Slovakia at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
# Slovakia at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

Slovakia competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 37 athletes, 29 men and 8 women. Competitors from Slovakia won 12 medals, including 5 gold, 3 silver and 4 bronze to finish 30th in the medal table.

## Medallists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Imrich Lyocsa | Archery | Men's individual standing |
| Gold | Marek Margoc | Athletics | Men's shot put F40 |
| Gold | Rastislav Turecek | Cycling | Men's handcycle road race HC A |
| Gold | Jan Riapos | Table tennis | Men's singles class 2 |
| Gold | Ladislav Gaspar | Table tennis | Men's singles class 10 |
| Silver | Rastislav Turecek | Cycling | Men's handcycle time trial HC A |
| Silver | Viera Mikulasikova | Swimming | Women's 50m freestyle S10 |
| Silver | Rastislav Revucky Jan Riapos | Table tennis | Men's teams class 1-2 |
| Bronze | Julius Hutka | Athletics | Men's shot put F57 |
| Bronze | Richard Csejtey | Table tennis | Men's singles class 8 |
| Bronze | Richard Csejtey Miroslav Mitas | Table tennis | Men's teams class 8 |
| Bronze | Alena Kanova | Table tennis | Women's singles class 3 |

## Sports

### Archery

**Men**

| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Rank |
| Miroslav Kacina | Men's individual W2 | 547 | 30 | N/A | Oehme (GER) L 135-159 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jaroslav Lazo | Men's individual standing | 573 | 18 | N/A | Rad (IRI) L 127-137 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Imrich Lyocsa | Men's individual standing | 611 | 3 | N/A | Martinez (VEN) W 147-134 | Atamanenko (UKR) W 95-86 | An (KOR) W 104-92 | Lezanski (POL) W *103-103 | |
| Vladimir Majercak | Men's individual standing | 606 | 7 | N/A | N/A | An (KOR) L 143-152 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jaroslav Lazo Imrich Lyocsa Vladimir Majercak | Men's team | 1790 | 8 | N/A | Spain (ESP) W *209-209 | South Korea (KOR) L 213-217 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

* Imrich Lyocsa's gold medal match against Poland's Tomasz Lezanski was decided by additional arrows. Lyocsa won 8 arrows to 5 and won the gold medal.
* The men's team round of 16 match against Spain was decided by additional arrows. They won 26 arrows to 18 and progressed to the quarterfinals.

### Athletics

**Men's track**

| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Heats | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Jozef Ambroz | T11 | Marathon | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 2:50:38 | 8 |
| Anton Sluka | T11 | Marathon | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | DNF | DNF |

**Men's field**

| Athlete | Class | Event | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Points | Rank |
| Norbert Holík | P13 | Pentathlon | 2195 | 2195 | 6 |
| Julius Hutka | F57 | Javelin | 37.61 | - | 4 |
| Julius Hutka | F57 | Shot put | 12.30 | - | |
| Marek Margoc | F40 | Shot put | 10.13 | - | |

### Boccia

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opponent | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Robert Durkovic | Mixed individual BC4 | Leung (HKG) | L 2-8 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Robert Durkovic | Mixed individual BC4 | Streharsky (SVK) | L 8-9 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Robert Durkovic | Mixed individual BC4 | Lau (HKG) | W 7-6 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Robert Durkovic | Mixed individual BC4 | Gauthier (CAN) | W 5-2 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Martin Streharsky | Mixed individual BC4 | Leung (HKG) | L 3-5 | 2 Q | Valentim (POR) L 2-6 | Dueso (ESP) L 2-6 | 4 |
| Martin Streharsky | Mixed individual BC4 | Durkovic (SVK) | W 9-8 | 2 Q | Valentim (POR) L 2-6 | Dueso (ESP) L 2-6 | 4 |
| Martin Streharsky | Mixed individual BC4 | Lau (HKG) | W 6-1 | 2 Q | Valentim (POR) L 2-6 | Dueso (ESP) L 2-6 | 4 |
| Martin Streharsky | Mixed individual BC4 | Gauthier (CAN) | W 10-0 | 2 Q | Valentim (POR) L 2-6 | Dueso (ESP) L 2-6 | 4 |
| Robert Durkovic Martin Streharsky | Mixed pairs BC4 | Lau (HKG) Leung (HKG) | L 1-6 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 4 |
| Robert Durkovic Martin Streharsky | Mixed pairs BC4 | de Oliveira Pereira (POR) Valentim (POR) | L 2-8 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 4 |
| Robert Durkovic Martin Streharsky | Mixed pairs BC4 | Beres (HUN) Gyurkota (HUN) | W 4-3 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 4 |
| Robert Durkovic Martin Streharsky | Mixed pairs BC4 | Gomez (ESP) Dueso (ESP) | W 5-2 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 4 |
| Robert Durkovic Martin Streharsky | Mixed pairs BC4 | Gauthier (CAN) Vandervies (CAN) | W 5-2 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 4 |

### Cycling

**Men's road**

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| - | - | - | - |
| Roman Marcek | Men's road race / time trial LC1 | - | 12 |
| Rastislav Turecek | Men's handcycle road race HC div A | 1:05.48 | |
| Rastislav Turecek | Men's handcycle time trial HC div A | 11:59.85 | |

**Men's track (individual)**

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | 1st round | 1st round | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Rank |
| Roman Marcek | Men's 1km time trial LC1-4 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1:16.02 | 23 |
| Roman Marcek | Men's individual pursuit LC1 | 5:19.35 | 10 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

**Men's track (tandem)**

| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Rank |
| Vladislav Janovjak Juraj Petrovic (pilot) | Men's 1km time trial tandem B1-3 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1:08.90 | 13 |
| Vladislav Janovjak Juraj Petrovic (pilot) | Men's sprint tandem B1-3 | 10.958 | 3 Q | Moll (GER) / Goliasch (GER) 2-0 | W | Biddle (AUS) / Stewart (AUS) 2-1 | W | Modra (AUS) / Short (AUS) DSQ | - |

* Vladislav Janovjak and Juraj Petrovic were stripped of their silver medals after Petrovic was tested positive for banned substances. The silver medals were awarded to Japan's Shigeo Yoshihara and Takuya Oki.

### Powerlifting

**Men**

| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
| - | - | - | - |
| Peter Stefanides | 90kg | 142.5 | 14 |

**Women**

| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
| - | - | - | - |
| Maria Bartosova | 56kg | 77.5 | 8 |
| Anna Oroszova | 48kg | 75.0 | 6 |

### Shooting

**Men**

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Total | Rank |
| Jozef Siroky | Men's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1 | 1103 | 19 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jozef Siroky | Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1 | 593 | 38 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jozef Siroky | Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1 | 582 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Pavel Zachensky | Mixed 25m pistol SH1 | 546 | 15 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

**Women**

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Total | Rank |
| Veronika Vadovicová | Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1 | 597 | 14 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Veronika Vadovicová | Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1 | 581 | 15 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Veronika Vadovicová | Women's 10m air rifle standing SH1 | 383 | 8 Q | 97.1 | 480.1 | 8 |
| Veronika Vadovicová | Women's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1 | 554 | 6 Q | 91.1 | 645.1 | 6 |

### Swimming

**Men**

| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Heats | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Silvester Skuliba | S8 | 100m butterfly | 1:23.40 | 12 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Andrej Zatko | SB2 | 50m breaststroke | 1:06.85 | 5 Q | 1:06.38 | 4 |
| Andrej Zatko | SM3 | 150m individual medley | 4:06.11 | 9 | did not advance | did not advance |

**Women**

| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Heats | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Viera Mikulasikova | S10 | 50m freestyle | 30.16 | 2 Q | 29.68 | |
| Viera Mikulasikova | S10 | 100m freestyle | 1:06.57 | 5 Q | 1:06.20 | 5 |
| Viera Mikulasikova | S10 | 400m freestyle | 5:13.29 | 6 Q | 5:14.33 | 7 |
| Viera Mikulasikova | SB9 | 100m breaststroke | DSQ | DSQ | did not advance | did not advance |
| Margita Prokeinova | S7 | 50m freestyle | 37.19 | 8 Q | 36.83 | 7 |
| Margita Prokeinova | S7 | 100m freestyle | 1:28.55 | 14 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Margita Prokeinova | S7 | 100m backstroke | 1:41.49 | 9 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Margita Prokeinova | S7 | 50m butterfly | 41.18 | 7 Q | 39.97 | 7 |
| Margita Prokeinova | SM7 | 200m individual medley | 3:28.15 | 6 Q | 3:19.89 | 5 |

### Table tennis

**Men**

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Richard Csejtey | Men's singles 8 | Loicq (BEL) W 3-0 | Lee (KOR) W 3-1 | Kovacic (CRO) W 3-0 | 1 Q | Bye | Vergeylen (BEL) W 3-0 | Ledoux (BEL) L 1-3 | Frommelt (LIE) W 3-0 | |
| Ladislav Gaspar | Men's singles 10 | Andersson (SWE) W 3-1 | Puglisi (ITA) W 3-0 | Bereczki (HUN) W 3-0 | 1 Q | N/A | Vrbka (CZE) W 3-0 | Ge (CHN) W 3-0 | Andersson (SWE) W 3-1 | |
| Jan Kosco | Men's singles 3 | Dollmann (AUT) L 0-3 | Rawson (GBR) W 3-2 | Scheuvens (GER) W 3-0 | 2 Q | Trofan (GBR) W 3-1 | Kim (KOR) L 1-3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Miroslav Mitas | Men's singles 8 | Glikman (ISR) L 0-3 | Schaller (FRA) L 0-3 | Skrzynecki (POL) L 2-3 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Rastislav Revucky | Men's singles 2 | Kim (KOR) L 1-3 | Reup (AUT) W 3-0 | Gruenkemeyer (GER) W 3-0 | 2 Q | N/A | Molliens (FRA) W 3-1 | Riapos (SVK) L 2-3 | Kim (KOR) L 1-3 | 4 |
| Jan Riapos | Men's singles 2 | Sorabella (FRA) W 3–1 | Vilsmaier (GER) L 2–3 | Espindola (BRA) W 3–2 | 2 Q | N/A | Boury (FRA) W 3–1 | Revucky (SVK) W 3-2 | Kim (KOR) W 3-1 | |
| Peter Valka | Men's singles 3 | Piñas (ESP) L 0-3 | Kylevik (SWE) L 1-3 | Wu (TPE) L 1-3 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

**Women**

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Olga Barbusova | Women's singles 6-8 | Xiaoling (CHN) L 1-3 | Glinska (POL) W 3-2 | N/A | 2 Q | Bengtsson Kovacs (SWE) L 3-0 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Alena Kanova | Women's singles 3 | Gay (FRA) W 3–1 | Bartheidel (GER) W 3–0 | N/A | 1 Q | Bye | Mariage (FRA) L 2–3 | Gay (FRA) W 3-0 | |
| Maria Pillarova | Women's singles 4 | Pape (GER) L 0-3 | Rast (SUI) W 3-2 | Riese (RSA) W 3-0 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

**Teams**

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Rastislav Revucky Jan Riapos | Men's teams 1-2 | South Korea (KOR) L 2–3 | Finland (FIN) W 3–0 | Argentina (ARG) W 3–0 | 2 Q | N/A | France (FRA) W 3–1 | South Korea (KOR) L 1-3 | |
| Jan Kosco Peter Valka | Men's teams 3 | France (FRA) L 0-3 | South Korea (KOR) L 0-3 | Spain (ESP) L 2-3 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Richard Csejtey Miroslav Mitas | Men's teams 8 | France (FRA) L 0-3 | South Africa (RSA) W 3-0 | N/A | 2 Q | N/A | Belgium (BEL) L 0-3 | China (CHN) W 3-2 | |
| Alena Kanova Maria Pillarova | Women's teams 4-5 | Mexico (MEX) W 3-1 | Italy (ITA) W 3-1 | N/A | 1 Q | Jordan (JOR) L 2-3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Wheelchair tennis

**Men**

| Athlete | Class | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result |
| David Chabrecek | Open | Men's singles | Gardner (GBR) L 3–6, 3–6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
