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Czech Olympic Committee (1912)

Ceský výbor pro hry olympijské

Last modified: 2002-07-27 by jarig bakker
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Bohemian 1912 flag

[Bohemian 1912 flag] by Chrystian Kretowicz, 12 Jul 2002

I'm creating a website about the Olympic Games since 1896 and I need the flag of Bohemia before World War I. I only found in your big collection bohemias flag as the German protectorate during Word War II.
Alexander Picolin jr, 12 Jul 2002

As far as I know there was no "Bohemian flag" in 1896, so athletes from Bohemia probably participated in the first Olympic games under the Austro-Hungarian flag.
Jarig Bakker, 12 Jul 2002

In the old Czech 'Vexilologie' bulletin (from late 1970s) there was an article about the Bohemian flag being carried at 1912 Olympics in Stockholm. It was an Austrian version  of the Bohemian arms displayed on the white flag. Attached is my own, crude rendition of that flag.
Chrystian Kretowicz, 12 Jul 2002

Before 1900 Czechs were part of Austrian OlympicTeam, while Hungary had its own Team.  That was because of non-existence of Czech (or Bohemian)  Olympic Committee in that period of time. As for terms Czech/Bohemian: it is not easy to translate the Czech original as we make no differences between territorial (Bohemian Böhmisch) and national (Czech/Tschechisch) identity. Both terms are "Český" in Czech. As you will see - founders of Czech Olympic Committee were in spite of German names (Rössler