# Slovakia at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Slovakia participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Emanuela Luknárová | Canoeing | Girls' Obstacle Canoe Slalom K1 | 15 Oct |
| Silver | Katarína Pecsuková | Canoeing | Girls' Head-to-head Sprint K1 | 12 Oct |
| Bronze | Emanuela Luknárová | Canoeing | Girls' Obstacle Canoe Slalom C1 | 16 Oct |

## Athletics

Slovakia qualified six athletes.

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Stage 1 | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Oliver Murcko | 200 m | 21.91 | 14 | 21.19 | 5 | 43.10 | 7 |
| Andrej Paulíny | 1500 m | 3:56.08 | 8 | 12:36 | 34 | 16:32.08 | 9 |
| Ľubomír Kubiš | 5000 m Race Walk | 21:10.94 | 8 | 21:42.72 | 5 | 42:53.66 | 6 |

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Stage 1 | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Lenka Kovačovičová | 100 m | 12.70 | 23 | 12.18 | 22 | 24.88 | 22 |
| Viktória Forster | 200 m | 25.28 | 13 | 24.56 | 14 | 49.84 | 14 |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Stage 1 | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Michaela Vrecková | Shot put | 13.22 | 14 | 12.89 | 15 | 26.11 | 15 |

## Boxing

Slovakia qualified one athlete.

### Girls

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Final / RM | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Jessica Triebeľová | -57 kg | Somnuek (THA) L RSC R3 1:12 | did not advance | did not advance | 5 |

## Canoeing

Slovakia qualified two boats based on its performance at the 2018 World Qualification Event.

### Girls

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Repechage | Repechage | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Emanuela Luknárová | C1 sprint | 3:55.57 | 16 | 6:46.85 | 9 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Emanuela Luknárová | C1 slalom | 1:27.51 | 1 Q | — | — | Fayzieva (UZB) W 1:27.350 | Nurlanova (KAZ) W 1:26.300 | Lewandowski (GER) L 1:26.430 | Asadbeki (IRN) W 1:25.750 | |
| Emanuela Luknárová | K1 sprint | 2:24.97 | 19 | 2:20.96 | 10 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Emanuela Luknárová | K1 slalom | 1:18.97 | 1 Q | — | — | Zironi (ITA) W 1:18.330 | Pecsuková (SVK) W 1:17.400 | Lai (TPE) W 1:18.440 | Delassus (FRA) W 1:18.250 | |
| Katarína Pecsuková | K1 sprint | 1:53.14 | 2 Q | — | — | Phuangmaiming (THA) W 1:54.060 | Estefano (ARG) W 1:52.050 | Zint (GER) W 1:51.260 | Rendessy (HUN) L 1:51.940 | |
| Katarína Pecsuková | K1 slalom | 1:23.36 | 6 Q | — | — | Bello (NGR) W 1:22.560 | Luknárová (SVK) L 1:22.840 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Cycling

Slovakia qualified a boys' combined team based on its ranking in the Youth Olympic Games Junior Nation Rankings. They also qualified a mixed BMX racing team based on its ranking in the Youth Olympic Games BMX Junior Nation Rankings.
* Boys' combined team – 1 team of 2 athletes
* Mixed BMX racing team – 1 team of 2 athletes

### Team

| Athletes | Event | Cross-Country Eliminator | Cross-Country Eliminator | Time Trial | Time Trial | Time Trial | Criterium | Criterium | Cross-Country Race | Cross-Country Race | Cross-Country Race | Road Race | Road Race | Road Race | Total Pts | Rank |
| Athletes | Event | Stage | Points | Time | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Time | Rank | Points | Time | Rank | Points | Total Pts | Rank |
| Tomáš Meriač Lukáš Kubiš | Boys' combined team | Qualification 1/8 Finals | 0 | 9:07.32 | 15 | 2 | DNF 29 | 0 | 18:48 (H) 20:03 (F) | 18 (H) 14 (F) | 3 | 1:33:46 1:31:03 | 37 23 | 0 | 5 | 19 |

### BMX

| Athletes | Event | BMX | BMX | Rank |
| Athletes | Event | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Patrik Nagy Radka Paulechová | Mixed BMX racing | 15 | 8 | 15 |

## Judo

Slovakia qualified one athlete based on its position at the IJF cadet WRL.

### Individual

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Repechage | Final / BM | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Alex Barto | Boys' −81 kg | Dijk (NED) W 001–000 | Ayarza (PAN) W 002–000 | Sulca (ROU) L 000–100 | | | Young (CAN) L 001–001 | 4 |

### Team

| Team | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Semifinals | Final | Rank |
| Team | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Seoul Mohammed Al-Mishri (LBA) Alex Barto (SVK) Sairy Colón (PUR) María Giménez (VEN) Yuri Israelyan (ARM) Kim Ju-hee (KOR) Omaria Ramírez (DOM) Wu Xiao-zhang (TPE) | Mixed Team | Los Angeles L 3–5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 9 |

## Futsal

Slovakia qualified the boys' team (10 athletes).

### Boys' tournament
#### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Egypt | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 10 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Argentina (H) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 8 | +11 | 7 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Iraq | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 7 | |
| 4 | Slovakia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 3 | |
| 5 | Panama | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 25 | −18 | 1 | |

## Karate

Slovakia qualified one athlete based on the rankings in the Buenos Aires 2018 Olympic Standings.
| Athlete | Event | Group phase | Group phase | Group phase | Group phase | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Tomáš Kósa | Boys' +68 kg | Sakiyama (JPN) L 0–1 | Crean (IRL) L 2–3 | Mohammadi (IRI) L 0–1 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Shooting

Slovakia qualified one sport shooter.
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Jerguš Vengríni | Boys' 10m Air Pistol | 554 | 15 | did not advance | did not advance |

### Team

| Athletes | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athletes | Event | Points | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Lu Kaiman (CHN) Jerguš Vengríni (SVK) | Mixed 10m air pistol | 739 | 13 Q | Rankelytė (LTU) Ușanlî (MDA) L 7–10 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Sport climbing

Slovakia qualified one sport climber based on its performance at the 2017 World Youth Sport Climbing Championships.
| Athlete | Event | Speed Qualification | Speed Qualification | Bouldering Qualification | Bouldering Qualification | Lead Qualification | Lead Qualification | Lead Qualification | Points | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Points | Result | Points | Hold Reached | Time | Points | Points | Speed | Bouldering | Lead | Rank |
| Peter Kuric | Boys' combined | 8.50 | 16 | 0T 1z | 18 | 32+ | 2:54 | 13 | 3744 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Swimming

Slovakia qualified four athlete based on its performance at the 17th FINA World Championships in Budapest.

### Boys

| Athlete | Events | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Events | Time | Position | Time | Position | Time | Position |
| Matej Duša | 50 m freestyle | 23.30 | 18 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Matej Duša | 50 m butterfly | 26.35 | 45 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Dávid Gajdoš | 50 m breaststroke | 29.64 | 28 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Dávid Gajdoš | 100 m breaststroke | 1:04.87 | 24 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Girls

| Athlete | Events | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Events | Time | Position | Time | Position | Time | Position |
| Tamara Potocká | 50 m freestyle | 27.10 | 25 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Tamara Potocká | 100 m freestyle | 58.69 | 33 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Tamara Potocká | 50 m butterfly | 27.69 | 14 Q | 26.95 | 6 Q | 27.48 | 8 |
| Tamara Potocká | 100 m butterfly | 1:04.80 | 28 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Tamara Potocká | 200 m individual medley | 2:21.54 | 22 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Miroslava Záborská | 50 m breaststroke | 34.39 | 32 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Miroslava Záborská | 100 m breaststroke | 1:13.30 | 39 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Miroslava Záborská | 200 m breaststroke | 2:34.32 | 19 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |

## Table tennis

Slovakia qualified one table tennis player based on its performance at the Road to Buenos Aires (Africa) series.
| Athlete | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Tatiana Kukulková | Girls' singles | Šurjan (SRB) L 3–4 Choi (KOR) L 0–4 Wang (USA) W 4–3 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Intercontinental–3 Tatiana Kukulková (SVK) Rohit Pagarani (BIZ) | Mixed team | Thailand L 1–2 Russia L 1–2 Latin America–1 (MIX) L 0–3 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Weightlifting

Slovakia qualified one athlete.
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Sebastián Cabala | Boys' 69 kg | 107 | 6 | 148 | 5 | 255 | 6 |