Slovakia at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Slovakia competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.

Medalists

Židek's silver medal was the first Winter Olympic medal won by Slovakia as an independent nation.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Template:Silver medal	Template:Sortname	Snowboarding	Men's snowboard cross	16 February

Alpine skiing

The top finish for the six-person Slovak alpine team came from Veronika Zuzulová, who finished 15th in the women's combined.

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Total	Rank
Jaroslav Babušiak	Men's downhill	n/a			1:57.45	45
	Men's super-G	n/a			1:35.41	40
	Men's slalom	58.51	53.55	n/a	1:52.06	24
	Men's combined	1:43.32	48.86	48.60	3:20.78	27
Jana Gantnerová	Women's downhill	n/a			2:04.60	36
	Women's super-G	n/a			1:38.40	48
	Women's giant slalom	1:06.73	did not finish
	Women's combined	did not finish
Ivan Heimschild	Men's downhill	did not finish
	Men's super-G	n/a			1:36.58	46
	Men's slalom	59.67	54.31	n/a	1:53.98	26
	Men's combined	1:43.12	48.13	47.16	3:18.41	25
Eva Huckova	Women's downhill	n/a			2:05.32	37
	Women's super-G	disqualified
	Women's giant slalom	1:05.24	1:13.07	n/a	2:18.31	28
	Women's slalom	did not finish
	Women's combined	did not finish
Sona Maculova	Women's downhill	n/a			2:03.63	35
	Women's super-G	n/a			1:37.87	44
	Women's giant slalom	1:05.77	1:12.84	n/a	2:18.61	29
	Women's slalom	did not finish
	Women's combined	40.53	45.63	1:34.09	3:00.25	23
Veronika Zuzulová	Women's slalom	44.53	48.00	n/a	1:32.53	22
	Women's combined	39.68	43.67	1:33.28	2:56.63	15

Note: In the men's combined, run 1 is the downhill, and runs 2 and 3 are the slalom. In the women's combined, run 1 and 2 are the slalom, and run 3 the downhill.

Biathlon

Marek Matiaško had the best result out of the Slovak biathlon team, with a surprising 5th place finish in the men's individual. He missed only one shot, and the resultant time penalty meant that he fell short of the medals.

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Pavol Hurajt	Men's sprint	28:17.8	1	30
	Men's pursuit	38:20.67	3	24
	Men's individual	58:49.6	3	29
Matej Kazár	Men's sprint	29:29.4	1	58
	Men's pursuit	42:46.6	1	52
Marek Matiaško	Men's sprint	30:11.0	6	72
	Men's mass start	50:11.1	3	27
	Men's individual	55:48.6	1	5
Miroslav Matiaško	Men's sprint	29:13.0	2	52
	Men's pursuit	41:32.56	8	49
	Men's individual	59:43.8	3	38
Dušan Šimočko	Men's individual	1:01:37.8	4	56
Pavol Hurajt Dušan Šimočko Miroslav Matiaško Marek Matiaško	Men's relay	1:27:44.9	22	14

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Jana Gereková	Women's individual	58:37.2	5	59
Martina Halinárová	Women's sprint	23:32.8	0	16
	Women's pursuit	Lapped
	Women's individual	55:17.7	4	34
Sona Mihokova	Women's sprint	24:09.9	1	27
	Women's pursuit	Lapped
	Women's individual	56:29.5	5	47
Anna Murinova	Women's sprint	24:32.1	1	38
	Women's pursuit	did not finish
Marcela Pavkovcekova	Women's sprint	24:11.1	0	29
	Women's pursuit	Lapped
	Women's individual	53:52.8	3	22
Anna Murinova Marcela Pavkovcekova Martina Halinárová Sona Mihokova	Women's relay	1:21:55.5	10	10

Bobsleigh

Milan Jagnešák piloted the Slovak sled in both the two-man and four-man events, but did not manage a top-20 finish in either.

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Rank
Milan Jagnešák Viktor Rajek	Two-man	56.81	57.12	57.81	did not advance		25
Milan Jagnešák Viktor Rajek Andrej Benda Robert Krestanko	Four-man	56.29	56.13	56.26	55.98	3:44.66	20

Cross-country skiing

Martin Bajčičák finished 8th in the men's pursuit, the best showing from any Slovak cross-country skier, and carried the nation's flag in the closing ceremonies.

Distance

Athlete	Event	Final
		Total	Rank
Martin Bajčičák	Men's 15 km classical	40:35.6	28
	Men's 30 km pursuit	1:17:08.7	8
	Men's 50 km freestyle	2:06:24.9	14
Ivan Bátory	Men's 15 km classical	40:26.1	26
	Men's 30 km pursuit	1:18:58.2	25
	Men's 50 km freestyle	2:10.32.2	47
Michal Malák	Men's 15 km classical	44:52.9	73
	Men's 30 km pursuit	1:23:39.9	54
	Men's 50 km freestyle	2:09:38.7	45
Alena Procházková	Women's 10 km classical	30:13.6	28
	Women's 15 km pursuit	47:45.2	46

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Katarina Garajova	Women's sprint	2:23.98	53	Did not advance					53
Martin Otčenáš	Men's sprint	2:24.77	49	Did not advance					49
Alena Procházková	Women's sprint	2:17.75	27	2:17.9	5	Did not advance			23
Martin Bajčičák Ivan Bátory	Men's team sprint	n/a				17:36.1	3 Q	17:30.9	8

Ice hockey

The Slovak team finished atop its round-robin group, going undefeated through the opening round, including a 3–0 win over eventual gold medal winners Sweden. In the quarterfinals, however, the team fell to rivals Czech Republic 3–1, failing to advance to a medal game.

Men's tournament

Players

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Round-robin

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Medal round

Quarterfinal

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Luge

The Slovakian luge delegation was one of the Olympic team's largest, but managed only a single top 15 finish, from the doubles team of Ľubomír Mick and Walter Marx.

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Rank
Jozef Ninis	Men's singles	52.769	52.517	52.525	52.386	3:30.197	22
Veronika Sabolová	Women's singles	49.680	48.226	48.095	48.060	3:14.061	19
Jana Šišajová	Women's singles	48.860	50.267	48.479	49.387	3:16.993	22
Jaroslav Slavík	Men's singles	52.786	52.066	1:13.877	52.156	3:50.885	33
Ľubomír Mick Walter Marx	Doubles	48.412	47.857	n/a		1:36.269	13

Short track speed skating

The lone Slovak short track speed skater competing in Turin, Matus Uzak, was disqualified from two of his events, and failed to advance from his heat in the third.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Matus Uzak	Men's 500 m	44.525	4	did not advance					21
	Men's 1000 m	1:35.989	2 Q	disqualified
	Men's 1500 m	disqualified

Ski jumping

Martin Mesík represented Slovakia in ski jumping, but did not advance from the qualification round in either the large hill or normal hill events.

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		First round		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Total	Rank
Martin Mesík	Normal hill	97.5	42	did not advance				42
	Large hill	67.7	37	did not advance				37

Snowboarding

Radoslav Židek failed to qualify for the medal round in the men's parallel giant slalom, but was more successful in the snowboard cross. Židek qualified in the top ten, then won in three consecutive rounds to make the final. He finished just behind American Seth Wescott, who made a dramatic pass and pipped him to the line. Still, Židek's second place finished earned him a silver medal, the first winter medal in Slovakian Olympic history.

Parallel GS

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Radoslav Židek	Men's parallel giant slalom	1:16.51	27	did not advance				27

Snowboard cross

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		1/8 finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Time	Rank	Position	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Radoslav Židek	Men's snowboard cross	1:21.19	9 Q	1 Q	1 Q	1 Q	2	File:Silver medal icon.svg