Slovakia competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022.
Marek Hrivík and Katarína Šimoňáková were the country's flagbearer during the opening ceremony. Meanwhile hockey player Peter Cehlárik was the flagbearer during the closing ceremony.
Petra Vlhová won the gold medal in the slalom event, becoming the first Slovak skier to achieve this feat. Slovakia men's national ice hockey team also won its first Olympic medal, claiming a bronze in the men's tournament after defeating Sweden 4–0.
Medalists
The following Slovak competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.
Medal Name Sport Event Date Alpine skiing Women's slalom Ice hockey Men's tournament
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.
SportMenWomenTotalAlpine skiing2 3 5Biathlon4 4 8Bobsleigh0 1 1Cross-country skiing2 3 5Ice hockey25 0 25Luge4 1 5Snowboarding0 1 1 Total 37 13 50
Alpine skiing
Slovakia qualified two male and three female alpine skiers.
Men AthleteEventRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAdam ŽampaSlalom 57.763253.25251:51.0125Giant slalom 1:05.86 211:08.05162:14.3115Andreas ŽampaSlalom 58.0633Giant slalom 1:06.15 231:08.16172:14.3116
Women AthleteEventRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankRebeka JančováGiant slalom 1:06.5648Petra Vlhová59.341358.81161:58.1514Rebeka JančováSlalom Did not advancePetra Vlhová52.89852.0911:44.98Petra HromcováSuper-G colspan=41:20.1138Rebeka Jančovácolspan=41:20.1839
Mixed AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankAdam ŽampaAndreas ŽampaPetra HromcováRebeka JančováTeamL 1–3Did not advance12
Biathlon
Men AthleteEventTimeMissesRankŠimon BartkoSprint26:58.83 (2+1)65Individual59:47.87 (2+3+1+1)88Tomáš SklenárikSprint27:46.33 (1+2)87Individual58:08.15 (2+2+1+0)80Matej BalogaSprint27:41.31 (0+1)85Individual58:47.14 (0+1+1+2)84Michal ŠímaSprint27:02.31 (1+0)68Individual54:09.02 (0+1+0+1)43Šimon BartkoTomáš SklenárikMatej BalogaMichal ŠímaTeam relay21
Women AthleteEventTimeMissesRankIvona FialkováIndividual49:54.26 (0+4+1+1)46Paulína Fialková49:10.74 (0+2+1+1)42Henrieta Horvátová52:16.13 (0+1+1+1)68Veronika Machyniaková55:21.75 (1+2+0+2)83Paulína FialkováMass start44:04.88 (0+3+1+4)26Ivona FialkováPursuit40:06.37 (0+4+1+2)36Paulína Fialková37:25.72 (0+2+0+0)10Ivona FialkováSprint23:11.84 (1+3)41Paulína Fialková22:12.01 (0+1)14Henrieta Horvátová24:20.71 (1+0)72Veronika Machyniaková26:13.23 (2+1)88 Paulína FialkováVeronika MachyniakováHenrieta HorvátováIvona FialkováTeam relay19
Mixed AthleteEventTimeMissesRankIvona FialkováPaulína FialkováMichal ŠímaTomáš SklenárikRelay 9+1317
Bobsleigh
AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankViktória ČerňanskáWomen's monobob1:05.75121:06.41151:06.62181:06.47154:25.2517
Cross-country skiing
Slovakia qualified two male and three female cross-country skiers.
Distance AthleteEventClassicalFreestyleFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeDeficitRankPeter MlynárMen's 15 km classicalcolspan=4 42:49.9 +4:55.158Ján KoristekMen's 30 km skiathlon44:06.15140:54.9321:25:38.7 +9:28.945Men's 50 km freestylecolspan=4 1:17:26.0 +5:53.340Alena ProcházkováWomen's 10 km classicalcolspan=4 33:18.2 +5:11.965Barbora Klementovácolspan=4 34:59.2 +6:52.977Kristína Sivokovácolspan=4 36:12.6 +8:06.381
Sprint AthleteEventQualificationQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAlena ProcházkováWomen's sprint3:36.8463Did not advanceBarbora Klementová3:34.8757Did not advanceKristína Sivoková3:46.2572Did not advance
Ice hockey
Summary Key: OT – Overtime GWS – Match decided by penalty-shootout TeamEventGroup stageQualificationplayoffQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankSlovakia men'sMen's tournamentL 2–6L 1–4W 5–23 QW 4–0W 3–2 GWSL 0–2W 4–0
Slovakia has qualified 25 male competitors to the ice hockey tournament.
Men's tournament
Slovakia men's national ice hockey team qualified by winning the final qualification tournament.
Team roster
Group play
Playoffs
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Bronze medal game
Luge
AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankJozef NinisMen's singles58.2051858.7641958.85623Did not advance2:55.82521Marián Skupek58.9562658.9762359.05127Did not advance2:56.98326Tomáš VaverčákMatej ZmijMen's doubles1:00.1381559.70413colspan=4 1:59.84213Katarína ŠimoňákováWomen's singles1:00.1242759.8512459.76126Did not advance2:59.73625
Mixed AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Run 3TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank Katarína ŠimoňákováJozef NinisTomáš Vaverčák / Matej ZmijTeam relay1:01.579111:02.3388
Snowboarding
Freestyle AthleteEventQualificationFinalRun 1Run 2Run 3BestRankRun 1Run 2Run 3BestRankKlaudia MedlováWomen's big air62.2551.0029.75113.2516Did not advanceWomen's slopestyleDid not advance
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