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Czech Republic at the 2016 Summer Olympics
| Czech Republic at the 2016 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | CZE |
| NOC | Czech Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Rio de Janeiro | |
| Competitors | 105 in 20 sports |
| Flag bearers | Lukáš Krpálek (opening)[1] Josef Dostál (closing) |
| Medals Ranked 43rd |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
 Bohemia (1900–1912) Czechoslovakia (1924–1992) | |
The Czech Republic competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's sixth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics after splitting from the former Czechoslovakia. The Czech team consisted of 105 athletes, 63 men and 42 women, across twenty sports.[2]
Czech Republic returned home from Rio de Janeiro with a total of 10 medals (1 gold, 2 silver, and 7 bronze), marking the country's second-most successful Olympics, behind tallies of 11 achieved at Atlanta 1996 and London 2012.[3][4] Three of the medals were awarded to the Czech squad in canoeing and tennis, while the rest to the competitors in judo, track and field, mountain biking, and rowing.
Among the medalists were 2014 world judo champion Lukáš Krpálek, who captured the country's only gold medal in the men's half-heavyweight division (100 kg), and rower Ondřej Synek, who managed to add a bronze to his Olympic career treasury of two silvers in the men's single sculls.[5] Flatwater canoeist and two-time world champion Josef Dostál contributed two of the country's medals, picking up a silver in the K-1 1000 m, and a bronze as a member of the Czech crew in the kayak four, his second consecutive medal in that event.[6] Despite witnessing her three-peat bid come to an end with a bronze at the Games, double Olympic champion Barbora Špotáková cemented her place in history as the first woman to score three medals in the javelin throw.[7] Mountain biker Jaroslav Kulhavý closed out the nation's Olympic campaign by taking home the silver medal in the men's cross-country race, losing his title defense to Switzerland's Nino Schurter.[2]
Despite achieving total of 10 medals, for the first time since 1980 Summer Olympics Czech Republic / Czechoslovakia didn't win any medal in shooting competitions.
- ^ "Vlajku české výpravy ponese judista. Olympionici vybrali Krpálka" [Flag bearer will be a judoka. Olympians chose Krpálek] (in Czech). MAFRA. 3 August 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
- ^ a b Willoughby, Ian (13 July 2016). "Smallest ever Czech team set for Rio Olympics". Radio Prague. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
- ^ Park, Dave (21 August 2016). "Czech Republic Finishes 2016 Olympics in Rio with 10 Medals". Expats.cz. Archived from the original on 8 October 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
- ^ "Česká medaile č.10! Biker Kulhavý bere stříbro, Schurter mu oplatil porážku z Londýna" [Tenth medal for the Czechs! Biker Kulhavý takes the silver, as Schurter bounces back from his London loss to beat him] (in Czech). Czech Olympic Committee. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
- ^ Valinger, Jan (12 August 2016). "Krpálek clinches Olympic gold in judo competition". Radio Prague. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
- ^ Willoughby, Ian (16 August 2016). "Canoeist Dostál takes first silver for Czechs in Rio". Radio Prague. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
- ^ "Špotáková je nejúspěšnější olympijskou oštěpařkou všech dob. V Riu vybojovala bronz" [Špotáková emerged as one of the most successful Olympic javelin throwers of all-time, earning a bronze in Rio] (in Czech). Česká televize. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
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