Slovakia at the 2004 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:SVK
Nocname:Slovak Olympic and Sports Committee
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:2004
Website: 
Location:Athens
Competitors:64
Sports:13
Flagbearer:Michal Martikán
Rank:29
Gold:2
Silver:2
Bronze:2
Appearances:auto
App Begin Year:1996
See also: (1896–1912)
(1920–1992)

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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4]

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate




Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics. 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).[5] [6]

Key
Men
  • Track & road events
    • AthleteEventFinal
    ResultRank
    Miloš Bátovskýalign=left rowspan=250 km walk3:59:1118
    Peter Korčok3:54:2214
    Marcel MataninMarathon2:50:2681
    Matej Tóth20 km walk1:28:4932
    Kazimír Verkin50 km walk4:13:1136
    Field events
    AthleteEventQualificationFinal
    DistancePositionDistancePosition
    Marián BokorJavelin throw71.7432Did not advance
    Libor CharfreitagHammer throw77.307 q77.547
    Mikuláš KonopkaShot put20.328 q19.9210
    Miloslav KonopkaHammer throw76.1615Did not advance
    Jaroslav ŽitňanskýDiscus throw53.3035Did not advance
    Women
  • Track & road events
    • AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
    ResultRankResultRankResultRank
    Lucia Klocová800 m2:02.175 q2:00.796Did not advance
    Zuzana Malíková20 km walk1:33:1722

    Canoeing

    See main article: Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

    Slalom

    AthleteEventPreliminarySemifinalFinal
    Run 1RankRun 2RankTotalRankTimeRankTimeRankTotalRank
    Michal MartikánMen's C-1103.51697.931201.441 Q93.251 Q96.034189.28
    Ján ŠajbidorMen's K-195.13697.7618194.8910 Q97.7712Did not advance
    Pavol Hochschorner
    Peter Hochschorner    		Men's C-2100.131100.911201.041 Q101.291 Q105.872207.16
    Elena Kaliskáalign=left rowspan=2Women's K-1104.242108.413212.652 Q103.741 Q106.291210.03
    Gabriela Stacherová110.084114.5811224.664 Q109.857 Q164.6210274.4710

    Sprint

    Men
    AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinal
    TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
    Martin ChorváthK-1 500 m1:42.3836 q1:43.0957Did not advance
    Róbert ErbanK-1 1000 m3:30.5766 q3:33.4816Did not advance
    align=left rowspan=2Marián OstrčilC-1 500 m1:58.3576 q1:52.8716Did not advance
    C-1 1000 m3:56.9623 q3:53.8203 Q3:54.6297
    align=left rowspan=2Daniel Biksadský
    Peter Páleš    		C-2 500 m1:45.8606 q1:44.7326Did not advance
    C-2 1000 m3:47.2636 q3:46.0367Did not advance
    Juraj Bača
    Michal Riszdorfer
    Richard Riszdorfer
    Erik Vlček         		K-4 1000 m2:53.2561 Q2:59.314
    Women
    Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to final; q = Qualify to semifinal

    Cycling

    See main article: Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

    Road

    AthleteEventTimeRank
    align=left rowspan=2Matej JurčoMen's road raceDid not finish
    Men's time trial1:04:22.5835
    Martin RiškaMen's road race5:51:2871

    Track

    Sprint
    AthleteEventQualificationRound 1Repechage 1Round 2Repechage 2QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
    Time
    Speed (km/h)    		RankOpposition
    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 JeřábekMen's sprint10.758
    66.926    		16
    L

    L     		Did not advance
    Peter Bazálik
    Jaroslav Jeřábek
    Ján Lepka    		Men's team sprint45.978
    58.723    		12Did not advance
    Keirin
    Omnium

    Mountain biking

    AthleteEventTimeRank
    Luboš KondisMen's cross-country2:31:1534
    Janka ŠtevkováWomen's cross-countryDid not finish

    Gymnastics

    See main article: Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

    Artistic

    Women

    Trampoline

    Judo

    See main article: Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Two Slovak judoka qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics.

    AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final /
    Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Rank
    Jozef KrnáčMen's −66 kg
    W 0200–0000
    W 1011–0000
    W 1001–0000
    W 1010–0002
    L 0000–1000
    Zoltán PálkovácsMen's −100 kg
    L 0000–1000    		Did not advance

    Rowing

    See main article: Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Slovak rowers qualified the following boats:

    Men
    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

    See main article: Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Slovak sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events.

    Men
    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

    See main article: Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Three Slovak shooters (two men and one woman) qualified to compete in the following events:

    Men
    AthleteEventQualificationFinal
    PointsRankPointsRank
    align=left rowspan=3Jozef Gönci10 m air rifle5964 Q697.4
    50 m rifle prone5983 Q700.54
    50 m rifle 3 positions1162=9Did not advance
    Matej Mészáros10 m air rifle594=9Did not advance
    Women

    Swimming

    See main article: Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics. 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
    Women
    AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
    TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
    align=left rowspan=4Martina Moravcová50 m freestyle25.6917Did not advance
    100 m freestyle55.178 Q55.088 Q55.127
    200 m freestyle2:01.0015 Q1:59.9612Did not advance
    100 m butterfly58.484 Q58.665 Q58.966

    Synchronized swimming

    See main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Two Slovak synchronized swimmers qualified a spot in the women's duet.

    Tennis

    See main article: Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Slovakia nominated three male and four female tennis players to compete in the tennis tournament.

    Men
    AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal /
    Opposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		Rank
    Karol Beckalign=left rowspan=3Singles
    L 6–2, 3–6, 6–8    		Did not advance
    Dominik Hrbatý
    W 6–3, 6–4
    L 6–7(4–7), 3–6    		Did not advance
    Karol Kučera
    L 0–6, 4–6    		Did not advance
    Karol Beck
    Dominik Hrbatý    		Doubles
    L 2–6, 5–7    		Did not advance
    Women
    AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal /
    Opposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		Rank
    Daniela Hantuchováalign=left rowspan=3Singles
    W 6–1, 6–1
    L 6–3, 1–6, 4–6    		Did not advance
    Ľubomíra Kurhajcová
    L 4–6, 6–4, 3–6    		Did not advance
    Martina Suchá
    L 3–6, 3–6    		Did not advance
    Daniela Hantuchová
    Janette Husárová    		align=left rowspan=2Doubles
    L 3–6, 4–6    		Did not advance
    Ľubomíra Kurhajcová
    Martina Suchá
    L 2–6, 4–6    		Did not advance

    Weightlifting

    See main article: Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Three Slovak weightlifters qualified for the following events:

    AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
    ResultRankResultRank
    Miroslav JaníčekMen's −69 kg12515172.5125
    Rudolf LukáčMen's −77 kg147.518187.5=1233515
    Martin TešovičMen's −105 kg187.5———

    Wrestling

    See main article: Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

    Key
    Men's freestyle
    AthleteEventElimination PoolQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal /
    Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		RankOpposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Rank
    Štefan Fernyák−66 kg
    L 1–3
    L 1–3     		3Did not advance17
    Peter Pecha−96 kg
    W 3–1
    L 1–3     		2Did not advance12
    Men's Greco-Roman

    See also

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. News: Olympijské hry v Aténach sa oficiálne začali, oheň zapálil Kaklamanakis. Olympic Games in Athens were officially launched, fire lit Kaklamanakis. sk. Pravda. 13 August 2004. 7 May 2014.
    2. Web site: 2004 Athens: Medal Tally. USA Today. 1 April 2014.
    3. News: French take gold and bronze in single kayaks. USA Today. 20 August 2004. 8 May 2014.
    4. News: Japan's Uchishiba wins men's 66kg judo gold in Athens. People's Daily. 16 August 2004. 8 May 2014.
    5. Web site: iaaf.org – Top Lists. IAAF. June 4, 2011.
    6. Web site: IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Athens 2004 Entry Standards. IAAF. 4 June 2011.

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