Slovakia at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Slovakia
Slovakia at the Olympic Games
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IOC code	SVK
NOC	Slovak Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.sk (Slovak)
At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin
Competitors	58 (45 men, 13 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Walter Marx (opening); Martin Bajčičák (closing)
	Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
	1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016;
Winter Games
	1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014;
	Other related appearances
	Hungary (1896–1912); Czechoslovakia (1920–1992)

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

Medalists

Židek's silver medal was the first Winter Olympic medal won by Slovakia.^[3]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Radoslav Židek	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.^[4]

Athlete^[4]	Event	Final
Athlete^[4]	Event	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
Veronika Zuzulová	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.^[5]^[6]

Men

Athlete^[6]	Event	Final
Athlete^[6]	Event	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
Matej Kazár	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^[6]	Event	Final
Athlete^[6]	Event	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
Anna Murinova	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.^[7]

Athlete^[7]	Event	Final
Athlete^[7]	Event	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.^[8]

Distance

Athlete^[8]	Event	Final
Athlete^[8]	Event	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
Alena Procházková	Women's 15 km pursuit	47:45.2	46

Sprint

Athlete^[8]	Event	Qualifying		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete^[8]	Event	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.^[9]

Men's tournament

Players

Position	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Birthplace	2005–06 team
G	Peter Budaj	183	91	09/18/82	Banská Bystrica	Colorado Avalanche
G	Karol Križan	178	84	06/05/80	Žilina	Modo Hockey
G	Ján Lašák	183	93	04/10/79	Zvolen	Pardubice HC
D	Zdeno Chára	205	118	03/18/77	Trenčín	Boston Bruins
D	Milan Jurčina	195	101	06/07/83	Liptovský Mikuláš	Boston Bruins
D	Ivan Majeský	194	104	09/02/76	Banská Bystrica	Washington Capitals
D	Andrej Meszároš	182	82	10/13/85	Považská Bystrica	Ottawa Senators
D	Martin Štrbák	191	96	01/15/75	Prešov	CSKA Moscow
D	Ľubomír Višňovský	177	85	08/11/76	Topoľčany	Los Angeles Kings
F	Ľuboš Bartečko	180	92	07/14/76	Kežmarok	Luleå HF
F	Peter Bondra - A	183	92	02/07/68	Lutsk, Ukraine	Atlanta Thrashers
F	Pavol Demitra - C	182	93	11/29/74	Dubnica nad Váhom	Los Angeles Kings
F	Marián Gáborík	186	87	02/14/82	Trenčín	Minnesota Wild
F	Marcel Hossa	187	100	10/12/81	Ilava	New York Rangers
F	Marián Hossa	186	94	01/12/79	Stará Ľubovňa	Atlanta Thrashers
F	Richard Kapuš	182	92	02/09/73	Bratislava	Metallurg Novokuznetsk
F	Ronald Petrovický	182	88	02/15/77	Žilina	Atlanta Thrashers
F	Tomáš Surový	183	87	09/24/81	Banská Bystrica	Pittsburgh Penguins
F	Miroslav Šatan - A	188	89	10/22/74	Topoľčany	New York Islanders
F	Jozef Stümpel	190	100	07/20/72	Nitra	Florida Panthers
F	Marek Svatoš	180	82	06/17/82	Košice	Colorado Avalanche
F	Richard Zedník	186	87	01/06/76	Banská Bystrica	Montreal Canadiens

Results

Round-robin

15 February 2006
20:05

Russia

3 – 5
(2–1, 1–2, 0–2)

Slovakia

Torino Esposizioni
Attendance: 3,800


Ilya Bryzgalov	Goalies	Peter Budaj	Referee: Paul Devorski
Datsyuk (D. Markov) - 10:00 Kovalev (Datsyuk, Kovalchuk) - 12:38 Ovechkin (Gonchar, Tyutin) (PP) - 30:03	0 – 1 1 – 1 2 – 1 2 – 2 3 – 2 3 – 3 3 – 4 3 – 5	9:07 - Demitra (Mari. Hossa, Suchý) 25:51 - Višňovský (Demitra) (PP) 33:05 - Bondra (Meszároš, Chára) (PP) 56:32 - Gáborík 59:31 - Gáborík
16 min	Penalties	10 min
23	Shots	36

16 February 2006
17:05

Slovakia

6 – 3
(4–1, 1–2, 0–1)

Latvia

Torino Esposizioni
Attendance: 2,960


Ján Lašák	Goalies	Artūrs Irbe	Referee: Danny Kurmann
Zedník (Višňovský) - 5:23 Petrovický (Surový, Meszároš) - 5:43 Demitra (Mari. Hossa) (SH) - 7:54 Mari. Hossa - 13:17 Chára (Mari. Hossa) - 33:49 Mari. Hossa (Gáborík) - 49:04	1 – 0 2 – 0 2 – 1 3 – 1 4 – 1 4 – 2 4 – 3 5 – 3 6 – 3	6:27 - Ozoliņš (Cipulis, Panteļejevs) 20:54 - Cipulis (Cipruss, Panteļejevs) 26:51 - Ņiživijs (Skrastiņš)
12 min	Penalties	8 min
25	Shots	28

18 February 2006
20:05

Slovakia

2 – 1
(0–0, 1–1, 1–0)

United States

Torino Esposizioni
Attendance: 4,697


Peter Budaj	Goalies	Rick DiPietro	Referee: Dan Marouelli
Mari. Hossa (Demitra, Gáborík) (PP) - 34:20 Bondra (Šatan, Kapuš) - 41:48	1 – 0 1 – 1 2 – 1	38:24 - Rolston (Rafalski, Gomez) (PP)
8 min	Penalties	16 min
21	Shots	30

19 February 2006
16:05

Slovakia

2 – 1
(0–1, 1–0, 1–0)

Kazakhstan

Palasport Olimpico
Attendance: 9,160


Karol Križan	Goalies	Vitaliy Kolesnik	Referee: Danny Kurmann
Bondra (Kapuš, Jurčina) (PP) - 39:50 Mari. Hossa (Demitra, Gáborík) - 48:09	0 – 1 1 – 1 2 – 1	16:16 - Y. Koreshkov (A. Koreshkov, Savenkov) (PP)
12 min	Penalties	20 min
27	Shots	19

21 February 2006
20:05

Sweden

0 – 3
(0–1, 0–0, 0–2)

Slovakia

Torino Esposizioni
Attendance: 4,250


Mikael Tellqvist	Goalies	Karol Križan	Referee: Timo Favorin
	0 – 1 0 – 2 0 – 3	15:51 - Bondra (Šatan) 46:16 - Mari. Hossa (Demitra, Gáborík) 58:58 - Suchý (Demitra, Mari. Hossa)
14 min	Penalties	10 min
17	Shots	31

Standings

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Slovakia	5	5	0	0	18	8	10
Russia	5	4	1	0	23	11	8
Sweden	5	3	2	0	15	12	6
United States	5	1	3	1	13	13	3
Kazakhstan	5	1	4	0	9	16	2
Latvia	5	0	4	1	11	29	1

Medal round

Quarterfinal

22 February 2006
21:35

Slovakia

1 – 3
(0-1, 0-1, 1-1)

Czech Republic

Palasport Olimpico
Attendance: 6893


Peter Budaj	Goalies	Milan Hnilička	Referee: Don Van Massenhoven
Gáborík (Mari. Hossa) - 43:38	0 - 1 0 - 2 1 - 2 1 - 3	12:51 - Ručínský (SH) 28:41 - Hejduk (F. Kaberle, Ručínský) 59:57 - Straka (EN)
8 min	Penalties	14 min
21	Shots	28

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.^[10]

Athlete^[10]	Event	Final
Athlete^[10]	Event	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.^[11]

Athlete^[11]	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete^[11]	Event	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.^[12]

Athlete^[12]	Event	Qualifying		First round		Final
Athlete^[12]	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Total	Rank
Martin Mesík	Normal hill	97.5	42	Did not advance				42
Martin Mesík	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.^[13] 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.^[14]

Parallel GS

Athlete^[13]	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete^[13]	Event	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^[13]	Event	Qualifying		1/8 finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete^[13]	Event	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

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Slovakia at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Contents

Medalists

Alpine skiing

Biathlon

Bobsleigh

Cross-country skiing

Ice hockey

Men's tournament

Luge

Short track speed skating

Ski jumping

Snowboarding

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