Slovakia at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Slovakia at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Flag of Slovakia
IOC code	SVK
NOC	Slovak Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.sk (Slovak)
in Pyeongchang, South Korea 9–25 February 2018
Competitors	56 (41 men and 15 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Veronika Velez-Zuzulová (opening) Petra Vlhová (closing)
Medals Ranked 17th	Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 2 0 3
Winter Olympics appearances
Other related appearances
Hungary (1896-1912)  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

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
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

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
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

Main articles: Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		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	23
Andreas Žampa	Super-G	N/A				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
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Barbara Kantorová	Downhill	N/A				1:45.99	29
	Super-G	N/A				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	N/A				DNF
	Super-G	N/A				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
		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

Main articles: Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Based on their Nations Cup rankings in the 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup, Slovakia has qualified a team of 5 men and 5 women.

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
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
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
Paulína Fialková Matej Kazár Anastasiya Kuzmina Martin Otčenáš	Team relay	LAP	14 (10+4)	20

Cross-country skiing

Main articles: Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Slovakia has qualified 3 men and 2 women.

Distance

Athlete	Event	Total
		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
		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	N/A				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	N/A				17:52.14	9	Did not advance

Qualification legend: Q – Qualify on position in heat; q – Qualify on time in round

Figure skating

Main articles: Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Slovakia qualified one female figure skater, based on its placement at the 2017 World Figure Skating Championships in Helsinki, Finland. They additionally qualified one entry in ice dance through the 2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy.

Athlete	Event	SP / SD		FS / FD		Total
		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	82.82	20	142.57	20

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Summary

Key:

• OT – Overtime
• GWS – Match decided by penalty-shootout

Team	Event	Group Stage				Qualification playoff	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		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

Main articles: Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament and Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's qualification

Slovakia men's national ice hockey team qualified by finishing as one of the top eight teams in the 2015 IIHF World Ranking.

Team roster

• Men's team event – 1 team of 25 players

Preliminary round

14 February 2018 21:10

Slovakia

–

Russia

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang

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17 February 2018 21:10

Slovenia

–

Slovakia

Kwandong Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang

Qualification playoff

20 February 2018 12:10

TBD

12:10

TBD

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang

Luge

Main articles: Luge at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Luge at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Based on the results from the World Cups during the 2017–18 Luge World Cup season, Slovakia qualified 4 sleds.

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		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	N/A				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
		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

Main articles: Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		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				26.16	34.00	CAN	34.00	24

Qualification Legend: QF – Qualify directly to final; QS – Qualify to semifinal