Czech Republic at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Czech Republic at the
2020 Summer Olympics
IOC codeCZE
NOCCzech Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympic.cz (in Czech and English)
in Tokyo, Japan
July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors115 in 22 sports
Flag bearers (opening)Petra Kvitová
Tomáš Satoranský
Flag bearer (closing)Jakub Vadlejch
Medals
Ranked 18th
Gold
4
Silver
4
Bronze
3
Total
11
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Bohemia (1900–1912)
 Czechoslovakia (1924–1992)

The Czech Republic competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] It was the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics after splitting from the former Czechoslovakia.

Several team members, including table tennis player Pavel Širuček, beach volleyball players Ondřej Perušič and Markéta Sluková and road cyclist Michal Schlegel, and delegation members were tested positive for COVID-19 in Tokyo.[2][3] The anti-epidemic measures were not followed on a charter flight of the Czech team and delegation,[4][2] the case positivity of unvaccinated tennis doctor (despite wide vaccine availability in the Czech Republic) have caused most controversies.[2]

For the Czech Republic, these were the most successful Olympic Games in terms of medals. Czech athletes broke the previous record from the Olympics in 1996 and 2012 by one silver medal. Josef Dostál became most decorated Summer olympic's athlete in Czech republic's history with 4 medals (1 silver, 3 bronze).

  1. ^ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". Olympics. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Jůzek, Martin (22 July 2021). "Kauza letadlo: Češi viní neočkovaného lékaře, olympiádu obchází hysterie". Deník.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  3. ^ Morgan, Liam (21 July 2021). "Three athletes ruled out of Tokyo 2020 after testing positive for COVID-19". www.insidethegames.biz. Archived from the original on 21 July 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Při letu do Tokia se porušovala epidemická pravidla, přiznal ČOV - Seznam Zprávy". www.seznamzpravy.cz. 21 July 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.