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. It was the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics after gaining its independence from the former Czechoslovakia.
Medalists
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Medal Name Sport Event Date Zuzana Rehák-Štefečeková Shooting Women's trap Jakub Grigar Canoeing Men's slalom K-1 Rory Sabbatini Golf Men's individual Samuel BalážDenis MyšákErik VlčekAdam Botek Canoeing Men's K-4 500 m | width=22% align=left valign=top | Medals by sportSport TotalShooting 1 0 01Canoeing 0 1 12Golf 0 1 01 Total 1 2 1 4
Competitors
| width=78% align=left valign=top | The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. SportMenWomenTotalArchery 0 1 1Athletics 5 4 9Badminton 0 1 1Boxing 1 0 1Canoeing 7 2 9Cycling 2 0 2Golf 1 0 1Gymnastics 0 1 1Shooting 4 3 7Swimming 1 1 2Table tennis 2 1 3Tennis 3 0 3Wrestling 1 0 1 Total 27 14 41 | width=22% align=left valign=top |
Medals by date Day Date Total Day 1 24 July 0 0 0 0 Day 2 25 July 0 0 0 0 Day 3 26 July 0 0 0 0 Day 4 27 July 0 0 0 0 Day 5 28 July 0 0 0 0 Day 6 29 July 1 0 0 1 Day 7 30 July 0 1 0 1 Day 8 31 July 0 0 0 0 Day 9 1 August 0 1 0 1 Day 10 2 August 0 0 0 0 Day 11 3 August 0 0 0 0 Day 12 4 August0 0 0 0 Day 13 5 August 0 0 0 0 Day 14 6 August 0 0 0 0 Day 15 7 August 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0Total121 4
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.
AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankDenisa BaránkováWomen's individual65512L 4–6Did 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):
Track & road events Men AthleteEventHeat QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankJán Volko100 mcolspan=2 10.407Did not advance200 m21.215colspan=2 Did not advanceMiroslav Úradník20 km walkcolspan=6 1:29:2541Michal Morvay50 km walkcolspan=6 rowspan=2 4:15:2241Matej Tóth3:56:2314
Women AthleteEventHeat SemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankGabriela Gajanová800 m2:01.417Did not advanceEmma Zapletalová400 m hurdles55.006 q55.796Did not advanceMária Czaková20 km walkcolspan=4 1:41:2945
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionMarcel LomnickýMen's hammer throw72.5224Did not advanceMartina HrašnováWomen's hammer throw66.6325Did 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.
AthleteEventGroup stageEliminationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankMartina RepiskáWomen's singlesW (21–19, 21–12)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.
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankAndrej CsemezMen's middleweightW 4–0L 0–5Did 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.
AthleteEventPreliminarySemifinalFinalRun 1RankRun 2RankBestRankTimeRankTimeRankMatej BeňušMen's C-199.61296.89196.891 Q106.409 Q105.606Jakub GrigarMen's K-194.37992.38892.388 Q96.274 Q94.85Monika ŠkáchováWomen's C-1125.6516116.8511116.8512 Q124.8710 Q129.399Eliška MintálováWomen's K-1107.673117.5518107.678 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.
AthleteEventHeatsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankPeter GelleMen's K-1 1000 m3:42.1312 SFcolspan=2 3:28.2557 FB3:28.24014Samuel BalážAdam BotekMen's K-2 1000 m3:13.9823 QF3:11.4582 SF3:20.9176 FB3:21.087 10Samuel BalážAdam BotekDenis MyšákErik VlčekMen's K-4 500 m1:21.8072 SFcolspan=2 1:23.7992 FA1:23.534 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.
AthleteEventTimeRankLukáš KubišMen's road raceDid not finishMen's time trial1:06:25.2037Juraj SaganMen's road raceDid 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.
AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4TotalScoreScoreScoreScoreScoreParRankRory SabbatiniMen's69677061267−17
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.
Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRankBarbora MokošováAll-around13.33313.333 11.70012.83351.19952Did 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.
AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankPatrik JányMen's 10 m air rifle630.54 Q143.77Men's 50 m rifle 3 positions117213Did not advanceJuraj TužinskýMen's 10 m air pistol57027Did not advanceErik VargaMen's trap12211Did not advanceDanka BartekováWomen's skeet11813Did not advanceZuzana Rehák-ŠtefečekováWomen's trap125 WR1 Q43 Marián KovačócyJana ŠpotákováMixed trap team1448Did not advanceErik VargaZuzana Rehák-Štefečeková1463 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.
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankRichard NagyMen's 200 m butterfly2:01.9137Did not advanceMen's 400 m individual medley4:18.2923colspan=2 Did not advanceAndrea PodmaníkováWomen's 100 m breaststroke1:08.3628Did not advanceWomen's 200 m breaststroke2:29.5630Did 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.
AthleteEventPreliminaryRound 1Round 2Round 3Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankWang YangMen's singlescolspan=2 W 4–0L 0–4Did not advanceBarbora BalážováWomen's singlescolspan=2 L 0–4Did not advanceĽubomír PištejBarbora BalážováMixed doublescolspan=4 L 1–4Did 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.
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankNorbert GombosMen's singlesL 6–7(4–7), 6–3, 2–6Did not advanceLukáš KleinL 7–5, 3–6, 6–7(4–7)Did not advanceLukáš KleinFilip PolášekMen's doublesW 7–5, 6–4L 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.
Freestyle AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankBoris MakoevMen's −86 kgL 0–3 PO Did not advance14
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