Slovakia at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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Slovakia at the
1996 Summer Olympics
Flag of Slovakia.svg
IOC code SVK
NOC Slovak Olympic and Sports Committee
Website www.olympic.sk  (in Slovak)
in Atlanta
Competitors71 (58 men and 13 women) in 14 sports
Flag bearer Jozef Lohyňa
Medals
Ranked 43rd
Gold
1
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
3
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary (1896–1912)
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia (1924–1992)

Slovakia was represented at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, United States by the Slovak Olympic and Sports Committee. It was their first appearance at the Summer Games as an independent country following the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1992.

Contents

In total, 71 athletes including 58 men and 13 woman represented Slovakia in 14 different sports including athletics, boxing, canoeing, cycling, gymnastics, judo, rowing, sailing, shooting, swimming, table tennis, tennis, weightlifting and wrestling.

Slovakia won a total of three medals at the games after Michal Martikán claimed gold in the canoeing men's slalom C-1, Slavomír Kňazovický won silver in the canoeing men's C-1 500 m and Jozef Gönci claimed bronze in the men's shooting 50 m rifle prone.

Competitors

In total, 71 athletes represented Slovakia at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, United States across 14 different sports. [1]

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics 12315
Boxing 2—2
Canoeing 15217
Cycling 8210
Gymnastics 011
Judo 202
Rowing 202
Sailing 404
Shooting 303
Swimming 123
Table tennis 011
Tennis 235
Weightlifting 3—3
Wrestling 4—4
Total581371

Medalists

Slovakia won a total of three medals at the games after Michal Martikán claimed gold in the canoeing men's slalom C-1, Slavomír Kňazovický won silver in the canoeing men's C-1 500 m and Jozef Gönci claimed bronze in the men's shooting 50 m rifle prone. [1]

MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Michal Martikán Canoeing Men's slalom C-1 July 27
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Slavomír Kňazovický Canoeing Men's C-1 500 me August 4
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Jozef Gönci Shooting Men's 50 m rifle prone July 25

Athletics

In total, 15 Slovakian athletes participated in the athletics events. [1]

Men
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Štefan Balošák 400 m 45.863 Q45.324 Q45.596did not advance
Pavol Blažek 20 km walk —1:29:4146
Igor Kollár —DSQ
Igor Kováč 110 m hurdles 13.6216 Q13.7025did not advance
Jozef Kucej 400 m hurdles 50.316did not advance
Štefan Malík 50 km walk —3:58:4021
Roman Mrazek —3:58:2020
Róbert Štefko 10,000 m 29:03.8014did not advance
Peter Tichý 50 km walk —4:10:5532
Róbert Valíček 20 km walk —1:27:2738
Miroslav Vanko 5,000 m 13:54.886 Q—13:51.4512did not advance
10,000 m 29:17.5318did not advance
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Jaroslav Žitňanský Discus throw 51.5038did not advance
Women
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Galina Chistyakova Long jump 6.3322did not advance
Triple jump 14.1414did not advance
Alica Javadová High jump 1.8524did not advance

Boxing

In total, two Slovakian athletes participated in the boxing events. [1]

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Peter Baláž Light flyweight Flag of Indonesia.svg  La Paene Masara  (INA)
L 3-13		did not advance17
Gabriel Križan Bantamweight BYEFlag of France.svg  Rachid Bouaita  (FRA)
L 6-13		did not advance9

Canoeing

In total, 17 Slovakian athletes participated in the canoeing events. [1]

Slalom

AthleteEventFinal
Run 1RankRun 2RankTotalRank
Gabriela Brosková Women's K-1 230.6717172.575172.575
Elena Kaliská 229.8516190.4513190.4519
Michal Martikán Men's C-1 160.886151.031151.03 Gold medal.svg
Juraj Minčík 182.6020166.4510166.4515
Peter Nagy Men's K-1 211.5436148.357148.3513
Ľuboš Šoška
Peter Šoška 		Men's C-2 184.907175.389175.3810
Roman Štrba
Roman Vajs 		194.4010200.6713194.4013
Miroslav Stanovský Men's K-1 165.1724146.596146.5910

Sprint

AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Róbert Erban K-1 500 m 1:43.5635 QR1:43.1841 QS1:41.4254 QF1:40.4078
K-1 1000 m 3:48.9564 QR4:01.9171 QS3:46.6335Did not advance12
Slavomír Kňazovický C-1 500 m 1:52.9712 QF—BYE1:50.510 Silver medal.svg
Ján Kubica C-1 1000 m 4:33.8107 QS—4:22.7734Did not advance14
Csaba Orosz
Peter Páleš 		C-2 500 m 1:45.8934 QR1:47.9652 QS1:43.7575 QF1:44.1168
C-2 1000 m 4:12.7893 QSBYE3:44.6282 QF3:36.9387
Juraj Kadnár
Attila Szabó 		K-2 1000 m 3:49.0266 R3:34.4362 QS3:20.9046Did not advance11

Cycling

In total, 10 Slovakian athletes participated in the cycling events. [1]

Road

Men
AthleteEventTimeRank
Milan Dvorščík Men's road race 4:56:4659
Men's time trial 1:12:5434
Miroslav Lipták Men's road race dnf
Men's time trial 1:12:2831
Róbert Nagy Men's road race dnf
Ján Valach 4:56:4868
Pavol Zaduban 5:05:38114
Women
AthleteEventTimeRank
Lenka Ilavská Women's road race 02:37:0624
Women's time trial 39:5717
Eva Orvošová Women's road race 02:37:0627

Track

AthleteEventQualificationRound 1Repechage 1Round 2Repechage 21/8 finalRepechage 3QuarterfinalsClassification 5-8SemifinalsFinal
Time
Speed (km/h)		RankOpposition
Time
Speed (km/h)		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)		Rank
Peter Bazálik Men's sprint 10.837
66.43		20 QFlag of Germany.svg  Pokorny  (GER)
L		Flag of South Africa.svg  van Zyl  (RSA)
W 11.222		Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Harnett  (CAN)
L		Flag of Spain.svg  Moreno  (ESP)
Flag of Greece.svg  Himonetos  (GRE)
L		did not advance
Martin Hrbáček Men's sprint 10.693
67.33		16 QFlag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Berzins  (LAT)
L		Flag of Italy.svg  Capitano  (ITA)
W 11.076		Flag of the United States.svg  Nothstein  (USA)
L		did not advance

Mountain biking

AthleteEventTimeRank
Peter Hric Men's cross-country 2:46:2230
Lenka Ilavská Women's cross-country 2:04.14321
Eva Loweová-Orvošová 1:57.569

Gymnastics

In total, one Slovakian athlete participated in the gymnastics events. [1]

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRank
F V UB BB F V UB BB
Klaudia Kinská All-around 18.06217.68716.92517.87470.54870did not advance

Judo

In total, two Slovakian athletes participated in the judo events. [1]

AthleteEventPreliminaryRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Marek Matuszek −60 kg BYEFlag of France.svg  Franck Chambilly  (FRA)
L 0000-0100		did not advance17
Semir Pepic −95 kg Flag of Kuwait (3-2).svg  Mohamed Bu Sakher  (KUW)
W 1000-0000		Flag of Hungary.svg  Daniel Gowing  (HUN)
L 0000-0100		did not advance17

Rowing

In total, two Slovakian athletes participated in the rowing events. [1]

AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Ondrej Hambálek
Ján Žiška 		Double sculls 6:55.874 R6:53.542 SA/B6:55.736 FB6:26.5111

Sailing

In total, four Slovakian athletes participated in the sailing events. [1]

AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
1234567891011
Patrik Pollak Mistral 192325192916352528—155.027
Marek Valasek Finn 517262827623202526—148.025
Igor Karvas
Jaroslav Ferianec 		470 2836313129203429233132254.032

Shooting

In total, three Slovakian athletes participated in the shooting events. [1]

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ScoreRankScoreRank
Ján Fabo 10 m air pistol 56944did not advance
50 m pistol 55620did not advance
Jozef Gönci 50 m rifle three positions 11667 Q1267.75
50 m rifle prone 5992 Q701.9 Bronze medal.svg
10 m air rifle 58428did not advance
Vladimir Slamka Trap 1225 Q1456
Double trap 12625did not advance

Swimming

In total, three Slovakian athletes participated in the swimming events. [1]

Men
AthleteEventHeatFinal BFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Miroslav Machovič 100 m backstroke 57.7834did not advance
200 m backstroke 2:04.1519did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatFinal BFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Natália Kodajová 100 metre breaststroke 1:14.2437did not advance
200 metre breaststroke 2:45.2138did not advance
Martina Moravcová 100 metre freestyle 56.2011 Q56.4715did not advance
200 metre freestyle 2:00.999 Q2:00.969did not advance
400 metre freestyle 4:22.1027did not advance
200 metre individual medley 2:16.509 Q2:17.4013did not advance

Table tennis

In total, one Slovakian athlete participated in the table tennis events. [1]

AthleteEventGroup roundRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsBronze medalFinal
Opposition
Result		RankOpposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Valentina Popovová Women's singles Group D
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wei  (CHN)
L 1 – 2
Flag of the United States.svg  Feng  (USA)
L 0 – 2
Flag of Chile.svg  Rodríguez  (CHI)
W 2 – 0		3did not advance

Tennis

In total, five Slovakian athletes participated in the tennis events. [1]

Men
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Ján Krošlák Singles Flag of the United States.svg  MaliVai Washington  (USA)
L 3–6, 6-7		did not advance
Karol Kučera Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Dmitri Tomashevich  (UZB)
L 6–3, 2–6, 6-0		Flag of the United States.svg  Andre Agassi  (USA)
L 4–6, 4–6		did not advance
Ján Krošlák
Karol Kučera 		Doubles BYEFlag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Neil Broad
Tim Henman  (GBR)
L 3–6, 3-6		did not advance
Women
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Karina Habšudová Singles Flag of Indonesia.svg  Yayuk Basuki  (INA)
W 6–3, 6-3		Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Laurence Courtois  (BEL)
W 7–5, 6-2		Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Iva Majoli  (CRO)
L 4–6, 6–3, 4–6		did not advance
Katarína Studeníková Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Ai Sugiyama  (JPN)
L 2–6, 3–6		did not advance
Radomíra Zrubáková Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Jana Nejedly  (CAN)
W 6–3, 6-2		Flag of Spain.svg  Conchita Martínez  (ESP)
L 1–6, 4–6		did not advance
Karina Habšudová
Radka Zrubáková 		Doubles BYECivil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Martina Hingis
Patty Schnyder  (SUI)
L 6–3, 4–6, 2-6		did not advance

Weightlifting

In total, three Slovakian athletes participated in the weightlifting events. [1]

AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Rudolf Lukáč −70 kg 135.020167.520302.520
Martin Tešovič −91 kg 162.517210.06372.510
Jaroslav Jokeľ −99 kg 160.016192.516352.516

Wrestling

In total, four Slovakian athletes participated in the wrestling events. [1]

AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6Final / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Roman Kollár −52 kg Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Hideo Sasayama  (JPN)
L 0-6		Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Carlos Varela  (CUB)
W 3-2		Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Greg Woodcroft  (CAN)
L 3-6		did not advance13
Radion Kertanti −74 kg Flag of Turkey.svg  Turan Ceylan  (TUR)
W 4-3		Flag of the United States.svg  Kenny Monday  (USA)
L 1-5		Flag of Moldova (3-2).svg  Victor Peicov  (MDA)
L 0-5		did not advance15
Jozef Lohyňa −90 kg Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Tatsuo Kawai  (JPN)
W 5-0		Flag of Mongolia.svg  Bayanmönkhiin Gantogtokh  (MGL)
W 5-3		Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  Kim Ik-hee  (KOR)
W 3-0		Flag of Russia.svg  Makharbek Khadartsev  (RUS)
L 1-7		BYEFlag of Nigeria.svg  Victor Kodei  (NGR)
W 10-0		Flag of Georgia (1990-2004).svg  Eldar Kurtanidze  (GEO)
L 0-5		4
Milan Mazáč −100 kg Flag of Kyrgyzstan (1992-2023).svg  Konstantin Aleksandrov  (KGZ)
L 1-2		Flag of Mongolia.svg  Dolgorsürengiin Sumiyaabazar  (MGL)
L 2-4		did not advance15

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "Slovakia at the 1996 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
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