Slovakia at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Slovakia competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. It was the first Winter Games since the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, and so the Czech Republic and Slovakia competed as independent teams.

Slovakia at the 1994 Winter Olympics
IOC code	SVK
NOC	Slovak Olympic and Sports Committee
Website	www.olympic.sk (in Slovak)
in Lillehammer
Competitors	42 (34 men, 8 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Peter Šťastný (ice hockey)
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026
Other related appearances
Czechoslovakia (1924–1992)

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[1]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	0	1	1
Biathlon	4	2	6
Cross-country skiing	1	4	5
Ice hockey	23	–	23
Luge	1	1	2
Nordic combined	3	–	3
Ski jumping	2	–	2
Total	34	8	42

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Rank
Lucia Medzihradská	Downhill			1:39.22	32
Lucia Medzihradská	Super-G			1:25.57	33
Lucia Medzihradská	Slalom	1:02.67	58.88	2:01.55	20

Women's combined

Athlete	Downhill	Slalom		Total
	Time	Time 1	Time 2	Total time	Rank
Lucia Medzihradská	1:30.70	52.90	48.77	3:12.37	13

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses 1	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Daniel Krčmář	4	32:24.1	57
	Pavel Kotraba	4	32:04.0	51

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time 2	Rank
20 km	Pavel Sládek	1'00:51.7	3	1'03:51.7	56
	Lukáš Krejči	58:28.0	5	1'03:28.0	50

Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Misses 1	Time	Rank
Pavel Sládek Pavel Kotraba Daniel Krčmář Lukáš Krejči	3	1'40:00.3	18

Women

Event	Athlete	Misses 1	Time	Rank
7.5 km Sprint	Martina Jašicová-Schwarzbacherová-Halinárová	2	27:11.6	15
	Soňa Mihoková	2	27:03.8	12

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time 2	Rank
15 km	Soňa Mihoková	51:46.5	7	58:46.5	40
	Martina Jašicová-Schwarzbacherová-Halinárová	51:56.4	2	53:56.4	6

¹ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.

² One minute added per missed target.

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
10 km C	Ivan Bátory	26:58.7	43
15 km pursuit1 F	Ivan Bátory	41:14.3	34

¹ Starting delay based on 10 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
5 km C	Tatiana Kutlíková	16:27.7	48
	Jaroslava Bukvajová	16:26.6	46
	Alžbeta Havrančíková	15:47.2	32
	Lubomíra Balážová	15:23.9	21
10 km pursuit2 F	Jaroslava Bukvajová	33:20.3	40
	Tatiana Kutlíková	32:45.0	35
	Lubomíra Balážová	31:20.1	24
	Alžbeta Havrančíková	30:02.0	17
15 km F	Tatiana Kutlíková	47:34.9	46
	Alžbeta Havrančíková	42:34.4	8
30 km C	Tatiana Kutlíková	1'36:41.4	43
	Alžbeta Havrančíková	1'33:41.5	32
	Lubomíra Balážová	1'30:58.7	18

² Starting delay based on 5 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Women's 4 × 5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Lubomíra Balážová Jaroslava Bukvajová Tatiana Kutlíková Alžbeta Havrančíková	1'01:00.2	7

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Group B

Twelve participating teams were placed in the two groups. After playing a round-robin, the top four teams in each group advanced to the Medal Round while the last two teams competed in the consolation round for the 9th to 12th places.

	Team advanced to the Final Round
	Team sent to compete in the Consolation round

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Slovakia	5	3	0	2	26	14	8
Canada	5	3	1	1	17	11	7
Sweden	5	3	1	1	23	13	7
United States	5	1	1	3	21	17	5
Italy	5	1	4	0	15	31	2
France	5	0	4	1	11	27	1

Sweden	4:4	Slovakia
United States	3:3	Slovakia
Slovakia	10:4	Italy
Slovakia	3:1	Canada
Slovakia	6:2	France

Final Round

Quarter final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Slovakia	2–3	Russia

Consolation round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Slovakia	6–5	Germany

5th place match

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Czech Republic	7–1	Slovakia

Leading scorers

Rk		GP	G	A	Pts
1	Žigmund Pálffy	8	3	7	10
2	Miroslav Šatan	8	9	0	9
3	Peter Šťastný	8	5	4	9

• Team roster:
  • Eduard Hartmann
  • Jaromír Dragan
  • Miroslav Michalek
  • Jerguš Bača
  • Marián Smerčiak
  • Miroslav Marcinko
  • Ľubomír Sekeráš
  • Vladimír Búřil
  • Stanislav Medřik
  • Ján Varholík
  • Róbert Švehla
  • Vlastimil Plavucha
  • Oto Haščák
  • Dušan Pohorelec
  • René Pucher
  • Miroslav Šatan
  • Branislav Jánoš
  • Roman Kontšek
  • Peter Šťastný
  • Ľubomír Kolník
  • Jozef Daňo
  • Róbert Petrovický
  • Žigmund Pálffy
• Head coach: Július Šupler

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jozef Škvarek	51.775	23	51.835	23	51.300	19	51.612	19	3:26.522	19

Women

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mária Jasenčáková	49.411	13	50.351	20	49.276	3	49.418	7	3:18.456	15

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Men's individual

Events:

• normal hill ski jumping
• 15 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping		Cross-country time	Total rank
		Points	Rank
Jozef Bachleda	Individual	140.5	52	53:44.4	51
Martin Bayer		142.5	51	56:19.9	52
Michal Giacko		184.0	36	47:02.5	26

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
		Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Miroslav Slušný	Normal hill	80.5	92.0	66.5	60.0	152.0	51
Martin Švagerko		81.5	97.5	90.0	115.5	213.0	25
Miroslav Slušný	Large hill	94.5	65.6	82.0	41.1	106.7	45
Martin Švagerko		98.0	74.4	100.0	78.5	152.9	28