Slovakia at the 2010 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	SVK
Nocname:	Slovak Olympic and Sports Committee
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	2010
Website:
Location:	Vancouver
Competitors:	73
Sports:	8
Flagbearer:	Žigmund Pálffy^[1] (opening) Pavol Hurajt (closing)
Rank:	17
Gold:	1
Silver:	1
Bronze:	1
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1994
See also:	(1896–1912) (1920–1992)

Slovakia competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Slovak athletes earned their first gold medal ever in the Winter Olympics with Anastasiya Kuzmina's gold in the women's biathlon sprint event.^[2]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				13 February
				16 February
				21 February

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Jaroslav Babušiak	Combined	DNF		DNF
	Downhill		1:59.99	52
	Giant slalom	1:22.22	1:24.90	2:47.12	44
	Slalom	52.10	54.76	1:46.86	30
	Super-G		1:35.25	37

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Jana Gantnerová	Giant slalom	1:20.00	1:15.73	2:35.73	35
	Slalom	53.54	53.92	1:47.46	24
Veronika Zuzulová	Giant slalom	1:18.96	DNS
	Slalom	52.11	53.03	1:45.14	10

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Pavol Hurajt	Sprint	25:15.0	1 (0+1)	7
	Pursuit	35:12.8	3 (1+0+0+2)	16
	Mass start	35:52.3	0
	Individual	49:39.0	1 (0+0+1+0)	5
Marek Matiaško	Sprint	27:37.4	3 (1+2)	66
	Individual	52:47.9	2 (0+1+0+1)	33
Miroslav Matiaško	Sprint	28:15.9	4 (1+3)	76
	Individual	53:29.2	3 (1+1+0+1)	47
Dušan Šimočko	Sprint	28:11.4	3 (1+2)	75
	Individual	51:20.6	2 (0+0+2+0)	18

Men's relay

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Jana Gereková	Sprint	21:54.0	3 (1+2)	40
	Pursuit	34:17.4	4 (0+3+0+1)	40
	Individual	45:46.4	4 (1+0+1+2)	46
Martina Halinárová	Sprint	22:19.0	2 (1+1)	54
	Pursuit	LAP	6 (1+2+3+)	LAP
	Individual	45:38.7	3 (0+1+0+2)	44
Ľubomíra Kalinová	Sprint	23:47.2	5 (3+2)	81
	Individual	50:38.7	7 (2+0+2+3)	80
Anastasiya Kuzmina	Sprint	19:55.6	1 (1+0)
	Pursuit	30:28.3	2 (0+1+1+0)
	Mass start	36:02.9	3 (1+1+1+0)	8
	Individual	45:16.0	5 (2+1+1+1)	39

Women's relay

Bobsleigh

See main article: Bobsleigh at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Two-man

Four-man

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Martin Bajčičák	15 km freestyle		34:59.3	23
	30 km pursuit		1:17:58.1	25
Ivan Bátory	15 km freestyle		35:38.1	40
Michal Malák	15 km freestyle		36:22.8	54
Peter Mlynár	Sprint	3:55.76	57	DNQ					57

WomenAlena Procházková participated only for one event due to inflammation of the trachea.^[3]

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Ice hockey

See main article: Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Men's tournament

See main article: Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament.

Roster

Group play

Slovakia played in Group B.

Round-robinAll times are local (UTC-8).--------

Standings

Final rounds

Qualification playoff

Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Bronze medal game

Women's tournament

See main article: Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament.

Roster

Group play

Slovakia played in Group A.

Round-robinAll times are local (UTC-8).--------

Standings

Classification rounds

Fifth place semifinal

Seventh place game

Luge

See main article: Luge at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Women's singles

Athlete	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Rank
Veronika Sabolová	41.999	41.925	42.563	42.055	2:48.542	14
Jana Šišajová	42.297	42.172	42.529	48.101	2:55.099	27

Men's singles

Doubles

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualifying			First round			Final
		Distance (m)	Points	Rank	Distance (m)	Points	Rank	Distance (m)	Points	Rank
Tomáš Zmoray	Normal hill	94.5	107.5	42	DNQ
	Large hill	119.5	100.6	40 Q	108.0	77.4	43	DNQ

Notes and References

1. News: Slovenským vlajkonosičom Pálffy . 2010-02-11 . 2010-02-10 . . sk.
2. Web site: Slovakia at the winter Olympics . Topendsports.com . 14 November 2021.
3. News: Pre lyžiarku Procházkovú sa olympiáda skončila . https://web.archive.org/web/20100224065241/http://oh2010.sme.sk/c/5253149/pre-lyziarku-prochazkovu-sa-olympiada-skoncila.html . live . 2010-02-24 . 2010-02-21 . 2010-02-21 . . sk.