Slovakia at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Slovakia at the 1998 Winter Olympics

IOC code	SVK
NOC	Slovak Olympic and Sports Committee
Website	www.olympic.sk (in Slovak)
in Nagano
Competitors	37 (29 men, 8 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Ivan Bátory (cross-country skiing)
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
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Slovakia competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Biathlon	1	4	5
Cross-country skiing	5	2	7
Figure skating	1	0	1
Ice hockey	21	0	21
Luge	0	1	1
Ski jumping	1	–	1
Snowboarding	0	1	1
Total	29	8	37

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Ľubomír Machyniak	1	30:30.3	41

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time	Rank
20 km	Ľubomír Machyniak	57:43.7	4	1'01:43.7	38

Women

Event	Athlete	Misses	Time	Rank
7.5 km Sprint	Anna Murínová	0	23:56.7	9
	Martina Jašicová-Schwarzbacherová-Halinárová	1	23:54.5	7
	Soňa Mihoková	1	23:42.3	4

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time	Rank
15 km	Anna Murínová	1'00:06.7	2	1'02:06.7	48
	Martina Jašicová-Schwarzbacherová-Halinárová	56:56.5	5	1'01:56.5	46
	Soňa Mihoková	56:20.8	3	59:20.8	26

Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Misses	Time	Rank
Martina Jašicová-Schwarzbacherová-Halinárová Anna Murínová Tatiana Kutlíková Soňa Mihoková	2	1'41:20.6	4

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

One minute added per missed target.

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
10 km C	Ivan Hudač	33:41.9	85
	Martin Bajčičák	31:29.0	67
	Stanislav Ježík	31:11.2	64
	Ivan Bátory	31:07.6	60
15 km pursuit F	Ivan Hudač	50:14.7	64
	Stanislav Ježík	48:30.3	57
	Martin Bajčičák	44:54.6	38
	Ivan Bátory	44:18.2	33
30 km C	Ivan Hudač	1'50:11.6	59
	Stanislav Ježík	1'44:01.0	46
	Martin Bajčičák	1'40:52.5	28
	Ivan Bátory	1'40:47.8	26
50 km F	Martin Bajčičák	DNF	–
	Ivan Hudač	DNF	–
	Ivan Bátory	2'13:54.5	19

Starting delay based on 10 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Ivan Bátory Martin Bajčičák Andrej Pátricka Stanislav Ježík	1'44:31.6	11

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
5 km C	Alžbeta Havrančíková	19:48.5	58
5 km C	Jaroslava Bukvajová	18:39.7	16
10 km pursuit F	Alžbeta Havrančíková	32:21.3	40
10 km pursuit F	Jaroslava Bukvajová	30:34.5	18
15 km C	Jaroslava Bukvajová	49:02.0	10
30 km F	Alžbeta Havrančíková	1'30:38.6	25
30 km F	Jaroslava Bukvajová	1'28:21.0	15

Starting delay based on 5 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Róbert Kažimír	26	DNF	DNF	–

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1998 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
Kazakhstan	3	2	0	1	14	11	+3	5
Slovakia	3	1	1	1	9	9	0	3
Italy	3	1	2	0	11	11	0	2
Austria	3	0	1	2	9	12	-3	2

All times are local (UTC-7).

7 February 1998

Austria

2 – 2
(1-0, 1-2, 0-0)

Slovakia

The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 4,315

8 February 1998

Slovakia

4 – 3
(1-2, 3-1, 0-0)

Italy

The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 8,620

10 February 1998

Slovakia

3 – 4
(1-1, 1-0, 1-3)

Kazakhstan

The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 3,659

Consolation round - 9th place match

All times are local (UTC-7).

12 February 1998

Germany

4 – 2
(0-1, 1-1, 3-0)

Slovakia 10th

The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 8,670

Team roster
Head coach: Ján Štěrbák

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Women

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mária Jasenčáková	52.006	12	52.336	20	51.721	17	51.302	14	3:27.365	15

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Martin Mesík	Normal hill	65.0	61.0	60	did not advance
Martin Mesík	Large hill	112.0	101.6	26 Q	110.5	96.4	198.0	26

Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Women's giant slalom

Athlete	Race 1	Race 2	Total
Athlete	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Jana Šedová	DNF	–	DNF	–

References

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