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 Script error: No such module "In lang".
in Tokyo, Japan
July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors 41 in 13 sports
Flag bearer (opening) Zuzana Rehák-Štefečeková
Matej Beňuš
Flag bearer (closing) Danka Barteková
Medals
Ranked 50th
Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 2 1 4
Summer Olympics appearances
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Other related appearances
 Hungary (1896–1912)
 Czechoslovakia (1920–1992)

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.

Medalists

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Further information: 2020 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 2020 Summer Olympics medal winners

Competitors

Archery

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Main articles: Archery at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Archery at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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]

Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Denisa Baránková Women's individual 655 12  Pärnat (EST)
L 4–6		 did not advance

Athletics

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Main articles: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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
  • 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
Track & road events
Men
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Ján Volko 100 m Bye 10.40 7 did not advance
200 m 21.21 5 N/A did not advance
Miroslav Úradník 20 km walk N/A 1:29:25 41
Michal Morvay 50 km walk N/A 4:15:22 41
Matej Tóth 3:56:23 14
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Gabriela Gajanová 800 m 2:01.41 7 Did not advance
Emma Zapletalová 400 m hurdles 55.00 6 q 55.79 6 Did not advance
Mária Czaková 20 km walk N/A 1:41:29 45
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Marcel Lomnický Men's hammer throw 72.52 24 Did not advance
Martina Hrašnová Women's hammer throw 66.63 25 did not advance

Badminton

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Main articles: Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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]

Athlete Event Group stage Elimination Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Martina Repiská Women's singles  Sotomayor (GUA)
W (21–19, 21–12)		  Li (CAN)
L (18–21, 16–21)		 2 did not advance

Boxing

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Main articles: Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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]

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Andrej Csemez Men's middleweight  Prince (TTO)
W 4–0		  Darchinyan (ARM)
L 0–5		 did not advance

Canoeing

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Main articles: Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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]

Athlete Event Preliminary Semifinal Final
Run 1 Rank Run 2 Rank Best Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Matej Beňuš Men's C-1 99.61 2 96.89 1 96.89 1 Q 106.40 9 Q 105.60 6
Jakub Grigar Men's K-1 94.37 9 92.38 8 92.38 8 Q 96.27 4 Q 94.85 2nd
Monika Škáchová Women's C-1 125.65 16 116.85 11 116.85 12 Q 124.87 10 Q 129.39 9
Eliška Mintálová Women's K-1 107.67 3 117.55 18 107.67 8 Q 107.18 2 Q 158.36 9

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]

Athlete Event Heats Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Peter Gelle Men's K-1 1000 m 3:42.131 2 SF Bye 3:28.255 7 FB 3:28.240 14
Samuel Baláž
Adam Botek		 Men's K-2 1000 m 3:13.982 3 QF 3:11.458 2 SF 3:20.917 6 FB 3:21.087 10
Samuel Baláž
Adam Botek
Denis Myšák
Erik Vlček		 Men's K-4 500 m 1:21.807 2 SF N/A 1:23.799 2 FA 1:23.534 3rd

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

Cycling

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Main articles: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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]

Athlete Event Time Rank
Lukáš Kubiš Men's road race did not finish
Men's time trial 1:06:25.20 37
Juraj Sagan Men's road race did not finish

Golf

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Main articles: Golf at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Golf at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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]

Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Total
Score Score Score Score Score Par Rank
Rory Sabbatini Men's 69 67 70 61 267 −17 2nd

Gymnastics

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Main articles: Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
V UB BB F V UB BB F
Barbora Mokošová All-around 13.333 13.333 11.700 12.833 51.199 52 Did not advance

Shooting

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Main articles: Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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]

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Patrik Jány 10 m air rifle 630.5 4 Q 143.7 7
50 m rifle 3 positions 1172 13 did not advance
Juraj Tužinský 10 m air pistol 570 27 Did not advance
Erik Varga Trap 122 11 did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Danka Barteková Skeet 118 13 Did not advance
Zuzana Rehák-Štefečeková Trap 125 WR 1 Q 43 OR 1st
Mixed
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Marián Kovačócy
Jana Špotáková		 Trap team 144 8 did not advance
Erik Varga
Zuzana Rehák-Štefečeková		 146 3 Q 42 4

Swimming

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Main articles: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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]

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Richard Nagy Men's 200 m butterfly 2:01.91 37 did not advance
Men's 400 m individual medley 4:18.29 23 N/A did not advance
Andrea Podmaníková Women's 100 m breaststroke 1:08.36 28 did not advance
Women's 200 m breaststroke 2:29.56 30 did not advance

Table tennis

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Main articles: Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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]

Athlete Event Preliminary Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Wang Yang Men's singles Bye  Powell (AUS)
W 4–0		  Niwa (JPN)
L 0–4		 did not advance
Barbora Balážová Women's singles Bye  Liu (USA)
L 0–4		 did not advance
Ľubomír Pištej
Barbora Balážová		 Mixed doubles N/A  Ionescu /
Szőcs (ROU)
L 1–4		 did not advance

Tennis

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Main articles: Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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]

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Norbert Gombos Men's singles  Giron (USA)
L 6–7(4–7), 6–3, 2–6		 did not advance
Lukáš Klein  Duckworth (AUS)
L 7–5, 3–6, 6–7(4–7)		 did not advance
Lukáš Klein
Filip Polášek		 Men's doubles N/A  Karatsev /
Medvedev (ROC)
W 7–5, 6–4		  Krajicek /
Sandgren (USA)
L 7–6(7–2), 2–6, [5–10]		 did not advance

Wrestling

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Main articles: Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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:

  • VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
  • VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
  • PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
  • PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
  • ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
  • SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
Freestyle
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Boris Makojev Men's −86 kg  Naifonov (ROC)
L 0–3 PO		 did not advance 14

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