Czech Republic at the 2006 Winter Olympics

The Czech Republic competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Speed skater Martina Sáblíková served as flag bearer at the opening ceremonies. The medal hopes were set on ice hockey team, Jakub Janda in ski jumping, Kateřina Neumannová in cross-country skiing and on Sáblíková. As for hockey team, the bronze medal was less than most of Czech fans awaited before the olympic, and more than they hoped for after the group stage. But the strongest moment for Czech sport fans was unbelievable finish of Kateřina Neumannová in cross-country skiing, where she on the last meters of 30 km run got from the third to first position. It was her last Olympic start and it was finally a gold one, and the view of her little daughter running to her as the first to congratulate will be a lasting moment of Turin 2006.

Czech Republic at the 2006 Winter Olympics
IOC code	CZE
NOC	Czech Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.cz (in Czech and English)
in Turin
Competitors	84 (64 men, 20 women) in 13 sports
Flag bearer	Martina Sáblíková (opening) Kateřina Neumannová (closing)[1][2]
Medals Ranked 15th	Gold 1 Silver 2 Bronze 1 Total 4
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Other related appearances
Bohemia (1900–1912)  Czechoslovakia (1920–1992)

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Kateřina Neumannová	Cross-country skiing	Women's 30 km freestyle	24 February
Silver	Kateřina Neumannová	Cross-country skiing	Women's 15 km pursuit	12 February
Silver	Lukáš Bauer	Cross-country skiing	Men's 15 km classical	17 February
Bronze	Czech Republic national men's ice hockey team Dominik Hašek Tomáš Vokoun Milan Hnilička Dušan Salfický František Kaberle Tomáš Kaberle Filip Kuba Pavel Kubina Marek Malík Jaroslav Špaček Marek Židlický Jan Bulis Petr Čajánek Patrik Eliáš Martin Erat Milan Hejduk Aleš Hemský Jaromír Jágr Robert Lang Rostislav Olesz Václav Prospal Martin Ručínský Martin Straka David Výborný	Ice hockey	Men's tournament	25 February

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Total	Rank
Ondřej Bank	Downhill	Did not finish
	Super-G	Did not finish
	Giant slalom	1:18.45	1:19.40	n/a	2:37.85	16
	Slalom	Did not start
	Combined	1:40.50	45.34	45.16	3:11.00	6
Kryštof Krýzl	Super-G	n/a			1:34.20	34
	Giant slalom	Did not finish
	Slalom	Did not finish
	Combined	1:41.47	46.62	46.09	3:14.18	20
Filip Trejbal	Slalom	54.75	Did not finish
	Combined	Did not finish
Martin Vráblík	Super-G	n/a			1:34.90	38
	Giant slalom	1:20.41	Did not finish
	Slalom	56.01	51.39	n/a	1:47.40	21
	Combined	1:40.50	46.73	45.18	3:12.41	12
Petr Záhrobský	Downhill	n/a			1:52.90	34
	Super-G	n/a			1:33.70	32
	Giant slalom	Did not finish
Borek Zakouřil	Downhill	n/a			1:52.90	34

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Total	Rank
Lucie Hrstková	Super-G	1:35.62	n/a			36
	Giant slalom	1:03.21	Did not finish
	Slalom	46.45	Did not finish
	Combined	40.96	46.19	1:32.42	2:59.57	22
Eva Kurfürstová	Slalom	45.03	48.44	n/a	1:33.47	28
Šárka Záhrobská	Super-G	1:34.98	n/a			27
	Giant slalom	1:03.61	Did not finish
	Slalom	43.52	48.03	n/a	1:31.55	13
	Combined	40.26	44.50	1:32.38	2:57.14	19
Petra Zakouřilová	Giant slalom	1:03.93	1:13.07	n/a	2:27.00	27
	Slalom	Did not finish
	Combined	40.46	45.72	n/a	1:34.59	27

Note: In the men's combined, run 1 is the downhill, and runs 2 and 3 are the slalom. In the women's combined, run 1 and 2 are the slalom, and run 3 the downhill.

Biathlon

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Roman Dostál	Sprint	28:05.6	3	43
	Pursuit	38:48.07	7	29
	Mass start	49:29.9	4	23
	Individual	58:53.5	4	30
Tomáš Holubec	Individual	59:13.1	2	33
Ondřej Moravec	Sprint	28:20.3	1	33
	Pursuit	39:52.35	5	39
Michal Šlesingr	Sprint	29:22.9	3	56
	Pursuit	39:03.78	4	32
	Individual	1:00:03.8	5	45
Zdeněk Vítek	Sprint	27:24.1	1	10
	Pursuit	37:30.22	5	16
	Mass start	49:21.3	2	22
	Individual	57:26.8	3	22
Ondřej Moravec Zdeněk Vítek Roman Dostál Michal Šlesingr	Relay	1:23:04.0	12	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Irena Česneková	Individual	1:00:08.0	7	67
Lenka Faltusová	Sprint	24:16.9	0	32
	Pursuit	43:22.57	4	36
Kateřina Holubcová	Sprint	24:33.3	1	39
	Pursuit	41:37.52	3	24
	Individual	56:17.9	4	45
Magda Rezlerová	Sprint	26:06.7	2	61
	Individual	59:18.0	6	61
Zdeňka Vejnarová	Sprint	24:46.4	2	43
	Pursuit	43:17.79	6	35
	Individual	57:14.3	6	53
Kateřina Holubcová Lenka Faltusová Magda Rezlerová Zdeňka Vejnarová	Relay	1:24:14.8	13	13

Bobsleigh

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Rank
Ivo Danilevič Roman Gomola	Two-man	56.40	56.24	56.99	57.12	3:46.75	11
Miloš Veselý Jan Kobián	Two-man	56.93	57.49	58.28	Did not advance		28
Ivo Danilevič Radek Řechka Roman Gomola Jan Kobián	Four-man	55.92	55.83	55.66	55.56	3:42.97	14

Cross-country skiing

Distance

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Total	Rank
Lukáš Bauer	15 km classical	38:15.8
	30 km pursuit	1:17:10.1	10
	50 km freestyle	2:06:29.0	16
Martin Koukal	30 km pursuit	1:18:09.6	22
	50 km freestyle	2:06:14.9	7
Jiří Magál	30 km pursuit	1:17:21.7	14
	50 km freestyle	2:06:15.1	8
Petr Michl	15 km classical	42:54.0	59
Milan Šperl	30 km pursuit	1:20:16.7	36
	50 km freestyle	2:07:01.9	27
Martin Koukal Lukáš Bauer Jiří Magál Dušan Kožíšek	4 x 10 km relay	1:46:03.3	9

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Total	Rank
Helena Erbenová	15 km pursuit	45:57.0	29
	30 km freestyle	1:30:20.6	39
Ivana Janečková	15 km pursuit	45:33.5	23
	30 km freestyle	1:27:55.7	27
Kateřina Neumannová	10 km classical	28:22.2	5
	15 km pursuit	42.50.6
	30 km freestyle	1:22:25.4
Eva Nývltová	10 km classical	31:25.8	45
Kamila Rajdlová	10 km classical	30:25.2	32
	30 km freestyle	1:28:38.6	31
Helena Erbenová Kamila Rajdlová Ivana Janečková Kateřina Neumannová	4 x 5 km relay	55:46.3	6

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Martin Koukal	Men's sprint	2:19.39	20 Q	2:23.5	3	Did not advance			15
Dušan Kožíšek	Men's sprint	2:19.64	21 Q	2:24.5	5	Did not advance			22
Eva Nývltová	Women's sprint	2:22.86	50	Did not advance					50
Martin Koukal Dušan Kožíšek	Men's team sprint	n/a				17:34.9	2 Q	17:49.6	10
Helena Erbenová Kamila Rajdlová	Women's team sprint	n/a				18:11.6	6	Did not advance	12

Figure skating

Athlete	Event	CD		SP/OD		FS/FD		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Tomáš Verner	Men's	n/a		59.71	22 Q	120.36	15	180.07	18

Key: CD = Compulsory Dance, FD = Free Dance, FS = Free Skate, OD = Original Dance, SP = Short Program

Freestyle skiing

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Nikola Sudová	Women's moguls	23.31	11	23.58	6
Šárka Sudová	Women's moguls	18.64	26	Did not advance	26
Aleš Valenta	Men's aerials	193.58	21	Did not advance	21

Ice hockey

Men's tournament

Players

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Jaromír Jágr	5	2	3	5	4
Martin Straka	5	0	5	5	4
Tomáš Kaberle	5	2	2	4	0
Václav Prospal	5	3	1	4	2
Marek Židlický	4	3	0	3	6
Milan Hejduk	5	1	1	2	2
Aleš Hemský	5	0	2	2	0
Pavel Kubina	5	1	1	2	12
Robert Lang	5	0	2	2	4
Martin Ručínský	5	0	2	2	0
David Výborný	5	1	1	2	0
Petr Čajánek	5	1	0	1	4
Jaroslav Špaček	5	0	1	1	2
Tomáš Vokoun	5	0	1	1	0
Jan Bulis	5	0	0	0	4
Martin Erat	5	0	0	0	4
František Kaberle	5	0	0	0	4
Filip Kuba	5	0	0	0	0
Marek Malík	5	0	0	0	6
Rostislav Olesz	5	0	0	0	0
Patrik Eliáš	1	0	0	0	2
Aleš Kotalík	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltender	GP	GA	GAA	Sv%
Dominik Hašek	1	0	0.00	1.00
Milan Hnilička	1	0	0.00	1.00
Tomáš Vokoun	5	12	2.89	.875

Results

Round-robin

15 February 2006 17:05

Germany

1–4 (1–0, 0–2, 0–2)

Czech Republic

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 6,463

Game reference
	Olaf Kölzig	Goalies	Dominik Hašek (out 9:25) Tomáš Vokoun (in 9:25)	Referee: Dan Marouelli Linesmen: Kevin Redding Tony Sericolo
	T. Boos (A. Sulzer) (PP) – 19:10 1–0 1–1 21:02 – T. Kaberle (P. Kubina, T. Vokoun) (PP) 1–2 23:38 – T. Kaberle (M. Straka, J. Jágr) (PP) 1–3 57:47 – J. Jágr 1–4 59:32 – D. Výborný (EN)
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	25	Shots	34

16 February 2006 13:05

Czech Republic

2–3 (0–1, 1–1, 1–1)

Switzerland

Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 3,400

Game reference
	Tomáš Vokoun	Goalies	David Aebischer	Referee: Dennis LaRue Linesmen: Tony Sericolo Sergei Shelyanin
	0–1 5:11 – T. Ziegler (I. Rüthemann) J. Jágr (M. Straka, V. Prospal) – 22:55 1–1 1–2 29:44 – T. Paterlini (SH) M. Židlický (A. Hemský, M. Ručínský) – 41:00 2–2 2–3 46:42 – M. Streit (M. Seger, M. Plüss) (PP)
	14 min	Penalties	20 min
	42	Shots	19

18 February 2006 21:05

Czech Republic

2–4 (1–1, 1–1, 0–2)

Finland

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 8,705

Game reference
	Tomáš Vokoun	Goalies	Antero Niittymäki	Referee: Thomas Andersson Linesmen: Tony Sericolo Sergei Shelyanin
	M. Židlický (R. Lang, M. Hejduk) (PP) – 8:25 1–0 1–1 14:14 – O. Jokinen (S. Koivu, V. Peltonen) 1–2 35:02 – J. Lehtinen (K. Timonen) (PP) M. Židlický (R. Lang, J. Špaček) (PP2) – 38:17 2–2 2–3 40:30 – T. Selänne (J. Lehtinen, S. Koivu) 2–4 48:33 – J. Lehtinen (S. Koivu, T. Selänne)
	12 min	Penalties	39 min
	39	Shots	32

19 February 2006 20:05

Czech Republic

4–1 (2–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Italy

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 8,776

Game reference
	Tomáš Vokoun	Goalies	Günther Hell (out 27:32) Jason Muzzatti (in 27:32)	Referee: Vyacheslav Bulanov Linesmen: Miroslav Halecký Joacim Karlsson
	M. Hejduk (D. Výborný, T. Kaberle) – 12:57 1–0 V. Prospal (J. Jágr, M. Straka) – 14:20 2–0 V. Prospal (M. Straka) (SH) – 28:36 3–0 3–1 57:53 – J. Parco (G. de Bettin, T. Iob) V. Prospal (M. Straka, T. Vokoun) (EN) – 58:40 4–1
	20 min	Penalties	58 min
	43	Shots	16

21 February 2006 16:35

Canada

3–2 (3–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Czech Republic

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 9,126

Game reference
	Martin Brodeur	Goalies	Tomáš Vokoun (out 20:00) Milan Hnilička (in 20:00)	Referee: Dan Marouelli Linesmen: Joacim Karlsson Thor Nelson
	B. Richards (J. Iginla, C. Pronger) – 7:37 1–0 M. St. Louis (V. Lecavalier, R. Blake) (PP) – 11:19 2–0 C. Pronger (J. Thornton) – 19:24 3–0 3–1 33:46 – P. Kubina (J. Jágr, M. Ručínský) (PP) 3–2 42:41 – P. Čajánek (T. Kaberle, A. Hemský)
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	16	Shots	33

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Finland	5	5	0	0	19	2	+17	10	Quarterfinals
2	Switzerland	5	2	2	1	10	12	−2	6
3	Canada	5	3	0	2	15	9	+6	6
4	Czech Republic	5	2	0	3	14	12	+2	4
5	Germany	5	0	2	3	7	16	−9	2
6	Italy (H)	5	0	2	3	9	23	−14	2

Source: IIHF
(H) Host.

Medal round

Quarterfinal

22 February 2006 21:35

Slovakia

1–3 (0–1, 0–1, 1–1)

Czech Republic

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 6,893

Game reference
	Peter Budaj	Goalies	Milan Hnilička	Referee: Don Van Massenhoven Linesmen: Stefan Fonselius Pierre Racicot
	0–1 12:51 – M. Ručínský (SH) 0–2 28:41 – M. Hejduk (F. Kaberle, M. Ručínský) M. Gáborík (Mari. Hossa) – 43:38 1–2 1–3 59:57 − M. Straka (EN)
	8 min	Penalties	14 min
	21	Shots	28

Semifinal

24 February 2006 16:35

Sweden

7–3 (2–1, 4–2, 1–0)

Czech Republic

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 8,071

Game reference
	Henrik Lundqvist	Goalies	Milan Hnilička (out 27:54) Tomáš Vokoun (in 27:54)	Referee: Dan Marouelli Linesmen: Antti Hämäläinen Pierre Racicot
	F. Modin (M. Sundin, P. Forsberg) – 0:34 1–0 1–1 3:11 – F. Kuba (M. Straka, V. Prospal) P. Axelsson (N. Lidström, N. Kronwall) – 13:37 2–1 H. Sedin (D. Sedin) – 21:16 3–1 C. Bäckman (D. Alfredsson) – 23:54 4–1 J. Jönsson (K. Jönsson, M. Samuelsson) (PP) – 27:54 5–1 5–2 30:40 – A. Hemský (J. Jágr, M. Židlický) (PP) 5–3 31:25 – V. Prospal (D. Výborný) D. Alfredsson (P. Axelsson) – 39:00 6–3 T. Holmström (H. Zetterberg) – 56:05 7–3
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	32	Shots	24

Bronze medal game

25 February 2006 20:35

Russia

0–3 (0–1, 0–1, 0–1)

Czech Republic

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 8,379

Game reference
	Evgeni Nabokov	Goalies	Tomáš Vokoun	Referee: Thomas Andersson Linesmen: Joacim Karlsson Steve Miller
	0–1 4:48 – M. Erat (D. Výborný, R. Lang) 0–2 26:36 – M. Židlický (J. Jágr, R. Lang) (PP) 0–3 59:52 – M. Straka (M. Erat) (EN)
	41 min	Penalties	14 min
	28	Shots	15

Luge

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Rank
Jakub Hyman	Men's singles	53.262	53.667	52.964	52.930	3:32.823	27
Markéta Jeriová	Women's singles	Did not finish
Lukáš Brož Antonín Brož	Doubles	49.415	48.697	n/a		1:38.112	16

Nordic combined

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping		Cross-country
		Points	Rank	Deficit	Time	Rank
Patrik Chlum	Individual Gundersen	182.5	45	5:20	50:03.9 +10:19.3	47
Pavel Churavý	Sprint	96.1	36	1:58	20:09.9 +1:40.9	31
	Individual Gundersen	210.0	31	3:30	43:14.2 +3:29.6	21
Ladislav Rygl	Sprint	104.7	26	1:24	18:11.2 +1:06.2	17
	Individual Gundersen	198.0	34	4:18	44:58.7 +5:14.1	36
Tomáš Slavík	Sprint	104.9	25	1:23	20:03.8 +1:34.8	26
	Individual Gundersen	196.5	35	4:24	44:59.4 +5:14.8	37
Aleš Vodseďálek	Sprint	97.2	35	1:54	22:45.0 +4:16.0	47
Aleš Vodseďálek Tomáš Slavík Ladislav Rygl Pavel Churavý	Team	805.1	9	1:48	53:58.5 +4:05.9	8

Note: 'Deficit' refers to the amount of time behind the leader a competitor began the cross-country portion of the event. Italicized numbers show the final deficit from the winner's finishing time.

Short track speed skating

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kateřina Novotná	Women's 500 m	46.279	2 Q	45.596	1 Q	45.718	4	Final B 55.378	6
	Women's 1000 m	1:32.220	3	Did not advance					13
	Women's 1500 m	2:31.367	3 Q	n/a		2:27.395	5	Did not advance	13

Ski jumping

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		First round		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Total	Rank
Jakub Janda	Normal hill	121.5	9 PQ	123.5	18 Q	125.5	249.0	13
	Large hill	112.7	12 PQ	108.6	13 Q	121.9	230.5	10
Jan Matura	Normal hill	115.5	20 Q	120.0	21 Q	111.0	231.0	21
	Large hill	79.5	30 Q	96.7	29 Q	107.7	204.4	22
Jan Mazoch	Normal hill	106.0	33 Q	108.5	36	Did not advance		36
Borek Sedlák	Normal hill	120.0	12 Q	107.0	38	Did not advance		38
	Large hill	86.8	20 Q	83.0	40	Did not advance		40
Ondřej Vaculík	Large hill	76.0	31 Q	70.1	45	Did not advance		45
Jan Matura Ondřej Vaculík Borek Sedlák Jakub Janda	Team	n/a		70.1	45	Did not advance		45

Note: PQ indicates a skier was pre-qualified for the final, based on entry rankings.

Snowboarding

Halfpipe

Athlete	Event	Qualifying run 1		Qualifying run 2		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Rank
Martin Černík	Men's halfpipe	18.3	31	20.1	27	Did not advance		33

Note: In the final, the single best score from two runs is used to determine the ranking. A bracketed score indicates a run that wasn't counted.

Parallel GS

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Petra Elsterová	Women's parallel giant slalom	1:24.81	23	Did not advance				23

Key: '+ Time' represents a deficit; the brackets indicate the results of each run.

Snowboard Cross

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		1/8 finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Time	Rank	Position	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Michal Novotný	Men's snowboard cross	1:22.92	28 Q	2 Q	4	Did not advance	Classification 13-16 1	13

Speed skating

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Martina Sáblíková	Women's 3000 m	n/a		4:08.42	7
	Women's 5000 m	n/a		7:01.38	4

References

1. "Flagbearers for the Opening Ceremony". Archived from the original on 7 January 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2009.
2. "Flagbearers for the Closing Ceremony". Archived from the original on 7 January 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2009.

• olympic.cz - Czech Olympic Committee
• Yahoo! Sports – 2006 Winter Olympics – Czech Republic at the Wayback Machine (archive index)