Bohemia at the 1900 Summer Olympics

Bohemia at the 1900 Summer Olympics
IOC code	BOH
NOC	Czech Olympic Committee
in Paris, France May 14, 1900 – October 28, 1900
Competitors	7 in 4 sports and 9 events
Medals Ranked 20th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1900 1904 1908 1912
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games ––––  Czechoslovakia (1920–1992)  Czech Republic (1994–)

Bohemia competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France as an independent team, though it was part of Austria-Hungary at the time. 7 athletes competed for Bohemia.^[1]

Medalists

Further information: 1900 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 1900 Summer Olympics medal winners

The following competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded. Medals awarded to participants of mixed-NOC teams are represented in italics. These medals are not counted towards the individual NOC medal tally.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	František Janda-Suk	Athletics	Men's discus throw	July 15
Bronze	Hedwig Rosenbaum	Tennis	Women's singles	July
Bronze	Hedwig Rosenbaum	Tennis	Mixed doubles	July

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Athletics	0	1	0	1
Tennis	0	0	1	1
Total	0	1	1	2

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	4	0	4
Cycling	1	0	1
Gymnastics	1	0	1
Tennis	0	1	1
Total	6	1	7

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Václav Nový	100 m	Unknown	3	Did not advanced
Karel Nedvěd	400 m	DNS		—				Did not advanced
Ondřej Pukl	800 m	Unknown	4-5	—				Did not advanced
Ondřej Pukl	1500 m	—						Unknown	7-9
Karel Nedvěd	110 m hurdles	DNS		—		Did not advanced
Karel Nedvěd	400 m hurdles	Unknown	3	—				Did not advanced

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Václav Nový	Men's standing triple jump	—		DNS
František Janda-Suk	Men's discus throw	35.04	2	35.14

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1900 Summer Olympics

Bohemia competed in the second Olympic cycling competition. The nation's only cyclist, František Hirsch, had little success.

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
František Hirsch	Men's sprint	Unknown	4-8	Did not advance

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1900 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Final
		Score	Rank
František Erben	All-Around	249	=32

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 1900 Summer Olympics

Rosenbaumová took bronze in the women's singles. Rosenbaumová also won another bronze medal in the mixed doubles with British playing partner Archibald Warden.

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Hedwig Rosenbaum	Women's singles	Bye	Prévost (FRA) L 1–6, 1–6	Did not advance
Hedwig Rosenbaum (BOH)  Archibald Warden (GBR)	Mixed doubles	Gillou / Verdé-Delisle (FRA) W 6–3, 3–6, 6-2	Prévost (FRA) /  Mahony (GBR) L 3–6, 0-6	Did not advance

References

1. "Bohemia at the 1900 Paris Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2013-05-11.