Slovakia at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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Slovakia at the
2020 Summer Olympics
Flag of Slovakia.svg
IOC code SVK
NOC Slovak Olympic and Sports Committee
Website www.olympic.sk  (in Slovak)
in Tokyo, Japan
July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors41 in 13 sports
Flag bearers (opening) Zuzana Rehák-Štefečeková
Matej Beňuš
Flag bearer (closing) Danka Barteková
Medals
Ranked 50th
Gold
1
Silver
2
Bronze
1
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 at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] It was the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics after gaining its independence from the former Czechoslovakia.

Contents

Medalists

Competitors

Archery

One Slovak archer booked an Olympic place in the women's individual recurve by finishing in the top four at the 2021 European Championships in Antalya, Turkey. [2]

AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
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Rank
Denisa Baránková Women's individual 65512Flag of Estonia.svg  Pärnat  (EST)
L 4–6
Did not advance

Athletics

Slovak athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event): [3] [4]

Key
Track & road events
Men
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Ján Volko 100 m Bye10.407Did not advance
200 m 21.215Did not advance
Miroslav Úradník 20 km walk 1:29:2541
Michal Morvay 50 km walk 4:15:2241
Matej Tóth 3:56:2314
Women
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Gabriela Gajanová 800 m 2:01.417Did not advance
Emma Zapletalová 400 m hurdles 55.006 q55.796Did not advance
Mária Czaková 20 km walk 1:41:2945
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Marcel Lomnický Men's hammer throw 72.5224Did not advance
Martina Hrašnová Women's hammer throw 66.6325Did not advance

Badminton

Slovakia entered one badminton player into the Olympic tournament, marking the country's return to the sport for the first time since London 2012. Martina Repiská was automatically selected among the top 40 individual shuttlers in the women's singles based on the BWF World Race to Tokyo Rankings of June 15, 2021. [5]

AthleteEventGroup stageEliminationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Martina Repiská Women's singles Flag of Guatemala.svg  Sotomayor  (GUA)
W (21–19, 21–12)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Li  (CAN)
L (18–21, 16–21)
2Did not advance

Boxing

Slovakia entered one male boxer into the Olympic tournament for the first time since Atlanta 1996. Andrej Csemez secured a spot in the men's middleweight division by scoring a quarterfinal victory at the 2020 European Qualification Tournament in Villebon-sur-Yvette, France. [6]

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Andrej Csemez Men's middleweight Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Prince  (TTO)
W 4–0
Flag of Armenia.svg  Darchinyan  (ARM)
L 0–5
Did not advance

Canoeing

Slalom

Slovak canoeists qualified one boat for each of the following classes through the 2019 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain and the 2021 European Canoe Slalom Championships in Ivrea, Italy. [7] [8]

AthleteEventPreliminarySemifinalFinal
Run 1RankRun 2RankBestRankTimeRankTimeRank
Matej Beňuš Men's C-1 99.61296.89196.891 Q106.409 Q105.606
Jakub Grigar Men's K-1 94.37992.38892.388 Q96.274 Q94.85Silver medal icon.svg
Monika Škáchová Women's C-1 125.6516116.8511116.8512 Q124.8710 Q129.399
Eliška Mintálová Women's K-1 107.673117.5518107.678 Q107.182 Q158.369

Sprint

Slovak canoeists qualified two boats in each of the following distances for the Games through the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Hungary. [9]

AthleteEventHeatsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Peter Gelle Men's K-1 1000 m 3:42.1312 SFBye3:28.2557 FB3:28.24014
Samuel Baláž
Adam Botek
Men's K-2 1000 m 3:13.9823 QF3:11.4582 SF3:20.9176 FB3:21.08710
Samuel Baláž
Adam Botek
Denis Myšák
Erik Vlček
Men's K-4 500 m 1:21.8072 SF1:23.7992 FA1:23.534Bronze medal icon.svg

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

Cycling

Road

Slovakia entered two riders to compete in the men's Olympic road race, by virtue of their top 50 national finish (for men) in the UCI World Ranking. [10]

AthleteEventTimeRank
Lukáš Kubiš Men's road race Did not finish
Men's time trial 1:06:25.2037
Juraj Sagan Men's road race Did not finish

Golf

Slovakia entered one golfer for the first time into the Olympic tournament. South African-born Rory Sabbatini (world no. 167) qualified directly among the top 60 eligible players for the men's event based on the IGF World Rankings. [11]

AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Total
ScoreScoreScoreScoreScoreParRank
Rory Sabbatini Men's 69677061267−17Silver medal icon.svg

Gymnastics

Artistic

Slovakia entered one artistic gymnast into the Olympic competition. Rio 2016 Olympian Barbora Mokošová booked a spot in the women's individual all-around and apparatus events, by finishing nineteenth out of the twenty gymnasts eligible for qualification at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. [12]

Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRank
V UB BB F V UB BB F
Barbora Mokošová All-around 13.33313.33311.70012.83351.19952Did not advance

Shooting

Slovak shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, European Championships or Games, and European Qualifying Tournament, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by May 31, 2020. [13]

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Patrik Jány Men's 10 m air rifle 630.54 Q143.77
Men's 50 m rifle 3 positions 117213Did not advance
Juraj Tužinský Men's 10 m air pistol 57027Did not advance
Erik Varga Men's trap 12211Did not advance
Danka Barteková Women's skeet 11813Did not advance
Zuzana Rehák-Štefečeková Women's trap 125 WR1 Q43 OR Gold medal icon.svg
Marián Kovačócy
Jana Špotáková
Mixed trap team 1448Did not advance
Erik Varga
Zuzana Rehák-Štefečeková
1463 Q424

Swimming

Slovakia received a universality invitation from FINA to send two top-ranked swimmers (one per gender) in their respective individual events to the Olympics, based on the FINA Points System of June 28, 2021. [14]

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Richard Nagy Men's 200 m butterfly 2:01.9137Did not advance
Men's 400 m individual medley 4:18.2923Did not advance
Andrea Podmaníková Women's 100 m breaststroke 1:08.3628Did not advance
Women's 200 m breaststroke 2:29.5630Did not advance

Table tennis

Slovakia entered three athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. Rio 2016 Olympian Wang Yang scored a third-match final triumph to book one of the four available places in the men's singles at the 2021 ITTF World Qualification Tournament in Doha, Qatar. [15]

AthleteEventPreliminaryRound 1Round 2Round 3Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Wang Yang Men's singles ByeFlag of Australia.svg  Powell  (AUS)
W 4–0
Flag of Japan.svg  Niwa  (JPN)
L 0–4
Did not advance
Barbora Balážová Women's singles ByeFlag of the United States.svg  Liu  (USA)
L 0–4
Did not advance
Ľubomír Pištej
Barbora Balážová
Mixed doubles Flag of Romania.svg  Ionescu /
Szőcs  (ROU)
L 1–4
Did not advance

Tennis

Slovakia entered three tennis players into the Olympic tournament. Norbert Gombos (world no. 89) qualified directly as one of the top 56 eligible players in the men's singles based on the ATP World Rankings of June 13, 2021, with Filip Polášek and Lukáš Klein joining him on the roster to compete in the men's doubles. [16]

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Norbert Gombos Men's singles Flag of the United States.svg  Giron  (USA)
L 6–7(4–7), 6–3, 2–6
Did not advance
Lukáš Klein Flag of Australia.svg  Duckworth  (AUS)
L 7–5, 3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Did not advance
Lukáš Klein
Filip Polášek
Men's doubles Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  Karatsev /
Medvedev  (ROC)
W 7–5, 6–4
Flag of the United States.svg  Krajicek /
Sandgren  (USA)
L 7–6(7–2), 2–6, [5–10]
Did not advance

Wrestling

For the first time since 2008, Slovakia qualified one wrestler for the men's freestyle 86 kg into the Olympic competition, by progressing to the top two finals at the 2021 World Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria. [17]

Key:

Freestyle
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Boris Makojev Men's −86 kg Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  Naifonov  (ROC)
L 0–3 PO
Did not advance14

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