Slovakia at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Slovakia at the 2018 Winter Olympics | |
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IOC code | SVK |
NOC | Slovak Olympic and Sports Committee |
Website | www |
in Pyeongchang, South Korea 9–25 February 2018 | |
Competitors | 56 (41 men and 15 women) in 7 sports |
Flag bearers | Veronika Velez-Zuzulová (opening)[1] Petra Vlhová (closing) |
Medals Ranked 17th |
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Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Other related appearances | |
Czechoslovakia (1924–1992) |
Slovakia competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018, with 56 competitors in 7 sports. Biathlete Anastasiya Kuzmina was the country's sole medalist, taking one gold and two silver medals, earning Slovakia 17th place in the overall medal table.
Medalists
[edit]Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
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Gold | Anastasiya Kuzmina | Biathlon | Women's mass start | 17 February |
Silver | Anastasiya Kuzmina | Biathlon | Women's pursuit | 12 February |
Silver | Anastasiya Kuzmina | Biathlon | Women's individual | 15 February |
Competitors
[edit]The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.
Sport | Men | Women | Total |
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Alpine skiing | 3 | 4 | 7 |
Biathlon | 5 | 5 | 10 |
Cross-country skiing | 3 | 2 | 5 |
Figure skating | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Ice hockey | 25 | 0 | 25 |
Luge | 4 | 1 | 5 |
Snowboarding | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 41 | 15 | 56 |
Alpine skiing
[edit]- Men
Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Matej Falat | Combined | 1:23.21 | 53 | DNF | |||
Giant slalom | 1:14.99 | 49 | 1:19.79 | 61 | 2:34.78 | 50 | |
Slalom | 51.86 | 32 | DNF | ||||
Adam Žampa | Combined | 1:23.02 | 51 | 48.08 | 9 | 2:11.10 | 22 |
Giant slalom | 1:11.40 | 26 | 1:10.46 | 13 | 2:21.86 | 25 | |
Slalom | 49.91 | 24 | 52.36 | 26 | 1:42.27 | 24 | |
Andreas Žampa | Super-G | — | 1:28.89 | 39 | |||
Giant slalom | 1:10.61 | 18 | DNF | ||||
Slalom | 54.15 | 39 | 59.43 | 36 | 1:53.58 | 35 |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Barbara Kantorová | Downhill | — | 1:45.99 | 29 | |||
Super-G | — | 1:25.30 | 35 | ||||
Combined | 1:45.58 | 21 | 44.36 | 18 | 2:29.94 | 18 | |
Giant slalom | 1:17.74 | 42 | 1:15.20 | 41 | 2:32.94 | 41 | |
Slalom | 54.62 | 40 | 53.81 | 34 | 1:48.43 | 34 | |
Soňa Moravčíková | Giant slalom | 1:17.88 | 43 | 1:14.11 | 34 | 2:31.99 | 37 |
Slalom | DNF | ||||||
Veronika Velez-Zuzulová | Slalom | 51.46 | 21 | 50.61 | 16 | 1:42.07 | 17 |
Petra Vlhová | Downhill | — | DNF | ||||
Super-G | — | 1:24.26 | 32 | ||||
Combined | 1:42.58 | 13 | 40.41 | 2 | 2:22.99 | 5 | |
Giant slalom | 1:11.71 | 12 | 1:10.42 | 21 | 2:22.13 | 13 | |
Slalom | 51.12 | 12 | 50.46 | 14 | 1:41.58 | 13 |
- Mixed
Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
Matej Falat Adam Žampa Andreas Žampa Soňa Moravčíková Veronika Velez-Zuzulová Petra Vlhová |
Team | Germany (GER) L 2–2* |
Did not advance |
Biathlon
[edit]Based on their Nations Cup rankings in the 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup, Slovakia has qualified a team of 5 men and 5 women.[2][3]
- Men
Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
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Šimon Bartko | Sprint | 26:18.4 | 5 (2+3) | 74 |
Tomáš Hasilla | Sprint | 26:10.4 | 3 (1+2) | 70 |
Individual | 58:55.2 | 9 (3+1+3+2) | 86 | |
Matej Kazár | Sprint | 22:33.7 | 1 (0+1) | 22 |
Pursuit | 36:42.4 | 5 (1+2+1+1) | 31 | |
Individual | 51:52.4 | 2 (0+1+1+0) | 34 | |
Martin Otčenáš | Sprint | 25:39.7 | 4 (0+4) | 52 |
Pursuit | 36:22.5 | 3 (0+0+3+0) | 27 | |
Individual | 57:16.0 | 5 (1+2+0+2) | 84 | |
Michal Šíma | Individual | 57:52.3 | 6 (1+1+2+2) | 85 |
Šimon Bartko Tomáš Hasilla Matej Kazár Martin Otčenáš |
Team relay | LAP | 16 (10+6) | 18 |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
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Ivona Fialková | Sprint | 24:48.6 | 5 (2+3) | 74 |
Individual | 48:04.4 | 6 (1+1+1+3) | 64 | |
Paulína Fialková | Sprint | 21:56.8 | 1 (1+0) | 11 |
Pursuit | 34:33.6 | 8 (2+2+2+2) | 38 | |
Individual | 42:09.5 | 1 (1+0+0+0) | 5 | |
Mass start | 37:52.6 | 4 (1+2+0+1) | 21 | |
Anastasiya Kuzmina | Sprint | 22:00.1 | 3 (2+1) | 13 |
Pursuit | 31:04.7 | 4 (0+1+2+1) | ||
Individual | 41:31.9 | 2 (0+1+1+0) | ||
Mass start | 35:23.0 | 1 (0+0+0+1) | ||
Terézia Poliaková | Sprint | 25:32.2 | 5 (1+4) | 83 |
Individual | 54:46.3 | 10 (1+4+3+2) | 87 | |
Paulína Fialková Anastasiya Kuzmina Terézia Poliaková Ivona Fialková |
Team relay | 1:12:41.8 | 10 (3+7) | 5 |
- Mixed
Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
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Paulína Fialková Matej Kazár Anastasiya Kuzmina Martin Otčenáš |
Team relay | LAP | 14 (10+4) | 20 |
Cross-country skiing
[edit]Slovakia has qualified 3 men and 2 women.
- Distance
Athlete | Event | Total | ||
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Time | Deficit | Rank | ||
Peter Mlynár | Men's 15 km freestyle | 37:46.2 | +4:02.3 | 67 |
Men's 50 km classical | 2:26:14.7 | +17:52.6 | 51 | |
Andrej Segeč | Men's 15 km freestyle | 39:13.4 | +5:29.5 | 87 |
Men's 50 km classical | 2:27:44.3 | +19:22.2 | 53 | |
Miroslav Šulek | Men's 15 km freestyle | 38:44.0 | +5:00.1 | 80 |
Men's 50 km classical | DNF | |||
Alena Procházková | Women's 10 km freestyle | 28:59.5 | +3:59.0 | 58 |
Women's 30 km classical | 1:36:50.0 | +14:32.4 | 36 |
- Sprint
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Peter Mlynár | Men's sprint | 3:16.82 | 25 Q | 3:15.77 | 5 | Did not advance | |||
Andrej Segeč | 3:24.84 | 56 | Did not advance | ||||||
Miroslav Šulek | 3:28.74 | 61 | Did not advance | ||||||
Peter Mlynár Andrej Segeč |
Men's team sprint | — | 17:34.12 | 11 | Did not advance | ||||
Barbora Klementová | Women's sprint | 3:38.00 | 53 | Did not advance | |||||
Alena Procházková | 3:24.61 | 31 | Did not advance | ||||||
Barbora Klementová Alena Procházková |
Women's team sprint | — | 17:52.14 | 9 | Did not advance |
Qualification legend: Q – Qualify on position in heat; q – Qualify on time in round
Figure skating
[edit]Slovakia qualified one female figure skater, based on its placement at the 2017 World Figure Skating Championships in Helsinki, Finland.[4] They additionally qualified one entry in ice dance through the 2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy.[5]
Athlete | Event | SP / SD | FS / FD | Total | |||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Nicole Rajičová | Ladies' singles | 60.59 | 13 Q | 114.60 | 15 | 175.19 | 14 |
Lucie Myslivečková / Lukáš Csölley | Ice dancing | 59.75 | 19 Q | 82.82 | 20 | 142.57 | 20 |
Ice hockey
[edit]- Summary
Key:
- OT – Overtime
- GWS – Match decided by penalty-shootout
Team | Event | Group stage | Qualification playoff |
Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | ||||
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Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | ||
Slovakia men's | Men's tournament | Olympic Athletes from Russia W 3–2 |
United States L 1–2 |
Slovenia L 2–3 GWS |
4 | United States L 1–5 |
Did not advance | 11 |
Men's tournament
[edit]Slovakia men's national ice hockey team qualified by finishing as one of the top eight teams in the 2015 IIHF World Ranking.[6]
- Team roster
- Men's team event – 1 team of 25 players
The following is the Slovak roster for the men's ice hockey tournament at the 2018 Winter Olympics.[7][8]
Head coach: Craig Ramsay Assistant coaches: Ján Lašák, Vladimír Országh
No. | Pos. | Name | Height | Weight | Birthdate | Birthplace | 2017–18 team |
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6 | F | Lukáš Cingeľ | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | 91 kg (201 lb) | 10 June 1992 | Žilina, Czechoslovakia | HK Hradec Králové (ELH) |
7 | D | Ivan Baranka | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | 91 kg (201 lb) | 19 May 1985 | Ilava, Czechoslovakia | HC Vítkovice Ridera (ELH) |
13 | F | Michal Krištof | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | 74 kg (163 lb) | 11 October 1993 | Nitra | HK Nitra (SVK) |
14 | D | Peter Čerešňák | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | 97 kg (214 lb) | 26 January 1993 | Trenčín | HC Škoda Plzeň (ELH) |
16 | D | Juraj Valach | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) | 101 kg (223 lb) | 1 February 1989 | Topoľčany, Czechoslovakia | Piráti Chomutov (ELH) |
17 | F | Miloš Bubela | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | 88 kg (194 lb) | 25 August 1992 | Banská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia | HC '05 Banská Bystrica (SVK) |
18 | F | Andrej Kudrna | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | 97 kg (214 lb) | 11 May 1991 | Nové Zámky, Czechoslovakia | HC Sparta Praha (ELH) |
19 | D | Tomáš Starosta | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | 91 kg (201 lb) | 20 May 1981 | Trenčín, Czechoslovakia | HK Dukla Trenčín (SVK) |
25 | F | Marek Hovorka | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | 84 kg (185 lb) | 8 October 1984 | Dubnica nad Váhom, Czechoslovakia | HC Košice (SVK) |
26 | D | Juraj Mikuš | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | 97 kg (214 lb) | 30 November 1988 | Trenčín, Czechoslovakia | HC Sparta Praha (ELH) |
27 | F | Ladislav Nagy – A | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | 86 kg (190 lb) | 1 June 1979 | Šaca, Czechoslovakia | HC Košice (SVK) |
33 | G | Patrik Rybár | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | 83 kg (183 lb) | 9 November 1993 | Skalica | HK Hradec Králové (ELH) |
42 | G | Branislav Konrád | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | 90 kg (200 lb) | 10 October 1987 | Nitra, Czechoslovakia | HC Olomouc (ELH) |
43 | F | Tomáš Surový – C | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | 96 kg (212 lb) | 24 September 1981 | Banská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia | HC '05 Banská Bystrica (SVK) |
50 | G | Ján Laco | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | 95 kg (209 lb) | 1 December 1981 | Liptovský Mikuláš, Czechoslovakia | HC Sparta Praha (ELH) |
51 | D | Dominik Graňák – A | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | 83 kg (183 lb) | 11 June 1983 | Havířov, Czechoslovakia | HK Hradec Králové (ELH) |
56 | D | Michal Čajkovský | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | 107 kg (236 lb) | 6 May 1992 | Skalica, Czechoslovakia | Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg (KHL) |
63 | F | Patrik Lamper | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | 86 kg (190 lb) | 10 March 1993 | Banská Bystrica | HC '05 Banská Bystrica (SVK) |
65 | F | Tomáš Marcinko | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | 96 kg (212 lb) | 11 April 1988 | Poprad, Czechoslovakia | HC Oceláři Třinec (ELH) |
67 | F | Matej Paulovič | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | 90 kg (200 lb) | 13 January 1995 | Topoľčany | HK Nitra (SVK) |
71 | D | Marek Ďaloga | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | 88 kg (194 lb) | 10 March 1989 | Zvolen, Czechoslovakia | HC Sparta Praha (ELH) |
83 | F | Martin Bakoš | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | 93 kg (205 lb) | 18 April 1990 | Spišská Nová Ves, Czechoslovakia | HC Bílí Tygři Liberec (ELH) |
85 | F | Peter Ölvecký | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | 94 kg (207 lb) | 11 October 1985 | Nové Zámky, Czechoslovakia | HK Dukla Trenčín (SVK) |
87 | F | Marcel Haščák | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | 95 kg (209 lb) | 3 February 1987 | Poprad, Czechoslovakia | HC Kometa Brno (ELH) |
91 | F | Matúš Sukeľ | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | 77 kg (170 lb) | 23 January 1996 | Liptovský Mikuláš | MHk 32 Liptovský Mikuláš (SVK) |
- Preliminary round
Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
2 | Slovenia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 4[a] | Qualification playoffs |
3 | United States | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 4[a] | |
4 | Slovakia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 4[a] |
Notes:
14 February 2018 21:10 | Slovakia | 3–2 (2–2, 0–0, 1–0) | Olympic Athletes from Russia | Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang Attendance: 4,025 |
Game reference | |||||||||||||||||
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Branislav Konrád | Goalies | Vasily Koshechkin | Referees: Brett Iverson Aleksi Rantala Linesmen: Vít Lederer Nathan Vanoosten | ||||||||||||||
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12 min | Penalties | 10 min | |||||||||||||||
19 | Shots | 22 |
16 February 2018 12:10 | United States | 2–1 (1–1, 0–0, 1–0) | Slovakia | Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang Attendance: 5,652 |
Game reference | |||||||||||
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Ryan Zapolski | Goalies | Ján Laco | Referees: Olivier Gouin Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri Alexander Otmakhov | ||||||||
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4 min | Penalties | 10 min | |||||||||
31 | Shots | 22 |
17 February 2018 21:10 | Slovenia | 3–2 GWS (0–0, 2–1, 0–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0) | Slovakia | Kwandong Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang Attendance: 4,085 |
Game reference | ||||||||||||||
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Gašper Krošelj | Goalies | Branislav Konrád | Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Timothy Mayer Linesmen: Hannu Sormunen Sakari Suominen | |||||||||||
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Tičar Urbas Muršak Sabolič Jeglič | Shootout | Kudrna Ölvecký Bakoš Nagy Haščák | ||||||||||||
4 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||||||||||||
30 | Shots | 25 |
- Qualification playoff
20 February 2018 12:10 | United States | 5–1 (0–0, 3–1, 2–0) | Slovakia | Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang Attendance: 6,391 |
Game reference | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Ryan Zapolski | Goalies | Ján Laco | Referees: Aleksi Rantala Anssi Salonen Linesmen: Henrik Pihlblad Sakari Suominen | |||||||||||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 33 min | ||||||||||||||||||
33 | Shots | 23 |
Luge
[edit]Based on the results from the World Cups during the 2017–18 Luge World Cup season, Slovakia qualified 4 sleds.[9]
Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Jozef Ninis | Men's singles | 47.833 | 7 | 50.014 | 37 | 48.095 | 21 | Eliminated | 2:25.942 | 25 | |
Jakub Šimoňák | 51.724 | 38 | 48.690 | 30 | 48.522 | 27 | Eliminated | 2:28.936 | 35 | ||
Marek Solčanský Karol Stuchlák |
Men's doubles | 46.780 | 15 | 46.811 | 17 | — | 1:33.591 | 17 | |||
Katarína Šimoňáková | Women's singles | 47.428 | 24 | 47.606 | 25 | 47.538 | 23 | Eliminated | 2:22.572 | 23 |
- Mixed team relay
Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Total | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Katarína Šimoňáková Jozef Ninis Marek Solčanský Karol Stuchlák |
Team relay | 48.032 | 11 | 49.326 | 11 | 49.635 | 10 | 2:26.993 | 11 |
Snowboarding
[edit]- Freestyle
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | |||||||
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Run 1 | Run 2 | Best | Rank | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Best | Rank | ||
Klaudia Medlová | Women's big air | 30.75 | 50.50 | 50.50 | 23 | Did not advance | ||||
Women's slopestyle | Canceled[10] | 26.16 | 34.00 | CAN | 34.00 | 24 |
Qualification Legend: QF – Qualify directly to final; QS – Qualify to semifinal
References
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- ^ "Ranking list" (PDF). fil-luge.org. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
- ^ "Women's slopestyle qualification canceled". Reuters. 11 February 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2018.