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Slovakia at the Olympics

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Slovakia at the
Olympics
IOC codeSVK
NOCSlovak Olympic and Sports Committee
Websitewww.olympic.sk (in Slovak)
Medals
Ranked 53rd
Gold
14
Silver
18
Bronze
11
Total
43
Summer appearances
Winter appearances
Other related appearances
 Hungary (1896–1912)
 Czechoslovakia (1924–1992)

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 thirty three medals at the Summer Olympic Games, mostly in slalom canoeing. The nation has also won ten medals at the Winter Olympic Games.

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

Participation

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Timeline of participation

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Olympic
year/s
Team
1920–1992  Czechoslovakia (TCH)
since 1994 Czech Republic Czechia (CZE) Slovakia Slovakia (SVK)

Medal tables

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List of medalists - Slovakia since 1993

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Summer Games

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Medal Name Games Sport Event
 Gold Michal Martikán United States 1996 Atlanta Canoeing Men's C-1 slalom
 Silver Slavomír Kňazovický United States 1996 Atlanta Canoeing Men's C-1 500 metres
 Bronze Jozef Gönci United States 1996 Atlanta Shooting Men's 50 m rifle prone
 Gold Pavol Hochschorner
Peter Hochschorner
Australia 2000 Sydney Canoeing Men's C-2 slalom
 Silver Michal Martikán Australia 2000 Sydney Canoeing Men's C-1 slalom
 Silver Martina Moravcová Australia 2000 Sydney Swimming Women's 100 metre butterfly
 Silver Martina Moravcová Australia 2000 Sydney Swimming Women's 200 metre freestyle
 Bronze Juraj Minčík Australia 2000 Sydney Canoeing Men's C-1 slalom
 Gold Pavol Hochschorner
Peter Hochschorner
Greece 2004 Athens Canoeing Men's C-2 slalom
 Gold Elena Kaliská Greece 2004 Athens Canoeing Women's K-1 slalom
 Silver Michal Martikán Greece 2004 Athens Canoeing Men's C-1 slalom
 Silver Jozef Krnáč Greece 2004 Athens Judo Men's half-lightweight
 Bronze Juraj Bača
Michal Riszdorfer
Richard Riszdorfer
Erik Vlček
Greece 2004 Athens Canoeing Men's K-4 1000 metres
 Bronze Jozef Gönci Greece 2004 Athens Shooting Men's 10 m air rifle
 Gold Michal Martikán China 2008 Beijing Canoeing Men's C-1 slalom
 Gold Pavol Hochschorner
Peter Hochschorner
China 2008 Beijing Canoeing Men's C-2 slalom
 Gold Elena Kaliská China 2008 Beijing Canoeing Women's K-1 slalom
 Silver Zuzana Štefečeková China 2008 Beijing Shooting Women's trap
 Silver Juraj Tarr
Michal Riszdorfer
Richard Riszdorfer
Erik Vlček
China 2008 Beijing Canoeing Men's K-4 1000 metres
 Silver David Musuľbes China 2008 Beijing Wrestling Men's freestyle 120 kg
 Silver Zuzana Štefečeková United Kingdom 2012 London Shooting Women's trap
 Bronze Michal Martikán United Kingdom 2012 London Canoeing Men's C-1 slalom
 Bronze Pavol Hochschorner
Peter Hochschorner
United Kingdom 2012 London Canoeing Men's C-2 slalom
 Bronze Danka Barteková United Kingdom 2012 London Shooting Women's skeet
 Gold Ladislav Škantár
Peter Škantár
Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro Canoeing Men's C-2 slalom
 Gold Matej Tóth Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro Athletics Men's 50 km walk
 Silver Matej Beňuš Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro Canoeing Men's C-1 slalom
 Silver Tibor Linka
Denis Myšák
Juraj Tarr
Erik Vlček
Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro Canoeing Men's K-4 1000 m
 Gold Zuzana Rehák-Štefečeková Japan 2020 Tokyo Shooting Women's trap
 Silver Jakub Grigar Japan 2020 Tokyo Canoeing Men's K-1 slalom
 Silver Rory Sabbatini Japan 2020 Tokyo Golf Men's individual
 Bronze Samuel Baláž
Adam Botek
Denis Myšák
Erik Vlček
Japan 2020 Tokyo Canoeing Men's K-4 500 m
 Bronze Matej Beňuš France 2024 Paris Canoeing Men's C-1 slalom

Winter Games

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Medal Name Games Sport Event
 Silver Radoslav Židek Italy 2006 Turin Snowboarding Men's snowboard cross
 Gold Anastasiya Kuzmina Canada 2010 Vancouver Biathlon Women's sprint
 Silver Anastasiya Kuzmina Canada 2010 Vancouver Biathlon Women's pursuit
 Bronze Pavol Hurajt Canada 2010 Vancouver Biathlon Men's mass start
 Gold Anastasiya Kuzmina Russia 2014 Sochi Biathlon Women's sprint
 Gold Anastasiya Kuzmina South Korea 2018 Pyeongchang Biathlon Women's mass start
 Silver Anastasiya Kuzmina South Korea 2018 Pyeongchang Biathlon Women's pursuit
 Silver Anastasiya Kuzmina South Korea 2018 Pyeongchang Biathlon Women's individual
 Gold Petra Vlhová China 2022 Beijing Alpine skiing Women's slalom
 Bronze Ice hockey team
Branislav Konrád
Patrik Rybár
Matej Tomek
Michal Čajkovský
Peter Čerešňák
Marek Ďaloga
Martin Gernát
Samuel Kňažko
Martin Marinčin
Šimon Nemec
Mislav Rosandić
Peter Cehlárik
Marko Daňo
Adrián Holešinský
Marek Hrivík
Libor Hudáček
Tomáš Jurčo
Miloš Kelemen
Michal Krištof
Kristián Pospíšil
Pavol Regenda
Miloš Roman
Juraj Slafkovský
Samuel Takáč
Peter Zuzin
China 2022 Beijing Ice hockey Men's tournament

Most successful Slovak competitors

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Individual athletes

No Athlete Sport 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
1 Anastasiya Kuzmina  Biathlon 3 3 0 6
2 Pavol Hochschorner
Peter Hochschorner
 Canoeing 3 0 1 4
3 Michal Martikán  Canoeing 2 2 1 5
4 Elena Kaliská  Canoeing 2 0 0 2
5 Zuzana Štefečeková  Shooting 1 2 0 3
6 Erik Vlček  Canoeing 0 2 2 4
7 Martina Moravcová  Swimming 0 2 0 2
8 Matej Beňuš  Canoeing 0 1 1 2
9 Jozef Gönci  Shooting 0 0 2 2

Teams

No Team Sport 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
1 Men's K-4  Canoeing 0 2 2 4

List of Slovak medalists – Czechoslovakia (1920–1992)

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Summer Games

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Medal Name Games Sport Event
 Silver Jozef Herda 1936 Berlin Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman lightweight
 Silver Matylda Pálfyová 1936 Berlin Gymnastics Women's team all round
 Gold Július Torma 1948 London Boxing Boxing - Welterweight
 Gold Ján Zachara 1952 Helsinki Boxing Boxing - Featherweight
 Bronze Mikuláš Athanasov 1952 Helsinki Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman lightweight
 Gold Pavel Schmidt 1960 Rome Rowing Rowing - Men's double sculls
 Silver Marianna Krajčírová
Jana Kubičková
1964 Tokyo Gymnastics Women's team all round
 Silver Ľudovít Cvetler
Ján Geleta
Vojtech Masný
Štefan Matlák
Ivan Mráz
Anton Švajlen
Anton Urban
Vladimír Weiss
1964 Tokyo Football Men's team competition
 Bronze Bohumil Golian 1964 Tokyo Volleyball Men's team competition
 Silver Marianna Krajčírová
Jana Kubičková
1968 Mexico City Gymnastics Women's team all round
 Silver Bohumil Golian 1968 Mexico City Volleyball Men's team competition
 Silver Vincent Lafko
Andrej Lukošík
Peter Pospíšil
1972 Munich Handball Men's team competition
 Bronze Eva Šuranová 1972 Munich Athletics Women's Long Jump
 Gold Anton Tkáč 1976 Montreal Cycling Men's 1000m Sprint (Scratch)
 Gold František Kunzo
Stanislav Seman
1980 Moscow Football Men's team competition
 Silver Imrich Bugár 1980 Moscow Athletics Men's discus throw
 Silver Alena Kyselicová
Viera Podhányiová
Iveta Šranková
1980 Moscow Field hockey Women's team competition
 Bronze Dušan Poliačik 1980 Moscow Weightlifting Men's light heavyweight
 Bronze Ján Franek 1980 Moscow Boxing Men's light middleweight
 Bronze Dan Karabin 1980 Moscow Wrestling Men's freestyle welterweight
 Bronze Július Strnisko 1980 Moscow Wrestling Men's freestyle heavyweight
 Gold Jozef Pribilinec 1988 Seoul Athletics Men's 20 km Walk
 Gold Miloslav Mečíř 1988 Seoul Tennis Men's Singles Competition
 Bronze Miloslav Mečíř 1988 Seoul Tennis Men's Doubles Competition
 Bronze Jozef Lohyňa 1988 Seoul Wrestling Men's freestyle middleweight

Winter Games

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Medal Name Games Sport Event
 Silver Ladislav Troják 1948 St. Moritz Ice hockey Men's team competition
 Silver Karol Divín 1960 Squaw Valley Figure skating Men's singles
 Bronze Vladimír Dzurilla
František Gregor
Jozef Golonka
1964 Innsbruck Ice hockey Men's team competition
 Silver Vladimír Dzurilla
Jozef Golonka
1968 Grenoble Ice hockey Men's team competition
 Gold Ondrej Nepela 1972 Sapporo Figure skating Men's singles
 Bronze Vladimír Dzurilla
Rudolf Tajcnár
1972 Sapporo Ice hockey Men's team competition
 Silver Igor Liba
Vincent Lukáč
Dušan Pašek
Dárius Rusnák
1984 Sarajevo Ice hockey Men's team competition
 Silver Gabriela Svobodová 1984 Sarajevo Cross-country skiing Women's 4 x 5 km relay
 Bronze Jozef Sabovčík 1984 Sarajevo Figure skating Men's singles
 Bronze Igor Liba
Róbert Švehla
Peter Veselovský
Jaromír Dragan
1992 Albertville Ice hockey Men's team competition

See also

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  • "Slovakia". International Olympic Committee.
  • "Slovakia". Olympedia.com.
  • "Olympic Analytics/SVK". olympanalyt.com.