Czech Republic at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Czech Republic at the 1998 Winter Olympics
IOC code	CZE
NOC	Czech Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.cz (in Czech and English)
in Nagano
Competitors	61 (48 men, 13 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Lubomír Buchta (cross-country skiing)
Medals Ranked 14th	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 3
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The Czech Republic competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. The medal hopes were set on ice hockey team and Kateřina Neumannová in cross-country skiing. The ice hockey team won their first gold medal in history.^[1] Kateřina Neumannová was also successful, winning one silver and one bronze medal. The surprise performance for the team was freestyle skier Aleš Valenta who came fourth.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Czech Republic men's national ice hockey team Jan Čaloun Roman Čechmánek Jiří Dopita Roman Hamrlík Dominik Hašek Milan Hejduk Milan Hnilička Jaromír Jágr František Kučera Robert Lang David Moravec Pavel Patera Libor Procházka Martin Procházka Robert Reichel Martin Ručinský Vladimír Růžička Jiří Šlégr Richard Šmehlík Jaroslav Špaček Martin Straka Petr Svoboda	Ice hockey	Men's tournament	22 February
Silver	Kateřina Neumannová	Cross-country skiing	Women's 5 kilometre classical	10 February
Bronze	Kateřina Neumannová	Cross-country skiing	Women's 10 kilometre freestyle pursuit	12 February

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[2]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	1	1	2
Biathlon	4	4	8
Bobsleigh	5	–	5
Cross-country skiing	5	5	10
Figure skating	2	3	5
Freestyle skiing	1	0	1
Ice hockey	21	0	21
Nordic combined	5	–	5
Ski jumping	4	–	4
Total	48	13	61

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Rank
Marcel Maxa	Giant Slalom	1:25.88	1:23.63	2:49.51	29
Marcel Maxa	Slalom	57.81	DNF	DNF	–

Men's combined

Athlete	Slalom		Downhill	Total
	Time 1	Time 2	Time	Total time	Rank
Marcel Maxa	49.73	46.44	DSQ	DSQ	–

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Rank
Lucie Hrstková	Downhill			1:33.00	31
Lucie Hrstková	Super-G			1:21.74	35
Lucie Hrstková	Giant Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–
Lucie Hrstková	Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–

Women's combined

Athlete	Downhill	Slalom		Total
	Time	Time 1	Time 2	Total time	Rank
Lucie Hrstková	1:33.29	39.30	37.37	2:49.96	15

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses ^1	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Petr Garabík	3	30:51.3	53
	Zdeněk Vítek	2	30:46.5	51
	Ivan Masařík	2	28:58.6	15

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ^2	Rank
20 km	Petr Garabík	58:28.8	6	1'04:28.8	56
	Jiří Holubec	59:08.8	2	1'01:08.8	34
	Ivan Masařík	56:30.7	1	57:30.7	4

Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Misses ^1	Time	Rank
Petr Garabík Zdeněk Vítek Jiří Holubec Ivan Masařík	0	1'26:35.5	14

Women

Event	Athlete	Misses ^1	Time	Rank
7.5 km Sprint	Kateřina Losmanová-Holubcová	3	26:51.7	57
	Irena Novotná-Česneková	3	25:30.4	40
	Jiřína Adamičková-Pelcová	1	25:14.5	35
	Eva Háková	1	24:58.6	26

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ^2	Rank
15 km	Eva Háková	57:25.4	6	1'03:25.4	53
	Kateřina Losmanová-Holubcová	1'00:48.9	1	1'01:48.9	44
	Jiřína Adamičková-Pelcová	58:26.3	3	1'01:26.3	38
	Irena Novotná-Česneková	57:09.0	3	1'00:09.0	30

Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Misses ^1	Time	Rank
Kateřina Losmanová-Holubcová Irena Novotná-Česneková Jiřína Adamičková-Pelcová Eva Háková	0	1'43:20.5	6

¹ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.

² One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
CZE-1	Jiří Dzmura Pavel Polomský	Two-man	55.30	16	55.11	17	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
CZE-2	Pavel Puškár Jan Kobián	Two-man	54.99	12	54.60	5	54.46	8	54.54	7	3:38.59	8

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
CZE-1	Pavel Puškár Peter Kondrát Pavel Polomský Jan Kobián	Four-man	53.61	12	53.80	16	53.88	11	2:41.29	13

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
10 km C	Lubomír Buchta	30:38.4	52
	Lukáš Bauer	30:11.1	45
	Martin Koukal	29:41.8	35
	Petr Michl	29:28.5	32
15 km pursuit^1 F	Lubomír Buchta	45:36.6	50
	Martin Koukal	44:41.8	37
	Lukáš Bauer	44:16.3	32
	Petr Michl	42:47.5	23
30 km C	Lubomír Buchta	DNF	–
	Lukáš Bauer	1'42:08.8	33
	Jiří Magál	1'40:29.6	22
50 km F	Jiří Magál	2'21:30.5	47
	Petr Michl	2'13:08.3	17
	Lubomír Buchta	2'11:34.8	13

¹ Starting delay based on 10 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Lukáš Bauer Martin Koukal Petr Michl Jiří Magál	1'45:35.4	15

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
5 km C	Zuzana Kocumová	19:58.3	59
	Jana Šaldová	19:00.4	28
	Kateřina Hanušová	18:49.1	22
	Kateřina Neumannová	17:42.7
10 km pursuit^2 F	Zuzana Kocumová	32:34.9	41
	Kateřina Hanušová	30:58.8	24
	Kateřina Neumannová	28:37.2
15 km C	Iveta Zelingerová-Fortová	52:26.3	44
	Jana Šaldová	51:33.8	29
	Kateřina Neumannová	49:01.9	9
30 km F	Zuzana Kocumová	1'32:52.1	35
	Kateřina Hanušová	1'29:59.9	23

² Starting delay based on 5 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Women's 4 × 5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Jana Šaldová Kateřina Neumannová Kateřina Hanušová Zuzana Kocumová	56:58.7	6

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Women

Athlete	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Lenka Kulovaná	16	18	26.0	18

Pairs

Athletes	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Kateřina Beránková Otto Dlabola	14	15	22.0	15

Ice Dancing

Athletes	CD1	CD2	OD	FD	TFP	Rank
Kateřina Mrázová Martin Šimeček	13	13	13	13	26.0	13

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Aleš Valenta	Aerials	205.50	11 Q	232.25	4

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men's tournament

First Round - Group D

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Russia	3	3	0	0	15	6	+9	6
Czech Republic	3	2	1	0	12	4	+8	4
Finland	3	1	2	0	11	9	+2	2
Kazakhstan	3	0	3	0	6	25	-19	0

All times are local (UTC-7).

13 February 1998

Czech Republic

3 – 0 (0-0, 0-1, 0-2)

Finland

The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 5,050

15 February 1998

Czech Republic

8 – 2 (0-1, 2-3, 0-4)

Kazakhstan

The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,975

16 February 1998

Russia

2 – 1 (0-0, 0-1, 2-0)

Czech Republic

The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,847

Quarter-final

All times are local (UTC-7).

18 February 1998

Czech Republic

4 – 1 (1-0, 0-3, 0-1)

United States

The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,822

Semi-final

All times are local (UTC-7).

20 February 1998

Canada

1 – 2 (SO) (0-0, 0-0, 1-1, 0-0, 0-1)

Czech Republic

The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,279

Gold Medal Game

All times are local (UTC-7).

22 February 1998

Czech Republic

1 – 0 (0-0, 0-0, 1-0)

Russia

The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,985

Gold:

Czech Republic Josef Beránek Jan Čaloun Roman Čechmánek Jiří Dopita Roman Hamrlík Dominik Hašek Milan Hejduk Milan Hnilička Jaromír Jágr František Kučera Robert Lang David Moravec Pavel Patera Libor Procházka Martin Procházka Robert Reichel Martin Ručinský Vladimír Růžička-C Jiří Šlégr Richard Šmehlík Jaroslav Špaček Martin Straka Petr Svoboda

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men's individual

Events:

• normal hill ski jumping
• 15 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping		Cross-country time	Total rank
		Points	Rank
Petr Šmejc	Individual	195.0	34	48:37.4	40
Ladislav Rygl		204.5	23	44:20.8	14
Jan Matura		218.0	12	47:35.0	35
Milan Kučera		228.0	8	42:45.8	5

Men's Team

Four participants per team.

Events:

• normal hill ski jumping
• 5 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)

Athletes	Ski jumping		Cross-country time	Total rank
	Points	Rank
Marek Fiurášek Milan Kučera Jan Matura Ladislav Rygl	900.5	4	57:04.7	8

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2		Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Jakub Sucháček	Normal hill	77.5	87.5	29 Q	81.0	96.0	183.5	28
Jaroslav Sakala		77.5	89.0	28 Q	80.5	96.0	185.0	26
Michal Doležal		81.5	98.5	20 Q	87.5	112.5	211.0	11
František Jež		83.5	103.0	13 Q	77.5	89.5	192.5	24
Jaroslav Sakala	Large hill	91.5	61.2	56	did not advance
František Jež		113.5	104.3	25 Q	113.0	104.4	208.7	24
Michal Doležal		116.0	107.8	18 Q	130.5	135.4	243.2	8
Jakub Sucháček		117.5	111.0	13 Q	121.0	118.3	229.3	15

Men's team large hill

Athletes	Result
	Points ^1	Rank
Jakub Sucháček František Jež Michal Doležal Jaroslav Sakala	710.3	7

¹ Four teams members performed two jumps each.

References

1. "Czech Republic Beats Russia for Gold". The Washington Post. 23 February 1998. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. Czechia at the 1998 Winter Olympics

• Olympic Winter Games 1998, full results by sports-reference.com