Slovakia at the 2004 Summer Olympics
# Slovakia at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Slovakia competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's third consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics since the post-Czechoslovak era. The Slovak Olympic Committee sent a total of 64 athletes to the Games, 48 men and 16 women, to compete in 11 sports. There was only a single competitor in artistic and trampoline gymnastics and sailing.

The Slovak team featured four Olympic medalists from Sydney: freestyle and butterfly swimmer Martina Moravcová, twins Pavol and Peter Hochschorner, and slalom canoeist Michal Martikán, who later became the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony. Along with Moravcova, sprint canoeist Peter Páleš and track cyclist Jaroslav Jeřábek were among the Slovak athletes to compete in four editions of the Summer Olympics, although they previously appeared as part of the Czechoslovak team (Pales in 1988; Jerabek and Moravcova in 1992). Other notable Slovak athletes featured professional tennis players Daniela Hantuchová and Karol Beck, rifle shooter and former Olympic medalist Jozef Gönci, and slalom kayak world champion Elena Kaliská.

Slovakia left Athens with a total of six Olympic medals, an equal allocation of gold, silver, and bronze with two each, surpassing a single short of the tally from Sydney four years earlier. While the Hochschorner twins defended their Olympic title in double slalom canoeing, Slovak athletes continued to dominate the sport, as Elena Kaliská and Michal Martikán managed to claim Olympic medals in their respective events. Jozef Gönci added a second bronze to his Olympic career in men's air rifle shooting, while Jozef Krnáč set a historic milestone for Slovakia, after earning the nation's first Olympic medal in judo.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Elena Kaliská | Canoeing | Women's slalom K-1 | August 18 |
| Gold | Pavol Hochschorner Peter Hochschorner | Canoeing | Men's slalom C-2 | August 20 |
| Silver | Jozef Krnáč | Judo | Men's 66 kg | August 15 |
| Silver | Michal Martikán | Canoeing | Men's slalom C-1 | August 18 |
| Bronze | Jozef Gönci | Shooting | Men's 10 m air rifle | August 16 |
| Bronze | Juraj Bača Michal Riszdorfer Richard Riszdorfer Erik Vlček | Canoeing | Men's K-4 1000 m | August 27 |

## Athletics

Slovak athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard).

### 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

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
| Miloš Bátovský | 50 km walk | 3:59:11 | 18 |
| Peter Korčok | 50 km walk | 3:54:22 | 14 |
| Marcel Matanin | Marathon | 2:50:26 | 81 |
| Matej Tóth | 20 km walk | 1:28:49 | 32 |
| Kazimír Verkin | 50 km walk | 4:13:11 | 36 |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Marián Bokor | Javelin throw | 71.74 | 32 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Libor Charfreitag | Hammer throw | 77.30 | 7 q | 77.54 | 7 |
| Mikuláš Konopka | Shot put | 20.32 | 8 q | 19.92 | 10 |
| Miloslav Konopka | Hammer throw | 76.16 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jaroslav Žitňanský | Discus throw | 53.30 | 35 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Lucia Klocová | 800 m | 2:02.17 | 5 q | 2:00.79 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Zuzana Malíková | 20 km walk | — | — | — | — | 1:33:17 | 22 |

## Canoeing

### Slalom

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Rank | Run 2 | Rank | Total | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Michal Martikán | Men's C-1 | 103.51 | 6 | 97.93 | 1 | 201.44 | 1 Q | 93.25 | 1 Q | 96.03 | 4 | 189.28 | |
| Ján Šajbidor | Men's K-1 | 95.13 | 6 | 97.76 | 18 | 194.89 | 10 Q | 97.77 | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Pavol Hochschorner Peter Hochschorner | Men's C-2 | 100.13 | 1 | 100.91 | 1 | 201.04 | 1 Q | 101.29 | 1 Q | 105.87 | 2 | 207.16 | |
| Elena Kaliská | Women's K-1 | 104.24 | 2 | 108.41 | 3 | 212.65 | 2 Q | 103.74 | 1 Q | 106.29 | 1 | 210.03 | |
| Gabriela Stacherová | Women's K-1 | 110.08 | 4 | 114.58 | 11 | 224.66 | 4 Q | 109.85 | 7 Q | 164.62 | 10 | 274.47 | 10 |

### Sprint

**Men**

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Martin Chorváth | K-1 500 m | 1:42.383 | 6 q | 1:43.095 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Róbert Erban | K-1 1000 m | 3:30.576 | 6 q | 3:33.481 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Marián Ostrčil | C-1 500 m | 1:58.357 | 6 q | 1:52.871 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Marián Ostrčil | C-1 1000 m | 3:56.962 | 3 q | 3:53.820 | 3 Q | 3:54.629 | 7 |
| Daniel Biksadský Peter Páleš | C-2 500 m | 1:45.860 | 6 q | 1:44.732 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Daniel Biksadský Peter Páleš | C-2 1000 m | 3:47.263 | 6 q | 3:46.036 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Juraj Bača Michal Riszdorfer Richard Riszdorfer Erik Vlček | K-4 1000 m | 2:53.256 | 1 Q | Bye | Bye | 2:59.314 | |

**Women**

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Marcela Erbanová | K-1 500 m | 1:53.508 | 1 Q | Bye | Bye | 1:52.685 | 5 |

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to final; q = Qualify to semifinal

## Cycling

### Road

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| - | - | - | - |
| Matej Jurčo | Men's road race | Did not finish | Did not finish |
| Matej Jurčo | Men's time trial | 1:04:22.58 | 35 |
| Martin Riška | Men's road race | 5:51:28 | 71 |

### Track

**Sprint**

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Round 1 | Repechage 1 | Round 2 | Repechage 2 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | 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) | Rank |
| Jaroslav Jeřábek | Men's sprint | 10.758 66.926 | 16 | Bourgain (FRA) L | Ng (MAS) Yang H-C (KOR) L | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Peter Bazálik Jaroslav Jeřábek Ján Lepka | Men's team sprint | 45.978 58.723 | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

**Keirin**

| Athlete | Event | 1st round | Repechage | 2nd round | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Rank | Rank | Rank | Rank |
| Jaroslav Jeřábek | Men's keirin | 4 R | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

**Omnium**

| Athlete | Event | Points | Laps | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Martin Liška Jozef Žabka | Men's madison | 5 | −2 | 15 |

### Mountain biking

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| - | - | - | - |
| Luboš Kondis | Men's cross-country | 2:31:15 | 34 |
| Janka Števková | Women's cross-country | Did not finish | Did not finish |

## Gymnastics

### Artistic

**Women**

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | V | UB | BB | F | Total | Rank | V | UB | BB | F | Total | Rank |
| Zuzana Sekerová | All-around | 9.162 | 8.912 | 8.787 | 8.512 | 35.373 | 47 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Trampoline

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Katarína Prokešová | Women's | 61.90 | 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Judo

Two Slovak judoka qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics.

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Jozef Krnáč | Men's −66 kg | Alassane (NIG) W 0200–0000 | Peñas (ESP) W 1011–0000 | Meridja (ALG) W 1001–0000 | Arencibia (CUB) W 1010–0002 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Uchishiba (JPN) L 0000–1000 | |
| Zoltán Pálkovács | Men's −100 kg | Lemaire (FRA) L 0000–1000 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Rowing

Slovak rowers qualified the following boats:

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Lukáš Babač Ľuboš Podstupka | Lightweight double sculls | 6:22.00 | 3 R | 6:25.75 | 2 SA/B | 6:29.44 | 6 FB | 6:58.78 | 11 |

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; R=Repechage

## Sailing

Slovak sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | Net points | Final rank |
| Martin Lapoš | Mistral | 34 | 27 | 34 | 33 | 32 | 27 | 32 | 30 | 34 | 33 | 27 | 309 | 34 |

M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given

## Shooting

Three Slovak shooters (two men and one woman) qualified to compete in the following events:

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Jozef Gönci | 10 m air rifle | 596 | 4 Q | 697.4 | |
| Jozef Gönci | 50 m rifle prone | 598 | 3 Q | 700.5 | 4 |
| Jozef Gönci | 50 m rifle 3 positions | 1162 | =9 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Matej Mészáros | 10 m air rifle | 594 | =9 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Andrea Stranovská | Skeet | 66 | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Swimming

Slovak swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time):

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Ľuboš Križko | 100 m backstroke | 56.62 | 27 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Martina Moravcová | 50 m freestyle | 25.69 | 17 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Martina Moravcová | 100 m freestyle | 55.17 | 8 Q | 55.08 | 8 Q | 55.12 | 7 |
| Martina Moravcová | 200 m freestyle | 2:01.00 | 15 Q | 1:59.96 | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Martina Moravcová | 100 m butterfly | 58.48 | 4 Q | 58.66 | 5 Q | 58.96 | 6 |

## Synchronized swimming

Two Slovak synchronized swimmers qualified a spot in the women's duet.

| Athlete | Event | Technical routine | Technical routine | Free routine (preliminary) | Free routine (preliminary) | Free routine (preliminary) | Free routine (final) | Free routine (final) | Free routine (final) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Total (technical + free) | Rank | Points | Total (technical + free) | Rank |
| Veronika Feriancová Katarína Havlíková | Duet | 41.167 | =21 | 41.417 | 82.584 | 22 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Tennis

Slovakia nominated three male and four female tennis players to compete in the tennis tournament.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Karol Beck | Singles | Calleri (ARG) L 6–2, 3–6, 6–8 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Dominik Hrbatý | Singles | El Aynaoui (MAR) W 6–3, 6–4 | Dent (USA) L $6–7^{(4–7)},$ 3–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Karol Kučera | Singles | Safin (RUS) L 0–6, 4–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Karol Beck Dominik Hrbatý | Doubles | — | Nestor / Niemeyer (CAN) L 2–6, 5–7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Daniela Hantuchová | Singles | Schaul (LUX) W 6–1, 6–1 | Schnyder (SUI) L 6–3, 1–6, 4–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ľubomíra Kurhajcová | Singles | Raymond (USA) L 4–6, 6–4, 3–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Martina Suchá | Singles | Petrova (RUS) L 3–6, 3–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Daniela Hantuchová Janette Husárová | Doubles | — | Casanova / Schnyder (SUI) L 3–6, 4–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ľubomíra Kurhajcová Martina Suchá | Doubles | — | Elia / Schiavone (ITA) L 2–6, 4–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Weightlifting

Three Slovak weightlifters qualified for the following events:

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Miroslav Janíček | Men's −69 kg | 125 | 15 | 172.5 | DNF | 125 | DNF |
| Rudolf Lukáč | Men's −77 kg | 147.5 | 18 | 187.5 | =12 | 335 | 15 |
| Martin Tešovič | Men's −105 kg | 187.5 | DNF | — | — | — | DNF |

## Wrestling

### Key

* VT – Victory by Fall.
* PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
* PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

### Men's freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Štefan Fernyák | −66 kg | Çubukçu (TUR) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Hatos (HUN) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 17 |
| Peter Pecha | −96 kg | Laliotis (GRE) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Wang Yy (CHN) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | 2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 12 |

### Men's Greco-Roman

| Athlete | Event | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Attila Bátky | −84 kg | Kenjeev (KGZ) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Abrahamian (SWE) L 0–3 $^{PO}$ | Matsumoto (JPN) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 10 |
