Slovakia at the 2012 European Athletics Championships

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Slovakia competed at the 2012 European Athletics Championships held in Helsinki, Finland, between 27 June to 1 July 2012. 12 competitors, 7 men and 5 women took part in 9 events.

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Medals

MedalNameEventDate
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Martina Hrašnová Women's hammer throw 1 July

Results

Men

Track events
EventAthletesHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
800 m Jozef Repčík 1:47.417 Q1:46.622 Q1:49.427
400 m hurdles Martin Kučera 51.5025did not advance
Field events
EventAthletesQualificationFinal
ResultRankResultRank
High jump Michal Kabelka 2.237 q2.246
Peter Horák 2.1919did not advance
Javelin throw Martin Benák 70.6026did not advance
Hammer throw Marcel Lomnický 73.848 q73.4111
Libor Charfreitag 69.6526did not advance

Women

Track events
EventAthletesHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
800 m Lucia Klocová 2:02.5510 Q2:01.386
Field events
EventAthletesQualificationFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Long jump Jana Velďáková 6.4111 q6.3110
Renáta Medgyesová 5.9528did not advance
Triple jump Dana Velďáková 14.364 Q14.245
Hammer throw Martina Hrašnová 69.673 q73.34Silver medal icon.svg

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