Czech Republic at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Czech Republic at the Olympic Games
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At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney
Competitors	119
Medals Rank: 28	Gold 2	Silver 3	Bronze 3	Total 8
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The Czech Republic competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Medalists

Gold

• Jan Železný — Athletics, Men's Javelin Throw

• Štěpánka Hilgertová — Canoeing, Women's K-1 Kayak Slalom Singles

Silver

• Roman Šebrle — Athletics, Men's Decathlon

• Rudolf Kraj — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight

• Petr Málek — Shooting, Men's Skeet

Bronze

• Marek Jiras and Tomáš Máder — Canoeing, Men's C-2 Slalom Pairs

• Martin Tenk — Shooting, Men's 50 m Pistol

• Jan Řehula — Triathlon, Men's Competition

Results by event

Athletics

Men's competition

Men's 800 m

• Roman Oravec
  • Round 1 - 01:47.66 (did not advance)

Men's 400 m Hurdles

• Jiří Mužík
  • Round 1 - 50.11 (did not advance)
  • Semifinal - 49.23 (did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

• Miroslav Menc
  • Qualifying - 19.92
  • Final - 19.39 (10th place)

Men's Discus

• Libor Malina
  • Qualifying - 60.83 (did not advance)

Men's Javelin Throw

• Jan Železný
  • Qualifying - 89.39
  • Final - 90.17 (Gold medal) - Olympic record

Men's Hammer Throw

• Vladimír Maška
  • Qualifying - 76.70
  • Final - 77.32 (8th place)
• Pavel Sedláček
  • Qualifying - 75.33 (did not advance)

Men's Pole Vault

• Štěpán Janáček
  • Qualifying - 5.65 (did not advance)

Men's 20 km Walk

• Jiří Malysa
  • Final - 1:24:08 (19th place)

Men's 50 km Walk

• Miloš Holuša
  • Final - 3:53:48 (16th place)

Men's Decathlon

• Roman Šebrle
  • 100 m - 10.92
  • Long Jump - 7.62
  • Shot Put - 15.22
  • High Jump - 2.12
  • 400 m - 48.20
  • 100 m Hurdles - 13.87
  • Discus Throw - 44.39
  • Pole Vault - 4.80
  • Javelin Throw - 64.04
  • 1,500 m - 04:28.79
  • Points - 8606.00 (Silver medal)
• Tomáš Dvořák
  • 100 m - 10.91
  • Long Jump - 7.50
  • Shot Put - 15.91
  • High Jump - 1.97
  • 400 m - 49.11
  • 100 m Hurdles - 14.34
  • Discus Throw - 47.15
  • Pole Vault - 4.40
  • Javelin Throw - 69.94
  • 1,500 m - 04:32.23
  • Points - 8385.00 (6th place)
• Jiří Ryba
  • 100 m - 11.14
  • Long Jump - 7.10
  • Shot Put - 14.21
  • High Jump - 2.00
  • 400 m - 48.97
  • 100 m Hurdles - 14.99
  • Discus Throw - 42.83
  • Pole Vault - 4.90
  • Javelin Throw - 57.76
  • 1,500 m - 04:18.21
  • Points - 8056.00 (14th place)

Women's competition

Women's 400 m

• Jitka Burianová
  • Round 1 - 51.59
  • Round 2 - 50.85
  • Semifinal - 51.15 (did not advance)
• Hana Benešová
  • Round 1 - 52.85
  • Round 2 - 52.70 (did not advance)

Women's 800 m

• Helena Fuchsová
  • Round 1 - 01:58.97
  • Semifinal - 01:58.82
  • Final - 01:58.56 (5th place)
• Ludmila Formanová
  • Round 1 - DNF (did not advance)

Women's 4x400 m

• Hana Benešová, Jitka Burianová, Lenka Ficková, Helena Fuchsová
  • Round 1 - 03:24.40
  • Final - 03:29.17 (7th place)

Women's Discus

• Vladimíra Racková
  • Qualifying - 60.24 (did not advance)

Women's Javelin Throw

• Nikola Tomečková
  • Qualifying - 59.49
  • Final - 62.10 (8th place)

Women's Triple Jump

• Šárka Kašpárková
  • Qualifying - 14.34 (did not advance)
  • Final - NM

Women's High Jump

• Zuzana Hlavoňová
  • Qualifying - 1.94
  • Final - 1.90 (11th place)

Women's Pole Vault

• Daniela Bártová
  • Qualifying - 4.30
  • Final - 4.50 (4th place)
• Pavla Hamáčková
  • Qualifying - 4.00 (did not advance)

Boxing

Men's Light Welterweight (63.5 kg)

• Lukáš Konečný
  • Round 1 - Lost to Mohamed Allalou of Algeria (did not advance)

Men's Light Heavyweight (81 kg)

• Rudolf Kraj
  • Round 1 - Bye
  • Round 2 - Defeated Olanda Anderson of United States
  • Quarterfinal - Defeated Jegbefumere Albert of Nigeria
  • Semifinal - Defeated Andri Fedtchouk of Ukraine
  • Final - Lost to Alexander Lebziak of Russia - Silver medal

Canoe / Kayak

Flatwater

Men's Competition

Men's Kayak Singles 500 m

• Pavel Hottmar
  • Qualifying Heat - 01:44.391
  • Semifinal - 01:41.920 (→ did not advance)

Men's Kayak Singles 1000 m

• Radek Záruba
  • Qualifying Heat - 03:40.731
  • Semifinal - 03:44.347 (→ did not advance)

Men's Kayak Doubles 500 m

• Radek Záruba, Pavel Holubář
  • Qualifying Heat - 01:33.490
  • Semifinal - 01:33.056 (→ did not advance)

Men's Kayak Doubles 1,000 m

• Jan Andrlík, Jan Souček
  • Qualifying Heat - 03:20.760
  • Semifinal - DSQ (→ did not advance)

Men's Kayak Fours 1,000 m

• Pavel Holubář, Pavel Hottmar, Karel Leština, and Jiří Polívka
  • Qualifying Heat - 03:02.053
  • Semifinal - 03:02.851 (→ did not advance)

Men's Canoe Singles 500 m

• Martin Doktor
  • Qualifying Heat - 01:51.174
  • Semifinal - Bye
  • Final - 02:37.467 (→ 8th place)

Men's Canoe Singles 1,000 m

• Martin Doktor
  • Qualifying Heat - 03:55.216
  • Semifinal - Bye
  • Final - 04:02.335 (→ 8th place)

Men's Canoe Doubles 500 m

• Jan Břečka and Petr Procházka
  • Qualifying Heat - 01:44.175
  • Semifinal - 01:46.013 (→ did not advance)

Men's Canoe Doubles 1,000 m

• Jan Břečka and Petr Procházka
  • Qualifying Heat - 03:50.606
  • Semifinal - 03:51.012 (→ did not advance)

Slalom

Men's competition

Men's Kayak Singles

• Tomáš Kobes
  • Qualifying - 255.13
  • Final - 226.99 (7th place)
• Jiří Prskavec
  • Qualifying - 263.01
  • Final - 234.66 (13th place)

Men's Canoe Singles

• Tomáš Indruch
  • Qualifying - 281.75 (did not advance)

Men's Canoe Doubles

• Ondřej Štěpánek, Jaroslav Volf
  • Qualifying - 290.57
  • Final - 253.36 (5th place)
• Marek Jiras, Tomáš Máder
  • Qualifying - 284.07
  • Final - 249.45 (Bronze medal)

Women's competition

Women's Kayak Singles

• Štěpánka Hilgertová
  • Qualifying - 285.07
  • Final - 247.04 (Gold medal)
• Irena Pavelková
  • Qualifying - 290.54
  • Final - 256.11 (5th place)

Cycling

Cross Country Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country Mountain Bike

• Radim Kořínek
  • Final - 2:21:08.59 (29th place)

Road Cycling

Men's Individual Time Trial

• Tomáš Konečný
  • Final - 1:01:36 (28th place)

Men's Road Race

• Pavel Padrnos
  • Final - 5:30:46 (70th place)
• Tomáš Konečný
  • Final - 5:34:58 (74th place)
• Radim Kořínek
  • Final - DNF
• Ján Svorada
  • Final - DNF

Track Cycling

Men's Competition

Men's Sprint

• Pavel Buráň
  • Qualifying — 10.370
  • First Round — Defeated Tomohiro Nagatsuka of Japan
  • 1/8 Finals — Lost to José Vilanueva of Spain
  • 1/8 Finals Repechage — 2 place - Heat 1
  • Finals 9-12 — 9th place

Men's 1 km Time Trial

• Martin Polák
  • Final — 01:05.851 (13th place)

Men's Keirin

• Pavel Buráň
  • First Round — Heat - 2; Place - 1
  • Second Round — Heat - 2; Place - 5 (did not advance)

Men's Olympic Sprint

• Pavel Buráň, Martin Polák, Ivan Vrba
  • Qualifying — 46.276 (did not advance)

Women's Competition

Women's Individual Pursuit

• Lada Kozlíková
  • Qualifying — 03:43.019 (did not advance)

Diving

Men's 3 Metre Springboard

• Jaroslav Makohin
  • Preliminary — 311.67 (39th place, did not advance)

Football (soccer)

Men's team competition

• Group C
  • USA - Czech Republic 2-2
  • Czech Republic - Kuwait 2-3
  • Czech Republic - Cameroon 1-1
• Team Roster
  • Aleš Chvalovský
  • Lukáš Došek
  • Adam Petrouš
  • Radoslav Kováč
  • Roman Lengyel
  • Roman Týce
  • Libor Sionko
  • Tomáš Ujfaluši
  • Marek Jankulovski
  • Tomáš Kučera
  • Milan Baroš
  • Jan Polák
  • Erich Brabec
  • Libor Došek
  • Martin Vozábal
  • Jan Šimák
  • Marek Heinz
  • Jaroslav Drobný
  • Marcel Lička
  • Luděk Stracený
  • Martin Čupr
  • Petr Čech

Sailing

Men's Single Handed Dinghy (Finn)

• Michael Maier
  • Race 1 - 8
  • Race 2 - 19
  • Race 3 - 12
  • Race 4 - (24)
  • Race 5 - 17
  • Race 6 - (26) DNF
  • Race 7 - 17
  • Race 8 - 12
  • Race 9 - 15
  • Race 10 - 17
  • Race 11 - 191
  • Final - 136 (19th place)

Women's Single Handed Dinghy (Europe)

• Lenka Šmídová
  • Race 1 - (15)
  • Race 2 - (19)
  • Race 3 - 15
  • Race 4 - 7
  • Race 5 - 8
  • Race 6 - 3
  • Race 7 - 13
  • Race 8 - 2
  • Race 9 - 15
  • Race 10 - 10
  • Race 11 - 2
  • Final - 75 (7th place)

Swimming

Men's 100 m Freestyle

• Květoslav Svoboda
  • Preliminary Heat — 52.18 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

• Květoslav Svoboda
  • Preliminary Heat — 1:50.29 (did not advance)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

• Vlastimul Burda
  • Preliminary Heat — 03:54.40 (did not advance)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

• Vlastimul Burda
  • Preliminary Heat — 15:33.25 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

• Jan Víťazka
  • Preliminary Heat — 54.34 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

• Daniel Málek
  • Preliminary Heat — 01:01.56
  • Semi-final — 01:01.60
  • Final — 01:01.50 (5th place)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

• Daniel Málek
  • Preliminary Heat — 02:14.10
  • Semi-final — 02:13.46
  • Final — 02:13.20 (5th place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

• Jan Víťazka
  • Preliminary Heat — 02:03.66 (did not advance)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

• Jan Víťazka
  • Preliminary Heat — 04:23.81 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

• Ilona Hlaváčková
  • Preliminary Heat — 57.24 (did not advance)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

• Hana Černá
  • Preliminary Heat — 04:17.96 (did not advance)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

• Hana Černá
  • Preliminary Heat — 08:47.64 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

• Ilona Hlaváčková
  • Preliminary Heat — 01:03.28 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

• Hana Černá
  • Preliminary Heat — 02:17.58 (did not advance)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

• Hana Černá
  • Preliminary Heat — 04:44.11 (did not advance)

Synchronized swimming

Duet

• Soňa Bernardová and Jana Rybářová
  • Technical Routine — 31.033 (did not compete in free routine)

Triathlon

The Czech Republic captured one of the first Olympic triathlon medals when Jan Řehula passed ten other competitors during the final phase of the race to win the bronze medal. Two other Czech triathletes finished the race, while a fourth competitor withdrew during the cycling phase.

Men's:

• Jan Řehula — 1:48:46.64 (bronze medal)
• Martin Krňávek — 1:49:38.01 (13th place)
• Filip Ospalý — DNF

Women's:

• Renata Berková — 2:08:08.37 (29th place)

Volleyball

Men's Beach Competition

• Martin Lebl and Michal Palinek — 17th place (tied)

Women's Beach Competition

• Eva Celbová and Sona Novaková
  • Preliminary Round — defeated Rebekka Kadijk and Debora Schoon-Kadijk (NED) 17-15
  • Round of 16 — Lost to Yukiko Takahashi and Mika Teru Saiki (JPN) 2-15 (→ 9th place)

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch			Clean & Jerk			Total	Rank
		1	2	3	1	2	3
Petr Sobotka	+ 105 kg	170.0	175.0	180.0	210.0	215.0	217.5	392.5	14

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