) W Fall 3pts	Leucht (GER) L Fall 6pts	—
František Kratochvíl	Men's featherweight	Egeberg (NOR) W Decision 1pt	Väli (EST) L Fall 4pts	Kárpáti (HUN) L Decision 7pts	did not advance				13
Vladimír Vávra	Men's lightweight	Sperling (GER) W Fall 0pts	Mumenthaler (SUI) W Fall 0pts	Borges (DEN) W Fall 0pts	Yalaz (TUR) L Fall 3pts	Keresztes (HUN) L Fall 6pts	did not advance		5
František Hala	Men's middleweight	Papp (HUN) L Decision 3pts	Frantz (LUX) W Fall 3pts	Johansson (SWE) W Fall 3pts	Kokkinen (FIN) L Fall 6pts	did not advance		—	6
Josef Vávra	Men's light heavyweight	Juhasz (YUG) W Decision 1pt	Szalay (HUN) L Decision 4pts	Appels (BEL) L Fall 7pts	did not advance			—	9
Josef Urban	Men's heavyweight	Colpaert (BEL) W Fall 0pts	Simonis (NED) W Fall 0pts	Donati (ITA) W Fall 0pts	Svensson (SWE) L Fall 3pts	Wiesberger (AUT) L Decision 6pts	Did not advance	—	5

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