Slovakia at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Slovakia at the
2012 Summer Olympics
Slovakia at the; 2012 Summer Olympics
IOC code	SVK
NOC	Slovak Olympic and Sports Committee
Website	www.olympic.sk (in Slovak)
in London
Competitors	47 in 11 sports
Flag bearers	Jozef Gönci (opening); Danka Barteková (closing)
Medals ; Ranked 59th	Gold0Silver1Bronze3Total4
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1996 ; 2000 ; 2004 ; 2008 ; 2012 ; 2016 ; 2020 ; 2024 ;
Other related appearances
	Hungary (1896–1912); Czechoslovakia (1924–1992)

Last updated November 19, 2025

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.

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 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

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Zuzana Štefečeková	Shooting	Women's trap	4 August
Bronze	Danka Barteková	Shooting	Women's skeet	29 July
Bronze	Michal Martikán	Canoeing	Men's slalom C-1	31 July
Bronze	Peter Hochschorner Pavol Hochschorner	Canoeing	Men's slalom C-2	2 August

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Shooting	0	1	1	2
Canoeing	0	0	2	2
Total	0	1	3	4

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	5	6	11
Badminton	0	1	1
Canoeing	9	3	12
Cycling	1	1	2
Gymnastics	1	1	2
Judo	1	0	1
Shooting	4	3	7
Swimming	1	4	5
Tennis	2	2	4
Triathlon	1	0	1
Weightlifting	1	0	1
Total	26	21	47

Medals by date
Day	Date				Total
Day 1	28 July	0	0	0	0
Day 2	29 July	0	0	1	1
Day 3	30 July	0	0	0	0
Day 4	31 July	0	0	1	1
Day 5	1 August	0	0	0	0
Day 6	2 August	0	0	1	1
Day 7	3 August	0	0	0	0
Day 8	4 August	0	1	0	1
Day 9	5 August	0	0	0	0
Day 10	6 August	0	0	0	0
Day 11	7 August	0	0	0	0
Day 12	8 August	0	0	0	0
Day 13	9 August	0	0	0	0
Day 14	10 August	0	0	0	0
Day 15	11 August	0	0	0	0
Day 16	12 August	0	0	0	0
Total		0	1	3	4

Athletics

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

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Miloš Bátovský	50 km walk	4:09:32	48
Anton Kučmín	20 km walk	1:22:25	23
Matej Tóth	50 km walk	3:41:24	5

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Michal Kabelka	High jump	2.16	30	Did not advance
Marcel Lomnický	Hammer throw	74.00	15	Did not advance

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Katarína Berešová	Marathon	—				2:48:11	99
Mária Czaková	20 km walk	—				1:37:43	53
Lucia Klocová	1500 m	4:07.79 NR	9 q	4:02.99 NR	8 q	4:12.64	4

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Martina Hrašnová	Hammer throw	68.41	20	Did not advance
Dana Velďáková	Triple jump	14.22	10 q	11.92	12
Jana Velďáková	Long jump	6.18	27	Did not advance

Badminton

Athlete	Event	Group Stage			Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Monika Fašungová	Women's singles	Gu (SIN) L 5–21, 11–21	Na (AUS) L 12–21, 18–21	3	Did not advance

Canoeing

Slalom

Slovakia has qualified boats for the following events

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Michal Martikán	Men's C-1	139.46	16	90.56	1	90.56	1 Q	104.04	4 Q	98.31
Pavol Hochschorner Peter Hochschorner	Men's C-2	97.52	2	98.60	1	97.52	2 Q	109.04	2 Q	108.28
Jana Dukátová	Women's K-1	105.14	5	101.37	4	101.37	6 Q	110.48	4 Q	111.60	6

Pavol & Peter Hochschorner in Men's C-2 semifinal
Jana Dukátová in Women's K-1 semifinal

Sprint

Slovakia has qualified boats for the following events

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ľubomír Hagara	C-1 200 m	43.507	5 Q	41.472	3 FA	43.977	6
Marek Krajčovič	K-1 1000 m	3:39.649	7	Did not advance
Peter Gelle Erik Vlček	K-2 1000 m	3:19.571	3 Q	3:12.690	1 FA	3:12.519	8
Peter Gelle Martin Jankovec Juraj Tarr Erik Vlček	K-4 1000 m	2:55.173	1 FA	Bye		2:56.771	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ivana Kmeťová	K-1 200 m	43.445	6 Q	42.510	5 FB	45.556	14
Ivana Kmeťová Martina Kohlová	K-2 500 m	1:45.073	5 Q	1:43.653	5 FB	1:47.683	13

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

Cycling

Slovakia has qualified in the following events

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Peter Sagan	Men's road race	5:46:37	34

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Janka Števková	Women's cross-country	1:39:05	21

Gymnastics

Artistic

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Samuel Piasecký	Parallel bars	—				15.358	—	15.358	11	Did not advance
Samuel Piasecký	Horizontal bar	—					12.666	12.666	65	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB	Total	Rank	F	V	UB	BB	Total	Rank
Mária Homolová	All-around	12.066	12.766	10.458	11.733	47.023	57	Did not advance

Judo

Slovakia has qualified 1 judoka

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Milan Randl	Men's −90 kg	Iliadis (GRE) L 0002–0111	Did not advance

Shooting

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jozef Gönci	50 m rifle 3 positions	1157	31	Did not advance
	50 m rifle prone	589	39	Did not advance
	10 m air rifle	591	31	Did not advance
Pavol Kopp	50 m pistol	556	20	Did not advance
Pavol Kopp	10 m air pistol	576	21	Did not advance
Juraj Tužinský	50 m pistol	554	23	Did not advance
Juraj Tužinský	10 m air pistol	580	15	Did not advance
Erik Varga	Trap	121	12	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Danka Barteková	Skeet	70	2 Q	90
Daniela Pešková	50 m rifle 3 positions	576	34	Did not advance
Daniela Pešková	10 m air rifle	395	14	Did not advance
Zuzana Štefečeková	Trap	73	2 Q	93 S/O 3

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

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Tomáš Klobučník	200 m breaststroke	2:13.40	23	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Katarína Filová	100 m freestyle	56.58	31	Did not advance
Katarína Filová	200 m freestyle	2:02.03	28	Did not advance
Katarína Listopadová	200 m individual medley	2:16.81	28	Did not advance
Denisa Smolenová	100 m butterfly	59.48	28	Did not advance
Denisa Smolenová	200 m butterfly	2:11.10	21	Did not advance
Miroslava Syllabová	50 m freestyle	26.07	38	Did not advance

Tennis

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Martin Kližan	Singles	Roddick (USA) L 5–7, 4–6	Did not advance
Lukáš Lacko	Singles	Petzschner (GER) L 6–7^(5–7), 1–6	Did not advance
Martin Kližan Lukáš Lacko	Doubles	—	Tipsarević / Zimonjić (SRB) L 3–6, 3–6	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Dominika Cibulková	Singles	Pironkova (BUL) L 6–7^(4–7), 2–6	Did not advance
Daniela Hantuchová	Singles	Li N (CHN) W 6–2, 3–6, 6–3	Cornet (FRA) W 6–3, 6–0	Wozniacki (DEN) L 4–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Dominika Cibulková Daniela Hantuchová	Doubles	—	A. Radwańska / U. Radwańska (POL) L 2–6, 1–6	Did not advance

Triathlon

Slovakia has qualified the following athletes.

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Richard Varga	Men's	16:56	0:41	59:15	0:30	32:03	1:49:25	22

Weightlifting

Slovakia has qualified the following quota places.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Martin Tešovič	Men's −105 kg	167	12	196	12	363	11

References

↑ "Results of the IOC Athletes' Commission Election". IOC. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
↑ "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
↑ IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – London 2012 ENTRY STANDARDS (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 4 June 2011
↑ "Quota places by NATION and Name". ISSF. 8 March 2011. Archived from the original on 5 April 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
↑ "Swimming World Rankings". FINA. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
↑ FÉDÉRATION INTERNATIONALE DE NATATION – Swimming (PDF), FINA, retrieved 8 June 2011

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[1] "Results of the IOC Athletes' Commission Election". IOC. Retrieved 11 August 2012.

[2] "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 4 June 2011.

[3] IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – London 2012 ENTRY STANDARDS (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 4 June 2011

[issf-4] "Quota places by NATION and Name". ISSF. 8 March 2011. Archived from the original on 5 April 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2011.

[5] "Swimming World Rankings". FINA. Retrieved 8 June 2011.

[6] FÉDÉRATION INTERNATIONALE DE NATATION – Swimming (PDF), FINA, retrieved 8 June 2011

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