Czechoslovakia at the 1948 Summer Olympics


Czechoslovakia competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. Eighty-seven competitors, 73 men and 14 women, took part in 55 events in 11 sports.
Twenty-six-year-old Emil Zátopek won the gold medal in the 10-kilometre run on the first day and became the first Czechoslovak athlete gold medalist. On the second day he added a silver medal in the 5 km run. Czechoslovak canoeists were also very successful, Jan Brzák-Felix successfully defended his medal that he had won 12 years earlier in 1936 Summer Olympics with another partner, Václav Havel and Jiří Pecka won a silver medal using a 12-year-old boat from the 1936 Olympics. Boxer Július Torma won the gold medal in the Welterweight class, although he had injured his left arm before the semi-final. Women's gymnastics team also secured gold medals, but this victory was overshadowed by the death of their teammate Eliška Misáková, who succumbed to polio in London.

Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
AthleticsMen's 10,000 metres
BoxingMen's welterweight
CanoeingMen's C-1 1000 m
CanoeingMen's C-1 10000 m

CanoeingMen's C-2 1000 m

GymnasticsWomen's team
AthleticsMen's 5000 metres
Václav Havel
CanoeingMen's C-2 10000 m
GymnasticsMen's floor
GymnasticsMen's rings
GymnasticsMen's vault

Athletics

Basketball

Boxing

Canoeing

Fencing

Five fencers, all men, represented Czechoslovakia in 1948.
;Men's sabre
;Men's team sabre

Modern pentathlon

Two male pentathletes represented Czechoslovakia in 1948.
Czechoslovakia had four male rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1948.
; Men's coxless four

Wrestling

Art competitions