Slovakia Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's m ...

competed at the

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, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's third consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics since the post-Czechoslovak era. The

Slovak Olympic Committee Slovak Olympic and Sports Committee (, SOŠV) is the National Olympic Committee representing Slovakia in the International Olympic Committee. It is based in Bratislava, Slovakia. History The Czechoslovak Olympic Committee is one of the oldest ...

sent a total of 64 athletes to the Games, 48 men and 16 women, to compete in 11 sports. There was only a single competitor in artistic and trampoline gymnastics and sailing. The Slovak team featured four Olympic medalists from Sydney: freestyle and butterfly swimmer

Martina Moravcová Martina Moravcová (born 16 January 1976) is a Slovak Medley swimming, medley, butterfly swimming, butterfly, and Freestyle swimming, freestyle Swimming (sport), swimmer. She made her international swimming debut in 1991 for Czechoslovakia, and ...

, twins

Pavol Pavol is a masculine Slovak given name, equivalent to Paul. Notable people with the name * Pavol Adami (1739–1795), Slovak scientist and scholar, one of the first veterinarians * Pavol Bajza (born 1991), Slovak footballer * Pavol Baláž ( ...

and

Peter Hochschorner Peter Hochschorner (born 7 September 1979) is a retired Slovak slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1996 to 2017. Competing together with his twin brother Pavol Hochschorner, they are the most successful C2 paddlers in t ...

, and slalom canoeist

Michal Martikán Michal Martikán (; born 18 May 1979) is a Slovak slalom canoeist who has been competing at the international level since 1994. In 1996 he became the first athlete to win an Olympic gold medal for Slovakia since the country gained independence ...

, who later became the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony. Along with Moravcova, sprint canoeist

Peter Páleš Peter Páleš (born 7 June 1967) is a Czechoslovak- Slovak sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1980s to the mid-2000s (decade). He won a bronze medal in the C-4 500 m event at the 1994 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Mexico Cit ...

and track cyclist

Jaroslav Jeřábek Jaroslav Jeřábek (born 2 April 1971) is a Slovak former cyclist. He competed for Czechoslovakia at the 1992 Summer Olympics and for Slovakia at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially ...

were among the Slovak athletes to compete in four editions of the Summer Olympics, although they previously appeared as part of the Czechoslovak team (Pales in 1988; Jerabek and Moravcova in 1992). Other notable Slovak athletes featured professional tennis players

Daniela Hantuchová Daniela Hantuchová (; born 23 April 1983) is a Slovak tennis commentator and retired player. She turned professional in 1999 and had her breakthrough year in 2002, when she won her first WTA Tour title at the Indian Wells Open, defeating Martin ...

and

Karol Beck Karol Beck (born 3 April 1982) is a male former tennis player from Slovakia, who turned professional in 2001. His career-high singles ranking is World No. 36, achieved in August 2005. Beck reached the fourth round of the 2004 US Open and the qu ...

, rifle shooter and former Olympic medalist

Jozef Gönci Jozef Gönci (born 18 March 1974, in Košice) is a Slovakia, Slovak Shooting sports, sport shooter, specialising in the 50 metre rifle three positions, 50 m Rifle and 10 m Air Rifle. Gönci won independent Slovakia's first ever Olympic Medal, a ...

, and slalom kayak world champion

Elena Kaliská Elena Kaliská (born 19 January 1972) is a retired Slovak slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1988 to 2019. She specialized in the K1 event, which was the only discipline available for women during the vast majority of ...

. Slovakia left Athens with a total of six Olympic medals, an equal allocation of gold, silver, and bronze with two each, surpassing a single short of the tally from Sydney four years earlier. While the Hochschorner twins defended their Olympic title in double slalom canoeing, Slovak athletes continued to dominate the sport, as

and

managed to claim Olympic medals in their respective events.

added a second bronze to his Olympic career in men's air rifle shooting, while

Jozef Krnáč Jozef Krnáč (born 30 December 1977) is a Slovak judoka. He won the silver medal in the half-lightweight (66 kg) division at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Jozef Krnáč joined the Austrian Judo Federation The Austrian Judo Federation ( ...

set a historic milestone for Slovakia, after earning the nation's first Olympic medal in judo.

Medalists

Athletics

Slovak athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard). ; 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 ;Track & road events ;Field events ;Women ;Track & road events

Canoeing

Slalom

Sprint

;Men ;Women Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to final; q = Qualify to semifinal

Cycling

Road

Track

;Sprint ;Keirin ;Omnium

Mountain biking

Gymnastics

Artistic

;Women

Trampoline

Judo

Two Slovak judoka qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Rowing

Slovak rowers qualified the following boats: ;Men Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; R=Repechage

Sailing

Slovak sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events. ;Men M = Medal race; OCS =

On course side On the course side is an expression used in sailboat racing The sport of sailing involves a variety of competitive sailing formats that are sanctioned through various sailing federations and yacht clubs. Racing disciplines include matches with ...

of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given

Shooting

Three Slovak shooters (two men and one woman) qualified to compete in the following events: ;Men ;Women

Swimming

Slovak swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time): ;Men ;Women

Synchronized swimming

Two Slovak synchronized swimmers qualified a spot in the women's duet.

Tennis

Slovakia nominated three male and four female tennis players to compete in the tennis tournament. ;Men ;Women

Weightlifting

Three Slovak weightlifters qualified for the following events:

Wrestling

; Key * – Victory by Fall. * - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points. * - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points. ;Men's freestyle ;Men's Greco-Roman

References

External links

Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad

Slovak Olympic Committee
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