Slovakia at the 2018 Winter Olympics

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.

Slovakia at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Flag of Slovakia
IOC code	SVK
NOC	Slovak Olympic and Sports Committee
Website	www.olympic.sk (in Slovak)
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	Gold 1 Silver 2 Bronze 0 Total 3
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Other related appearances
Czechoslovakia (1924–1992)

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	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
		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
		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.^[2][3]

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	—				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

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.^[4] They additionally qualified one entry in ice dance through the 2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy.^[5]

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 Q	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.^[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
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 v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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]

Source: IIHF
Notes:

1. Slovenia 4 Pts; USA 4 Pts; Slovakia 1 Pts. Slovenia defeated USA 3–2 in overtime.

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
	Branislav Konrád	Goalies	Vasily Koshechkin	Referees: Brett Iverson Aleksi Rantala Linesmen: Vít Lederer Nathan Vanoosten
	0–1 02:54 – Gavrikov (Voinov, Shirokov) 0–2 04:08 – Kaprizov (Gusev, Gavrikov) Ölvecký (Graňák) – 16:05 1–2 Bakoš – 17:55 2–2 Čerešňák (Haščák, Bakoš) (PP) – 48:30 3–2
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	19	Shots	22

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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
	Ryan Zapolski	Goalies	Ján Laco	Referees: Olivier Gouin Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri Alexander Otmakhov
	Donato (Terry, Bourque) (PP) – 07:10 1–0 1–1 07:35 – Kudrna (Surový, Čajkovský) Donato (Arcobello, Bourque) (PP) – 42:51 2–1
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	31	Shots	22

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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
	Gašper Krošelj	Goalies	Branislav Konrád	Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Timothy Mayer Linesmen: Hannu Sormunen Sakari Suominen
	Gregorc (Muršak, Kuralt) (PP) – 21:00 1–0 Kuralt (Muršak, Gregorc) (PP) – 24:16 2–0 2–1 35:43 – Bubela (Čerešňák, Graňák) (PP) 2–2 45:56 – Haščák (Graňák, Čerešňák)
	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
	Ryan Zapolski	Goalies	Ján Laco	Referees: Aleksi Rantala Anssi Salonen Linesmen: Henrik Pihlblad Sakari Suominen
	Donato (Gilroy, Terry) – 21:36 1–0 Wisniewski (Terry) (PP2) – 22:20 2–0 Arcobello (Terry) – 33:30 3–0 3–1 36:54 – Čerešňák (Graňák, Nagy) Roe (Little, O'Neill) – 49:52 4–1 Donato (Wisniewski) (PP) – 56:46 5–1
	8 min	Penalties	33 min
	33	Shots	23

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.^[9]

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	—				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[10]				26.16	34.00	CAN	34.00	24

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

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