Slovakia at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Slovakia participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018.

Slovakia at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC code	SVK
NOC	Slovak Olympic Committee
Website	http://www.olympic.sk/
in Buenos Aires, Argentina 6 – 18 October 2018
Competitors	33 in 12 sports
Flag bearer	Jessica Triebeľová
Medals Ranked 52nd	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 3
Summer Youth Olympics appearances (overview)
2010 2014 2018

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Emanuela Luknárová	Canoeing	Girls' Obstacle Canoe Slalom K1	15 Oct
Silver	Katarína Pecsuková	Canoeing	Girls' Head-to-head Sprint K1	12 Oct
Bronze	Emanuela Luknárová	Canoeing	Girls' Obstacle Canoe Slalom C1	16 Oct

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Slovakia qualified six athletes.

Boys

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Stage 1		Stage 2		Total
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Oliver Murcko	200 m	21.91	14	21.19	5	43.10	7
Andrej Paulíny	1500 m	3:56.08	8	12:36	34	16:32.08	9
Ľubomír Kubiš	5000 m Race Walk	21:10.94	8	21:42.72	5	42:53.66	6

Girls

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Stage 1		Stage 2		Total
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Lenka Kovačovičová	100 m	12.70	23	12.18	22	24.88	22
Viktória Forster	200 m	25.28	13	24.56	14	49.84	14

Field events

Athlete	Event	Stage 1		Stage 2		Total
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Michaela Vrecková	Shot put	13.22	14	12.89	15	26.11	15

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Slovakia qualified one athlete.

Girls

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries	Semifinals	Final / RM	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Jessica Triebeľová	-57 kg	Somnuek (THA) L RSC R3 1:12	did not advance		5

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Slovakia qualified two boats based on its performance at the 2018 World Qualification Event.^[1]

Emanuela Luknárová at the C1 slalom Victory ceremon

Girls

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Repechage		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Emanuela Luknárová	C1 sprint	3:55.57	16	6:46.85	9	did not advance
	C1 slalom	1:27.51	1 Q	—		Fayzieva (UZB) W 1:27.350	Nurlanova (KAZ) W 1:26.300	Lewandowski (GER) L 1:26.430	Asadbeki (IRN) W 1:25.750
	K1 sprint	2:24.97	19	2:20.96	10	did not advance
	K1 slalom	1:18.97	1 Q	—		Zironi (ITA) W 1:18.330	Pecsuková (SVK) W 1:17.400	Lai (TPE) W 1:18.440	Delassus (FRA) W 1:18.250
Katarína Pecsuková	K1 sprint	1:53.14	2 Q	—		Phuangmaiming (THA) W 1:54.060	Estefano (ARG) W 1:52.050	Zint (GER) W 1:51.260	Rendessy (HUN) L 1:51.940
	K1 slalom	1:23.36	6 Q	—		Bello (NGR) W 1:22.560	Luknárová (SVK) L 1:22.840	did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Slovakia qualified a boys' combined team based on its ranking in the Youth Olympic Games Junior Nation Rankings. They also qualified a mixed BMX racing team based on its ranking in the Youth Olympic Games BMX Junior Nation Rankings.^[2]

• Boys' combined team – 1 team of 2 athletes
• Mixed BMX racing team – 1 team of 2 athletes

Team

Athletes	Event	Cross-Country Eliminator		Time Trial			Criterium		Cross-Country Race			Road Race			Total Pts	Rank
		Stage	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points
Tomáš Meriač Lukáš Kubiš	Boys' combined team	Qualification 1/8 Finals	0	9:07.32	15	2	DNF 29	0	18:48 (H) 20:03 (F)	18 (H) 14 (F)	3	1:33:46 1:31:03	37 23	0	5	19

BMX

Athletes	Event	BMX		Rank
		Rank	Points
Patrik Nagy Radka Paulechová	Mixed BMX racing	15	8	15

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Slovakia qualified one athlete based on its position at the IJF cadet WRL.

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage		Final / BM	Rank
					Quarterfinals	Semifinals
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Alex Barto	Boys' −81 kg	Dijk (NED) W 001–000	Ayarza (PAN) W 002–000	Sulca (ROU) L 000–100			Young (CAN) L 001–001	4

Team

Team	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Seoul  Mohammed Al-Mishri (LBA)  Alex Barto (SVK)  Sairy Colón (PUR)  María Giménez (VEN)  Yuri Israelyan (ARM)  Kim Ju-hee (KOR)  Omaria Ramírez (DOM)  Wu Xiao-zhang (TPE)	Mixed Team	Los Angeles L 3–5	did not advance			9

Futsal

Main article: Futsal at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Slovakia qualified the boys' team (10 athletes).

Team

Sebastián Bačo Tibor Boháč Jakub Filip Kristián Medoň Rastislav Moravec Jozef Koricina Matúš Šlehofer Matúš Ševčík Marek Kuruc Kevin Kollár

Boys' tournament

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Egypt	4	3	1	0	15	8	+7	10	Semi-finals
2	Argentina (H)	4	2	1	1	19	8	+11	7
3	Iraq	4	2	1	1	12	5	+7	7
4	Slovakia	4	1	0	3	5	12	−7	3
5	Panama	4	0	1	3	7	25	−18	1

Source: FIFA IOC
(H) Hosts

8 October 2018 (2018-10-08)

20:00

Iraq	5–0	Slovakia
Abdulrahman 23', 30' Kadhim 25', 28' Sabri 35'	Report (FIFA) Report (IOC) Category:Futsal at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys First Round – IRQ-SVK on Wikimedia Commons

Tecnópolis

Attendance: 650

Referee: Nikola Jelić (Croatia)

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10 October 2018 (2018-10-10)

18:00

Slovakia	0–4	Argentina
	Report (FIFA) Report (IOC)	De Candia 2' Ramírez 10' Urriza 19' Rufino 23'

Tecnópolis

Attendance: 6,150

Referee: Lee Po-fu (Chinese Taipei)

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11 October 2018 (2018-10-11)

20:00

Slovakia	4–1	Panama
Koricina 4', 33' Bačo 12', 16'	Report (FIFA) Report (IOC)	Ogilvie 22'

Tecnópolis

Attendance: 985

Referee: Valeria Palma (Chile)

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13 October 2018 (2018-10-13)

20:00

Egypt	2–1	Slovakia
El-Sayed 14' Morsy 24'	Report (FIFA) Report (IOC)	Šlehofer 38'

CeNARD

Attendance: 777

Referee: Gelareh Nazemi (Iran)

Karate

Main article: Karate at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Slovakia qualified one athlete based on the rankings in the Buenos Aires 2018 Olympic Standings.^[3]

Athlete	Event	Group phase				Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Tomáš Kósa	Boys' +68 kg	Sakiyama (JPN) L 0–1	Crean (IRL) L 2–3	Mohammadi (IRI) L 0–1	4	did not advance

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Slovakia qualified one sport shooter.

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jerguš Vengríni	Boys' 10m Air Pistol	554	15	did not advance

Team

Athletes	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Points	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Lu Kaiman (CHN)  Jerguš Vengríni (SVK)	Mixed 10m air pistol	739	13 Q	Rankelytė (LTU)  Ușanlî (MDA) L 7–10	did not advance

Sport climbing

Main article: Sport climbing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Slovakia qualified one sport climber based on its performance at the 2017 World Youth Sport Climbing Championships.^[4]

Athlete	Event	Speed Qualification		Bouldering Qualification		Lead Qualification			Points	Final
		Time	Points	Result	Points	Hold Reached	Time	Points		Speed	Bouldering	Lead	Rank
Peter Kuric	Boys' combined	8.50	16	0T 1z	18	32+	2:54	13	3744	did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Slovakia qualified four athlete based on its performance at the 17th FINA World Championships in Budapest.^[5]

Boys

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Position	Time	Position	Time	Position
Matej Duša	50 m freestyle	23.30	18	did not advance
	50 m butterfly	26.35	45	did not advance
Dávid Gajdoš	50 m breaststroke	29.64	28	did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	1:04.87	24	did not advance

Girls

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Position	Time	Position	Time	Position
Tamara Potocká	50 m freestyle	27.10	25	did not advance
	100 m freestyle	58.69	33	did not advance
	50 m butterfly	27.69	14 Q	26.95	6 Q	27.48	8
	100 m butterfly	1:04.80	28	did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:21.54	22	—		did not advance
Miroslava Záborská	50 m breaststroke	34.39	32	did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	1:13.30	39	did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:34.32	19	—		did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Slovakia qualified one table tennis player based on its performance at the Road to Buenos Aires (Africa) series.^[6]

Athlete	Event	Group stage		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Tatiana Kukulková	Girls' singles	Šurjan (SRB) L 3–4  Choi (KOR) L 0–4  Wang (USA) W 4–3	4	did not advance
Intercontinental–3  Tatiana Kukulková (SVK)  Rohit Pagarani (BIZ)	Mixed team	Thailand L 1–2  Russia L 1–2  Latin America–1 (MIX) L 0–3	4	did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Slovakia qualified one athlete.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Sebastián Cabala	Boys' 69 kg	107	6	148	5	255	6