Slovakia at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Slovakia competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States.

Slovakia at the 2002 Winter Olympics
IOC code	SVK
NOC	Slovak Olympic and Sports Committee
Website	www.olympic.sk (in Slovak)
in Salt Lake City
Competitors	49 (38 men, 11 women) in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Róbert Petrovický (ice hockey)
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Other related appearances
Czechoslovakia (1924–1992)

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Rank
Ivan Heimschild	Downhill			1:46.36	47
Ivan Heimschild	Super-G			1:27.74	28
Ivan Heimschild	Giant Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–
Ivan Heimschild	Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–
Michal Rajčan		52.73	55.93	1:48.66	19

Men's combined

Athlete	Downhill	Slalom		Total
	Time	Time 1	Time 2	Total time	Rank
Michal Rajčan	DSQ	–	–	DSQ	–
Ivan Heimschild	1:44.89	52.72	59.17	3:36.78	24

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Rank
Veronika Zuzulová	Giant Slalom	1:20.54	1:18.09	2:38.63	32
Veronika Zuzulová	Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses ^1	Time	Rank
10 km sprint	Marek Matiaško	1	27:12.6	39
12.5 km pursuit ^2	Marek Matiaško	5	37:26.0	43

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ^3	Rank
20 km	Marek Matiaško	53:37.8	4	57:37.8	52

Women

Event	Athlete	Misses ^1	Time	Rank
7.5 km sprint	Tatiana Kutlíková	5	25:18.3	64
	Anna Murínová	1	23:10.0	35
	Soňa Mihoková	1	22:32.1	21
	Martina Jašicová-Schwarzbacherová-Halinárová	0	22:11.9	13
10 km pursuit ^4	Anna Murínová	3	35:14.6	35
	Soňa Mihoková	3	33:57.4	21
	Martina Jašicová-Schwarzbacherová-Halinárová	2	33:26.4	18

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ^3	Rank
15 km	Anna Murínová	49:39.2	5	54:39.2	53
	Marcela Pavkovčeková	48:03.7	4	52:03.7	33
	Soňa Mihoková	47:00.7	3	50:00.7	14
	Martina Jašicová-Schwarzbacherová-Halinárová	46:47.5	2	48:47.5	9

Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Misses ^1	Time	Rank
Martina Jašicová-Schwarzbacherová-Halinárová Anna Murínová Marcela Pavkovčeková Soňa Mihoková	1	1'30:11.5	5

¹ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.

² Starting delay based on 10 km sprint results.

³ One minute added per missed target.

⁴ Starting delay based on 7.5 km sprint results.

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
SVK-1	Milan Jagnešák Róbert Kresťanko	Two-man	49.00	30	48.96	30	49.28	30	48.87	29	3:16.11	30

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
SVK-1	Milan Jagnešák Braňo Prieložný Marián Vanderka Róbert Kresťanko	Four-man	47.80	24	47.88	24	51.10	29	48.64	22	3:15.42	24

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men

Pursuit

Athlete	10 km C		10 km F pursuit^1
	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Martin Bajčičák	27:06.9	23 Q	27:30.0	50
Ivan Bátory	26:57.2	16 Q	25:05.7	25

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
15 km C	Martin Bajčičák	39:39.4	24
	Ivan Bátory	39:32.0	21
30 km F	Martin Bajčičák	1'16:08.5	32
50 km C	Ivan Bátory	2'17:25.2	25
	Martin Bajčičák	2'13:07.9	12

¹ Starting delay based on 10 km C. results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Women

Pursuit

Athlete	5 km C		5 km F pursuit^2
	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Jaroslava Bukvajová	14:42.9	58	did not advance

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
10 km C	Jaroslava Bukvajová	31:50.5	46

² Starting delay based on 5 km C. results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Women

Athlete	Points	SP	FS	Rank
Zuzana Babiaková	31.0	20	21	21

Pairs

Athletes	Points	SP	FS	Rank
Oľga Beständigová Jozef Beständig	25.5	17	17	17

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men's tournament

Preliminary round - group A

Top team (shaded) advanced to the first round.

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany	3	3	0	0	10	3	+7	6
Latvia	3	1	1	1	11	12	−1	3
Austria	3	1	2	0	7	9	−2	2
Slovakia	3	0	2	1	8	12	−4	1

All times are local (UTC-7).

9 February 2002 16:00

Germany

3 – 0 (0–0, 0–2, 0–1)

Slovakia

E Center, West Valley City Attendance: 8,504

10 February 2002 19:00

Latvia

6 – 6 (2–2, 2–4, 2–0)

Slovakia

E Center, West Valley City Attendance: 8,377

12 February 2002 16:00

Slovakia

2 – 3 (1–1, 1–1, 0–1)

Austria

E Center, West Valley City Attendance: 8,362

Consolation round

13th place match

14 February 2002 21:00

Slovakia   13th

7 – 1 (1–0, 2–0, 4–1)

France

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo Attendance: 5,956

• Team Roster

• Ľuboš Bartečko
• Pavol Demitra
• Michal Handzuš
• Marián Hossa
• Richard Kapuš
• Richard Lintner
• Ivan Majeský
• Dušan Milo
• Jaroslav Obšut
• Žigmund Pálffy
• Ján Pardavý
• Rastislav Pavlikovský
• Richard Pavlikovský
• Róbert Petrovický
• Pavol Rybár
• Miroslav Šatan
• Richard Šechný
• Peter Smrek
• Rastislav Staňa
• Jozef Stümpel
• Jaroslav Török
• Ľubomír Višňovský

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ľubomír Mick	47.207	42	46.333	35	45.803	31	46.475	38	3:05.818	35
Jaroslav Slavík	45.104	18	45.017	13	44.762	15	45.180	19	3:00.063	16

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes	Run 1		Run 2		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ľubomír Mick Walter Marx	43.248	6	43.458	10	1:26.706	9

Women

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Veronika Sabolová	44.021	15	44.113	24	43.947	19	44.231	24	2:56.312	21

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men's sprint

Events:

• large hill ski jumping
• 7.5 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)

Athlete	Ski Jumping		Cross-country time	Total rank
	Points	Rank
Michal Pšenko	92.4	36	20:07.3	39

Men's individual

Events:

• normal hill ski jumping
• 15 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)

Athlete	Ski Jumping		Cross-country time	Total rank
	Points	Rank
Michal Pšenko	232.0	14	46:06.2	38

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round one		Quarter finals		Semi finals		Finals
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Matúš Užák	500 m	44.499	3	did not advance
Matúš Užák	1000 m	2:17.608	4	did not advance
Matúš Užák	1500 m	2:22.557	4	did not advance

Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Women's parallel giant slalom

Athlete	Qualifying		Round one	Quarter final	Semi final	Final	Rank
	Time	Rank
Jana Šedová	49.92	14 Q	Lidia Trettel L	did not advance

References

• Official Olympic Reports