Bohemia at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Bohemia at the
1908 Summer Olympics
IOC codeBOH
NOCCzech Olympic Committee
in London
Competitors19 in 5 sports
Medals
Ranked 17th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
2
Total
2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

––––

 Czechoslovakia (1920–1992)
 Czech Republic (1994–)

Bohemia competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England as an independent team, though it was part of Austria-Hungary at the time.

Medalists

Further information: 1908 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 1908 Summer Olympics medal winners
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Bronze Vilém Goppold von Lobsdorf Fencing Men's sabre July 24
 Bronze Otakar Lada, Vlastimil Lada-Sázavský,
Bedřich Schejbal, Jaroslav Tuček,
Vilém Goppold von Lobsdorf		 Fencing Men's team sabre July 24

Results by event

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Event Place Athlete Heats Semifinals Final
Men's 5 miles Semi-
finalist		 Arnošt Nejedlý None held Unknown
3rd, semifinal 6		 Did not advance
Men's marathon 18th Arnošt Nejedlý None held 3:26:26.2
Event Place Athlete Height/
Distance
Men's discus throw 12-42 František Souček Unknown
Miroslav Šustera Unknown
Men's Greek discus 11-23 Miroslav Šustera Unknown
Men's freestyle javelin 10-33 František Souček Unknown

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Bohemia refused to fence Italy in the silver medal match of the men's team sabre, contending that the repechage system was unfair.

Event Place Fencer First
round		 Second
round		 Semi-
final		 Final
Men's épée Second
round		 Vilém Tvrzský 4-4 (2nd in D) 2-2 (3rd in 4) Did not advance
Vilém Goppold von Lobsdorf 4-2 (2nd in G) 2-2 (3rd in 3)
Vlastimil Lada-Sázavský 5-1 (1st in B) 0-4 (5th in 5)
Jaroslav Tuček 4-2 (2nd in A) 1-3 (5th in 7)
First
round		 Bedřich Schejbal 1-4 (5th in F) Did not advance
Otakar Lada 3-5 (6th in E)
František Dušek 0-6 (7th in H)
Men's sabre 3rd Vilém Goppold von Lobsdorf 7-0 (1st in J) 3-1 (1st in 3) 5-2 (1st in 2) 4-3
Second
round		 Bedřich Schejbal 3-2 (2nd in L) 1-2 (3rd in 4) Did not advance
Otakar Lada 3-1 (1st in B) 2-2 (3rd in 5)
Vilém Tvrzský 3-2 (3rd in K) 0-3 (4th in 4)
Vlastimil Lada-Sázavský 3-2 (2nd in A) 1-3 (4th in 7)
First
round		 Jaroslav Šourek-Tuček 1-4 (5th in A) Did not advance
František Dušek 2-4 (5th in M)
Event Place Fencers Play-in
match		 First
round		 Semi-
finals		 Final Repechage Silver
medal match
Men's team épée 6th Otakar Lada
Vlastimil Lada-Sázavský
Vilém Goppold von Lobsdorf
Vilém Tvrzský		 Bye Lost to Italy
12-5
Out
6th place		 Did not advance Not relegated
Men's team sabre 3rd Vlastimil Lada-Sázavský (all)
Vilém Goppold von Lobsdorf (all)
Bedřich Schejbal (all)
Jaroslav Šourek-Tuček (f)
Otakar Lada (1st, sf)[1]		 Not held Defeated Netherlands
9-8
Advanced to
semifinals		 Defeated France
9-7
Advanced to
final		 Lost to Hungary
9-7
Relegated to
silver medal match		 Bye Lost to Italy
Walkover
Won
bronze medal

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Gymnast Event Score Rank
Josef Čada Men's all-around 222.5 25
Bohumil Honzátko Men's all-around 205.5 36

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Event Place Name Round
of 64		 Round
of 32		 Round
of 16		 Quarter-
finals		 Semi-
finals		 Final
Men's singles 9th Bohuslav Hykš Bye Defeated Zsigmondy Lost to Dixon Did not advance
David Slíva Bye Bye Lost to Brown
16th Ladislav Žemla Bye Lost to R. Powell Did not advance
26th Jozef Micovský Lost to Tóth Did not advance
Men's doubles 11th Bohuslav Hykš
David Slíva		 None held Lost to
Gauntlett/Kitson		 Did not advance
Opponent nation Wins Losses Percent
Canada 0 2 .000
Great Britain 0 1 .000
Hungary 1 1 .500
South Africa 0 1 .000
Total 1 5 .167

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics

All 4 Bohemian wrestlers lost their first match.

Event Place Wrestler Round
of 32		 Round
of 16		 Quarter-
finals		 Semi-
finals		 Final
Greco-Roman lightweight 17th Karel Halík Lost to
Wood		 Did not advance
Greco-Roman middleweight 9th Jaroslav Týfa Bye Lost to
Belmer		 Did not advance
17th Josef Bechyně Lost to
Mårtensson		 Did not advance
Greco-Roman light heavyweight 17th Miroslav Šustera Lost to
West		 Did not advance
Opponent nation Wins Losses Percent
Great Britain 0 2 .000
Netherlands 0 1 .000
Sweden 0 1 .000
Total 0 4 .000

Notes

  1. ^ This fencer competed in the team event, but is not listed in the IOC medallist database.

Sources

  • Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
  • De Wael, Herman (2001). "Top London 1908 Olympians". Herman's Full Olympians. Archived from the original on 12 July 2006. Retrieved 10 June 2006.