Slovakia_at_the_1998_Winter_Olympics Knowpia

Slovakia at the
1998 Winter Olympics
Slovakia at the; 1998 Winter Olympics
IOC code	SVK
NOC	Slovak Olympic and Sports Committee
Website	www.olympic.sk (in Slovak)
in Nagano
Competitors	37 (29 men, 8 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Ivan Bátory (cross-country skiing)
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
	1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018; 2022;
Other related appearances
	Czechoslovakia (1924–1992)

Slovakia competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

Biathlon edit

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
	Martina Jašicová-Schwarzbacherová-Halinárová	1	23:54.5	7
	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
	Martina Jašicová-Schwarzbacherová-Halinárová	56:56.5	5	1'01:56.5	46
	Soňa Mihoková	56:20.8	3	59:20.8	26

Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay

Athletes	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 edit

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
10 km C	Ivan Hudač	33:41.9	85
	Martin Bajčičák	31:29.0	67
	Stanislav Ježík	31:11.2	64
	Ivan Bátory	31:07.6	60
15 km pursuit¹ F	Ivan Hudač	50:14.7	64
	Stanislav Ježík	48:30.3	57
	Martin Bajčičák	44:54.6	38
	Ivan Bátory	44:18.2	33
30 km C	Ivan Hudač	1'50:11.6	59
	Stanislav Ježík	1'44:01.0	46
	Martin Bajčičák	1'40:52.5	28
	Ivan Bátory	1'40:47.8	26
50 km F	Martin Bajčičák	DNF	–
	Ivan Hudač	DNF	–
	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
Athletes	Time	Rank
Ivan Bátory Martin Bajčičák Andrej Pátricka Stanislav Ježík	1'44:31.6	11

Women

Event	Athlete	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 pursuit² F	Alžbeta Havrančíková	32:21.3	40
10 km pursuit² 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 edit

Men

Athlete	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Róbert Kažimír	26	DNF	DNF	–

Ice hockey edit

Men's tournament edit

Preliminary round – group A edit

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).

7 February 1998

Austria

2 – 2
(1-0, 1-2, 0-0)

Slovakia

The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 4,315

8 February 1998

Slovakia

4 – 3
(1-2, 3-1, 0-0)

Italy

The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 8,620

10 February 1998

Slovakia

3 – 4
(1-1, 1-0, 1-3)

Kazakhstan

The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 3,659

Consolation round - 9th place match edit

All times are local (UTC-7).

12 February 1998

Germany

4 – 2
(0-1, 1-1, 3-0)

Slovakia 10th

The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 8,670

Team roster
Head coach: Ján Štěrbák

Luge edit

Women

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		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 edit

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