Czechoslovakia at the 1928 Winter Olympics

Czechoslovakia competed at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Rudolf Burkert won the first Czechoslovak medal from the Winter Olympics. Libuše Veselá was the first Czechoslovak woman to take part in the Winter Olympics.

Czechoslovakia at the
1928 Winter Olympics
IOC codeTCH
NOCCzechoslovak Olympic Committee
in St. Moritz
Competitors29 in 6 sports
Medals
Ranked 8th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Czech Republic (1994–)
 Slovakia (1994–)

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 BronzeRudolf BurkertSki jumpingMen's individual

Cross-country skiing

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Athlete Event Race
Time Rank
Franz Donth 18 km 1:47:14 11
50 km 5:37:36 14
Otakar Německý 18 km 1:50:20 16
Vladimír Novák 18 km 1:47:53 12
Josef Feistauer 50 km Did not finish
Václav Fišera 50 km 5:42:55 18
Josef Německý 50 km 5:35:46 11

Figure skating

[1]

Athlete(s) Event CF FS TO Points Rank
Josef Slíva Men's 5 6 36 2442.00 5
Libuše Veselá & Vojtěch Veselý Pairs 102 60.00 12

Ice hockey

[1]

7 Czechoslovakia (TCH)
Wolfgang Dorasil
Karel Hromádka
Jan Krásl
Erwin Lichnofsky (Johann Lichnowski)
Josef Maleček
Jan Peka
Jaroslav Pušbauer
Jaroslav Řezáč
Josef Šroubek
Miroslav Steigenhöfer
Jiří Tožička

The top team (highlighted) advanced to the medal round.

Team GP W T L GF GA
 Sweden211052
 Czechoslovakia210135
 Poland201145
February 11 Sweden3:0
(1:0,1:0,1:0)
 Czechoslovakia
February 12 Sweden2:2
(1:0,1:2,0:0)
 Poland
February 13 Czechoslovakia3:2
(1:1,1:1,1:0)
 Poland

Nordic combined

Athlete Event Cross-country Ski jumping Total
Time Rank Points Points Rank Points Rank
Walter Buchberger Individual 2:02:36 7.250 19 14.562 14 10.906 18
Rudolf Burkert 2:04:24 6.375 21 18.833 1 12.604 12
Otakar Německý 1:50:20 13.375 8 12.616 20 12.990 9
Franz Wende 2:00:50 8.125 16 Did not finish

Ski jumping

Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Rank Distance Rank Points Rank
Josef Bím Normal hill 49.5 19 51.0 31 14.728 20
Rudolf Burkert 57.0 4 59.5 12 17.937 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Willy Möhwald 46.0 30 59.0 16 15.500 15
Karl Wondrak 48.5 23 49.0 33 14.478 21

Military patrol (demonstration event)

Team Race

  • Czechoslovakia - 4:15:07 (6th place)

References

  1. "Resultats des Concours, IImes Jeux Olympiques d'Hiver" (PDF). Comite Olympique Suisse. LA84 Foundation. 1928. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
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