# Slovakia at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Slovakia competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics after gaining its independence from the former Czechoslovakia.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Zuzana Rehák-Štefečeková | Shooting | Women's trap | 29 July |
| Silver | Jakub Grigar | Canoeing | Men's slalom K-1 | 30 July |
| Silver | Rory Sabbatini | Golf | Men's individual | 1 August |
| Bronze | Samuel Baláž Denis Myšák Erik Vlček Adam Botek | Canoeing | Men's K-4 500 m | 7 August |
Medals by sport :
| Sport | | | | Total |
| Shooting | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Canoeing | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Golf | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |

## Competitors

| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Archery | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Athletics | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| Badminton | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Boxing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Canoeing | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| Cycling | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Golf | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Gymnastics | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Shooting | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Swimming | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Table tennis | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Tennis | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Wrestling | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 27 | 14 | 41 |
Medals by date :
| Day | Date | | | | Total |
| Day 1 | 24 July | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 2 | 25 July | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 3 | 26 July | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 4 | 27 July | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 5 | 28 July | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 6 | 29 July | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Day 7 | 30 July | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Day 8 | 31 July | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 9 | 1 August | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Day 10 | 2 August | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 11 | 3 August | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 12 | 4 August | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 13 | 5 August | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 14 | 6 August | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 15 | 7 August | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Day 16 | 8 August | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |

## Archery

One Slovak archer booked an Olympic place in the women's individual recurve by finishing in the top four at the 2021 European Championships in Antalya, Turkey.
| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Denisa Baránková | Women's individual | 655 | 12 | Pärnat (EST) L 4–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Athletics

Slovak athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):

### Key

* Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
* Q = Qualified for the next round
* q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
* NR = National record
* N/A = Round not applicable for the event
* Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Ján Volko | 100 m | Bye | Bye | 10.40 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ján Volko | 200 m | 21.21 | 5 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Miroslav Úradník | 20 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1:29:25 | 41 |
| Michal Morvay | 50 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4:15:22 | 41 |
| Matej Tóth | 50 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3:56:23 | 14 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Gabriela Gajanová | 800 m | 2:01.41 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Emma Zapletalová | 400 m hurdles | 55.00 | 6 q | 55.79 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mária Czaková | 20 km walk | — | — | — | — | 1:41:29 | 45 |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Marcel Lomnický | Men's hammer throw | 72.52 | 24 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Martina Hrašnová | Women's hammer throw | 66.63 | 25 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Badminton

Slovakia entered one badminton player into the Olympic tournament, marking the country's return to the sport for the first time since London 2012. Martina Repiská was automatically selected among the top 40 individual shuttlers in the women's singles based on the BWF World Race to Tokyo Rankings of June 15, 2021.
| Athlete | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Elimination | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Martina Repiská | Women's singles | Sotomayor (GUA) W (21–19, 21–12) | Li (CAN) L (18–21, 16–21) | 2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Boxing

Slovakia entered one male boxer into the Olympic tournament for the first time since Atlanta 1996. Andrej Csemez secured a spot in the men's middleweight division by scoring a quarterfinal victory at the 2020 European Qualification Tournament in Villebon-sur-Yvette, France.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Andrej Csemez | Men's middleweight | Prince (TTO) W 4–0 | Darchinyan (ARM) L 0–5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Canoeing
### Slalom

Slovak canoeists qualified one boat for each of the following classes through the 2019 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain and the 2021 European Canoe Slalom Championships in Ivrea, Italy.
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Rank | Run 2 | Rank | Best | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Matej Beňuš | Men's C-1 | 99.61 | 2 | 96.89 | 1 | 96.89 | 1 Q | 106.40 | 9 Q | 105.60 | 6 |
| Jakub Grigar | Men's K-1 | 94.37 | 9 | 92.38 | 8 | 92.38 | 8 Q | 96.27 | 4 Q | 94.85 | |
| Monika Škáchová | Women's C-1 | 125.65 | 16 | 116.85 | 11 | 116.85 | 12 Q | 124.87 | 10 Q | 129.39 | 9 |
| Eliška Mintálová | Women's K-1 | 107.67 | 3 | 117.55 | 18 | 107.67 | 8 Q | 107.18 | 2 Q | 158.36 | 9 |

### Sprint

Slovak canoeists qualified two boats in each of the following distances for the Games through the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Hungary.
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Peter Gelle | Men's K-1 1000 m | 3:42.131 | 2 SF | Bye | Bye | 3:28.255 | 7 FB | 3:28.240 | 14 |
| Samuel Baláž Adam Botek | Men's K-2 1000 m | 3:13.982 | 3 QF | 3:11.458 | 2 SF | 3:20.917 | 6 FB | 3:21.087 | 10 |
| Samuel Baláž Adam Botek Denis Myšák Erik Vlček | Men's K-4 500 m | 1:21.807 | 2 SF | — | — | 1:23.799 | 2 FA | 1:23.534 | |
Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

## Cycling
### Road

Slovakia entered two riders to compete in the men's Olympic road race, by virtue of their top 50 national finish (for men) in the UCI World Ranking.
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Lukáš Kubiš | Men's road race | Did not finish | Did not finish |
| Lukáš Kubiš | Men's time trial | 1:06:25.20 | 37 |
| Juraj Sagan | Men's road race | Did not finish | Did not finish |

## Golf

Slovakia entered one golfer for the first time into the Olympic tournament. South African-born Rory Sabbatini (world no. 167) qualified directly among the top 60 eligible players for the men's event based on the IGF World Rankings.
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Total | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Score | Score | Score | Score | Par | Rank |
| Rory Sabbatini | Men's | 69 | 67 | 70 | 61 | 267 | −17 | |

## Gymnastics
### Artistic

Slovakia entered one artistic gymnast into the Olympic competition. Rio 2016 Olympian Barbora Mokošová booked a spot in the women's individual all-around and apparatus events, by finishing nineteenth out of the twenty gymnasts eligible for qualification at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.

#### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | V | UB | BB | F | Total | Rank | V | UB | BB | F | Total | Rank |
| Barbora Mokošová | All-around | 13.333 | 13.333 | 11.700 | 12.833 | 51.199 | 52 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Shooting

Slovak shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, European Championships or Games, and European Qualifying Tournament, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by May 31, 2020.
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Patrik Jány | Men's 10 m air rifle | 630.5 | 4 Q | 143.7 | 7 |
| Patrik Jány | Men's 50 m rifle 3 positions | 1172 | 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Juraj Tužinský | Men's 10 m air pistol | 570 | 27 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Erik Varga | Men's trap | 122 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Danka Barteková | Women's skeet | 118 | 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Zuzana Rehák-Štefečeková | Women's trap | 125 WR | 1 Q | 43 OR | |
| Marián Kovačócy Jana Špotáková | Mixed trap team | 144 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Erik Varga Zuzana Rehák-Štefečeková | Mixed trap team | 146 | 3 Q | 42 | 4 |

## Swimming

Slovakia received a universality invitation from FINA to send two top-ranked swimmers (one per gender) in their respective individual events to the Olympics, based on the FINA Points System of June 28, 2021.
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Richard Nagy | Men's 200 m butterfly | 2:01.91 | 37 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Richard Nagy | Men's 400 m individual medley | 4:18.29 | 23 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Andrea Podmaníková | Women's 100 m breaststroke | 1:08.36 | 28 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Andrea Podmaníková | Women's 200 m breaststroke | 2:29.56 | 30 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Table tennis

Slovakia entered three athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. Rio 2016 Olympian Wang Yang scored a third-match final triumph to book one of the four available places in the men's singles at the 2021 ITTF World Qualification Tournament in Doha, Qatar.
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Wang Yang | Men's singles | Bye | Bye | Powell (AUS) W 4–0 | Niwa (JPN) L 0–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Barbora Balážová | Women's singles | Bye | Bye | Liu (USA) L 0–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ľubomír Pištej Barbora Balážová | Mixed doubles | — | — | — | — | Ionescu / Szőcs (ROU) L 1–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Tennis

Slovakia entered three tennis players into the Olympic tournament. Norbert Gombos (world no. 89) qualified directly as one of the top 56 eligible players in the men's singles based on the ATP World Rankings of June 13, 2021, with Filip Polášek and Lukáš Klein joining him on the roster to compete in the men's doubles.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Norbert Gombos | Men's singles | Giron (USA) L 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 6–3, 2–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lukáš Klein | Men's singles | Duckworth (AUS) L 7–5, 3–6, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lukáš Klein Filip Polášek | Men's doubles | — | Karatsev / Medvedev (ROC) W 7–5, 6–4 | Krajicek / Sandgren (USA) L 7–6$^{(7–2)}$, 2–6, [5–10] | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Wrestling

For the first time since 2008, Slovakia qualified one wrestler for the men's freestyle 86 kg into the Olympic competition, by progressing to the top two finals at the 2021 World Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Key:
* VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
* VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
* PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
* PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
* ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
* SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

### Freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Boris Makojev | Men's −86 kg | Naifonov (ROC) L 0–3 $^{PO}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 14 |