Spartakiad - National Events - Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia

See also: Spartakiad (Czechoslovakia)

The name Spartakiáda was also used for a mass gymnastics display, which was held every five years at the Strahov Stadium in Prague, Czechoslovakia, when the country was under Communist rule. The first event of this name was held, however, already in 1921, and its initiator Jiří Chaloupecký is credited as the inventor of the name.

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