Slovakia competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's fifth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics. The Slovak Olympic Committee sent a total of 47 athletes to the Games, 26 men and 21 women, to compete in 11 sports. There was only a single competitor in badminton, judo, triathlon, and weightlifting.
The Slovak team featured three defending Olympic champions from Beijing: slalom canoers Michal Martikán, and twins Pavol and Peter Hochschorner. Rifle shooter and double bronze medalist Jozef Gönci, who was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony, competed at his sixth Olympics and was the oldest and most experienced athlete, at age 38. Meanwhile, medley swimmer Katarína Listopadová was the youngest member of the team, at age 19. Other notable Slovak athletes included road cyclist and world junior champion Peter Sagan, weightlifter and three-time Olympic veteran Martin Tešovič, and professional tennis player Daniela Hantuchová.
Slovakia left London with a total of four medals (one silver and three bronze), failing to win a gold for the first time in Olympic history and in the post-Czechoslovak era. Among the nation's medalists were shooters Zuzana Štefečeková and Danka Barteková, who took silver and bronze medals in the women's trap and skeet events respectively. On 11 August 2012, Barteková was elected to the IOC Athletes Commission, along with three other athletes. Meanwhile, Michal Martikán, who won bronze in London, became the most successful Slovak athlete in history with a total of five Olympic medals.
Medalists
| width=78% align=left valign=top | Medal Name Sport Event Date Zuzana Štefečeková Shooting Women's trap Danka Barteková Shooting Women's skeet Michal Martikán Canoeing Men's slalom C-1 Peter HochschornerPavol Hochschorner Canoeing Men's slalom C-2
|width=22% align=left valign=top | Medals by sport Sport Total Shooting 0 1 1 2 Canoeing 0 0 2 2 Total 0 1 3 4
Competitors
| width=78% align=left valign=top | The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games: SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 5 6 11Badminton 0 1 1Canoeing 9 3 12Cycling 1 1 2Gymnastics 1 1 2Judo 1 0 1Shooting 4 3 7Swimming 1 4 5Tennis 2 2 4Triathlon 1 0 1Weightlifting 1 0 1 Total 26 21 47
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Medals by date Day Date Total Day 1 28 July 0 0 0 0 Day 2 29 July 0 0 1 1 Day 3 30 July 0 0 0 0 Day 4 31 July 0 0 1 1 Day 5 1 August 0 0 0 0 Day 6 2 August 0 0 1 1 Day 7 3 August 0 0 0 0 Day 8 4 August 0 1 0 1 Day 9 5 August 0 0 0 0 Day 10 6 August 0 0 0 0 Day 11 7 August 0 0 0 0 8 August 0 0 0 0 Day 13 9 August 0 0 0 0 Day 14 10 August 0 0 0 0 Day 15 0 0 0 0 Day 16 12 August 0 0 0 0Total013 4
Athletics
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):
Men Track & road events AthleteEventFinalResultRankMiloš Bátovský50 km walk4:09:3248Anton Kučmín20 km walk1:22:2523Matej Tóth50 km walk3:41:245
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionMichal KabelkaHigh jump2.1630Did not advanceMarcel LomnickýHammer throw74.0015Did not advance
Women Track & road events AthleteEventHeat SemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankKatarína BerešováMarathoncolspan=4 2:48:1199Mária Czaková20 km walkcolspan=4 1:37:4353Lucia Klocová1500 m4:07.79 NR9 q4:02.99 NR8 q4:12.644
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionMartina HrašnováHammer throw68.4120Did not advanceDana VelďákováTriple jump14.2210 q11.9212Jana VelďákováLong jump6.1827Did not advance
Badminton
AthleteEventGroup StageEliminationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankMonika FašungováWomen's singlesL 5–21, 11–21L 12–21, 18–213Did not advance
Canoeing
Slalom Slovakia has qualified boats for the following events
AthleteEventPreliminarySemifinalFinalRun 1RankRun 2RankBestRankTimeRankTimeRankMichal MartikánMen's C-1139.461690.56190.561 Q104.044 Q98.31Pavol HochschornerPeter HochschornerMen's C-297.52298.60197.522 Q109.042 Q108.28Jana DukátováWomen's K-1105.145101.374101.376 Q110.484 Q111.606
Sprint Slovakia has qualified boats for the following events
Men AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankĽubomír HagaraC-1 200 m43.5075 Q41.4723 FA43.9776Marek KrajčovičK-1 1000 m3:39.6497Did not advancePeter GelleErik VlčekK-2 1000 m3:19.5713 Q3:12.6901 FA3:12.5198Peter GelleMartin JankovecJuraj TarrErik VlčekK-4 1000 m2:55.1731 FAcolspan=2 2:56.7716
Women AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankIvana KmeťováK-1 200 m43.4456 Q42.5105 FB45.55614Ivana KmeťováMartina KohlováK-2 500 m1:45.0735 Q1:43.6535 FB1:47.68313 Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)
Cycling
Slovakia has qualified in the following events
Road AthleteEventTimeRankPeter SaganMen's road race5:46:3734
Mountain biking AthleteEventTimeRankJanka ŠtevkováWomen's cross-country1:39:0521
Gymnastics
Artistic Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRankSamuel PiaseckýParallel barscolspan=4 15.35815.35811Did not advanceHorizontal barcolspan=5 12.66612.66665Did not advance
Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRankMária HomolováAll-around12.06612.76610.45811.73347.02357Did not advance
Judo
Slovakia has qualified 1 judoka
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankMilan RandlMen's −90 kgL 0002–0111Did not advance
Shooting
Slovakia has earned seven qualification berths in shooting events:
Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankJozef Gönci50 m rifle 3 positions115731Did not advance50 m rifle prone58939Did not advance10 m air rifle59131Did not advancePavol Kopp50 m pistol55620Did not advance10 m air pistol57621Did not advanceJuraj Tužinský50 m pistol55423Did not advance10 m air pistol58015Did not advanceErik VargaTrap12112Did not advance
Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankDanka BartekováSkeet702 Q90Daniela Pešková50 m rifle 3 positions57634Did not advance10 m air rifle39514Did not advanceZuzana ŠtefečekováTrap732 Q93 S/O 3
Swimming
Slovakian swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):
Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTomáš Klobučník200 m breaststroke2:13.4023Did not advance
Women AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankKatarína Filová100 m freestyle56.5831Did not advance200 m freestyle2:02.0328Did not advanceKatarína Listopadová200 m individual medley2:16.8128Did not advanceDenisa Smolenová100 m butterfly59.4828Did not advance200 m butterfly2:11.1021Did not advanceMiroslava Syllabová50 m freestyle26.0738Did not advance
Tennis
Men AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankMartin KližanSinglesL 5–7, 4–6Did not advanceLukáš LackoL 6–7(5–7), 1–6Did not advanceMartin KližanLukáš LackoDoubles L 3–6, 3–6Did not advance
Women AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankDominika CibulkováSinglesL 6–7(4–7), 2–6Did not advanceDaniela HantuchováW 6–2, 3–6, 6–3W 6–3, 6–0L 4–6, 2–6Did not advanceDominika CibulkováDaniela HantuchováDoubles L 2–6, 1–6Did not advance
Triathlon
Slovakia has qualified the following athletes.
AthleteEventSwim (1.5 km)Trans 1Bike (40 km)Trans 2Run (10 km)Total TimeRankRichard VargaMen's16:560:4159:150:3032:031:49:2522
Weightlifting
Slovakia has qualified the following quota places.
AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankMartin TešovičMen's −105 kg167121961236311
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