Czechoslovakia competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Most successful competitor was Věra Čáslavská (one of only 9 women in crew) with 4 gold medals - 3 individual, 1 team. Other big surprises were gold medals performances of bicycle racer Jiří Daler and weightlifter Hans Zadražila, who break world record during his performance. Medal hopes of world record holder athlete Jiří Daněk were fulfilled with little disappointment silver medal.
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“Hearts with one purpose alone
Through summer and winter seem
Enchanted to a stone
To trouble the living stream.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)