Czechoslovakia at the 1928 Winter Olympics

Czechoslovakia competed at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Rudolf Burkert won first Czechoslovak medal from Winter Olympics. Libuše Veselá was first Czechoslovak woman to take part in Winter Olympics.

Czechoslovakia at the 1928 Winter Olympics
IOC code	TCH
NOC	Czechoslovak Olympic Committee
in St. Moritz
Competitors	29 in 6 sports
Medals Ranked 8th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992
Other related appearances
Bohemia (1900–1912)  Czech Republic (1994–)  Slovakia (1994–)

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Bronze	Rudolf Burkert	Ski jumping	Men's individual

Cross-country skiing

[1]

Athlete	Event	Race
Time	Rank
Franz Donth	18 km	51:47:14	11
	50 km	5:37:36	14
Otakar Německý	18 km	1:50:20	16
Vladimír Novák	18 km	1:47:53	12
Josef Feistauer	50 km	Did not finish
Václav Fišera	50 km	5:42:55	18
Josef Německý	50 km	5:35:46	11

Figure skating

[1]

Athlete(s)	Event	CF	FS	TO	Points	Rank
Josef Slíva	Men's	5	6	36	2442.00	5
Libuše Veselá & Vojtěch Veselý	Pairs	N/A		102	60.00	12

Ice hockey

[1]

7	Czechoslovakia (TCH)
	Wolfgang Dorasil Karel Hromádka Jan Krásl Johann Lichnowski Josef Maleček Jan Peka Jaroslav Pušbauer Jaroslav Řezáč Josef Šroubek Miroslav Steigenhöfer Jiří Tožička

The top team (highlighted) advanced to the medal round.

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA
Sweden	2	1	1	0	5	2
Czechoslovakia	2	1	0	1	3	5
Poland	2	0	1	1	4	5

February 11	Sweden	3:0 (1:0,1:0,1:0)	Czechoslovakia
February 12	Sweden	2:2 (1:0,1:2,0:0)	Poland
February 13	Czechoslovakia	3:2 (1:1,1:1,1:0)	Poland

Nordic combined

Athlete	Event	Cross-country			Ski jumping		Total
		Time	Rank	Points	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Walter Buchberger	Individual	2:02:36	7.250	19	14.562	14	10.906	18
Rudolf Burkert		2:04:24	6.375	21	18.833	1	12.604	12
Otakar Německý		1:50:20	13.375	8	12.616	20	12.990	9
Franz Wende		2:00:50	8.125	16	Did not finish

Ski jumping

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
		Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank	Points	Rank
Josef Bím	Normal hill	49.5	19	51.0	31	14.728	20
Rudolf Burkert		57.0	4	59.5	12	17.937
Willy Möhwald		46.0	30	59.0	16	15.500	15
Karl Wondrak		48.5	23	49.0	33	14.478	21

Military patrol (demonstration event)

Team Race

• Czechoslovakia - 4:15:07 (6th place)
  • Otakar Německý
  • Jan Bedřich
  • Josef Klouček
  • Robert Möhwald

References

1. "Resultats des Concours, IImes Jeux Olympiques d'Hiver" (PDF). Comite Olympique Suisse. LA84 Foundation. 1928. Retrieved November 5, 2013.

• Comité Olympique Suisse (1928). Résultats des Concours des II^mes Jeux Olympiques d'hiver (PDF) (in French). Lausanne: Imprimerie du Léman. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-02-16. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-06-10.