| Noc: | SLO |
| Year: | 2018 |
| Games: | Winter Olympics |
| Games Link: | 2018 Winter Olympics |
| Flagcaption: | Flag of Slovenia |
| Alt: | Refer to caption |
| Nocname: | Slovenian Olympic Committee |
| Location: | Pyeongchang, South Korea |
| Date: | 9–25 February 2018 |
| Competitors: | 71 |
| Competitors Men: | 52 |
| Competitors Women: | 19 |
| Sports: | 9 |
| Flagbearer: | Vesna Fabjan[1] |
| Flagbearer Close: | Filip Flisar[2] |
| Rank: | 24 |
| Gold: | 0 |
| Silver: | 1 |
| Bronze: | 1 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| See also: | auto |
Slovenia competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018. 71 athletes competed in 9 sports, including the men's national ice hockey team.[3]
Slovenian athletes won two Olympic medals: biathlete Jakov Fak won silver in men's individual while snowboarder Žan Košir won bronze in men's parallel giant slalom, his third Olympic medal in total. The country ranked 24th in the medal table. The ice hockey team won two games in the preliminary round, against United States and Slovakia, but lost in the playoffs against Norway.
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In January 2018, the Olympic Committee of Slovenia officially confirmed 71 competitors who would represent the country at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.[4] [3] Slovenia men's national ice hockey team already qualified for the Olympic tournament at the qualification tournament in 2016.[5] Vesna Fabjan, a cross-country skier and a bronze medalist from Sochi, was chosen as the flag-bearer for the opening ceremony. The selection was conducted using a Facebook poll among three candidates, Fabjan, biathlete Jakov Fak, and ice hockey player Mitja Robar. Fak later distanced himself from the poll after being targeted by hate speech in online forums, having previously represented Croatia at the 2010 Winter Olympics.[6] In Vancouver, Fak won a bronze medal in men's sprint.[7]
In Sochi, Slovenia won a record eight medals, including two gold by alpine skier Tina Maze.[8] Since the 2014 Olympics, Maze retired from competitive skiing, as did the biathlete Teja Gregorin. The media expectations were lower than before the Sochi Olympics. Alpine skier Ilka Štuhec, the 2017 downhill World Champion and second in the overall 2016-17 World Cup standings, suffered an injury in autumn 2017 and had to skip the entire 2017-18 season. The strongest potential candidate for medals was Jakov Fak, who had strong World Cup performances earlier in the season, with media noting that freestyle skier Filip Flisar, ski jumpers, or alpine skiers were also capable of achieving good results.[9]
In alpine skiing, the best Slovenian result was a 4th place of Žan Kranjec in giant slalom,[10] while skiers won three more top-10 finishes. In team event, Slovenian team was eliminated in the round of 16 against Sweden. The best result in women's events was an 11th place of Ana Bucik in women's combined.[11]
In biathlon, five men and two women competed. Jakov Fak faced some problems at the first two events but won a silver medal at the men's individual event, covering all 20 targets.[12] Among other prominent results, Fak finished 10th in mass start, Klemen Bauer 10th in individual, and Urška Poje 12th in women's individual, covering all 20 targets.[11]
In cross-country skiing, the best results were achieved by Anamarija Lampič who finished 7th in sprint and 6th in team sprint together with Alenka Čebašek.[11]
At the men's ice hockey tournament, Slovenia competed in Group B with United States, Slovakia, and Olympic Athletes from Russia in the preliminary round. Following the NHL's decision not to allow its players to participate at the tournament, Slovenia's top player Anže Kopitar of Los Angeles Kings was unable to join the team.[13] In their first game, Slovenia beat the United States 3-2 in overtime, having returned from 0-2 in the last third. Goal scorers for Slovenia were Jan Urbas and Jan Muršak.[14] In the second game, Slovenia lost 2-8 to the OAR team, with Žiga Pance and Muršak scoring for Slovenia.[15] Slovenia won against Slovakia 3-2 after a penalty shootout.[16] Slovenia finished 2nd in their group and faced Norway in the playoff. Norway won 2-1 in overtime[17] and Slovenia finished 9th in the overall ranking.[11] Just before the game against Norway, the IOC announced that Žiga Jeglič tested positive for doping. In his reaction, Jeglič stated that he had neglected to report his use of an asthma drug containing fenoterol which his doctor had prescribed for him. Jelgič was suspended from the games and had to skip the game against Norway.[18] [19]
In ski jumping, the best individual results were a 7th place of Nika Križnar in women's normal hill individual and an 11th place of Peter Prevc in men's large hill individual. Slovenian team finished 5th at the team event.[11]
In snowboarding, none of the three athletes in freestyle events qualified for the finals. In parallel event (giant slalom), Žan Košir, Tim Mastnak, and Glorija Kotnik qualified to the finals. Mastnak and Kotnik were eliminated in the round of 16 while Košir won a bronze medal after defeating Sylvain Dufour of France. Košir's semifinal defeat against Lee Sang-ho of South Korea caused some controversy as the photo finish clearly showed Košir crossing the finish line well ahead of Lee.[20] Later, FIS officials explained that the time was measured correctly and that the photo finish footage is irrelevant.[21] Ultimately, Košir stated that he was happy with the medal he won, having skipped the previous two seasons due to back injuries.[22]
Among other events, Tilen Sirše finished 39th in luge, the best Slovenian result in Nordic combined was a 28th place of Vid Vrhovnik in normal hill/10 km, and Filip Flisar finished 7th in men's ski cross.[11] Flisar was the flagbearer for Slovenia at the closing ceremony.[2]
The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.
| width=180 | Sport | width=55 | Men | width=55 | Women | width=55 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine skiing | 6 | 5 | 11 | ||||
| Biathlon | 5 | 2 | 7 | ||||
| Cross country | 2 | 6 | 8 | ||||
| Freestyle skiing | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Ice hockey | 25 | 0 | 25 | ||||
| Luge | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Nordic combined | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Ski jumping | 5 | 4 | 9 | ||||
| Snowboarding | 5 | 2 | 7 | ||||
| Total | 52 | 19 | 71 |
See main article: Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Martin Čater | Giant slalom | ||||||
| Super-G | |||||||
| Downhill | 1:42.53 | 19 | |||||
| Combined | 1:20.57 | 13 | |||||
| Štefan Hadalin | Slalom | ||||||
| Giant slalom | 1:11.53 | 29 | 1:10.13 | 4 | 2:21.66 | 21 | |
| Combined | 1:21.15 | 21 | 47.79 | 7 | 2:08.94 | 8 | |
| Miha Hrobat | Downhill | 1:43.61 | 29 | ||||
| Super-G | |||||||
| Giant slalom | |||||||
| Boštjan Kline | Super-G | 1:25.36 | 10 | ||||
| Downhill | 1:43.03 | 27 | |||||
| Combined | 1:22.42 | 43 | |||||
| Klemen Kosi | Combined | 1:20.61 | 16 | 48.76 | 15 | 2:09.37 | 10 |
| Super-G | 1:26.50 | 25 | |||||
| Downhill | |||||||
| Žan Kranjec | Slalom | ||||||
| Giant slalom | 1:09.52 | 9 | 1:10.25 | 8 | 2:19.77 | 4 | |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Ana Bucik | Giant slalom | 1:13.38 | 20 | 1:10.71 | 24 | 2:24.09 | 21 |
| Slalom | 52.09 | 26 | 50.82 | 19 | 1:42.91 | 24 | |
| Combined | 1:42.77 | 15 | 41.99 | 9 | 2:24.76 | 11 | |
| Ana Drev | Giant slalom | 1:11.64 | 10 | ||||
| Maruša Ferk | Downhill | 1:42.00 | 19 | ||||
| Super-G | 1:23.18 | 25 | |||||
| Slalom | 51.29 | 15 | 50.79 | 18 | 1:42.08 | 18 | |
| Meta Hrovat | Giant slalom | 1:12.76 | 16 | 1:09.59 | 9 | 2:22.35 | 14 |
| Slalom | 51.93 | 15 | 50.57 | 15 | 1:42.50 | 21 | |
| Tina Robnik | Super-G | 1:24.49 | 34 | ||||
| Giant slalom | |||||||
See main article: article, Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification. Based on their Nations Cup ranking in the 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup, Slovenia has qualified 5 men and 2 women.[24] [25]
| Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Klemen Bauer | Sprint | 24:36.4 | 2 (0+2) | 26 | |
| Pursuit | 35:55.9 | 6 (2+0+2+2) | 24 | ||
| Individual | 50:07.0 | 2 (0+2+0+0) | 15 | ||
| Miha Dovžan | Sprint | 25:42.2 | 2 (2+0) | 53 | |
| Pursuit | 40:13.2 | 7 (0+1+3+3) | 59 | ||
| Individual | 51:54.2 | 2 (1+0+0+1) | 35 | ||
| Mass start | 37:19.8 | 4 (1+0+2+1) | 20 | ||
| Mitja Drinovec | Sprint | 26:13.7 | 3 (1+2) | 72 | |
| Individual | 56:06.4 | 5 (2+1+2+0) | 80 | ||
| Jakov Fak | Sprint | 24:34.2 | 2 (1+1) | 23 | |
| Pursuit | 38:10.4 | 6 (2+1+3+0) | 47 | ||
| Individual | 48:09.3 | 0 (0+0+0+0) | |||
| Mass start | 36:23.4 | 1 (0+0+1+0) | 10 | ||
| Klemen Bauer Miha Dovžan Mitja Drinovec Lenart Oblak | Team relay | 1:20:17.3 | 11 (5+6) | 10 |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anja Eržen | Sprint | 23:20.9 | 3 (2+1) | 46 |
| Pursuit | 36:22.6 | 7 (0+2+2+3) | 51 | |
| Individual | 45:22.9 | 3 (0+0+0+3) | 35 | |
| Urška Poje | Sprint | 24:52.8 | 4 (0+4) | 75 |
| Individual | 43:52.7 | 0 (0+0+0+0) | 12 |
See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Classical | Freestyle | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Deficit | Rank | ||
| Miha Šimenc | Men's 15 km freestyle | 39:16.9 | +5:33.0 | 88 | ||||
| Alenka Čebašek | Women's 10 km freestyle | 26:30.1 | +1:29.6 | 12 | ||||
| Anamarija Lampič | 27:26.4 | +2:25.9 | 27 | |||||
| Nika Razinger | 29:45.5 | +4:45.0 | 69 | |||||
| Manca Slabanja | Women's 10 km freestyle | 28:47.3 | +3:46.8 | 54 | ||||
| Women's 15 km skiathlon | 25:10.1 | 61 | 22:16.8 | 58 | 47:57.8 | +7:12.9 | 59 | |
| Alenka Čebašek Vesna Fabjan Anamarija Lampič Katja Višnar | Women's 4 × 5 km relay | 53:55.7 | +2:31.4 | 8 | ||||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Janez Lampič | Men's sprint | 3:22:03 | 46 | Did not advance | |||||
| Miha Šimenc | 3:17.95 | 32 | |||||||
| Janez Lampič Miha Šimenc | Men's team sprint | 17:24.79 | 11 | did not advance | |||||
| Alenka Čebašek | Women's sprint | 3:23.38 | 29 Q | 3:30.87 | 6 | Did not advance | |||
| Anamarija Lampič | 3:16.57 | 11 Q | 3:12.46 | 3 q | 3:13.95 | 4 | did not advance | ||
| Nika Razinger | 3:35.11 | 52 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Katja Višnar | 3:15.24 | 5 Q | 3:20.49 | 4 | Did not advance | ||||
| Alenka Čebašek Anamarija Lampič | Women's team sprint | 16:39.92 | 3 q | 16:28.24 | 6 | ||||
See main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
See main article: Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
See main article: Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament and Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's qualification. Slovenia men's national ice hockey team qualified by winning the final qualification tournament in Minsk, Belarus.[26] [27]
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See main article: Luge at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Luge at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification. Based on the results from the World Cups during the 2017–18 Luge World Cup season, Slovenia qualified 2 sleds, but rejected one quota.[28]
Source:[23]See main article: Nordic combined at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Ski jumping | Cross-country | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Points | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Marjan Jelenko | Normal hill/10 km | 73.5 | 60.4 | 46 | 25:27.5 | 32 | 30:08.5 | 44 |
| Large hill/10 km | 109.0 | 84.4 | 37 | 24:57.7 | 36 | 28:35.7 | 41 | |
| Vid Vrhovnik | Normal hill/10 km | 92.5 | 90.4 | 27 | 24:58.9 | 23 | 27:39.9 | 28 |
| Large hill/10 km | 112.5 | 83.4 | 38 | 25:08.4 | 37 | 28:50.4 | 42 | |
See main article: Ski jumping at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Slovenia qualified nine quota places in ski jumping.
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | First round | Final | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Tilen Bartol | Normal hill | 97.0 | 115.1 | 22 Q | 106.0 | 119.0 | 12 Q | 102.0 | 101.8 | 23 | 220.8 | 16 |
| Large hill | 103.5 | 69.6 | 49 Q | 130.5 | 122.4 | 19 Q | 130.0 | 125.1 | 12 | 247.5 | 17 | |
| Jernej Damjan | Normal hill | 99.5 | 118.9 | 16 Q | 97.0 | 101.1 | 27 Q | 95.5 | 100.2 | 24 | 201.3 | 27 |
| Large hill | 132.5 | 113.7 | 15 Q | 130.0 | 124.0 | 18 Q | 130.5 | 124.3 | 14 | 248.3 | 16 | |
| Peter Prevc | Normal hill | 99.0 | 120.2 | 14 Q | 98.5 | 106.2 | 24 Q | 113.0 | 128.1 | 3 | 234.3 | 12 |
| Large hill | 125.0 | 111.0 | 17 Q | 134.0 | 132.4 | 8 Q | 127.5 | 125.6 | 11 | 258.0 | 11 | |
| Anže Semenič | Large hill | 119.5 | 97.5 | 30 Q | 127.0 | 118.1 | 21 | 120.0 | 102.4 | 27 | 220.5 | 27 |
| Timi Zajc | Normal hill | 94.0 | 107.1 | 29 Q | 97.0 | 98.6 | 33 | did not advance | ||||
| Tilen Bartol Jernej Damjan Peter Prevc Anže Semenič | Team large hill | 515.5 | 492.4 | 5 Q | 508.5 | 475.4 | 5 | 967.8 | 5 | |||
| Athlete | Event | First round | Final | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Urša Bogataj | Normal hill | 84.5 | 71.2 | 25 | 81.0 | 64.0 | 30 | 135.2 | 30 |
| Ema Klinec | 91.5 | 94.2 | 12 | 89.0 | 87.4 | 16 | 181.6 | 14 | |
| Nika Križnar | 101.0 | 108.5 | 7 | 104.0 | 114.7 | 6 | 223.2 | 7 | |
| Špela Rogelj | 80.0 | 64.3 | 28 | 90.5 | 90.2 | 12 | 154.5 | 22 | |
See main article: article, Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification.
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Run 2 | Best | Rank | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Best | Rank | ||
| Tim-Kevin Ravnjak | Men's halfpipe | 72.50 | 27.00 | 72.50 | 16 | did not advance | ||||
| Tit Štante | 24.50 | 52.25 | 52.25 | 25 | ||||||
| Kaja Verdnik | Women's halfpipe | 24.75 | 34.00 | 34.00 | 21 | |||||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Rank | ||
| Žan Košir | Men's giant slalom | 1:24.97 | 2 Q | W –1.14 | W –3.07 | L +0.01 | W –1.49 | |
| Rok Marguč | 1:25.98 | 17 | did not advance | |||||
| Tim Mastnak | 1:25.97 | 16 Q | L +0.38 | did not advance | ||||
| Glorija Kotnik | Women's giant slalom | 1:33.52 | 15 Q | L +0.03 | ||||