Slovakia at the Olympics

Slovakia at the Olympic Games
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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 by Games

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal count

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
25px 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

Slovak medalists - Czechoslovakia (1920 - 1992)

Summer Games

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Gold	Jozef Herda	1936 Berlin	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman lightweight
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	Pavol 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 Golián	1964 Tokyo	Volleyball	Men's team competition
Silver	Marianna Krajčírová Jana Kubičková	1968 Mexico City	Gymnastics	Women's team all round
Silver	Bohumil Golián	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

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Silver	Ladislav Troják	1948 St. Moritz	Ice hockey	Men's team competition
Silver	Karol Divin	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 Jaromir Dragan	1992 Albertville	Ice hockey	Men's team competition

Medalists - Slovakia from 1993

Summer Games

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Gold	Michal Martikán	1996 Atlanta	25px Canoeing	Men's C-1 slalom
Silver	Slavomír Kňazovický	1996 Atlanta	25px Canoeing	Men's C-1 500 metres
Bronze	Jozef Gönci	1996 Atlanta	Shooting	Men's 50 m rifle prone
Gold	Pavol Hochschorner Peter Hochschorner	2000 Sydney	25px Canoeing	Men's C-2 slalom
Silver	Michal Martikán	2000 Sydney	25px Canoeing	Men's C-1 slalom
Silver	Martina Moravcová	2000 Sydney	Swimming	Women's 100 metre butterfly
Silver	Martina Moravcová	2000 Sydney	Swimming	Women's 200 metre freestyle
Bronze	Juraj Minčík	2000 Sydney	25px Canoeing	Men's C-1 slalom
Gold	Pavol Hochschorner Peter Hochschorner	2004 Athens	25px Canoeing	Men's C-2 slalom
Gold	Elena Kaliská	2004 Athens	25px Canoeing	Women's K-1 slalom
Silver	Michal Martikán	2004 Athens	25px Canoeing	Men's C-1 slalom
Silver	Jozef Krnáč	2004 Athens	Judo	Men's half-lightweight
Bronze	Juraj Bača Michal Riszdorfer Richard Riszdorfer Erik Vlček	2004 Athens	25px Canoeing	Men's K-4 1000 metres
Bronze	Jozef Gönci	2004 Athens	Shooting	Men's 10 m air rifle
Gold	Michal Martikán	2008 Beijing	25px Canoeing	Men's C-1 slalom
Gold	Pavol Hochschorner Peter Hochschorner	2008 Beijing	25px Canoeing	Men's C-2 slalom
Gold	Elena Kaliská	2008 Beijing	25px Canoeing	Women's K-1 slalom
Silver	Zuzana Štefečeková	2008 Beijing	Shooting	Women's trap
Silver	Juraj Tarr Michal Riszdorfer Richard Riszdorfer Erik Vlček	2008 Beijing	25px Canoeing	Men's K-4 1000 metres
Bronze	David Musuľbes	2008 Beijing	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 120 kg
Bronze	Danka Barteková	2012 London	Shooting	Women's skeet
Bronze	Michal Martikán	2012 London	25px Canoeing	Men's C-1 slalom
Bronze	Pavol Hochschorner Peter Hochschorner	2012 London	25px Canoeing	Men's C-2 slalom
Silver	Zuzana Štefečeková	2012 London	Shooting	Women's trap

Winter Games

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Silver	Radoslav Židek	2006 Turin	Snowboarding	Men's snowboard cross
Gold	Anastasiya Kuzmina	2010 Vancouver	Biathlon	Women's sprint
Silver	Anastasiya Kuzmina	2010 Vancouver	Biathlon	Women's pursuit
Bronze	Pavol Hurajt	2010 Vancouver	Biathlon	Men's mass start
Gold	Anastasiya 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

Since 1993

Individual athletes

No	Athlete	Sport				Total
1	Pavol Hochschorner Peter Hochschorner	25px Canoeing	3	0	1	4
2	Michal Martikán	25px Canoeing	2	2	1	5
3	Anastasiya Kuzmina	Biathlon	2	1	0	3
4	Elena Kaliská	25px 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	25px Canoeing	0	1	1	2

See also

• Category:Olympic competitors for Slovakia