| Slovakia at the 2012 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | SVK |
| NOC | Slovak Olympic and Sports Committee |
| Website | www |
| inLondon | |
| Competitors | 47 in11 sports |
| Flag bearers | Jozef Gönci (opening) Danka Barteková (closing) |
| Medals Ranked 59th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
 Hungary (1896–1912) Czechoslovakia (1924–1992) | |
Slovakia competed in the2012 Summer Olympics inLondon, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's fifth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics. TheSlovak Olympic Committee sent a total of 47 athletes to the Games, 26 men and 21 women, to compete in 11 sports. There was only a single competitor in badminton, judo, triathlon, and weightlifting.
The Slovak team featured three defending Olympic champions fromBeijing: slalom canoersMichal Martikán, and twinsPavol andPeter Hochschorner. Rifle shooter and double bronze medalistJozef Gönci, who was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony, competed at his sixth Olympics and was the oldest and most experienced athlete, at age 38. Meanwhile, medley swimmerKatarína Listopadová was the youngest member of the team, at age 19. Other notable Slovak athletes included road cyclist and world junior championPeter Sagan, weightlifter and three-time Olympic veteranMartin Tešovič, and professional tennis playerDaniela Hantuchová.
Slovakia left London with a total of four medals (one silver and three bronze), failing to win a gold for the first time in Olympic history and in the post-Czechoslovak era. Among the nation's medalists were shootersZuzana Štefečeková andDanka Barteková, who took silver and bronze medals in the women's trap and skeet events respectively. On 11 August 2012, Barteková was elected to theIOC Athletes Commission, along with three other athletes.[1] Meanwhile, Michal Martikán, who won bronze in London, became the most successful Slovak athlete in history with a total of five Olympic medals.
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The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:
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Slovak athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard):[2][3]
| Athlete | Event | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | ||
| Miloš Bátovský | 50 km walk | 4:09:32 | 48 |
| Anton Kučmín | 20 km walk | 1:22:25 | 23 |
| Matej Tóth | 50 km walk | 3:41:24 | 5 |
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
| Michal Kabelka | High jump | 2.16 | 30 | Did not advance | |
| Marcel Lomnický | Hammer throw | 74.00 | 15 | Did not advance | |
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Katarína Berešová | Marathon | — | 2:48:11 | 99 | |||
| Mária Czaková | 20 km walk | — | 1:37:43 | 53 | |||
| Lucia Klocová | 1500 m | 4:07.79NR | 9q | 4:02.99NR | 8q | 4:12.64 | 4 |
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
| Martina Hrašnová | Hammer throw | 68.41 | 20 | Did not advance | |
| Dana Velďáková | Triple jump | 14.22 | 10q | 11.92 | 12 |
| Jana Velďáková | Long jump | 6.18 | 27 | Did not advance | |
| Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Elimination | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final /BM | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Monika Fašungová | Women's singles |  Gu (SIN)L 5–21, 11–21 |  Na (AUS)L 12–21, 18–21 | 3 | Did not advance | ||||
Slovakia has qualified boats for the following events
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Semifinal | Final | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Rank | Run 2 | Rank | Best | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Michal Martikán | Men's C-1 | 139.46 | 16 | 90.56 | 1 | 90.56 | 1Q | 104.04 | 4Q | 98.31 |  |
| Pavol Hochschorner Peter Hochschorner | Men's C-2 | 97.52 | 2 | 98.60 | 1 | 97.52 | 2Q | 109.04 | 2Q | 108.28 | |
| Jana Dukátová | Women's K-1 | 105.14 | 5 | 101.37 | 4 | 101.37 | 6Q | 110.48 | 4Q | 111.60 | 6 |
Slovakia has qualified boats for the following events
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Semifinals | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Ľubomír Hagara | C-1 200 m | 43.507 | 5Q | 41.472 | 3FA | 43.977 | 6 |
| Marek Krajčovič | K-1 1000 m | 3:39.649 | 7 | Did not advance | |||
| Peter Gelle Erik Vlček | K-2 1000 m | 3:19.571 | 3Q | 3:12.690 | 1FA | 3:12.519 | 8 |
| Peter Gelle Martin Jankovec Juraj Tarr Erik Vlček | K-4 1000 m | 2:55.173 | 1FA | Bye | 2:56.771 | 6 | |
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Semifinals | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Ivana Kmeťová | K-1 200 m | 43.445 | 6Q | 42.510 | 5FB | 45.556 | 14 |
| Ivana Kmeťová Martina Kohlová | K-2 500 m | 1:45.073 | 5Q | 1:43.653 | 5FB | 1:47.683 | 13 |
Qualification Legend:FA = Qualify to final (medal);FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)
Slovakia has qualified in the following events
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Sagan | Men's road race | 5:46:37 | 34 |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Janka Števková | Women's cross-country | 1:39:05 | 21 |
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||||||
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| Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Total | Rank | ||||||||||||
| F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | ||||||
| Samuel Piasecký | Parallel bars | — | 15.358 | — | 15.358 | 11 | Did not advance | ||||||||||
| Horizontal bar | — | 12.666 | 12.666 | 65 | Did not advance | ||||||||||||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Total | Rank | ||||||||
| F | V | UB | BB | F | V | UB | BB | ||||||
| Mária Homolová | All-around | 12.066 | 12.766 | 10.458 | 11.733 | 47.023 | 57 | Did not advance | |||||
Slovakia has qualified 1 judoka
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final /BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Milan Randl | Men's −90 kg |  Iliadis (GRE)L 0002–0111 | Did not advance | |||||
Slovakia has earned seven qualification berths in shooting events:[4]
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Jozef Gönci | 50 m rifle 3 positions | 1157 | 31 | Did not advance | |
| 50 m rifle prone | 589 | 39 | Did not advance | ||
| 10 m air rifle | 591 | 31 | Did not advance | ||
| Pavol Kopp | 50 m pistol | 556 | 20 | Did not advance | |
| 10 m air pistol | 576 | 21 | Did not advance | ||
| Juraj Tužinský | 50 m pistol | 554 | 23 | Did not advance | |
| 10 m air pistol | 580 | 15 | Did not advance | ||
| Erik Varga | Trap | 121 | 12 | Did not advance | |
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Danka Barteková | Skeet | 70 | 2Q | 90 | |
| Daniela Pešková | 50 m rifle 3 positions | 576 | 34 | Did not advance | |
| 10 m air rifle | 395 | 14 | Did not advance | ||
| Zuzana Štefečeková | Trap | 73 | 2Q | 93 S/O 3 |  |
Slovakian swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):[5][6]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Tomáš Klobučník | 200 m breaststroke | 2:13.40 | 23 | Did not advance | |||
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Katarína Filová | 100 m freestyle | 56.58 | 31 | Did not advance | |||
| 200 m freestyle | 2:02.03 | 28 | Did not advance | ||||
| Katarína Listopadová | 200 m individual medley | 2:16.81 | 28 | Did not advance | |||
| Denisa Smolenová | 100 m butterfly | 59.48 | 28 | Did not advance | |||
| 200 m butterfly | 2:11.10 | 21 | Did not advance | ||||
| Miroslava Syllabová | 50 m freestyle | 26.07 | 38 | Did not advance | |||
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final /BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Martin Kližan | Singles |  Roddick (USA)L 5–7, 4–6 | Did not advance | |||||
| Lukáš Lacko |  Petzschner (GER)L 6–7(5–7), 1–6 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Martin Kližan Lukáš Lacko | Doubles | — |  Tipsarević /Zimonjić (SRB) L 3–6, 3–6 | Did not advance | ||||
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final /BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Dominika Cibulková | Singles |  Pironkova (BUL)L 6–7(4–7), 2–6 | Did not advance | |||||
| Daniela Hantuchová |  Li N (CHN)W 6–2, 3–6, 6–3 |  Cornet (FRA)W 6–3, 6–0 |  Wozniacki (DEN)L 4–6, 2–6 | Did not advance | ||||
| Dominika Cibulková Daniela Hantuchová | Doubles | — |  A. Radwańska /U. Radwańska (POL) L 2–6, 1–6 | Did not advance | ||||
Slovakia has qualified the following athletes.
| Athlete | Event | Swim (1.5 km) | Trans 1 | Bike (40 km) | Trans 2 | Run (10 km) | Total Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Varga | Men's | 16:56 | 0:41 | 59:15 | 0:30 | 32:03 | 1:49:25 | 22 |
Slovakia has qualified the following quota places.
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
| Martin Tešovič | Men's −105 kg | 167 | 12 | 196 | 12 | 363 | 11 |
