
Czechoslovakia at the 1952 Winter Olympics
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Cross-country skiing
MenEvent | Athlete | Race | |
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Time | Rank | ||
18 km | Štefan Kovalčík Štefan Kovalcík Štefan Kovalčík was a Czechoslovakian/Slovak cross country skier who competed in the 1940s and in the 1950s. He was born in Kežmarok and died in Bratislava.... |
DNF | – |
Vladimír Šimůnek Vladimír Šimunek Vladimír Šimůnek was a Czechoslovakian cross country skier who competed in the 1950s. He finished 47th in the 18 km event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo.-External links:**... |
1'12:34 | 47 | |
Vlastimil Melich Vlastimil Melich Vlastimil Melich was a Czechoslovakian Nordic skier who competed in the 1950s. At the 1952 Winter Olympics, he finished 16th in the Nordic combined event, 29th in the 18 km cross country skiing event, and eighth in the 4 × 10 km cross country skiing relay.Melich competed at the 1956 Winter... |
1'10:09 | 29 | |
50 km | František Balvín František Balvín František Balvín was a Czechoslovakian cross country skier who competed in the late 1930s, 1940s and early 1950s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he finished 11th in the 50 km event in 1948 and 21st in the 50 km event in 1952. He was born in Žďár nad Sázavou, Vysočina in the Czech... |
4'21:19 | 21 |
Jaroslav Cardal Jaroslav Cardal Jaroslav Cardal was a Czechoslovakian cross country skier who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he finished eighth in the 50 km event in 1948 and 14th in the 50 km event in 1952.... |
4'01:49 | 14 |
Men's 4 x 10 km relay
Athletes | Race | |
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Time | Rank | |
Vladimír Šimůnek Vladimír Šimunek Vladimír Šimůnek was a Czechoslovakian cross country skier who competed in the 1950s. He finished 47th in the 18 km event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo.-External links:**... Štefan Kovalčík Štefan Kovalcík Štefan Kovalčík was a Czechoslovakian/Slovak cross country skier who competed in the 1940s and in the 1950s. He was born in Kežmarok and died in Bratislava.... Vlastimil Melich Vlastimil Melich Vlastimil Melich was a Czechoslovakian Nordic skier who competed in the 1950s. At the 1952 Winter Olympics, he finished 16th in the Nordic combined event, 29th in the 18 km cross country skiing event, and eighth in the 4 × 10 km cross country skiing relay.Melich competed at the 1956 Winter... Jaroslav Cardal Jaroslav Cardal Jaroslav Cardal was a Czechoslovakian cross country skier who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he finished eighth in the 50 km event in 1948 and 14th in the 50 km event in 1952.... |
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 |
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8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 71 | 14 | 15 | |
8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 21 | 13 | |
9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 53 | 22 | 14 | |
4th | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 50 | 23 | 12 |
8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 40 | 8 | |
8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 56 | 5 | |
8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 60 | 4 | |
8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 53 | 3 | |
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 BubníkVlastimil BubníkVlastimil Bubník was a Czech ice hockey player and footballer.Bubník played in the Czechoslovak Extraliga. He played for HC Brno and Královo Pole. He also won a bronze medal at the 1964 Winter Olympics...
- Miloslav Charouzd
- Bronislav Danda
- Karel GutKarel GutKarel Gut is a ice hockey player who played in the Czechoslovak Extraliga. He won a three bronze medals on the World Championships. He was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 1998.-External links:*...
- 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
Cross-country skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics
The 1952 Winter Olympics cross-country skiing competition consisted of three events for men and the first women's cross-country competition at an Olympic Games, of 10 km. The competitions were held from Monday, February 18 to Saturday, February 23, 1952.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal...
, 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 | |||||
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Points | Rank | Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Vlastimil Melich Vlastimil Melich Vlastimil Melich was a Czechoslovakian Nordic skier who competed in the 1950s. At the 1952 Winter Olympics, he finished 16th in the Nordic combined event, 29th in the 18 km cross country skiing event, and eighth in the 4 × 10 km cross country skiing relay.Melich competed at the 1956 Winter... |
Individual | 211.818 | 10 | 56.0 | 58.0 | 179.0 | 22 | 390.818 | 16 |