Slovakia at the Olympics facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Slovakia at the Olympics
IOC code	SVK
NOC	Slovak Olympic and Sports Committee
Website
Medals Ranked 53rd	Gold Silver Bronze Total 14 18 11 43
Summer appearances
1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Winter appearances
1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018
Other related appearances
Czechoslovakia (1920–1992)

Slovakia first participated at the Olympic Games in 1994, and has sent athletes to compete in every Games since then. Prior to the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993, Slovak athletes competed for Czechoslovakia at the Olympics.

Slovak athletes have won a total of thirty three medals at the Summer Olympic Games, mostly in slalom canoeing. The nation has also won ten medals at the Winter Olympic Games.

The National Olympic Committee for Slovakia was created in 1992 and recognized in 1993.

Participation

Timeline of participation

Olympic year/s	Team
1920–1992	Czechoslovakia (TCH)
since 1994	Czechia (CZE)	Slovakia (SVK)

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games Games Athletes 1 Gold 2 Silver 3 Bronze Total Rank 1896–1912 as part of  Austria-Hungary 1920–1992 as part of  Czechoslovakia (TCH) 1996 Atlanta 71 1 1 1 3 43 2000 Sydney 112 1 3 1 5 39 2004 Athens 64 2 2 2 6 29 2008 Beijing 58 3 3 0 6 25 2012 London 47 0 1 3 4 59 2016 Rio de Janeiro 51 2 2 0 4 37 2020 Tokyo 41 1 2 1 4 50 2024 Paris 28 0 0 1 1 84 2028 Los Angeles future event Total 10 14 9 33 57

Medals by Winter Games Games Athletes 1 Gold 2 Silver 3 Bronze Total Rank 1924–1992 as part of  Czechoslovakia (TCH) 1994 Lillehammer 42 0 0 0 0 – 1998 Nagano 39 0 0 0 0 – 2002 Salt Lake City 49 0 0 0 0 – 2006 Turin 58 0 1 0 1 21 2010 Vancouver 73 1 1 1 3 17 2014 Sochi 63 1 0 0 1 21 2018 Pyeongchang 56 1 2 0 3 17 2022 Beijing 50 1 0 1 2 21 2026 Milan/Cortina future event Total 4 4 2 10 29

List of medalists - Slovakia since 1993

Summer Games

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
1 Gold	Martikán, MichalMichal Martikán	1996 Atlanta	Canoeing	Men's C-1 slalom
2 Silver	KnazovickySlavomír Kňazovický	1996 Atlanta	Canoeing	Men's C-1 500 metres
3 Bronze	Gönci, JozefJozef Gönci	1996 Atlanta	Shooting	Men's 50 m rifle prone
1 Gold	Hochschorner, PavolPavol Hochschorner Peter Hochschorner	2000 Sydney	Canoeing	Men's C-2 slalom
2 Silver	Martikán, MichalMichal Martikán	2000 Sydney	Canoeing	Men's C-1 slalom
2 Silver	Moravcová, MartinaMartina Moravcová	2000 Sydney	Swimming	Women's 100 metre butterfly
2 Silver	Moravcová, MartinaMartina Moravcová	2000 Sydney	Swimming	Women's 200 metre freestyle
3 Bronze	Minčík, JurajJuraj Minčík	2000 Sydney	Canoeing	Men's C-1 slalom
1 Gold	Hochschorner, PavolPavol Hochschorner Peter Hochschorner	2004 Athens	Canoeing	Men's C-2 slalom
1 Gold	Kaliská, ElenaElena Kaliská	2004 Athens	Canoeing	Women's K-1 slalom
2 Silver	Martikán, MichalMichal Martikán	2004 Athens	Canoeing	Men's C-1 slalom
2 Silver	Krnáč, JozefJozef Krnáč	2004 Athens	Judo	Men's half-lightweight
3 Bronze	Bača, JurajJuraj Bača Michal Riszdorfer Richard Riszdorfer Erik Vlček	2004 Athens	Canoeing	Men's K-4 1000 metres
3 Bronze	Gönci, JozefJozef Gönci	2004 Athens	Shooting	Men's 10 m air rifle
1 Gold	Martikán, MichalMichal Martikán	2008 Beijing	Canoeing	Men's C-1 slalom
1 Gold	Hochschorner, PavolPavol Hochschorner Peter Hochschorner	2008 Beijing	Canoeing	Men's C-2 slalom
1 Gold	Kaliská, ElenaElena Kaliská	2008 Beijing	Canoeing	Women's K-1 slalom
2 Silver	Štefečeková, ZuzanaZuzana Štefečeková	2008 Beijing	Shooting	Women's trap
2 Silver	Tarr, JurajJuraj Tarr Michal Riszdorfer Richard Riszdorfer Erik Vlček	2008 Beijing	Canoeing	Men's K-4 1000 metres
2 Silver	Musuľbes, DavidDavid Musuľbes	2008 Beijing	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 120 kg
2 Silver	Štefečeková, ZuzanaZuzana Štefečeková	2012 London	Shooting	Women's trap
3 Bronze	Martikán, MichalMichal Martikán	2012 London	Canoeing	Men's C-1 slalom
3 Bronze	Hochschorner, PavolPavol Hochschorner Peter Hochschorner	2012 London	Canoeing	Men's C-2 slalom
3 Bronze	Barteková, DankaDanka Barteková	2012 London	Shooting	Women's skeet
1 Gold	Škantár, LadislavLadislav Škantár Peter Škantár	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Canoeing	Men's C-2 slalom
1 Gold	Tóth, MatejMatej Tóth	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Men's 50 km walk
2 Silver	Beňuš, MatejMatej Beňuš	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Canoeing	Men's C-1 slalom
2 Silver	Linka, TiborTibor Linka Myšák, DenisDenis Myšák Tarr, JurajJuraj Tarr Vlček, ErikErik Vlček	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Canoeing	Men's K-4 1000 m
1 Gold	Rehák-Štefečeková, ZuzanaZuzana Rehák-Štefečeková	2020 Tokyo	Shooting	Women's trap
2 Silver	Grigar, JakubJakub Grigar	2020 Tokyo	Canoeing	Men's K-1 slalom
2 Silver	Sabbatini, RoryRory Sabbatini	2020 Tokyo	Golf	Men's individual
3 Bronze	Baláž, SamuelSamuel Baláž Botek, AdamAdam Botek Myšák, DenisDenis Myšák Vlček, ErikErik Vlček	2020 Tokyo	Canoeing	Men's K-4 500 m
3 Bronze	Beňuš, MatejMatej Beňuš	2024 Paris	Canoeing	Men's C-1 slalom

Winter Games

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
2 Silver	ZidekRadoslav Židek	2006 Turin	Snowboarding	Men's snowboard cross
1 Gold	Kuzmina, AnastasiyaAnastasiya Kuzmina	2010 Vancouver	Biathlon	Women's sprint
2 Silver	Kuzmina, AnastasiyaAnastasiya Kuzmina	2010 Vancouver	Biathlon	Women's pursuit
3 Bronze	Hurajt, PavolPavol Hurajt	2010 Vancouver	Biathlon	Men's mass start
1 Gold	Kuzmina, AnastasiyaAnastasiya Kuzmina	2014 Sochi	Biathlon	Women's sprint
1 Gold	Kuzmina, AnastasiyaAnastasiya Kuzmina	2018 Pyeongchang	Biathlon	Women's mass start
2 Silver	Kuzmina, AnastasiyaAnastasiya Kuzmina	2018 Pyeongchang	Biathlon	Women's pursuit
2 Silver	Kuzmina, AnastasiyaAnastasiya Kuzmina	2018 Pyeongchang	Biathlon	Women's individual
1 Gold	Vlhová, PetraPetra Vlhová	2022 Beijing	Alpine skiing	Women's slalom
3 Bronze	Ice hockey team Branislav Konrád Patrik Rybár Matej Tomek Michal Čajkovský Peter Čerešňák Marek Ďaloga Martin Gernát Samuel Kňažko Martin Marinčin Šimon Nemec Mislav Rosandić Peter Cehlárik Marko Daňo Adrián Holešinský Marek Hrivík Libor Hudáček Tomáš Jurčo Miloš Kelemen Michal Krištof Kristián Pospíšil Pavol Regenda Miloš Roman Juraj Slafkovský Samuel Takáč Peter Zuzin	2022 Beijing	Ice hockey	Men's tournament

Most successful Slovak competitors

Individual athletes

No	Athlete	Sport	01	02	03	Total
1	Anastasiya Kuzmina	Biathlon	3	3	0	6
2	Pavol Hochschorner Peter Hochschorner	Canoeing	3	0	1	4
3	Michal Martikán	Canoeing	2	2	1	5
4	Elena Kaliská	Canoeing	2	0	0	2
5	Zuzana Štefečeková	Shooting	1	2	0	3
6	Erik Vlček	Canoeing	0	2	2	4
7	Martina Moravcová	Swimming	0	2	0	2
8	Matej Beňuš	Canoeing	0	1	1	2
9	Jozef Gönci	Shooting	0	0	2	2

Teams

No	Team	Sport	01	02	03	Total
1	Men's K-4	Canoeing	0	2	2	4

List of Slovak medalists – Czechoslovakia (1920–1992)

Summer Games

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
2 Silver	Herda, JozefJozef Herda	1936 Berlin	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman lightweight
2 Silver	Pálfyová, MatyldaMatylda Pálfyová	1936 Berlin	Gymnastics	Women's team all round
1 Gold	Torma, JúliusJúlius Torma	1948 London	Boxing	Boxing - Welterweight
1 Gold	Zachara, JánJán Zachara	1952 Helsinki	Boxing	Boxing - Featherweight
3 Bronze	Athanasov, MikulášMikuláš Athanasov	1952 Helsinki	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman lightweight
1 Gold	Schmidt, PavelPavel Schmidt	1960 Rome	Rowing	Rowing - Men's double sculls
2 Silver	Krajčírová, MariannaMarianna Krajčírová Jana Kubičková	1964 Tokyo	Gymnastics	Women's team all round
2 Silver	Cvetler, ĽudovítĽudovít Cvetler Ján Geleta Vojtech Masný Štefan Matlák Ivan Mráz Anton Švajlen Anton Urban Vladimír Weiss	1964 Tokyo	Football	Men's team competition
3 Bronze	Golian, BohumilBohumil Golian	1964 Tokyo	Volleyball	Men's team competition
2 Silver	Krajčírová, MariannaMarianna Krajčírová Jana Kubičková	1968 Mexico City	Gymnastics	Women's team all round
2 Silver	Golian, BohumilBohumil Golian	1968 Mexico City	Volleyball	Men's team competition
2 Silver	Lafko, VincentVincent Lafko Andrej Lukošík Peter Pospíšil	1972 Munich	Handball	Men's team competition
3 Bronze	Šuranová, EvaEva Šuranová	1972 Munich	Athletics	Women's Long Jump
1 Gold	Tkáč, AntonAnton Tkáč	1976 Montreal	Cycling	Men's 1000m Sprint (Scratch)
1 Gold	Kunzo, FrantišekFrantišek Kunzo Stanislav Seman	1980 Moscow	Football	Men's team competition
2 Silver	Bugár, ImrichImrich Bugár	1980 Moscow	Athletics	Men's discus throw
2 Silver	Kyselicová, AlenaAlena Kyselicová Viera Podhányiová Iveta Šranková	1980 Moscow	Field hockey	Women's team competition
3 Bronze	Dušan Poliačik	1980 Moscow	Weightlifting	Men's light heavyweight
3 Bronze	Franek, JánJán Franek	1980 Moscow	Boxing	Men's light middleweight
3 Bronze	Karabin, DanDan Karabin	1980 Moscow	Wrestling	Men's freestyle welterweight
3 Bronze	Strnisko, JúliusJúlius Strnisko	1980 Moscow	Wrestling	Men's freestyle heavyweight
1 Gold	Pribilinec, JozefJozef Pribilinec	1988 Seoul	Athletics	Men's 20 km Walk
1 Gold	Mečíř, MiloslavMiloslav Mečíř	1988 Seoul	Tennis	Men's Singles Competition
3 Bronze	Mečíř, MiloslavMiloslav Mečíř	1988 Seoul	Tennis	Men's Doubles Competition
3 Bronze	Lohyňa, JozefJozef Lohyňa	1988 Seoul	Wrestling	Men's freestyle middleweight

Winter Games

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
2 Silver	Troják, LadislavLadislav Troják	1948 St. Moritz	Ice hockey	Men's team competition
2 Silver	Divín, KarolKarol Divín	1960 Squaw Valley	Figure skating	Men's singles
3 Bronze	Dzurilla, VladimírVladimír Dzurilla František Gregor Jozef Golonka	1964 Innsbruck	Ice hockey	Men's team competition
2 Silver	Dzurilla, VladimírVladimír Dzurilla Jozef Golonka	1968 Grenoble	Ice hockey	Men's team competition
1 Gold	Nepela, OndrejOndrej Nepela	1972 Sapporo	Figure skating	Men's singles
3 Bronze	Dzurilla, VladimírVladimír Dzurilla Rudolf Tajcnár	1972 Sapporo	Ice hockey	Men's team competition
2 Silver	Liba, IgorIgor Liba Vincent Lukáč Dušan Pašek Dárius Rusnák	1984 Sarajevo	Ice hockey	Men's team competition
2 Silver	Svobodová, GabrielaGabriela Svobodová	1984 Sarajevo	Cross-country skiing	Women's 4 x 5 km relay
3 Bronze	Sabovčík, JozefJozef Sabovčík	1984 Sarajevo	Figure skating	Men's singles
3 Bronze	Liba, IgorIgor Liba Róbert Švehla Peter Veselovský Jaromír Dragan	1992 Albertville	Ice hockey	Men's team competition

See also

In Spanish: Eslovaquia en los Juegos Olímpicos para niños

• List of flag bearers for Slovakia at the Olympics
• Slovakia at the Youth Olympics
• Slovakia at the Paralympics
• Slovakia at the European Youth Olympic Festival
• Slovakia at the European Games
• Slovakia at the Universiade
• Slovakia at the World Games
• Category:Olympic competitors for Slovakia