Slovakia was represented at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, United States by the Slovak Olympic and Sports Committee. It was their first appearance at the Summer Games as an independent country following the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1992.
In total, 71 athletes including 58 men and 13 woman represented Slovakia in 14 different sports including athletics, boxing, canoeing, cycling, gymnastics, judo, rowing, sailing, shooting, swimming, table tennis, tennis, weightlifting and wrestling.
Slovakia won a total of three medals at the games after Michal Martikán claimed gold in the canoeing men's slalom C-1, Slavomír Kňazovický won silver in the canoeing men's C-1 500 m and Jozef Gönci claimed bronze in the men's shooting 50 m rifle prone.
Competitors In total, 71 athletes represented Slovakia at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, United States across 14 different sports. SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 12 3 15Boxing 2 — 2Canoeing 15 2 17Cycling 8 2 10Gymnastics 0 1 1Judo 2 0 2Rowing 2 0 2Sailing 4 0 4Shooting 3 0 3Swimming 1 2 3Table tennis 0 1 1Tennis 2 3 5Weightlifting 3 — 3Wrestling 4 — 4 Total 58 13 71
Medalists
Slovakia won a total of three medals at the games after Michal Martikán claimed gold in the canoeing men's slalom C-1, Slavomír Kňazovický won silver in the canoeing men's C-1 500 m and Jozef Gönci claimed bronze in the men's shooting 50 m rifle prone.
MedalNameSportEventDate Canoeing Men's slalom C-1 Canoeing Men's C-1 500 me Shooting Men's 50 m rifle prone
Athletics
In total, 15 Slovakian athletes participated in the athletics events.
Men Track & road events AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankŠtefan Balošák400 m45.863 Q45.324 Q45.596did not advancePavol Blažek20 km walkcolspan=6 1:29:4146Igor Kollárcolspan=6 DSQIgor Kováč110 m hurdles13.62 16 Q13.7025did not advanceJozef Kucej400 m hurdles50.316did not advanceŠtefan Malík50 km walkcolspan=6 3:58:4021Roman Mrazekcolspan=6 3:58:2020Róbert Štefko10,000 m29:03.8014did not advancePeter Tichý50 km walkcolspan=6 4:10:5532Róbert Valíček20 km walkcolspan=6 1:27:2738Miroslav Vanko5,000 m13:54.886 Qcolspan=2 13:51.4512did not advance10,000 m29:17.5318did not advance
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionJaroslav ŽitňanskýDiscus throw51.5038did not advance
Women Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionGalina ChistyakovaLong jump6.3322did not advanceTriple jump14.1414did not advanceAlica JavadováHigh jump1.8524did not advance
Boxing
In total, two Slovakian athletes participated in the boxing events.
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankPeter BalážLight flyweightL 3-13did not advance17Gabriel KrižanBantamweightL 6-13did not advance9
Canoeing
In total, 17 Slovakian athletes participated in the canoeing events.
Slalom AthleteEventFinalRun 1RankRun 2RankTotalRankGabriela BroskováWomen's K-1230.67 17172.575172.575Elena Kaliská229.85 16190.4513190.4519Michal MartikánMen's C-1160.886151.031151.03Juraj Minčík182.60 20166.4510166.4515Peter NagyMen's K-1211.5436148.357148.3513Ľuboš Šoška Peter ŠoškaMen's C-2184.907175.389175.3810Roman ŠtrbaRoman Vajs194.4010200.6713194.4013Miroslav StanovskýMen's K-1165.1724146.596146.5910
Sprint AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankRóbert ErbanK-1 500 m1:43.5635 QR1:43.1841 QS1:41.4254 QF1:40.4078K-1 1000 m3:48.9564 QR4:01.9171 QS3:46.6335Did not advance12 Slavomír KňazovickýC-1 500 m1:52.9712 QFcolspan=2 colspan=2 1:50.510 Ján KubicaC-1 1000 m4:33.8107 QScolspan=2 4:22.7734Did not advance14 Csaba OroszPeter PálešC-2 500 m1:45.8934 QR1:47.9652 QS1:43.7575 QF1:44.1168C-2 1000 m4:12.7893 QScolspan=2 3:44.6282 QF3:36.9387Juraj KadnárAttila SzabóK-2 1000 m3:49.0266 R3:34.4362 QS3:20.9046Did not advance11
Cycling
In total, 10 Slovakian athletes participated in the cycling events.
Road Men AthleteEventTimeRankMilan DvorščíkMen's road race4:56:46 59Men's time trial1:12:5434Miroslav LiptákMen's road racednfMen's time trial1:12:28 31Róbert NagyMen's road racednfJán Valach4:56:48 68Pavol Zaduban5:05:38 114
Women AthleteEventTimeRankLenka IlavskáWomen's road race02:37:0624Women's time trial39:57 17Eva OrvošováWomen's road race02:37:0627
Track AthleteEventQualificationRound 1Repechage 1Round 2Repechage 21/8 finalRepechage 3QuarterfinalsClassification 5-8SemifinalsFinalTimeSpeed (km/h)RankOppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)RankPeter BazálikMen's sprint10.837 66.4320 QLW 11.222LLdid not advanceMartin HrbáčekMen's sprint10.69367.3316 QLW 11.076Ldid not advance
Mountain biking AthleteEventTimeRankPeter HricMen's cross-country2:46:2230Lenka IlavskáWomen's cross-country2:04.143 21Eva Loweová-Orvošová1:57.569
Gymnastics
In total, one Slovakian athlete participated in the gymnastics events.
AthleteEventQualificationFinalApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRankKlaudia KinskáAll-around18.06217.68716.92517.87470.548 70did not advance
Judo
In total, two Slovakian athletes participated in the judo events.
AthleteEventPreliminaryRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankMarek Matuszek−60 kgL 0000-0100did not advance17Semir Pepic−95 kgW 1000-0000L 0000-0100did not advance17
Rowing
In total, two Slovakian athletes participated in the rowing events.
AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTime RankOndrej HambálekJán ŽiškaDouble sculls6:55.874 R6:53.542 SA/B6:55.736 FB6:26.5111
Sailing
In total, four Slovakian athletes participated in the sailing events.
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank1234567891011Patrik PollakMistral192325192916352528colspan=2 155.027Marek ValasekFinn517262827623202526148.025Igor KarvasJaroslav Ferianec4702836313129203429233132254.032
Shooting
In total, three Slovakian athletes participated in the shooting events.
AthleteEventQualificationFinalScoreRankScoreRank Ján Fabo10 m air pistol56944did not advance50 m pistol55620did not advanceJozef Gönci50 m rifle three positions11667 Q1267.7550 m rifle prone5992 Q701.910 m air rifle58428did not advanceVladimir SlamkaTrap1225 Q1456Double trap12625did not advance
Swimming
In total, three Slovakian athletes participated in the swimming events.
Men AthleteEventHeatFinal BFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMiroslav Machovič100 m backstroke57.78 34did not advance200 m backstroke2:04.1519did not advance
Women AthleteEventHeatFinal BFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankNatália Kodajová100 metre breaststroke1:14.2437did not advance200 metre breaststroke2:45.2138did not advanceMartina Moravcová100 metre freestyle56.2011 Q56.47 15did not advance200 metre freestyle2:00.999 Q2:00.96 9did not advance400 metre freestyle4:22.1027did not advance200 metre individual medley2:16.50 9 Q2:17.40 13did not advance
Table tennis
In total, one Slovakian athlete participated in the table tennis events.
AthleteEventGroup roundRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsBronze medalFinalOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankValentina PopovováWomen's singlesGroup DL 1 – 2L 0 – 2W 2 – 0 3did not advance
Tennis
In total, five Slovakian athletes participated in the tennis events.
Men AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRank Ján KrošlákSinglesL 3–6, 6-7did not advanceKarol KučeraL 6–3, 2–6, 6-0L 4–6, 4–6did not advance Ján KrošlákKarol KučeraDoublesL 3–6, 3-6did not advance
Women AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankKarina HabšudováSinglesW 6–3, 6-3W 7–5, 6-2L 4–6, 6–3, 4–6did not advanceKatarína StudeníkováL 2–6, 3–6did not advance Radomíra ZrubákováW 6–3, 6-2L 1–6, 4–6did not advance Karina HabšudováRadka Zrubáková DoublesL 6–3, 4–6, 2-6did not advance
Weightlifting
In total, three Slovakian athletes participated in the weightlifting events.
AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankRudolf Lukáč−70 kg135.020167.520302.520Martin Tešovič−91 kg162.517210.06372.510Jaroslav Jokeľ−99 kg160.016192.516352.516
Wrestling
In total, four Slovakian athletes participated in the wrestling events.
AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRank Roman Kollár−52 kgL 0-6W 3-2L 3-6did not advance13Radion Kertanti−74 kgW 4-3L 1-5 L 0-5did not advance15Jozef Lohyňa−90 kgW 5-0W 5-3W 3-0L 1-7W 10-0L 0-54Milan Mazáč−100 kgL 1-2L 2-4did not advance15
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