Slovakia at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Slovakia at the 2006 Winter Olympics
IOC code	SVK
NOC	Slovak Olympic and Sports Committee
Website	www.olympic.sk  (in Slovak)
in Turin
Competitors	58 (45 men, 13 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearers	Walter Marx (opening) Martin Bajčičák (closing) [1] [2]
Medals Ranked 21st	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Czechoslovakia (1924–1992)

Slovakia competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.

Medalists

Židek's silver medal was the first Winter Olympic medal won by Slovakia as an independent nation. ^[3]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Radoslav Židek	Snowboarding	Men's snowboard cross	16 February

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics

The top finish for the six-person Slovak alpine team came from Veronika Zuzulová, who finished 15th in the women's combined. ^[4]

Athlete [4]	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Total	Rank
Jaroslav Babušiak	Men's downhill	n/a			1:57.45	45
	Men's super-G	n/a			1:35.41	40
	Men's slalom	58.51	53.55	n/a	1:52.06	24
	Men's combined	1:43.32	48.86	48.60	3:20.78	27
Jana Gantnerová	Women's downhill	n/a			2:04.60	36
	Women's super-G	n/a			1:38.40	48
	Women's giant slalom	1:06.73	did not finish
	Women's combined	did not finish
Ivan Heimschild	Men's downhill	did not finish
	Men's super-G	n/a			1:36.58	46
	Men's slalom	59.67	54.31	n/a	1:53.98	26
	Men's combined	1:43.12	48.13	47.16	3:18.41	25
Eva Huckova	Women's downhill	n/a			2:05.32	37
	Women's super-G	disqualified
	Women's giant slalom	1:05.24	1:13.07	n/a	2:18.31	28
	Women's slalom	did not finish
	Women's combined	did not finish
Sona Maculova	Women's downhill	n/a			2:03.63	35
	Women's super-G	n/a			1:37.87	44
	Women's giant slalom	1:05.77	1:12.84	n/a	2:18.61	29
	Women's slalom	did not finish
	Women's combined	40.53	45.63	1:34.09	3:00.25	23
Veronika Zuzulová	Women's slalom	44.53	48.00	n/a	1:32.53	22
	Women's combined	39.68	43.67	1:33.28	2:56.63	15

Note: In the men's combined, run 1 is the downhill, and runs 2 and 3 are the slalom. In the women's combined, run 1 and 2 are the slalom, and run 3 the downhill.

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Marek Matiaško had the best result out of the Slovak biathlon team, with a surprising 5th place finish in the men's individual. He missed only one shot, and the resultant time penalty meant that he fell short of the medals. ^{[5] [6]}

Men

Athlete [6]	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Pavol Hurajt	Men's sprint	28:17.8	1	30
	Men's pursuit	38:20.67	3	24
	Men's individual	58:49.6	3	29
Matej Kazár	Men's sprint	29:29.4	1	58
	Men's pursuit	42:46.6	1	52
Marek Matiaško	Men's sprint	30:11.0	6	72
	Men's mass start	50:11.1	3	27
	Men's individual	55:48.6	1	5
Miroslav Matiaško	Men's sprint	29:13.0	2	52
	Men's pursuit	41:32.56	8	49
	Men's individual	59:43.8	3	38
Dušan Šimočko	Men's individual	1:01:37.8	4	56
Pavol Hurajt Dušan Šimočko Miroslav Matiaško Marek Matiaško	Men's relay	1:27:44.9	22	14

Women

Athlete [6]	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Jana Gereková	Women's individual	58:37.2	5	59
Martina Halinárová	Women's sprint	23:32.8	0	16
	Women's pursuit	Lapped
	Women's individual	55:17.7	4	34
Sona Mihokova	Women's sprint	24:09.9	1	27
	Women's pursuit	Lapped
	Women's individual	56:29.5	5	47
Anna Murinova	Women's sprint	24:32.1	1	38
	Women's pursuit	did not finish
Marcela Pavkovcekova	Women's sprint	24:11.1	0	29
	Women's pursuit	Lapped
	Women's individual	53:52.8	3	22
Anna Murinova Marcela Pavkovcekova Martina Halinárová Sona Mihokova	Women's relay	1:21:55.5	10	10

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Milan Jagnešák piloted the Slovak sled in both the two-man and four-man events, but did not manage a top-20 finish in either. ^[7]

Athlete [7]	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Rank
Milan Jagnešák Viktor Rajek	Two-man	56.81	57.12	57.81	did not advance		25
Milan Jagnešák Viktor Rajek Andrej Benda Robert Krestanko	Four-man	56.29	56.13	56.26	55.98	3:44.66	20

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Martin Bajčičák finished 8th in the men's pursuit, the best showing from any Slovak cross-country skier, and carried the nation's flag in the closing ceremonies. ^[8]

Distance

Athlete [8]	Event	Final
		Total	Rank
Martin Bajčičák	Men's 15 km classical	40:35.6	28
	Men's 30 km pursuit	1:17:08.7	8
	Men's 50 km freestyle	2:06:24.9	14
Ivan Bátory	Men's 15 km classical	40:26.1	26
	Men's 30 km pursuit	1:18:58.2	25
	Men's 50 km freestyle	2:10.32.2	47
Michal Malák	Men's 15 km classical	44:52.9	73
	Men's 30 km pursuit	1:23:39.9	54
	Men's 50 km freestyle	2:09:38.7	45
Alena Procházková	Women's 10 km classical	30:13.6	28
	Women's 15 km pursuit	47:45.2	46

Sprint

Athlete [8]	Event	Qualifying		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Katarina Garajova	Women's sprint	2:23.98	53	Did not advance					53
Martin Otčenáš	Men's sprint	2:24.77	49	Did not advance					49
Alena Procházková	Women's sprint	2:17.75	27	2:17.9	5	Did not advance			23
Martin Bajčičák Ivan Bátory	Men's team sprint	n/a				17:36.1	3 Q	17:30.9	8

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics

The Slovak team finished atop its round-robin group, going undefeated through the opening round, including a 3–0 win over eventual gold medal winners Sweden. In the quarterfinals, however, the team fell to rivals Czech Republic 3–1, failing to advance to a medal game. ^[9]

Men's tournament

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament

Players

Further information: Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's team rosters

The following is the Slovak roster for the men's ice hockey tournament at the 2006 Winter Olympics. ^[10]

Head coach: František Hossa

Assistant coaches: Jerguš Bača, Lubomir Pokovic, Róbert Švehla

No.	Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Team
3	D	Zdeno Chára	6 ft 9 in (206 cm)	249 lb (113 kg)	(1977-03-18)March 18, 1977 (aged 28)	Ottawa Senators
6	D	Radoslav Suchý	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)	205 lb (93 kg)	(1976-04-07)April 7, 1976 (aged 29)	Columbus Blue Jackets
7	D	Martin Štrbák	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)	212 lb (96 kg)	(1975-01-15)January 15, 1975 (aged 31)	CSKA Moskva
10	F	Marián Gáborík	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)	201 lb (91 kg)	(1982-02-14)February 14, 1982 (aged 24)	Minnesota Wild
12	F	Peter Bondra ( A )	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)	201 lb (91 kg)	(1968-02-07)February 7, 1968 (aged 38)	Atlanta Thrashers
14	D	Andrej Meszároš	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)	218 lb (99 kg)	(1985-10-13)October 13, 1985 (aged 20)	Ottawa Senators
15	F	Jozef Stümpel	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)	218 lb (99 kg)	(1972-07-20)July 20, 1972 (aged 33)	Florida Panthers
17	D	Ľubomír Višňovský	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	192 lb (87 kg)	(1976-08-11)August 11, 1976 (aged 29)	Los Angeles Kings
18	F	Miroslav Šatan ( A )	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)	194 lb (88 kg)	(1974-10-22)October 22, 1974 (aged 31)	New York Islanders
20	F	Richard Zednik	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)	192 lb (87 kg)	(1976-01-06)January 6, 1976 (aged 30)	Montreal Canadiens
22	F	Richard Kapuš	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)	203 lb (92 kg)	(1973-02-09)February 9, 1973 (aged 33)	Metallurg Novokuznetsk
23	F	Ľuboš Bartečko	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)	201 lb (91 kg)	(1976-07-14)July 14, 1976 (aged 29)	Luleå HF
25	G	Ján Lašák	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)	205 lb (93 kg)	(1979-04-10)April 10, 1979 (aged 26)	HC Pardubice
28	F	Ronald Petrovický	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	185 lb (84 kg)	(1977-02-15)February 15, 1977 (aged 29)	Atlanta Thrashers
29	D	Ivan Majeský	6 ft 5 in (196 cm)	240 lb (110 kg)	(1976-09-02)September 2, 1976 (aged 29)	Washington Capitals
37	G	Peter Budaj	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)	196 lb (89 kg)	(1982-09-18)September 18, 1982 (aged 23)	Colorado Avalanche
38	F	Pavol Demitra ( C )	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)	205 lb (93 kg)	(1974-11-29)November 29, 1974 (aged 31)	Los Angeles Kings
40	F	Marek Svatoš	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	181 lb (82 kg)	(1982-06-17)June 17, 1982 (aged 23)	Colorado Avalanche
43	F	Tomáš Surový	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)	216 lb (98 kg)	(1981-09-24)September 24, 1981 (aged 24)	Pittsburgh Penguins
60	G	Karol Križan	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	194 lb (88 kg)	(1980-06-05)June 5, 1980 (aged 25)	MODO Hockey
68	D	Milan Jurčina	6 ft 4 in (193 cm)	254 lb (115 kg)	(1983-06-07)June 7, 1983 (aged 22)	Boston Bruins
81	F	Marián Hossa	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)	207 lb (94 kg)	(1979-01-12)January 12, 1979 (aged 27)	Atlanta Thrashers
91	F	Marcel Hossa	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)	218 lb (99 kg)	(1981-10-12)October 12, 1981 (aged 24)	New York Rangers

Round-robin

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovakia	5	5	0	0	18	8	+10	10	Quarterfinals
2	Russia	5	4	0	1	23	11	+12	8
3	Sweden	5	3	0	2	15	12	+3	6
4	United States	5	1	1	3	13	13	0	3
5	Kazakhstan	5	1	0	4	9	16	−7	2
6	Latvia	5	0	1	4	11	29	−18	1

Source: IIHF

15 February 2006 20:05

Russia

3–5 (2–1, 1–2, 0–2)

Slovakia

Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 3,800

Game reference
	Ilya Bryzgalov	Goalies	Peter Budaj	Referee: Paul Devorski Linesmen: Derek Doucette Antti Hämäläinen
	0–1 9:07 – P. Demitra (Mari. Hossa, R. Suchý) P. Datsyuk (D. Markov) – 10:00 1–1 A. Kovalev (P. Datsyuk, I. Kovalchuk) – 12:38 2–1 2–2 25:51 – L. Višňovský (P. Demitra) (PP) A. Ovechkin (S. Gonchar, F. Tyutin) (PP) – 30:03 3–2 3–3 33:05 – P. Bondra (A. Meszároš, Z. Chára) (PP) 3–4 56:32 – M. Gáborík 3–5 59:31 – M. Gáborík
	16 min	Penalties	10 min
	23	Shots	36

16 February 2006 17:05

Slovakia

6–3 (4–1, 1–2, 1–0)

Latvia

Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 2,960

Game reference
	Ján Lašák	Goalies	Artūrs Irbe	Referee: Danny Kurmann Linesmen: Stefan Fonselius Pierre Racicot
	R. Zedník (L. Višňovský) – 5:23 1–0 R. Petrovický (T. Surový, A. Meszároš) – 5:43 2–0 2–1 6:27 – S. Ozoliņš (M. Cipulis, G. Panteļejevs) P. Demitra (Mari. Hossa) (SH) – 7:54 3–1 Mari. Hossa – 13:17 4–1 4–2 20:54 – M. Cipulis (A. Cipruss, G. Panteļejevs) 4–3 26:51 – A. Ņiživijs (K. Skrastiņš) Z. Chára (Mari. Hossa) – 33:49 5–3 Mari. Hossa (M. Gáborík) – 49:04 6–3
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	25	Shots	28

18 February 2006 20:05

Slovakia

2–1 (0–0, 1–1, 1–0)

United States

Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 4,697

Game reference
	Peter Budaj	Goalies	Rick DiPietro	Referee: Dan Marouelli Linesmen: Petr Blümel Pierre Racicot
	Mari. Hossa (P. Demitra, M. Gáborík) (PP) – 34:20 1–0 1–1 38:24 – B. Rolston (B. Rafalski, S. Gomez) (PP) P. Bondra (M. Šatan, R. Kapuš) – 41:48 2–1
	8 min	Penalties	16 min
	21	Shots	30

19 February 2006 16:05

Slovakia

2–1 (0–1, 1–0, 1–0)

Kazakhstan

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 9,160

Game reference
	Karol Križan	Goalies	Vitali Kolesnik	Referee: Danny Kurmann Linesmen: Derek Doucette Antti Hämäläinen
	0–1 16:16 – E. Koreshkov (A. Koreshkov, A. Savenkov) (PP) P. Bondra (R. Kapuš, M. Jurčina) (PP) – 39:50 1–1 Mari. Hossa (P. Demitra, M. Gáborík) – 48:09 2–1
	12 min	Penalties	20 min
	27	Shots	19

21 February 2006 20:05

Sweden

0–3 (0–1, 0–0, 0–2)

Slovakia

Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 4,250

Game reference
	Mikael Tellqvist	Goalies	Karol Križan	Referee: Timo Favorin Linesmen: Petr Blümel Pierre Racicot
	0–1 15:51 – P. Bondra (M. Šatan) 0–2 46:16 – Mari. Hossa (P. Demitra, M. Gáborík) 0–3 58:58 – R. Suchý (P. Demitra, Mari. Hossa)
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	17	Shots	31

Medal round

Quarterfinal

22 February 2006 21:35

Slovakia

1–3 (0–1, 0–1, 1–1)

Czech Republic

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 6,893

Game reference
	Peter Budaj	Goalies	Milan Hnilička	Referee: Don Van Massenhoven Linesmen: Stefan Fonselius Pierre Racicot
	0–1 12:51 – M. Ručinský (SH) 0–2 28:41 – M. Hejduk (F. Kaberle, M. Ručinský) M. Gáborík (Mari. Hossa) – 43:38 1–2 1–3 59:57 − M. Straka (EN)
	8 min	Penalties	14 min
	21	Shots	28

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 2006 Winter Olympics

The Slovakian luge delegation was one of the Olympic team's largest, but managed only a single top 15 finish, from the doubles team of Ľubomír Mick and Walter Marx. ^[11]

Athlete [11]	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Rank
Jozef Ninis	Men's singles	52.769	52.517	52.525	52.386	3:30.197	22
Veronika Sabolová	Women's singles	49.680	48.226	48.095	48.060	3:14.061	19
Jana Šišajová	Women's singles	48.860	50.267	48.479	49.387	3:16.993	22
Jaroslav Slavík	Men's singles	52.786	52.066	1:13.877	52.156	3:50.885	33
Ľubomír Mick Walter Marx	Doubles	48.412	47.857	n/a		1:36.269	13

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics

The lone Slovak short track speed skater competing in Turin, Matus Uzak, was disqualified from two of his events, and failed to advance from his heat in the third. ^[12]

Athlete [12]	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Matus Uzak	Men's 500 m	44.525	4	did not advance					21
	Men's 1000 m	1:35.989	2 Q	disqualified
	Men's 1500 m	disqualified

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Martin Mesík represented Slovakia in ski jumping, but did not advance from the qualification round in either the large hill or normal hill events. ^[13]

Athlete [13]	Event	Qualifying		First round		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Total	Rank
Martin Mesík	Normal hill	97.5	42	did not advance				42
	Large hill	67.7	37	did not advance				37

Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Radoslav Židek failed to qualify for the medal round in the men's parallel giant slalom, but was more successful in the snowboard cross. Židek qualified in the top ten, then won in three consecutive rounds to make the final. ^[14] He finished just behind American Seth Wescott, who made a dramatic pass and pipped him to the line. Still, Židek's second place finished earned him a silver medal, the first winter medal in Slovakian Olympic history. ^[15]

Parallel GS

Athlete [14]	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Radoslav Židek	Men's parallel giant slalom	1:16.51	27	did not advance				27

Snowboard cross

Athlete [14]	Event	Qualifying		1/8 finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Time	Rank	Position	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Radoslav Židek	Men's snowboard cross	1:21.19	9 Q	1 Q	1 Q	1 Q	2

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