Slovakia at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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Slovakia at the
2012 Summer Olympics
Flag of Slovakia.svg
IOC code SVK
NOC Slovak Olympic and Sports Committee
Website www.olympic.sk  (in Slovak)
in London
Competitors47 in 11 sports
Flag bearers Jozef Gönci (opening)
Danka Barteková (closing)
Medals
Ranked 59th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
3
Total
4
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary (1896-1912)
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia (1924–1992)

Slovakia competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's fifth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics. The Slovak 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.

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The Slovak team featured three defending Olympic champions from Beijing: slalom canoers Michal Martikán, and twins Pavol and Peter Hochschorner. Rifle shooter and double bronze medalist Jozef 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 swimmer Katarína Listopadová was the youngest member of the team, at age 19. Other notable Slovak athletes included road cyclist and world junior champion Peter Sagan, weightlifter and three-time Olympic veteran Martin Tešovič, and professional tennis player Daniela Hantuchová.

Slovakia left London with a total of four medals (one silver and three bronze), failing to win a gold for the first - and so far, only - time in Olympic history and in the post-Czechoslovak era. Among the nation's medalists were shooters Zuzana Štefečeková and Danka Barteková, who took silver and bronze medals in the women's trap and skeet events respectively. On 11 August 2012, Barteková was elected to the IOC 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.

Medalists

Competitors

Athletics

Katarina Beresova, during the marathon. Katarina Beresova.jpg
Katarína Berešová, during the marathon.

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]

Key
Men
Track & road events
AthleteEventFinal
ResultRank
Miloš Bátovský 50 km walk 4:09:3248
Anton Kučmín 20 km walk 1:22:2523
Matej Tóth 50 km walk 3:41:245
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Michal Kabelka High jump 2.1630Did not advance
Marcel Lomnický Hammer throw 74.0015Did not advance
Women
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Katarína Berešová Marathon N/A2:48:1199
Mária Czaková 20 km walk N/A1:37:4353
Lucia Klocová 1500 m 4:07.79 NR 9 q4:02.99 NR 8 q4:12.645
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Martina Hrašnová Hammer throw 68.4120Did not advance
Dana Velďáková Triple jump 14.2210 q11.9212
Jana Velďáková Long jump 6.1827Did not advance

Badminton

AthleteEventGroup StageEliminationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Monika Fašungová Women's singles Flag of Singapore.svg  Gu  (SIN)
L 5–21, 11–21
Flag of Australia.svg  Na  (AUS)
L 12–21, 18–21
3Did not advance

Canoeing

Slalom

Slovakia has qualified boats for the following events

AthleteEventPreliminarySemifinalFinal
Run 1RankRun 2RankBestRankTimeRankTimeRank
Michal Martikán Men's C-1 139.461690.56190.561 Q104.044 Q98.31Bronze medal icon.svg
Pavol Hochschorner
Peter Hochschorner
Men's C-2 97.52298.60197.522 Q109.042 Q108.28Bronze medal icon.svg
Jana Dukátová Women's K-1 105.145101.374101.376 Q110.484 Q111.606

Sprint

Slovakia has qualified boats for the following events

Men
AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Ľubomír Hagara C-1 200 m 43.5075 Q41.4723 FA43.9776
Marek Krajčovič K-1 1000 m 3:39.6497Did not advance
Peter Gelle
Erik Vlček
K-2 1000 m 3:19.5713 Q3:12.6901 FA3:12.5198
Peter Gelle
Martin Jankovec
Juraj Tarr
Erik Vlček
K-4 1000 m 2:55.1731 FABye2:56.7716
Women
AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Ivana Kmeťová K-1 200 m 43.4456 Q42.5105 FB45.55614
Ivana Kmeťová
Martina Kohlová
K-2 500 m 1:45.0735 Q1:43.6535 FB1:47.68313

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

Slovakia has qualified in the following events

Road

AthleteEventTimeRank
Peter Sagan Men's road race 5:46:3734

Mountain biking

AthleteEventTimeRank
Janka Števková Women's cross-country 1:39:0521

Gymnastics

Artistic

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRank
F PH R V PB HB F PH R V PB HB
Samuel Piasecký Parallel bars N/A15.358N/A15.35811Did not advance
Horizontal bar N/A12.66612.66665Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRank
F V UB BB F V UB BB
Mária Homolová All-around 12.06612.76610.45811.73347.02357Did not advance

Judo

Slovakia has qualified 1 judoka

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Milan Randl Men's −90 kg Flag of Greece.svg  Iliadis  (GRE)
L 0002–0111
Did not advance

Shooting

Slovakia has earned seven qualification berths in shooting events: [4]

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Jozef Gönci 50 m rifle 3 positions 115731Did not advance
50 m rifle prone 58939Did not advance
10 m air rifle 59131Did not advance
Pavol Kopp 50 m pistol 55620Did not advance
10 m air pistol 57621Did not advance
Juraj Tužinský 50 m pistol 55423Did not advance
10 m air pistol 58015Did not advance
Erik Varga Trap 12112Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Danka Barteková Skeet 702 Q90Bronze medal icon.svg
Daniela Pešková 50 m rifle 3 positions 57634Did not advance
10 m air rifle 39514Did not advance
Zuzana Štefečeková Trap 732 Q93 S/O 3Silver medal icon.svg

Swimming

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]

Men
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Tomáš Klobučník 200 m breaststroke 2:13.4023Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Katarína Filová 100 m freestyle 56.5831Did not advance
200 m freestyle 2:02.0328Did not advance
Katarína Listopadová 200 m individual medley 2:16.8128Did not advance
Denisa Smolenová 100 m butterfly 59.4828Did not advance
200 m butterfly 2:11.1021Did not advance
Miroslava Syllabová 50 m freestyle 26.0738Did not advance

Tennis

Men
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Martin Kližan Singles Flag of the United States.svg  Roddick  (USA)
L 5–7, 4–6
Did not advance
Lukáš Lacko Flag of Germany.svg  Petzschner  (GER)
L 6–7(5–7), 1–6
Did not advance
Martin Kližan
Lukáš Lacko
Doubles N/AFlag of Serbia.svg  Tipsarević /
Zimonjić  (SRB)
L 3–6, 3–6
Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Dominika Cibulková Singles Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Pironkova  (BUL)
L 6–7(4–7), 2–6
Did not advance
Daniela Hantuchová Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Li N  (CHN)
W 6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Flag of France.svg  Cornet  (FRA)
W 6–3, 6–0
Flag of Denmark.svg  Wozniacki  (DEN)
L 4–6, 2–6
Did not advance
Dominika Cibulková
Daniela Hantuchová
Doubles N/AFlag of Poland.svg  A. Radwańska /
U. Radwańska  (POL)
L 2–6, 1–6
Did not advance

Triathlon

Richard Varga, in red, during the triathlon. Men's Triathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics.JPG
Richard Varga, in red, during the triathlon.

Slovakia has qualified the following athletes.

AthleteEventSwim (1.5 km)Trans 1Bike (40 km)Trans 2Run (10 km)Total TimeRank
Richard Varga Men's 16:560:4159:150:3032:031:49:2522

Weightlifting

Slovakia has qualified the following quota places.

AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Martin Tešovič Men's −105 kg 167121961236311

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