Slovakia at the 2022 Winter Olympics

Slovakia competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022.[1][2]

Slovakia at the
2022 Winter Olympics
Flag of Slovakia
IOC codeSVK
NOCSlovak Olympic and Sports Committee
Websitewww.olympic.sk (in Slovak)
in Beijing, China
4–20 February 2022
Competitors50 (37 men and 13 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearers (opening)Marek Hrivík
Katarína Šimoňáková
Flag bearer (closing)Peter Cehlárik
Medals
Ranked 21st
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
2
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Czechoslovakia (1924–1992)

Marek Hrivík and Katarina Šimoňáková were the country's flagbearer during the opening ceremony.[3] Meanwhile hockey player Peter Cehlárik was the flagbearer during the closing ceremony.[4]

Vlhova's gold was the first ever alpine skiing medal for the nation. Also, the hockey team made headlines around the world after upsetting the USA in the quarterfinals.

Medalists
Further information: 2022 Winter Olympics medal table and List of 2022 Winter Olympics medal winners
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 GoldPetra VlhováAlpine skiingWomen's slalom9 February
 BronzeSlovak national men's ice hockey team
 Ice hockeyMen's tournament19 February

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport Men Women Total
Alpine skiing 235
Biathlon 448
Bobsleigh 011
Cross-country skiing 235
Ice hockey 25025
Luge 415
Snowboarding 011
Total371350

Alpine skiing
Main articles: Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Slovakia qualified two male and three female alpine skiers.[5]

Men
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Adam Žampa Slalom 57.76 32 53.25 25 1:51.01 25
Giant slalom 1:05.86 21 1:08.05 16 2:14.31 15
Andreas Žampa Slalom 58.06 33 DNF
Giant slalom 1:06.15 23 1:08.16 17 2:14.31 16
Women
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Rebeka Jančová Giant slalom 1:06.56 48 DNF
Petra Vlhová 59.34 13 58.81 16 1:58.15 14
Rebeka Jančová Slalom DNF Did not advance
Petra Vlhová 52.89 8 52.09 1 1:44.98
Petra Hromcová Super-G N/A 1:20.11 38
Rebeka Jančová N/A 1:20.18 39
Mixed
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Adam Žampa
Andreas Žampa
Petra Hromcová
Rebeka Jančová		 Team  United States (USA)
L 1–3		 Did not advance 12

Biathlon
Main articles: Biathlon at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Biathlon at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification
Men
Athlete Event Time Misses Rank
Šimon Bartko Sprint 26:58.8 3 (2+1) 65
Individual 59:47.8 7 (2+3+1+1) 88
Tomáš Sklenárik Sprint 27:46.3 3 (1+2) 87
Individual 58:08.1 5 (2+2+1+0) 80
Matej Baloga Sprint 27:41.3 1 (0+1) 85
Individual 58:47.1 4 (0+1+1+2) 84
Michal Šíma Sprint 27:02.3 1 (1+0) 68
Individual 54:09.0 2 (0+1+0+1) 43
Šimon Bartko
Tomáš Sklenárik
Matej Baloga
Michal Šíma		 Team relay LAP 21
Women
Athlete Event Time Misses Rank
Ivona Fialková Individual 49:54.2 6 (0+4+1+1) 46
Paulína Fialková 49:10.7 4 (0+2+1+1) 42
Henrieta Horvátová 52:16.1 3 (0+1+1+1) 68
Veronika Machyniaková 55:21.7 5 (1+2+0+2) 83
Paulína Fialková Mass start 44:04.8 8 (0+3+1+4) 26
Ivona Fialková Pursuit 40:06.3 7 (0+4+1+2) 36
Paulína Fialková 37:25.7 2 (0+2+0+0) 10
Ivona Fialková Sprint 23:11.8 4 (1+3) 41
Paulína Fialková 22:12.0 1 (0+1) 14
Henrieta Horvátová 24:20.7 1 (1+0) 72
Veronika Machyniaková 26:13.2 3 (2+1) 88
Paulína Fialková
Veronika Machyniaková
Henrieta Horvátová
Ivona Fialková		 Team relay LAP 19
Mixed
Athlete Event Time Misses Rank
Ivona Fialková
Paulína Fialková
Michal Šíma
Tomáš Sklenárik		 Relay LAP 9+13 17

Bobsleigh
Main articles: Bobsleigh at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Bobsleigh at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Viktória Čerňanská Women's monobob 1:05.75 12 1:06.41 15 1:06.62 18 1:06.47 15 4:25.25 17

Cross-country skiing
Main articles: Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Slovakia qualified two male and three female cross-country skiers.[6]

Distance
Athlete Event Classical Freestyle Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Deficit Rank
Peter Mlynár Men's 15 km classical N/A 42:49.9 +4:55.1 58
Ján Koristek Men's 30 km skiathlon 44:06.1 51 40:54.9 32 1:25:38.7 +9:28.9 45
Men's 50 km freestyle N/A 1:17:26.0 +5:53.3 40
Alena Procházková Women's 10 km classical N/A 33:18.2 +5:11.9 65
Barbora Klementová N/A 34:59.2 +6:52.9 77
Kristína Sivoková N/A 36:12.6 +8:06.3 81
Sprint
Athlete Event Qualification Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Alena Procházková Women's sprint 3:36.84 63 Did not advance
Barbora Klementová 3:34.87 57 Did not advance
Kristína Sivoková 3:46.25 72 Did not advance

Ice hockey
Main article: Ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Summary

Key:

Team Event Group stage Qualification
playoff		 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Slovakia men's Men's tournament  Finland
L 2–6		  Sweden
L 1–4		  Latvia
W 5–2		 N/A 3 Q  Germany
W 4–0		  United States
W 3–2 GWS		  Finland
L 0–2		  Sweden
W 4–0

Slovakia has qualified 25 male competitors to the ice hockey tournament.[7]

Men's tournament
Main article: Ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament

Slovakia men's national ice hockey team qualified by winning the final qualification tournament.[8]

Team roster

The roster was announced on 18 January 2022.[9]

Head coach: Craig Ramsay

No. Pos. Name Height Weight Birthdate Team
5DŠimon Nemec1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)85 kg (187 lb) (2004-02-15)15 February 2004 (aged 17) HK Nitra
12FMiloš Kelemen1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)96 kg (212 lb) (1999-07-06)6 July 1999 (aged 22) Mladá Boleslav
13FTomáš Jurčo1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)85 kg (187 lb) (1992-12-28)28 December 1992 (aged 29) Barys Nur-Sultan
14DPeter Čerešňák1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)95 kg (209 lb) (1993-01-26)26 January 1993 (aged 29) HC Plzeň
19FMichal Krištof1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)74 kg (163 lb) (1993-10-11)11 October 1993 (aged 28) Kometa Brno
20FJuraj Slafkovský1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)99 kg (218 lb) (2004-03-30)30 March 2004 (aged 17) HC TPS
22DSamuel Kňažko1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)87 kg (192 lb) (2002-08-07)7 August 2002 (aged 19) Seattle Thunderbirds
24GPatrik Rybár1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)86 kg (190 lb) (1993-11-09)9 November 1993 (aged 28) Dinamo Minsk
25FPeter Zuzin1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)81 kg (179 lb) (1990-09-04)4 September 1990 (aged 31) HKM Zvolen
27FMarek Hrivík1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)93 kg (205 lb) (1991-08-28)28 August 1991 (aged 30) Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
28DMartin Gernát1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)94 kg (207 lb) (1993-04-11)11 April 1993 (aged 28) Lausanne HC
30GMatej Tomek1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)82 kg (181 lb) (1997-05-24)24 May 1997 (aged 24) Kometa Brno
34FPeter Cehlárik1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)93 kg (205 lb) (1995-08-02)2 August 1995 (aged 26) Avangard Omsk
40FMiloš Roman1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)87 kg (192 lb) (1999-11-06)6 November 1999 (aged 22) Oceláři Třinec
42GBranislav Konrád1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)88 kg (194 lb) (1987-10-10)10 October 1987 (aged 34) HC Olomouc
44DMislav Rosandić1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)85 kg (187 lb) (1995-01-26)26 January 1995 (aged 26) Bílí Tygři Liberec
49FSamuel Takáč1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)92 kg (203 lb) (1991-12-03)3 December 1991 (aged 30) Slovan Bratislava
52DMartin Marinčin1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)95 kg (209 lb) (1992-02-18)18 February 1992 (aged 29) Oceláři Třinec
56FMarko Daňo1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)96 kg (212 lb) (1994-11-30)30 November 1994 (aged 27) Oceláři Třinec
65DMichal Čajkovský1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)105 kg (231 lb) (1992-05-06)6 May 1992 (aged 29) Sibir Novosibirsk
71DMarek Ďaloga1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)90 kg (200 lb) (1989-03-10)10 March 1989 (aged 32) Kometa Brno
79FLibor Hudáček1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)80 kg (180 lb) (1990-09-07)7 September 1990 (aged 31) Dinamo Minsk
87FPavol Regenda1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)93 kg (205 lb) (1999-12-07)7 December 1999 (aged 22) HK Dukla Michalovce
88FKristián Pospíšil1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)88 kg (194 lb) (1996-04-22)22 April 1996 (aged 25) HC Davos
89FAdrián Holešinský1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)85 kg (187 lb) (1996-02-11)11 February 1996 (aged 25) HK Nitra
Group play
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Finland 3 2 1 0 0 13 6 +7 8 Quarterfinals
2  Sweden 3 2 0 1 0 10 7 +3 7
3  Slovakia 3 1 0 0 2 8 12 −4 3 Playoffs
4  Latvia 3 0 0 0 3 5 11 −6 0
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: Preliminary round tiebreakers
10 February 2022 (2022-02-10)
16:40
v		Finland 6–2
(3–1, 1–1, 2–0)		 SlovakiaBeijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 929
11 February 2022 (2022-02-11)
16:40
v		Sweden 4–1
(3–0, 0–0, 1–1)		 SlovakiaWukesong Arena, Beijing
Attendance: 653
13 February 2022 (2022-02-13)
12:10
v		Slovakia 5–2
(1–1, 2–0, 2–1)		 LatviaBeijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 943
Playoffs
15 February 2022 (2022-02-15)
12:10
v		Slovakia 4–0
(1–0, 2–0, 1–0)		 GermanyBeijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 926
Quarterfinals
16 February 2022 (2022-02-16)
12:10
v		United States 2–3 GWS
(1–1, 1–0, 0–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)		 SlovakiaBeijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 1,059
Semifinals
18 February 2022 (2022-02-18)
12:10
v		Finland 2–0
(1–0, 0–0, 1–0)		 SlovakiaBeijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 1,071
Bronze medal game
19 February 2022 (2022-02-19)
21:10
v		Sweden 0–4
(0–0, 0–2, 0–2)		 SlovakiaBeijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 1,229

Luge
Main articles: Luge at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Luge at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Jozef Ninis Men's singles 58.205 18 58.764 19 58.856 23 Did not advance 2:55.825 21
Marián Skupek 58.956 26 58.976 23 59.051 27 Did not advance 2:56.983 26
Tomáš Vaverčák
Matej Zmij		 Men's doubles 1:00.138 15 59.704 13 N/A 1:59.842 13
Katarína Šimoňáková Women's singles 1:00.124 27 59.851 24 59.761 26 Did not advance 2:59.736 25
Mixed
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Katarína Šimoňáková
Jozef Ninis
Tomáš Vaverčák / Matej Zmij		 Team relay 1:01.579 11 1:02.338 8 DNF

Snowboarding
Main articles: Snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification
Freestyle
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Rank Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Rank
Klaudia Medlová Women's big air 62.25 51.00 29.75 113.25 16 Did not advance
Women's slopestyle DNS Did not advance

References
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  6. "CROSS-COUNTRY QUOTAS LIST FOR OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES 2022". www.data.fis-ski.com/. International Ski Federation (FIS). 15 June 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
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