# Slovakia at the 1998 Winter Olympics

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
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Misses $^1$ | Time | Rank |
| 10 km Sprint | Ľubomír Machyniak | 1 | 30:30.3 | 41 |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time $^2$ | Rank |
| 20 km | Ľubomír Machyniak | 57:43.7 | 4 | 1'01:43.7 | 38 |

### Women

| Event | Athlete | Misses $^1$ | Time | Rank |
| 7.5 km Sprint | Anna Murínová | 0 | 23:56.7 | 9 |
| 7.5 km Sprint | Martina Jašicová-Schwarzbacherová-Halinárová | 1 | 23:54.5 | 7 |
| 7.5 km Sprint | Soňa Mihoková | 1 | 23:42.3 | 4 |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time $^2$ | Rank |
| 15 km | Anna Murínová | 1'00:06.7 | 2 | 1'02:06.7 | 48 |
| 15 km | Martina Jašicová-Schwarzbacherová-Halinárová | 56:56.5 | 5 | 1'01:56.5 | 46 |
| 15 km | Soňa Mihoková | 56:20.8 | 3 | 59:20.8 | 26 |

### Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race | Race |
| Athletes | Misses $^1$ | Time | Rank |
| Martina Jašicová-Schwarzbacherová-Halinárová Anna Murínová Tatiana Kutlíková Soňa Mihoková | 2 | 1'41:20.6 | 4 |
    $^1$ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
    $^2$ One minute added per missed target.

## Cross-country skiing
### Men

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

### Men's 4 × 10 km relay

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

### Women

| Event | Athlete | Race | 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$^2$ F | Alžbeta Havrančíková | 32:21.3 | 40 |
| 10 km pursuit$^2$ 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 |
    $^2$ Starting delay based on 5 km results.
    C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

## Figure skating
### Men

| Athlete | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
| Róbert Kažimír | 26 | DNF | DNF | – |

## Ice hockey
### 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).

#### Consolation round - 9th place match

All times are local (UTC-7).
* Team roster
** Peter Bondra
** Zdeno Cíger
** Jozef Daňo
** Ivan Droppa
** Oto Haščák
** Branislav Jánoš
** Stanislav Jasečko
** Ľubomír Kolník
** Roman Kontšek
** Miroslav Mosnár
** Igor Murín
** Ján Pardavý
** Róbert Petrovický
** Vlastimil Plavucha
** Peter Pucher
** Karol Rusznyák
** Ľubomír Sekeráš
** Roman Stantien
** Róbert Švehla
** Ján Varholík
** Ľubomír Višňovský
* Head coach: Ján Štěrbák

## Luge
### Women

| Athlete | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | 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

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

## Snowboarding
### Women's giant slalom

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