Czech Republic at the 2016 Summer Olympics
| Czech Republic at the 2016 Summer Olympics |
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| IOC code | CZE | ||||||||
| NOC | Czech Olympic Committee | ||||||||
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| in Rio de Janeiro | |||||||||
| Competitors | 105 in 20 sports | ||||||||
| Flag bearer |
Lukáš Krpálek (opening) Josef Dostál (closing) |
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Medals Ranked 43rd |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |||||||||
| Other related appearances | |||||||||
 Bohemia (1900–1912) Czechoslovakia (1920–1992) |
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The Czech Republic competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's sixth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics after splitting from the former Czechoslovakia.
The following Czech competitors won medals at the Games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.
The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:
Czech athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):
The Czech Republic has qualified two badminton players for each of the following events into the Olympic tournament. Remarkably going to their third Olympics, Kristína Gavnholt was selected among the top 34 individual shuttlers in the women's singles based on the BWF World Rankings as of 5 May 2016, while her counterpart Petr Koukal picked up one of the spare athlete berths from the doubles as the next highest-ranked eligible player in the men's singles.
Czech canoeists have qualified a maximum of one boat in each of the following classes through the 2015 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships. The roster of Czech slalom canoeists will be announced on May 15, 2016 as a result of their top performances at three selection meets of the Olympic Trials: two domestic races in Veltrusy (April 16 to 17) and Prague (April 23 to 24) and the European Championships (May 13 to 15) in Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia.
Czech canoeists have qualified a total of four boats in each of the following distances for the Games through the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships. Meanwhile, one additional boat was awarded to the Czech squad in men's C-2 1000 m by virtue of a top two national finish at the 2016 European Qualification Regatta in Duisburg, Germany.
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