Slovakia at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Slovakia at the 1996 Summer Olympics
IOC code	SVK
NOC	Slovak Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.sk (Slovak)
in Atlanta
Competitors	71 (58 men and 13 women) in 14 sports
Flag bearer	Jozef Lohyňa
Medals Ranked 43rd	Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 1 1 3
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Other related appearances
Hungary (1896–1912) Czechoslovakia (1920–1992)

Slovakia competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. It was the first Summer Games since the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, and so the Czech Republic and Slovakia competed as independent teams.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
01 ! Gold	Martikán, MichalMichal Martikán	Canoeing	Men's slalom C-1	000000002016-07-27-0000July 27
02 ! Silver	Kňazovický, SlavomírSlavomír Kňazovický	Canoeing	Men's C-1 500 metres	000000002016-08-04-0000August 4
03 ! Bronze	Gönci, JozefJozef Gönci	Shooting	Men's 50 metre rifle prone	000000002016-07-25-0000July 25

Competitors by event

Athletics

Men's 5,000 metres

• Miroslav Vanko - Heats: 13:54.88 → Semifinals: 13:51.45 (eliminated)

Men's 400m Hurdles

• Jozef Kucej - Heats: 50.31 (eliminated)

Men's Discus Throw

• Jaroslav Žitňanský - 51.50m (→ 38th place)

Men's 50 km Walk

• Roman Mrazek — 3:58:20 (→ 20th place)
• Štefan Malík — 3:58:40 (→ 21st place)
• Peter Tichý — 4:10:55 (→ 32nd place)

Women's High Jump

• Alica Javadová

• Qualification — 1.85m (→ did not advance)

Women's Triple Jump

• Galina Čisťjaková

• Qualification — 14.14m (→ did not advance; 14th place)

Women's Long Jump

• Galina Čisťjaková

• Qualification — 6.33m (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 metres

• Štefan Balošák

• Semifinals — 45.59 (→ did not advance)

Men's 20 km Walk

• Pavol Blažek - 1:29:41, 46th place
• Róbert Valíček - 1:27:27, 38th place
• Igor Kollár - DSQ

Men's 110m hurdles

• Igor Kováč - Heats: 13.62 → Quarterfinals: 13.70 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10.000 metres

• Róbert Štefko - 29:03.80 (→ did not advance)
• Miroslav Vanko - 29:17.53 (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Peter Baláž

• First Round — Lost to La Paene Masara (Indonesia) on points (3-13)

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

• Gabriel Križan

• First Round — bye
• Second Round — Lost to Rachid Bouaita (France) on points (6-13)

Canoeing

Flat water

• Róbert Erban
• Juraj Kadnár
• Attila Szabó
• Slavomír Kňazovický
• Ján Kubica
• Csaba Orosz
• Peter Páleš

White water

• Gabriela Brosková
• Elena Kaliská
• Michal Martikán
• Juraj Minčík
• Peter Nagy
• Miroslav Stanovský
• Ľuboš Šoška
• Peter Šoška
• Roman Štrba
• Roman Vajs

Cycling

Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race

• Milan Dvorščík

• Final — 4:56:46 (→ 59th place)

• Ján Valach

• Final — 4:56:48 (→ 68th place)

• Pavol Zaduban

• Final — 5:05:38 (→ 114th place)

• Róbert Nagy

• Final — did not finish

• Miroslav Lipták

• Final — did not finish

Men's Individual Time Trial

• Miroslav Lipták

• Final — 1:12:28 (→ 31st place)

• Milan Dvorščík

• Final — 1:12:54 (→ 34th place)

Women's Individual Road Race

• Lenka Ilavská

• Final — 02:37:06 (→ 24th place)

• Eva Orvošová

• Final — 02:37:06 (→ 27th place)

Women's Individual Time Trial

• Lenka Ilavská

• Final — 39:57 (→ 17th place)

Track Competition

• Peter Bazálik
• Martin Hrbáček

Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country

• Peter Hric

• Final — 2:46:22 (→ 30th place)

Women's Cross Country

• Eva Loweová-Orvošová

• Final — 1:57.56 (→ 9th place)

• Lenka Ilavská

• Final — 2:04.143 (→ 21st place)

Judo

• Marek Matuszek
• Semir Pepic

Gymnastics

• Klaudia Kinská

Rowing

• Ondrej Hambálek
• Ján Žiška

Sailing

• Jaroslav Ferianec
• Igor Karvaš
• Patrik Pollák
• Marek Valášek

Shooting

• Ján Fabo
• Jozef Gönci
• Vladimír Slamka

Swimming

Men's 100m Backstroke

• Miroslav Machovič

• Heat — 57.78 (→ did not advance, 34th place)

Men's 200m Backstroke

• Miroslav Machovič

• Heat — 2:04.15 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Women's 100m Freestyle

• Martina Moravcová

• Heat — 56.20
• B-Final — 56.47 (→ 15th place)

Women's 200m Freestyle

• Martina Moravcová

• Heat — 2:00.99
• B-Final — 2:00.96 (→ 9th place)

Women's 400m Freestyle

• Martina Moravcová

• Heat — 4:22.10 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Women's 200m Individual Medley

• Martina Moravcová

• Heat — 2:16.50
• B-Final — 2:17.40 (→ 13th place)

Table tennis

• Valentina Popovová

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition

• Karol Kučera

• First round — Defeated Dmitri Tomashevich (Uzbekistan) 6-3 2-6 6-0
• Second round — Lost to Andre Agassi (United States) 4-6 4-6

• Ján Krošlák

• First round — Lost to MaliVai Washington (United States) 3-6 6-7

Women's Singles Competition

• Katarína Studeníková

• First round — Lost to Ai Sugiyama (Japan) 2-6 3-6

• Karina Habšudová

• First round — Defeated Yayuk Basuki (Indonesia) 6-3 6-3
• Second round — Defeated Laurence Courtois (Belgium) 7-5 6-2
• Third round — Lost to Iva Majoli (Croatia) 4-6 6-3 4-6

• Radomíra Zrubáková

• First round — Defeated Jana Nejedly (Canada) 6-3 6-2
• Second round — Lost to Conchita Martínez (Spain) 1-6 4-6

Weightlifting

• Jaroslav Jokeľ
• Rudolf Lukáč
• Martin Tešovič

Wrestling

• Radion Kertanti
• Roman Kollár
• Jozef Lohyňa
• Milan Mazáč

References

• sports-reference