Slovakia at the 2024 Summer Paralympics explained

Npc:SVK
Npcname:Slovak Paralympic Committee
Games:Summer Paralympics
Year:2024
Location:Paris, France
Competitors:26
Sports:8
Flagbearer Open:Alena Kánová
Patrik Kuril
Rank:35
Gold:3
Silver:2
Bronze:0
Appearances:auto
App Begin Year:1996
See also: (1972–1992)

Slovakia competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September.

Medalists

Medals by sport
Sportbgcolor=#f7f6a8 bgcolor=#dce5e5 bgcolor=#ffdab9 Total
Shooting1 20 3
Cycling1 00 1
Table tennis1 00 1
Total3205

Multiple Medallists

Multiple medallists
NameSportTotal
Shooting1102

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

width=180Sportwidth=55Menwidth=55Womenwidth=55Total
Archery3 0 3
Athletics3 0 3
Boccia3 2 5
Cycling2 0 2
Equestrian0 1 1
Shooting1 2 3
Swimming0 2 2
Table tennis6 1 7
Total 18 8 26

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Archery at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification. Slovakia secured three quota places. Two of the quotas being obtained in the men's recurve and compound event by virtue of their result at the 2023 World Para Archery Championships in Plzeň, Czech Republic, meanwhile the other being obtained through the 2023 European Para Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands.[1]

AthleteEventRanking RoundRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Martin Doričalign=left rowspan=2Men's individual compound67427
L 138-142
Did not advance17
Marcel Pavlík68816
L 138-143
Did not advance17
Dávid IvanMen's individual recurve60419
L 4-6
Did not advance9

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification. Slovak track and field athletes achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2023 World Championships, 2024 World Championships, or through high performance allocation, as long as they meet the minimum entry standard (MES).

Field events
AthleteEventFinal
DistancePosition
Marián KuřejaMen's club throw F51
Dušan LaczkóMen's discus throw F5641.204
Ladislav ČuchranMen's javelin throw F54

Boccia

See main article: Boccia at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Slovakia entered five athletes into the Paralympics games, after nominated top four pairs in mixed BC4 events, through the final world ranking; and also by winning the bronze medal in the mixed team event for BC1/BC2, at the 2024 Paralympic Qualification Tournament in Coimbra, Portugal.

AthleteEventPool matchesQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal /
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Tomáš KrálMen's individual BC1
L 3–5

W 4–2
2 Q
L 1–6
did not advanced7
Róbert MezíkMen's individual BC2
W 6–1

W 8–0

W 5–0
1 Q
W 5–4

L 1–6

L 2–3
4
Martin StrehárskyMen's individual BC4
L 0-10

L 1-4

W 4-3
3did not advance12
Eliška JankechováWomen's individual BC2
L 0-8

L 0-12
3did not advance12
Kristína VozárováWomen's individual BC4
L 0-11

L 0-14

L 0-14
4did not advance16
Tomáš Král
Eliška Jankechová
Róbert Mezík
Mixed team BC1/BC2
W 9-2

W 6-5
1 Q
Martin Strehársky
Kristína Vozárová
Mixed pairs BC4
W 6-2

L 1-8
2 Q

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Slovakia entered two male para-cyclists after finishing the top eligible nation's at the 2022 UCI Nation's ranking allocation ranking.[2]

Road

AthleteEventTimeRank
Patrik KurilMen's road race C4-5
Men's time trial C4
Jozef MetelkaMen's road race C4-5
Men's time trial C4

Track

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
TimeRankOpposition
Time
Rank
align=left rowspan="2"Jozef MetelkaMen's 1000 m time trial C4-51:04.9446 Q1:07.9386
Men's 4000 m individual pursuit C44:22.8002 QG4:27.920

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Slovakia entered one para-equestrianist into the Paralympic equestrian competition, by virtue of the nations individual final world para dressage rankings.

Individual

Shooting

See main article: article, Shooting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Shooting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification. Slovakia entered two para-shooter's after achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2022, 2023 and 2024 world cup, 2022 World Championships, 2023 World Championships, 2023 European Para Championships and 2024 European Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by July 15, 2024.[3]

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
align=left rowspan=3Radoslav MalenovskýR7 – 50 m rifle 3 positions SH1114712did not advanced
R3 Mixed 10 metre rifle prone SH1636.04 Q253.6
R6 Mixed 50 metre rifle prone SH1
Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
align=left rowspan=3Veronika VadovičováR2 – 10 m rifle standing SH1624.23 Q165.06
R8 – 50 m rifle 3 position SH111692 Q456.1
R3 Mixed 10 metre rifle prone SH1637.81 Q254.2 PR
align=left rowspan=2Kristína FunkováR5 Mixed 10 metre rifle prone SH2629.5 29did not advance
R9 Mixed 50 metre rifle prone SH2

Swimming

See main article: article, Swimming at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification.

Women
AthleteEventHeatsFinal
ResultRankResultRank
align=left rowspan=4Tatiana Blattnerová50 m freestyle S1133.7112did not advance
100 m freestyle S11
400 m freestyle S115:47.99 10did not advance
100 m breaststroke S11
align=left rowspan=3Karina Petrikovičová100 m freestyle S12
100 m backstroke S121:14.94 6 Q1:14.637
100 m breaststroke S12

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification. Slovakia entered four athletes for the Paralympic games. All of them qualified through the allocations of the final ITTF world ranking.

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal /
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Peter Lovašalign=left rowspan=2Men's individual C2
W 3-2

L 0-3
did not advance
Martin Ludrovský
L 1-3
did not advance
Boris Trávníčekalign=left rowspan=2Men's individual C4
W 3-0
Peter Mihálik
L 1-3
did not advance
Richard CsejteyMen's individual C8
W 3-1

L 2-3
did not advance
Peter Mihálik
Boris Trávníček
Men's doubles MD8/

L 0-3
did not advance
Peter Lovaš
Ján Riapoš
Men's doubles MD4/

W 3-2
/

W 3-2
/

W 3-1
Alena KánováWomen's individual C3
L 1-3
did not advance
Alena Kánová
Boris Trávníček
Mixed doubles XD7/

W 3-0
/

W 3-0
/

L 1-3
did not advance

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Olszewska serves two thrillers to grab Paris 2024 quota and reach final. World Archery. 21 July 2023.
  2. Web site: 31 December 2022. Paris 2024 Paralympic Games Qualification - 2022 UCI Nations Ranking Allocation. UCI.
  3. Web site: Quota Allocation after New Delhi. 14 May 2024. Paralympics. 14 May 2024.