Slovakia at the Olympics

Slovakia at the Olympic Games
Flag of Slovakia IOC code  SVK NOC Slovak Olympic Committee Website www.olympic.sk (Slovak)
Olympic history
Summer Games
1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Winter Games
1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Other related appearances
Hungary (1896–1912) Czechoslovakia (1920–1992)

Slovakia first participated at the Olympic Games in 1994, and has sent athletes to compete in every Games since then. Prior to the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993, Slovak athletes competed for Czechoslovakia at the Olympics.

Slovak athletes have won a total of twenty medals at the Summer Olympic Games, mostly in slalom canoeing. The nation has also won five medals at the Winter Olympic Games.

The National Olympic Committee for Slovakia was created in 1992 and recognized in 1993.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 1896–1912 as part of  Hungary (HUN) 1920–1992 as part of  Czechoslovakia (TCH) (counted only medals of the individual disciplines or of the pairs competition without teams competitions) 1936 Berlin 1 0 0 1 1948 London 1 0 0 1 1952 Helsinki 1 0 1 2 1960 Rome 1 0 0 1 1972 Munich 0 0 1 1 1976 Montreal 1 0 0 1 1980 Moscow 0 1 4 5 1988 Seoul 2 0 2 4 Total 7 1 8 16 Slovakia from 1992 1996 Atlanta 71 1 1 1 3 43 2000 Sydney 112 1 3 1 5 39 2004 Athens 64 2 2 2 6 29 2008 Beijing 57 3 2 1 6 25 2012 London 46 0 1 3 4 59 Total 14 10 16 40 All-time Olympic Games medal table 7 9 8 24 53

Medals by Winter Games Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 1920–1992 as part of  Czechoslovakia (TCH) (counted only medals of the individual disciplines or of the pairs competition without teams competitions) 1960 Squaw Valley 0 1 0 1 1972 Sapporo 1 0 0 1 1984 Sarajevo 0 0 1 1 Total 1 1 1 3 Slovakia from 1992 1994 Lillehammer 42 0 0 0 0 – 1998 Nagano 39 0 0 0 0 - 2002 Salt Lake City 49 0 0 0 0 - 2006 Turin 58 0 1 0 1 21 2010 Vancouver 73 1 1 1 3 17 2014 Sochi 63 1 0 0 1 21 Total 3 3 2 8 All-time Olympic Games medal table 2 2 1 5 32

Medals by summer sport Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total 1920–1992 as part of  Czechoslovakia (TCH) (counted only medals of the individual disciplines or of the pairs competition without teams competitions) Athletics 1 1 1 3 Boxing 2 0 1 3 Cycling 1 0 0 1 Rowing 1 0 0 1 Tennis 1 0 1 2 Weightlifting 0 0 1 1 Wrestling 1 0 4 5 Total 7 1 8 16 Slovakia from 1992 Canoeing 7 4 4 15 Swimming 0 2 0 2 Judo 0 1 0 1 Shooting 0 2 3 5 Wrestling 0 0 1 1 Total 14 10 16 40 7 9 8 24

Medals by winter sport Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total 1920–1992 as part of  Czechoslovakia (TCH) (counted only medals of the individual disciplines or of the pairs competition without teams competitions) Figure skating 1 1 1 3 Total 1 1 1 3 Slovakia from 1992 Biathlon 2 1 1 4 Snowboarding 0 1 0 1 Total 3 3 2 8 2 2 1 5

List of Slovak medalists - Czechoslovakia (1920 - 1992)

Summer Games

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Gold	Herda, JozefJozef Herda	1936 Berlin	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman lightweight
Gold	Torma, JúliusJúlius Torma	1948 London	Boxing	Boxing - Welterweight
Gold	Zachara, JánJán Zachara	1952 Helsinki	Boxing	Boxing - Featherweight
Bronze	Athanasov, MikulášMikuláš Athanasov	1952 Helsinki	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman lightweight
Gold	Schmidt, PavolPavol Schmidt	1960 Rome	Rowing	Rowing - Men's double sculls
Silver	Krajčírová, MariannaMarianna Krajčírová Jana Kubičková	1964 Tokyo	Gymnastics	Women's team all round
Silver	Cvetler, ĽudovítĽudovít Cvetler Ján Geleta Vojtech Masný Štefan Matlák Ivan Mráz Anton Švajlen Anton Urban Vladimír Weiss	1964 Tokyo	Football	Men's team competition
Bronze	Golián, BohumilBohumil Golián	1964 Tokyo	Volleyball	Men's team competition
Silver	Krajčírová, MariannaMarianna Krajčírová Jana Kubičková	1968 Mexico City	Gymnastics	Women's team all round
Silver	Golián, BohumilBohumil Golián	1968 Mexico City	Volleyball	Men's team competition
Silver	Lafko, VincentVincent Lafko Andrej Lukošík Peter Pospíšil	1972 Munich	Handball	Men's team competition
Bronze	Šuranová, EvaEva Šuranová	1972 Munich	Athletics	Women's Long Jump
Gold	Tkáč, AntonAnton Tkáč	1976 Montreal	Cycling	Men's 1000m Sprint (Scratch)
Gold	Kunzo, FrantišekFrantišek Kunzo Stanislav Seman	1980 Moscow	Football	Men's team competition
Silver	Bugár, ImrichImrich Bugár	1980 Moscow	Athletics	Men's discus throw
Silver	Kyselicová, AlenaAlena Kyselicová Viera Podhányiová Iveta Šranková	1980 Moscow	Field hockey	Women's team competition
Bronze	Dušan Poliačik	1980 Moscow	Weightlifting	Men's light heavyweight
Bronze	Franek, JánJán Franek	1980 Moscow	Boxing	Men's light middleweight
Bronze	Karabin, DanDan Karabin	1980 Moscow	Wrestling	Men's freestyle welterweight
Bronze	Strnisko, JúliusJúlius Strnisko	1980 Moscow	Wrestling	Men's freestyle heavyweight
Gold	Pribilinec, JozefJozef Pribilinec	1988 Seoul	Athletics	Men's 20 km Walk
Gold	Mečíř, MiloslavMiloslav Mečíř	1988 Seoul	Tennis	Men's Singles Competition
Bronze	Mečíř, MiloslavMiloslav Mečíř	1988 Seoul	Tennis	Men's Doubles Competition
Bronze	Lohyňa, JozefJozef Lohyňa	1988 Seoul	Wrestling	Men's freestyle middleweight

Winter Games

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Silver	Troják, LadislavLadislav Troják	1948 St. Moritz	Ice hockey	Men's team competition
Silver	Divin, KarolKarol Divin	1960 Squaw Valley	Figure skating	Men's singles
Bronze	Dzurilla, VladimírVladimír Dzurilla František Gregor Jozef Golonka	1964 Innsbruck	Ice hockey	Men's team competition
Silver	Dzurilla, VladimírVladimír Dzurilla Jozef Golonka	1968 Grenoble	Ice hockey	Men's team competition
Gold	Nepela, OndrejOndrej Nepela	1972 Sapporo	Figure skating	Men's singles
Bronze	Dzurilla, VladimírVladimír Dzurilla Rudolf Tajcnár	1972 Sapporo	Ice hockey	Men's team competition
Silver	Liba, IgorIgor Liba Vincent Lukáč Dušan Pašek Dárius Rusnák	1984 Sarajevo	Ice hockey	Men's team competition
Silver	Svobodová, GabrielaGabriela Svobodová	1984 Sarajevo	Cross-country skiing	Women's 4 x 5 km relay
Bronze	Sabovčík, JozefJozef Sabovčík	1984 Sarajevo	Figure skating	Men's singles
Bronze	Liba, IgorIgor Liba Róbert Švehla Peter Veselovský Jaromir Dragan	1992 Albertville	Ice hockey	Men's team competition

List of medalists - Slovakia since 1993

Summer Games

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Gold	Martikán, MichalMichal Martikán	1996 Atlanta	Canoeing	Men's C-1 slalom
Silver	KnazovickySlavomír Kňazovický	1996 Atlanta	Canoeing	Men's C-1 500 metres
Bronze	Gönci, JozefJozef Gönci	1996 Atlanta	Shooting	Men's 50 m rifle prone
Gold	Hochschorner, PavolPavol Hochschorner Peter Hochschorner	2000 Sydney	Canoeing	Men's C-2 slalom
Silver	Martikán, MichalMichal Martikán	2000 Sydney	Canoeing	Men's C-1 slalom
Silver	Moravcová, MartinaMartina Moravcová	2000 Sydney	Swimming	Women's 100 metre butterfly
Silver	Moravcová, MartinaMartina Moravcová	2000 Sydney	Swimming	Women's 200 metre freestyle
Bronze	Minčík, JurajJuraj Minčík	2000 Sydney	Canoeing	Men's C-1 slalom
Gold	Hochschorner, PavolPavol Hochschorner Peter Hochschorner	2004 Athens	Canoeing	Men's C-2 slalom
Gold	Kaliská, ElenaElena Kaliská	2004 Athens	Canoeing	Women's K-1 slalom
Silver	Martikán, MichalMichal Martikán	2004 Athens	Canoeing	Men's C-1 slalom
Silver	Krnáč, JozefJozef Krnáč	2004 Athens	Judo	Men's half-lightweight
Bronze	Bača, JurajJuraj Bača Michal Riszdorfer Richard Riszdorfer Erik Vlček	2004 Athens	Canoeing	Men's K-4 1000 metres
Bronze	Gönci, JozefJozef Gönci	2004 Athens	Shooting	Men's 10 m air rifle
Gold	Martikán, MichalMichal Martikán	2008 Beijing	Canoeing	Men's C-1 slalom
Gold	Hochschorner, PavolPavol Hochschorner Peter Hochschorner	2008 Beijing	Canoeing	Men's C-2 slalom
Gold	Kaliská, ElenaElena Kaliská	2008 Beijing	Canoeing	Women's K-1 slalom
Silver	Štefečeková, ZuzanaZuzana Štefečeková	2008 Beijing	Shooting	Women's trap
Silver	Tarr, JurajJuraj Tarr Michal Riszdorfer Richard Riszdorfer Erik Vlček	2008 Beijing	Canoeing	Men's K-4 1000 metres
Bronze	Musuľbes, DavidDavid Musuľbes	2008 Beijing	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 120 kg
Bronze	Barteková, DankaDanka Barteková	2012 London	Shooting	Women's skeet
Bronze	Martikán, MichalMichal Martikán	2012 London	Canoeing	Men's C-1 slalom
Bronze	Hochschorner, PavolPavol Hochschorner Peter Hochschorner	2012 London	Canoeing	Men's C-2 slalom
Silver	Štefečeková, ZuzanaZuzana Štefečeková	2012 London	Shooting	Women's trap

Winter Games

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Silver	ZidekRadoslav Židek	2006 Turin	Snowboarding	Men's snowboard cross
Gold	Kuzmina, AnastasiyaAnastasiya Kuzmina	2010 Vancouver	Biathlon	Women's sprint
Silver	Kuzmina, AnastasiyaAnastasiya Kuzmina	2010 Vancouver	Biathlon	Women's pursuit
Bronze	Hurajt, PavolPavol Hurajt	2010 Vancouver	Biathlon	Men's mass start
Gold	Kuzmina, AnastasiyaAnastasiya Kuzmina	2014 Sochi	Biathlon	Women's sprint

Most successful Slovak competitors

Czechoslovakia (1920–1992)

Individual athletes

No	Athlete	Sport				Total
1	Miloslav Mečíř	Tennis	1	0	1	2
2	Marianna Krajčírová Jana Kubičková	Gymnastics	0	2	0	2
3	Vladimír Dzurilla	Ice hockey	0	1	2	3
4	Bohumil Golián	Volleyball	0	1	1	2
	Jozef Golonka	Ice hockey	0	1	1	2
	Igor Liba	Ice hockey	0	1	1	2

Slovakia since 1993

Individual athletes

No	Athlete	Sport				Total
1	Pavol Hochschorner Peter Hochschorner	Canoeing	3	0	1	4
2	Michal Martikán	Canoeing	2	2	1	5
3	Anastasiya Kuzmina	Biathlon	2	1	0	3
4	Elena Kaliská	Canoeing	2	0	0	2
5	Martina Moravcová	Swimming	0	2	0	2
	Zuzana Štefečeková	Shooting	0	2	0	2
7	Jozef Gönci	Shooting	0	0	2	2

Teams

No	Team	Sport				Total
1	Men's K-4	Canoeing	0	1	1	2

See also

• Category:Olympic competitors for Slovakia

External links

• "Slovakia". International Olympic Committee.
• "Results and Medalists". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee.
• "Slovakia". Sports-Reference.com.