Slovenia participated at the 1994 Winter Olympics held between 12 and 27 February 1994 in Lillehammer, Norway. The country's participation in the Games marked its second appearance at the Winter Olympics since its debut in the 1992 Games. The Slovenian team consisted of 22 athletes who competed across three sports. Jure Košir served as the country's flag-bearer during the opening ceremony. Slovenia was ranked 20th in the overall medal table with three bronze medals.
Background SLovenian athletes competed as a part of Yugoslavia till 1988. The National Olympic Committee of Slovenia was founded on 15 October 1991. The Olympic Committee of Slovenia was provisionally granted approval by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on 17 January 1992 and was fully recognized on 5 February 1992. The 1992 Winter Olympics marked Slovenia's first participation in the Winter Olympics. After the nation made its debut in the Winter Olympics at the 1992 Games, this edition of the Games in 1994 marked the nation's second appearance at the Winter Games.
The 1994 Winter Olympics was held between 12 and 27 February 1994 in Lillehammer, Norway. The Slovenian team consisted of 22 athletes who competed across three sports. Jure Košir served as the country's flag-bearer during the opening ceremony.
Medalists Slovenia was ranked 20th in the overall medal table with three bronze medals. MedalNameSportEventDate Alpine skiing Women's combined 21 February Alpine skiing Women's slalom 26 February Alpine skiing Men's slalom 27 February
Competitors The Slovenian team consisted of 22 athletes including five women who competed across three sports. SportMenWomenTotalAlpine skiing 6 4 10Biathlon 5 1 6Ski jumping 6 0 6 Total 17 5 22
Alpine skiing
Alpine skiing competitions were held at Kvitfjell Alpinsenter, Ringebu. Ten athletes including four women participated across the ten events in alpine skiing. Slovenia won all the three bronze medals in the current Games in the alpine skiing competitions. While Jure Košir won the bronze medal in the men's slalom event, Katja Koren and Alenka Dovžan won bronze medals in the women's slalom and combined events respectively.
Men AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeTimeTimeRankMiran RavterDownhill rowspan="4" colspan="2"1:48.4835Jernej KoblarSuper-G1:35.1629Mitja Kunc1:35.1528Miran Ravter1:34.7322Gregor GrilcGiant slalom1:31.381:25.752:57.1324Jure Košir1:31.301:25.802:57.1023Jernej Koblar1:30.751:25.922:56.6722Mitja Kunc1:28.901:25.172:54.0714Andrej MiklavcSlalom1:02.571:01.782:04.3510Gregor Grilc––Jure Košir1:02.5559.982:02.53Mitja Kunc1:02.8259.802:02.624
AthleteEventDownhillSlalomTotalTimeTime 1Time 2TimeRankGregor GrilcCombined1:45.6150.9749.453:26.0323Jure Košir1:42.1750.2348.183:20.5810Mitja Kunc1:40.0150.8848.663:19.557Miran Ravter1:38.8852.4649.343:20.6811
Women AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeTimeTimeRankAlenka DovžanDownhillcolspan="2" rowspan="7" 1:38.0716Katja Koren1:37.6910Špela Pretnar1:38.5023Alenka DovžanSuper-G–Katja Koren1:22.967Špela Pretnar–Urška Hrovat1:24.4926Alenka DovžanGiant slalom1:22.66–Katja Koren––Špela Pretnar1:22.811:13.302:36.1112Urška Hrovat1:23.611:14.552:38.1620Alenka DovžanSlalom––Katja Koren59.0057.611:56.61Špela Pretnar1:00.7857.871:58.6511Urška Hrovat1:00.3857.691:58.078
AthleteEventDownhillSlalomTotalTimeTime 1Time 2TimeRankAlenka DovžanCombined1:28.6750.0147.963:06.64Katja Koren1:30.5950.2848.723:09.596Špela Pretnar1:29.91––Urška Hrovat1:34.6051.7248.433:14.7514
Biathlon
Biathlon competitions were held at Birkebeineren Skistadion, Lillehammer. Six Slovenian athletes participated across the five events in biathlon. The biathlon events consisted of a skiing a specific course multiple times depending on the length of the competition, with intermediate shooting at various positions. For every shot missed, a penalty of one minute is applied in individual events, and the participant is required to ski through a penalty loop in sprint events. Janez Ožbolt registered the best finish amongst the men's team, with a top ten finish in the sprint event. Andreja Grašič was the lone woman participant from the nation in the event.
AthleteEventTimeMisses 1Adjusted Time 2RankJanez OžboltMen's 10 km sprint29:35.80rowspan="3" 9Jože Poklukar32:31.7359Uroš Velepec31:07.5236Boštjan LekanMen's 20 km1'00:12.351'05:12.359Janez Ožbolt58:19.131'01:19.129Jure Velepec59:58.021'01:58.038Boštjan LekanJanez OžboltJure VelepecUroš VelepecMen's relay1'34:19.61rowspan="2"10Andreja GrašičWomen's sprint27:17.9318Women's 15 km50:09.3959:09.344
1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target. 2 One minute added per missed target.
Ski jumping
Ski jumping competitions were held at Lysgårdsbakkene, Lillehammer. Six Slovenian athletes participated across the three events in Ski jumping. Robert Meglič recorded the only top ten result in the individual events. In the team event, where each of the four member team did two jumps, the Slovenian team finished ninth with a combined tally of 739.4 points.
AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2TotalDistancePointsDistancePointsPointsRankDejan JekovecNormal hill74.079.082.095.0174.041Matjaž Kladnik92.5119.087.5107.5226.519Robert Meglič93.0121.088.5112.0233.014Samo Gostiša86.5105.585.5104.5210.028Franci PetekLarge hill95.069.591.562.7132.238Matjaž Kladnik105.585.496.569.7155.127Matjaž Zupan95.067.598.072.9155.127Robert Meglič122.0114.1113.0103.4217.59Matjaž KladnikMatjaž ZupanRobert MegličSamo GostišaLarge hill team1colspan="4" 739.49
1 Four teams members performed two jumps each.
References
External links Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database Olympic Winter Games 1994, full results by sports-reference.com