Czechoslovakia at the 1952 Winter Olympics
| Czechoslovakia at the 1952 Winter Olympics | |||||||||
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| IOC code | TCH | ||||||||
| NOC | Czechoslovak Olympic Committee | ||||||||
| in Oslo | |||||||||
| Competitors | 22 (men) in 3 sports | ||||||||
| Flag bearer | Vlastimil Bubník (ice hockey) | ||||||||
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |||||||||
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Czechoslovakia competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway.
Cross-country skiing
- Men
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 18 km | Štefan Kovalčík | DNF | – |
| Vladimír Šimůnek | 1'12:34 | 47 | |
| Vlastimil Melich | 1'10:09 | 29 | |
| 50 km | František Balvín | 4'21:19 | 21 |
| Jaroslav Cardal | 4'01:49 | 14 | |
- Men's 4 × 10 km relay
| Athletes | Race | |
|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | |
| Vladimír Šimůnek Štefan Kovalčík Vlastimil Melich Jaroslav Cardal |
2'37:12 | 8 |
Ice hockey
The tournament was run in a round-robin format with nine teams participating.
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Canada |
8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 71 | 14 | 15 |
 United States |
8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 21 | 13 |
 Sweden |
9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 53 | 22 | 14 |
| Czechoslovakia 4th |
9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 50 | 23 | 12 |
 Switzerland |
8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 40 | 8 |
 Poland |
8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 56 | 5 |
 Finland |
8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 60 | 4 |
 West Germany |
8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 53 | 3 |
 Norway |
8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 46 | 0 |
- Czechoslovakia 8-2 Poland
- Norway 0-6 Czechoslovakia
- Czechoslovakia 6-1 Germany FR
- Canada 4-1 Czechoslovakia
- Czechoslovakia 11-2 Finland
- Czechoslovakia 8-3 Switzerland
- USA 6-3 Czechoslovakia
- Czechoslovakia 4-0 Sweden
- Sweden 5-3 Czechoslovakia 1
1 Sweden and Czechoslovakia were tied with identical record and goal differentials, so a tie breaker game was played.
- Contestants
- Slavomír Bartoň
- Miloslav Blažek
- Václav Bubník
- Vlastimil Bubník
- Miloslav Charouzd
- Bronislav Danda
- Karel Gut
- Vlastimil Hajšman
- Jan Lidral
- Miroslav Nový
- Miloslav Ošmera
- Zdeněk Pýcha
- Miroslav Rejman
- Jan Richter
- Oldřich Sedlák
- Jiří Sekyra
- Jozef Záhorský
Nordic combined
Events:
- 18 km cross-country skiing
- normal hill ski jumping
The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event, meaning that athletes competing here were skiing for two disciplines at the same time. Details can be found above in this article, in the cross-country skiing section.
The ski jumping (normal hill) event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found in the table below (athletes were allowed to perform three jumps, the best two jumps were counted and are shown here).
| Athlete | Event | Cross-country | Ski Jumping | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Vlastimil Melich | Individual | 211.818 | 10 | 56.0 | 58.0 | 179.0 | 22 | 390.818 | 16 |
References
- (ed.) Rolf Petersen (1952). The Official Report of the Organising Committee of the VIth Winter Olympic Games 1952 at Oslo (PDF). Oslo. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- Olympic Winter Games 1952, full results by sports-reference.com