Slovakia at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Slovakia at the
1996 Summer Olympics
Slovakia at the; 1996 Summer Olympics
IOC code	SVK
NOC	Slovak Olympic and Sports Committee
Website	www.olympic.sk (in Slovak)
in Atlanta
Competitors	71 (58 men and 13 women) in 14 sports
Flag bearer	Jozef Lohyňa
Medals; Ranked 43rd	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 3
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
Other related appearances
	Hungary (1896–1912); Czechoslovakia (1924–1992)

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.^[1]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	12	3	15
Boxing	2	—	2
Canoeing	15	2	17
Cycling	8	2	10
Gymnastics	0	1	1
Judo	2	0	2
Rowing	2	0	2
Sailing	4	0	4
Shooting	3	0	3
Swimming	1	2	3
Table tennis	0	1	1
Tennis	2	3	5
Weightlifting	3	—	3
Wrestling	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.^[1]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Michal Martikán	Canoeing	Men's slalom C-1	July 27
Silver	Slavomír Kňazovický	Canoeing	Men's C-1 500 me	August 4
Bronze	Jozef Gönci	Shooting	Men's 50 m rifle prone	July 25

Athletics

In total, 15 Slovakian athletes participated in the athletics events.^[1]

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Štefan Balošák	400 m	45.86	3 Q	45.32	4 Q	45.59	6	did not advance
Pavol Blažek	20 km walk	—						1:29:41	46
Igor Kollár	20 km walk	—						DSQ
Igor Kováč	110 m hurdles	13.62	16 Q	13.70	25	did not advance
Jozef Kucej	400 m hurdles	50.31	6	did not advance
Štefan Malík	50 km walk	—						3:58:40	21
Roman Mrazek	50 km walk	—						3:58:20	20
Róbert Štefko	10,000 m	29:03.80	14	did not advance
Peter Tichý	50 km walk	—						4:10:55	32
Róbert Valíček	20 km walk	—						1:27:27	38
Miroslav Vanko	5,000 m	13:54.88	6 Q	—		13:51.45	12	did not advance
Miroslav Vanko	10,000 m	29:17.53	18	did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Jaroslav Žitňanský	Discus throw	51.50	38	did not advance

Women
Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Galina Chistyakova	Long jump	6.33	22	did not advance
Galina Chistyakova	Triple jump	14.14	14	did not advance
Alica Javadová	High jump	1.85	24	did not advance

Boxing

In total, two Slovakian athletes participated in the boxing events.^[1]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Peter Baláž	Light flyweight	La Paene Masara (INA) L 3-13	did not advance				17
Gabriel Križan	Bantamweight	BYE	Rachid Bouaita (FRA) L 6-13	did not advance			9

Canoeing

In total, 17 Slovakian athletes participated in the canoeing events.^[1]

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank
Gabriela Brosková	Women's K-1	230.67	17	172.57	5	172.57	5
Elena Kaliská	Women's K-1	229.85	16	190.45	13	190.45	19
Michal Martikán	Men's C-1	160.88	6	151.03	1	151.03
Juraj Minčík	Men's C-1	182.60	20	166.45	10	166.45	15
Peter Nagy	Men's K-1	211.54	36	148.35	7	148.35	13
Ľuboš Šoška Peter Šoška	Men's C-2	184.90	7	175.38	9	175.38	10
Roman Štrba Roman Vajs	Men's C-2	194.40	10	200.67	13	194.40	13
Miroslav Stanovský	Men's K-1	165.17	24	146.59	6	146.59	10

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Róbert Erban	K-1 500 m	1:43.563	5 QR	1:43.184	1 QS	1:41.425	4 QF	1:40.407	8
Róbert Erban	K-1 1000 m	3:48.956	4 QR	4:01.917	1 QS	3:46.633	5	Did not advance	12
Slavomír Kňazovický	C-1 500 m	1:52.971	2 QF	—		BYE		1:50.510
Ján Kubica	C-1 1000 m	4:33.810	7 QS	—		4:22.773	4	Did not advance	14
Csaba Orosz Peter Páleš	C-2 500 m	1:45.893	4 QR	1:47.965	2 QS	1:43.757	5 QF	1:44.116	8
Csaba Orosz Peter Páleš	C-2 1000 m	4:12.789	3 QS	BYE		3:44.628	2 QF	3:36.938	7
Juraj Kadnár Attila Szabó	K-2 1000 m	3:49.026	6 R	3:34.436	2 QS	3:20.904	6	Did not advance	11

Cycling

In total, 10 Slovakian athletes participated in the cycling events.^[1]

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Milan Dvorščík	Men's road race	4:56:46	59
Milan Dvorščík	Men's time trial	1:12:54	34
Miroslav Lipták	Men's road race	dnf
Miroslav Lipták	Men's time trial	1:12:28	31
Róbert Nagy	Men's road race	dnf
Ján Valach		4:56:48	68
Pavol Zaduban		5:05:38	114

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Lenka Ilavská	Women's road race	02:37:06	24
Lenka Ilavská	Women's time trial	39:57	17
Eva Orvošová	Women's road race	02:37:06	27

Track

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	1/8 final	Repechage 3	Quarterfinals	Classification 5-8	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Peter Bazálik	Men's sprint	10.837 66.43	20 Q	Pokorny (GER) L	van Zyl (RSA) W 11.222	Harnett (CAN) L	Moreno (ESP) Himonetos (GRE) L	did not advance
Martin Hrbáček	Men's sprint	10.693 67.33	16 Q	Berzins (LAT) L	Capitano (ITA) W 11.076	Nothstein (USA) L	did not advance

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Peter Hric	Men's cross-country	2:46:22	30
Lenka Ilavská	Women's cross-country	2:04.143	21
Eva Loweová-Orvošová	Women's cross-country	1:57.56	9

Gymnastics

In total, one Slovakian athlete participated in the gymnastics events.^[1]

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB	Total	Rank	F	V	UB	BB	Total	Rank
Klaudia Kinská	All-around	18.062	17.687	16.925	17.874	70.548	70	did not advance

Judo

In total, two Slovakian athletes participated in the judo events.^[1]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Marek Matuszek	−60 kg	BYE	Franck Chambilly (FRA) L 0000-0100	did not advance							17
Semir Pepic	−95 kg	Mohamed Bu Sakher (KUW) W 1000-0000	Daniel Gowing (HUN) L 0000-0100	did not advance							17

Rowing

In total, two Slovakian athletes participated in the rowing events.^[1]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ondrej Hambálek Ján Žiška	Double sculls	6:55.87	4 R	6:53.54	2 SA/B	6:55.73	6 FB	6:26.51	11

Sailing

In total, four Slovakian athletes participated in the sailing events.^[1]

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Net points	Final rank
Patrik Pollak	Mistral	19	23	25	19	29	16	35	25	28	—		155.0	27
Marek Valasek	Finn	5	17	26	28	27	6	23	20	25	26	—	148.0	25
Igor Karvas Jaroslav Ferianec	470	28	36	31	31	29	20	34	29	23	31	32	254.0	32

Shooting

In total, three Slovakian athletes participated in the shooting events.^[1]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Ján Fabo	10 m air pistol	569	44	did not advance
Ján Fabo	50 m pistol	556	20	did not advance
Jozef Gönci	50 m rifle three positions	1166	7 Q	1267.7	5
	50 m rifle prone	599	2 Q	701.9
	10 m air rifle	584	28	did not advance
Vladimir Slamka	Trap	122	5 Q	145	6
Vladimir Slamka	Double trap	126	25	did not advance

Swimming

In total, three Slovakian athletes participated in the swimming events.^[1]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final B		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Miroslav Machovič	100 m backstroke	57.78	34	did not advance
Miroslav Machovič	200 m backstroke	2:04.15	19	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final B		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Natália Kodajová	100 metre breaststroke	1:14.24	37	did not advance
Natália Kodajová	200 metre breaststroke	2:45.21	38	did not advance
Martina Moravcová	100 metre freestyle	56.20	11 Q	56.47	15	did not advance
	200 metre freestyle	2:00.99	9 Q	2:00.96	9	did not advance
	400 metre freestyle	4:22.10	27	did not advance
	200 metre individual medley	2:16.50	9 Q	2:17.40	13	did not advance

Table tennis

In total, one Slovakian athlete participated in the table tennis events.^[1]

Athlete	Event	Group round		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Bronze medal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Valentina Popovová	Women's singles	Group D Wei (CHN) L 1 – 2 Feng (USA) L 0 – 2 Rodríguez (CHI) W 2 – 0	3	did not advance

Tennis

In total, five Slovakian athletes participated in the tennis events.^[1]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ján Krošlák	Singles	MaliVai Washington (USA) L 3–6, 6-7	did not advance
Karol Kučera	Singles	Dmitri Tomashevich (UZB) L 6–3, 2–6, 6-0	Andre Agassi (USA) L 4–6, 4–6	did not advance
Ján Krošlák Karol Kučera	Doubles	BYE	Neil Broad Tim Henman (GBR) L 3–6, 3-6	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Karina Habšudová	Singles	Yayuk Basuki (INA) W 6–3, 6-3	Laurence Courtois (BEL) W 7–5, 6-2	Iva Majoli (CRO) L 4–6, 6–3, 4–6	did not advance
Katarína Studeníková		Ai Sugiyama (JPN) L 2–6, 3–6	did not advance
Radomíra Zrubáková		Jana Nejedly (CAN) W 6–3, 6-2	Conchita Martínez (ESP) L 1–6, 4–6	did not advance
Karina Habšudová Radka Zrubáková	Doubles	BYE	Martina Hingis Patty Schnyder (SUI) L 6–3, 4–6, 2-6	did not advance

Weightlifting

In total, three Slovakian athletes participated in the weightlifting events.^[1]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Rudolf Lukáč	−70 kg	135.0	20	167.5	20	302.5	20
Martin Tešovič	−91 kg	162.5	17	210.0	6	372.5	10
Jaroslav Jokeľ	−99 kg	160.0	16	192.5	16	352.5	16

Wrestling

In total, four Slovakian athletes participated in the wrestling events.^[1]

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Roman Kollár	−52 kg	Hideo Sasayama (JPN) L 0-6	Carlos Varela (CUB) W 3-2	Greg Woodcroft (CAN) L 3-6	did not advance				13
Radion Kertanti	−74 kg	Turan Ceylan (TUR) W 4-3	Kenny Monday (USA) L 1-5	Victor Peicov (MDA) L 0-5	did not advance				15
Jozef Lohyňa	−90 kg	Tatsuo Kawai (JPN) W 5-0	Bayanmönkhiin Gantogtokh (MGL) W 5-3	Kim Ik-hee (KOR) W 3-0	Makharbek Khadartsev (RUS) L 1-7	BYE	Victor Kodei (NGR) W 10-0	Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO) L 0-5	4
Milan Mazáč	−100 kg	Konstantin Aleksandrov (KGZ) L 1-2	Dolgorsürengiin Sumiyaabazar (MGL) L 2-4	did not advance					15

External links

sports-reference

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p "Slovakia at the 1996 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 3 July 2025.

[slovakia-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p "Slovakia at the 1996 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 3 July 2025.

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