Czech Republic at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Czech Republic at the
2008 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeCZE
NPCCzech Paralympic Committee
Websitewww.paralympic.cz
in Beijing
Competitors56 in 8 sports
Flag bearer Marketa Sidkova
Medals
Ranked 16th
Gold
6
Silver
3
Bronze
18
Total
27
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Czechoslovakia (1972–1992)

Czech Republic sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China.

Medallists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold David Drahoninsky Archery Men's individual compound W1
 Gold Eva Kacanu Athletics Women's shot put F54–56
 Gold Jiří Ježek Cycling Men's road time trial LC2
 Gold Jiří Ježek Cycling Men's individual pursuit LC2
 Gold Běla Hlaváčková Swimming Women's 50m backstroke S5
 Gold Běla Hlaváčková Swimming Women's 100m breaststroke SB4
 Silver Jiri Bouska Cycling Men's 1 km time trial CP4
 Silver Jiří Ježek Cycling Men's 1 km time trial LC2
 Silver Běla Hlaváčková Swimming Women's 50m freestyle S5
 Bronze Miroslava Cerna
Lenka Kuncova
Marketa Sidkova		 Archery Women's team recurve
 Bronze Jan Vanek Athletics Men's club throw F32/51
 Bronze Martin Zvolánek Athletics Men's discus throw F32/51
 Bronze Roman Musil Athletics Men's discus throw F33–34/52
 Bronze Rostislav Pohlmann Athletics Men's javelin throw F57–58
 Bronze Martin Němec Athletics Men's shot put F55–56
 Bronze Jana Fesslova Athletics Women's discus throw F54–56
 Bronze Eva Berna Athletics Women's shot put F37–38
 Bronze Ladislav Kratina
Radek Prochazka		 Boccia Mixed pairs BC4
 Bronze Tomas Kvasnicka Cycling Men's road race LC3-4/CP3
 Bronze Marketa Mackova Cycling Mixed time trial CP1–2
 Bronze Tomas Kvasnicka Cycling Men's 1 km time trial CP3
 Bronze Jiri Bouska
Jiří Ježek
Tomas Kvasnicka		 Cycling Men's team sprint LC1–4/CP 3/4
 Bronze Jan Povysil Swimming Men's 50m freestyle S4
 Bronze Jan Povysil Swimming Men's 100m freestyle S4
 Bronze Jan Povysil Swimming Men's 200m freestyle S4
 Bronze Běla Hlaváčková Swimming Women's 100m freestyle S5

Sports

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Score Seed Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Rank
Jiri Klich Men's individual compound open 676 6 —  Tornstrom (SWE)
W 106-103 		 Simonelli (ITA)
L 110-111 		did not advance
David Drahoninsky Men's individual compound W1 665 1 —  Lehner (SUI)
W 106-102 		 Kinnunen (FIN)
W 99-97 		 Cavanagh (GBR)
W 108-103 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Zdenek Sebek 586 11 —  An (KOR)
L 100-104 		did not advance

Women

Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Score Seed Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Rank
Miroslava Cerna Women's individual recurve W1/W2 476 17  Droste (GER)
L 87-89 		did not advance
Lenka Kuncova 515 13  Tremblay (CAN)
W 84-49 		 Girismen (TUR)
L 85-103 		did not advance
Marketa Sidkova 593 3 —  Nakanishi (JPN)
L 74-82 		did not advance
Miroslava Cerna
Lenka Kuncova
Marketa Sidkova 		Women's team recurve 1584 6 —  Japan (JPN)
W 174-167 		 South Korea (KOR)
L 184-199 		 Poland (POL)
W 184-182 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men's field

Athlete Class Event Final
Result Points Rank
Radim Běleš F32/51 Club throw 25.43 1056 4
Discus throw 9.92 1010 5
Milan Blaha F53–54 Shot put 8.88 SB 914 12
Dušan Grézl F37–38 Shot put 12.09 810 9
Ales Kisy F53–54 Shot put 8.25 SB 1015 4
Jiri Kohout F37–38 Long jump 5.22 SB 907 10
Roman Musil F33–34/52 Discus throw 27.11 1026 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Javelin throw 25.05 1158 4
Shot put 10.37 996 7
Martin Němec F55–56 Discus throw 37.48 987 4
Shot put 11.55 1020 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Rostislav Pohlmann F57–58 Discus throw 45.48 SB 975 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Javelin throw 39.85 SB 1027 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Frantisek Serbus F32 Shot put 6.55 - 6
F32/51 Discus throw 17.05 979 7
Miroslav Šperk F55–56 Discus throw 36.64 951 5
Josef Stiak F55–56 Discus throw 36.12 SB 938 7
Javelin throw 31.88 874 4
Jan Vaněk F32/51 Club throw 25.59 1063 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Jan Vlk F37–38 Long jump 4.56 792 13
Petr Vratil F37–38 Javelin throw 44.66 SB 911 8
Martin Zvolánek F32/51 Club throw 25.07 1041 5
Discus throw 10.78 1098 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Women's track

Athlete Class Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Miroslava Sedlackova T11 100m 14.00 10 did not advance
200m 28.47 9 did not advance
T12–13 800m 2:21.54 5 did not advance
T13 1500m — 4:53.78 5
Anezka Vejrazkova T38 100m 14.87 8 Q 14.81 7
200m 30.57 6 Q 30.61 6

Women's field

Athlete Class Event Final
Result Points Rank
Eva Berná F37–38 Discus throw 25.60 871 10
Shot put 10.84 1057 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Vladimíra Bujárková F37–38 Discus throw 18.80 640 14
Shot put 8.96 SB 874 12
Andrea Farkasova F35–38 Javelin throw 18.29 676 18
Jana Fesslová F54–56 Discus throw 24.82 946 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Javelin throw 17.30 974 9
Eva Kacanu F54–56 Shot put 6.73 WR 1084 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Martina Kniezková F32–34/51-53 Discus throw 13.39 902 9
Javelin throw 7.94 883 12
Daniela Vratilova F37–38 Discus throw 28.13 950 4
Nela Zabloudilova F37–38 Shot put 8.84 862 13

Boccia

Main article: Boccia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Event Preliminaries Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opponent Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Ladislav Kratina Mixed individual BC4  Lau W Y V (HKG) L 2-6 4 did not advance
 Dueso (ESP) W 6-2
 Beres (HUN) L 1-9
Radek Prochazka  Qi C (CHN) L 0-12 3 did not advance
 E Santos (BRA) L 0-8
 Desamparados Baixauli (ESP) W 8-1
Ladislav Kratina
Radek Prochazka 		Pairs BC4  F Pereira (POR) /
 Valentim (POR)		 L 5-6 1 Q —  Pinto (BRA) /
 E Santos (BRA)
L 1-4 		 Dueso (ESP) /
 Desamparados Baixauli (ESP)
W 7-3 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
 Lau W Y V (HKG) /
 Leung Y W (HKG)		 W 4-2
 Ni (CHN) /
 Qi C (CHN)		 W 8-1

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men's road

Athlete Event Time Rank
Jiri Bouska Men's road race LC1/LC2/CP4 1:46:13 5
Men's road time trial CP4 36:18.49 4
Radovan Civis Men's road race HC B 1:31:56 8
Men's road time trial HC B 23:46.53 11
Jiří Ježek Men's road race LC1/LC2/CP4 1:46:18 12
Men's road time trial LC2 33:36.70 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Lubos Jirka Men's road race LC1/LC2/CP4 DNF
Men's road time trial CP4 37:25.57 6
Tomas Kvasnicka Men's road race LC3/LC4/CP3 1:38:01 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Men's road time trial CP3 42:36.23 6
Marcel Pipek Men's road race HC B DNF
Men's road time trial HC B 24:12.99 12
Josef Winkler Mixed road race 52:56 7
Mixed road time trial 26:35.68 9

Men's track

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Time Rank Opposition
Time 		Rank
Jiri Bouska Men's individual pursuit CP4 3:45.269 3 q  Neira (ESP)
L 3:48.912 		4
Men's time trial CP4 — 1:11.19 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Jiří Ježek Men's individual pursuit LC2 4:45.28 PR 1 Q  Alcaide (ESP)
W 4:47.00 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Men's time trial LC2 — 1:11.18 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Lubos Jirka Men's individual pursuit CP4 3:53.556 6 did not advance
Men's time trial CP4 — 1:16.01 6
Tomas Kvasnicka Men's individual pursuit CP3 4:11.715 5 did not advance
Men's time trial CP3 — 1:17.67 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Jiri Bouska
Jiří Ježek
Tomas Kvasnicka 		Men's team sprint 52.889 3 q  Australia (AUS)
W 52.379 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Women's road

Athlete Event Time Rank
Marketa Mackova Mixed road race 1:00.13 9
Mixed road time trial 29:10.38 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Powerlifting

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete Event Result Rank
Martin Bihary 82.5kg 155.0 11

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Total Rank
Vladimir Marcan Mixed 25m pistol SH1 502 26 did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete Class Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Filip Coufal S10 100m backstroke 1:06.84 13 did not advance
100m freestyle 56.91 15 did not advance
400m freestyle 4:33.13 11 did not advance
SM10 200m individual medley 2:21.56 8 Q 2:23.18 8
Arnost Petracek S4 50m backstroke 50.96 5 Q 50.40 4
50m freestyle 46.75 10 did not advance
Jan Povýšil S4 50m backstroke 52.46 7 Q 52.79 7
50m freestyle 39.75 3 Q 39.35 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
100m freestyle 1:25.72 2 Q 1:26.75 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
200m freestyle 3:04.58 3 Q 3:06.74 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
SB3 50m breaststroke 58.02 7 Q 57.27 7
Martin Štěpánek S13 100m backstroke 1:09.62 9 did not advance
100m butterfly 1:06.93 11 did not advance
50m freestyle 26.11 12 did not advance
100m freestyle 57.67 11 did not advance
SM13 200m individual medley 2:28.02 12 did not advance

Women

Athlete Class Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Tereza Diepoldova S9 400m freestyle 5:22.92 13 did not advance
Běla Hlaváčková S5 50m backstroke 41.17 PR 1 Q 41.03 PR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
50m freestyle 36.90 2 Q 37.12 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
100m freestyle 1:22.24 3 Q 1:22.20 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
SB4 100m breaststroke 1:57.53 1 Q 1:55.55 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Katerina Komarkova SB8 100m breaststroke 1:33.97 11 did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete Event Preliminaries Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Michal Stefanu Men's singles C4-5  Guo X (CHN)
L 2–3 		 Pessoa Freitas (BRA)
W 3–1 		— 2 did not advance
Zbynek Lambert Men's singles C7  Ye C (CHN)
L 0-3 		 Morales (ESP)
L 0-3 		 Karabardak (GBR)
L 1-3 		4 did not advance
Jaroslav Cieslar Men's singles C9-10  Fraczyk (AUT)
L 0-3 		 Powrozniak (POL)
L 1-3 		— 3 did not advance
Ivan Karabec  Berecki (HUN)
L 1-3 		 Agunbiade (NGR)
W 3-1 		— 3 did not advance
Jaroslav Cieslar
Ivan Karabec
Zbynek Lambert 		Men's team C9-10 —  Ukraine (UKR)
W 3-1 		 Spain (ESP)
L 2-3 		 France (FRA)
L 1-3 		4

Women

Athlete Event Preliminaries Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Jaroslava Janeckova Women's singles C8  Kamkasomphou (FRA)
L 0–3 		 Abrahamsson (SWE)
L 1–3 		 Barbusova (SVK)
L 1–3 		4 did not advance
Michala de la Bourdonnaye Women's singles C10  Fan L (CHN)
L 0-3 		 Karmayeva (RUS)
W 3-0 		 Medhat Maghraby (EGY)
W 3-0 		2 Q —  Partyka (POL)
L 0-3 		 Hou C (CHN)
L 0-3 		4
Jaroslava Janeckova
Michala de la Bourdonnaye 		Women's team C6-10 —  Egypt (EGY)
W 3-1 		 Poland (POL)
L 0-3 		did not advance

See also