| Noc: | SVK |
| Nocname: | Slovak Olympic and Sports Committee |
| Games: | Winter Olympics |
| Year: | 2006 |
| Website: | |
| Location: | Turin |
| Competitors: | 58 (45 men, 13 women) |
| Sports: | 9 |
| Flagbearer: | Walter Marx (opening) Martin Bajčičák (closing)[1] [2] |
| Rank: | 21 |
| Gold: | 0 |
| Silver: | 1 |
| Bronze: | 0 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| App Begin Year: | 1994 |
| See also: | (1896–1912) (1920–1992) |
Slovakia competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
Židek's silver medal was the first Winter Olympic medal won by Slovakia as an independent nation.[3]
See main article: Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics.
The top finish for the six-person Slovak alpine team came from Veronika Zuzulová, who finished 15th in the women's combined.[4]
| Athlete | Event | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Total | Rank | ||
| Jaroslav Babušiak | Men's downhill | n/a | 1:57.45 | 45 | ||
| Men's super-G | n/a | 1:35.41 | 40 | |||
| Men's slalom | 58.51 | 53.55 | n/a | 1:52.06 | 24 | |
| Men's combined | 1:43.32 | 48.86 | 48.60 | 3:20.78 | 27 | |
| Jana Gantnerová | Women's downhill | n/a | 2:04.60 | 36 | ||
| Women's super-G | n/a | 1:38.40 | 48 | |||
| Women's giant slalom | 1:06.73 | did not finish | ||||
| Women's combined | did not finish | |||||
| Ivan Heimschild | Men's downhill | did not finish | ||||
| Men's super-G | n/a | 1:36.58 | 46 | |||
| Men's slalom | 59.67 | 54.31 | n/a | 1:53.98 | 26 | |
| Men's combined | 1:43.12 | 48.13 | 47.16 | 3:18.41 | 25 | |
| Eva Huckova | Women's downhill | n/a | 2:05.32 | 37 | ||
| Women's super-G | disqualified | |||||
| Women's giant slalom | 1:05.24 | 1:13.07 | n/a | 2:18.31 | 28 | |
| Women's slalom | did not finish | |||||
| Women's combined | did not finish | |||||
| Sona Maculova | Women's downhill | n/a | 2:03.63 | 35 | ||
| Women's super-G | n/a | 1:37.87 | 44 | |||
| Women's giant slalom | 1:05.77 | 1:12.84 | n/a | 2:18.61 | 29 | |
| Women's slalom | did not finish | |||||
| Women's combined | 40.53 | 45.63 | 1:34.09 | 3:00.25 | 23 | |
| Veronika Zuzulová | Women's slalom | 44.53 | 48.00 | n/a | 1:32.53 | 22 |
| Women's combined | 39.68 | 43.67 | 1:33.28 | 2:56.63 | 15 | |
Note: In the men's combined, run 1 is the downhill, and runs 2 and 3 are the slalom. In the women's combined, run 1 and 2 are the slalom, and run 3 the downhill.
See main article: Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics.
Marek Matiaško had the best result out of the Slovak biathlon team, with a surprising 5th place finish in the men's individual. He missed only one shot, and the resultant time penalty meant that he fell short of the medals.[5] [6]
| Athlete | Event | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Misses | Rank | |||
| Pavol Hurajt | Men's sprint | 28:17.8 | 1 | 30 | |
| Men's pursuit | 38:20.67 | 3 | 24 | ||
| Men's individual | 58:49.6 | 3 | 29 | ||
| Matej Kazár | Men's sprint | 29:29.4 | 1 | 58 | |
| Men's pursuit | 42:46.6 | 1 | 52 | ||
| Marek Matiaško | Men's sprint | 30:11.0 | 6 | 72 | |
| Men's mass start | 50:11.1 | 3 | 27 | ||
| Men's individual | 55:48.6 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Miroslav Matiaško | Men's sprint | 29:13.0 | 2 | 52 | |
| Men's pursuit | 41:32.56 | 8 | 49 | ||
| Men's individual | 59:43.8 | 3 | 38 | ||
| Dušan Šimočko | Men's individual | 1:01:37.8 | 4 | 56 | |
| Pavol Hurajt Dušan Šimočko Miroslav Matiaško Marek Matiaško | Men's relay | 1:27:44.9 | 22 | 14 | |
| Athlete | Event | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Misses | Rank | |||
| Jana Gereková | Women's individual | 58:37.2 | 5 | 59 | |
| Martina Halinárová | Women's sprint | 23:32.8 | 0 | 16 | |
| Women's pursuit | Lapped | ||||
| Women's individual | 55:17.7 | 4 | 34 | ||
| Sona Mihokova | Women's sprint | 24:09.9 | 1 | 27 | |
| Women's pursuit | Lapped | ||||
| Women's individual | 56:29.5 | 5 | 47 | ||
| Anna Murinova | Women's sprint | 24:32.1 | 1 | 38 | |
| Women's pursuit | did not finish | ||||
| Marcela Pavkovcekova | Women's sprint | 24:11.1 | 0 | 29 | |
| Women's pursuit | Lapped | ||||
| Women's individual | 53:52.8 | 3 | 22 | ||
| Anna Murinova Marcela Pavkovcekova Martina Halinárová Sona Mihokova | Women's relay | 1:21:55.5 | 10 | 10 | |
See main article: Bobsleigh at the 2006 Winter Olympics.
Milan Jagnešák piloted the Slovak sled in both the two-man and four-man events, but did not manage a top-20 finish in either.[7]
| Athlete | Event | Final | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | Rank | |||
| Milan Jagnešák Viktor Rajek | Two-man | 56.81 | 57.12 | 57.81 | did not advance | 25 | ||
| Milan Jagnešák Viktor Rajek Andrej Benda Robert Krestanko | Four-man | 56.29 | 56.13 | 56.26 | 55.98 | 3:44.66 | 20 | |
See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics.
Martin Bajčičák finished 8th in the men's pursuit, the best showing from any Slovak cross-country skier, and carried the nation's flag in the closing ceremonies.[8]
| Athlete | Event | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Rank | ||
| Martin Bajčičák | Men's 15 km classical | 40:35.6 | 28 |
| Men's 30 km pursuit | 1:17:08.7 | 8 | |
| Men's 50 km freestyle | 2:06:24.9 | 14 | |
| Ivan Bátory | Men's 15 km classical | 40:26.1 | 26 |
| Men's 30 km pursuit | 1:18:58.2 | 25 | |
| Men's 50 km freestyle | 2:10.32.2 | 47 | |
| Michal Malák | Men's 15 km classical | 44:52.9 | 73 |
| Men's 30 km pursuit | 1:23:39.9 | 54 | |
| Men's 50 km freestyle | 2:09:38.7 | 45 | |
| Alena Procházková | Women's 10 km classical | 30:13.6 | 28 |
| Women's 15 km pursuit | 47:45.2 | 46 | |
| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Rank | Total | Rank | Total | Rank | Total | Rank | ||
| Katarina Garajova | Women's sprint | 2:23.98 | 53 | Did not advance | 53 | ||||
| Martin Otčenáš | Men's sprint | 2:24.77 | 49 | Did not advance | 49 | ||||
| Alena Procházková | Women's sprint | 2:17.75 | 27 | 2:17.9 | 5 | Did not advance | 23 | ||
| Martin Bajčičák Ivan Bátory | Men's team sprint | n/a | 17:36.1 | 3 Q | 17:30.9 | 8 | |||
See main article: Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics.
The Slovak team finished atop its round-robin group, going undefeated through the opening round, including a 3–0 win over eventual gold medal winners Sweden. In the quarterfinals, however, the team fell to rivals Czech Republic 3–1, failing to advance to a medal game.[9]
See main article: Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament.
See main article: Luge at the 2006 Winter Olympics.
The Slovakian luge delegation was one of the Olympic team's largest, but managed only a single top 15 finish, from the doubles team of Ľubomír Mick and Walter Marx.[10]
| Athlete | Event | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | Rank | ||
| Jozef Ninis | Men's singles | 52.769 | 52.517 | 52.525 | 52.386 | 3:30.197 | 22 |
| Veronika Sabolová | Women's singles | 49.680 | 48.226 | 48.095 | 48.060 | 3:14.061 | 19 |
| Jana Šišajová | Women's singles | 48.860 | 50.267 | 48.479 | 49.387 | 3:16.993 | 22 |
| Jaroslav Slavík | Men's singles | 52.786 | 52.066 | 1:13.877 | 52.156 | 3:50.885 | 33 |
| Ľubomír Mick Walter Marx | Doubles | 48.412 | 47.857 | n/a | 1:36.269 | 13 | |
See main article: Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics.
The lone Slovak short track speed skater competing in Turin, Matus Uzak, was disqualified from two of his events, and failed to advance from his heat in the third.[11]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Matus Uzak | Men's 500 m | 44.525 | 4 | did not advance | 21 | ||||
| Men's 1000 m | 1:35.989 | 2 Q | disqualified | ||||||
| Men's 1500 m | disqualified | ||||||||
See main article: Ski jumping at the 2006 Winter Olympics.
Martin Mesík represented Slovakia in ski jumping, but did not advance from the qualification round in either the large hill or normal hill events.[12]
| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | First round | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Total | Rank | ||
| Martin Mesík | Normal hill | 97.5 | 42 | did not advance | 42 | |||
| Large hill | 67.7 | 37 | did not advance | 37 | ||||
See main article: Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics.
Radoslav Židek failed to qualify for the medal round in the men's parallel giant slalom, but was more successful in the snowboard cross. Židek qualified in the top ten, then won in three consecutive rounds to make the final.[13] He finished just behind American Seth Wescott, who made a dramatic pass and pipped him to the line. Still, Židek's second place finished earned him a silver medal, the first winter medal in Slovakian Olympic history.[14]