Slovakia at the
2000 Summer Olympics
IOC codeSVK
NOCSlovak Olympic and Sports Committee
Websitewww.olympic.sk (in Slovak)
in Sydney
Competitors114 (87 men and 27 women) in 16 sports
Flag bearer Slavomír Kňazovický
Medals
Ranked 39th
Gold
1
Silver
3
Bronze
1
Total
5
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Hungary (1896–1912)
 Czechoslovakia (1924–1992)

Slovakia competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Medalists

Further information: 2000 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 2000 Summer Olympics medal winners
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Pavol Hochschorner
Peter Hochschorner		 Canoeing Men's slalom C-2 September 20
 Silver Martina Moravcová Swimming Women's 100 metre butterfly September 17
 Silver Martina Moravcová Swimming Women's 200 metre freestyle September 19
 Silver Michal Martikán Canoeing Men's slalom C-1 September 18
 Bronze Juraj Minčík Canoeing Men's slalom C-1 September 18

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Key
Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Štefan Balošák 400 m 46.42 5 did not advance
Radoslav Holúbek 400 m hurdles 51.18 7 did not advance
Igor Kollár 20 km walk — 1:26:31 31
Igor Kováč 110 m hurdles DNS did not advance
Peter Korčok 50 km walk — 3:58:46 23
Štefan Malík — 3:56:44 20
Róbert Štefko Marathon DNF did not advance
Peter Tichý 50 km walk — 3:54:47 17
Róbert Valíček 20 km walk — 1:30:46 41
Marián Vanderka 200 m 21.28 6 did not advance
Štefan Balošák
Radoslav Holúbek
Marcel Lopuchovský
Marián Vanderka 		4 × 400 m 03:09.54 27 did not advance
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Marián Bokor Javelin throw 75.49 27 did not advance
Libor Charfreitag Hammer throw 72.52 30 did not advance
Milan Haborák Shot Put 20.00 6 q 19.06 11
Mikuláš Konopka Shot Put 18.99 23 did not advance
Hammer throw 70.55 32 did not advance
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Zuzana Blažeková 20 km walk — 1:44:03 43

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Women's tournament

Preliminary round

Qualified for the quarterfinals

The four best teams from each group advanced to the quarterfinal round.

Group A

Team W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
 Australia 5 0 394 274 +120 10
 France 4 1 338 287 +51 9
 Brazil 2 3 358 353 +5 7 1.12
 Slovakia 2 3 294 282 +12 7 0.97
 Canada 2 3 313 317 −4 7 0.91
 Senegal 0 5 199 383 −184 5
16 September
11:30
Brazil  76–60  Slovakia
18 September
19:30
France  58–51  Slovakia
20 September
21:30
Australia  70–47  Slovakia
22 September
11:30
Slovakia  68–56  Canada
24 September
9:30
Slovakia  68–32  Senegal

Quarterfinals

27 September
9:30
United States  58–43  Slovakia

Classification matches

29 September
9:30
7th place
Slovakia  64–57  Poland

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Slalom

Athlete Event Qualifying Final
Run 1 Rank Run 2 Rank Total Rank Run 1 Rank Run 2 Rank Total Rank
Peter Hochschorner
Pavol Hochschorner 		Men's C-2 132.64 1 136.49 2 269.13 1 Q 121.01 1 116.73 1 237.74
Elena Kaliská Women's K-1 141.58 1 143.32 2 284.90 1 Q 126.68 5 129.27 5 255.95 4
Michal Martikán Men's C-1 128.69 1 134.00 5 262.69 1 Q 119.17 5 114.59 1 233.76
Juraj Minčík 133.88 4 133.28 3 267.16 4 Q 117.55 2 116.87 4 234.22
Peter Nagy Men's K-1 129.48 12 132.68 14 262.16 12 Q 117.66 13 116.37 14 234.03 12
Gabriela Stacherová Women's K-1 148.55 6 146.38 6 294.93 5 Q 134.02 11 134.61 11 268.63 11

Sprint

Men
Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Róbert Erban K-1 500 m 01:43.109 4 QS 01:42.300 6 Did not advance 15
Slavomír Kňazovický C-1 500 m 01:52.146 3 QF BYE 02:29.613 5
Rastislav Kužel K-1 1000 m 03:38.893 3 QS 03:43.203 5 Did not advance 16
Peter Páleš C-1 1000 m 03:58.036 3 QF — 04:03.091 9
Jan Kubica
Mario Ostrcil 		C-2 500 m 01:47.934 7 QS 01:48.749 8 Did not advance 14
C-2 1000 m 03:40.865 5 QS 03:45.636 5 Did not advance 11
Juraj Bača
Michal Riszdorfer 		K-2 500 m 01:32.026 2 QS 01:31.484 4 Did not advance 10
K-2 1000 m 03:16.854 3 QF BYE 03:18.325 6
Róbert Erban
Richard Riszdorfer
Juraj Tarr
Erik Vlček 		K-4 1000 m 03:00.955 2 QF BYE 02:57.696 4
Women
Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Marcela Erbanova K-1 500 m 01:55.782 6 QS 01:58.472 8 Did not advance 14

Qualification Legend: 'R = Qualify to repechage; QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Road

Men
Athlete Event Time Rank
Roman Broniš Men's road race dnf
Milan Dvorščík 5:51:53 87
Martin Riška 5:52:47 90
Róbert Nagy dnf

Track

Men's Sprint
Athlete Event Qualifying round 1/16 1/16 repechage 1/8 final 1/8 repechage Classification 9–12 Quarter-finals Classification 5–8 Semi-finals Finals
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Jan Lepka Men's sprint 10.530
68.378 		10 Q  Eadie (AUS)
L 		 Arrue (USA)
 Nagatsuka (JPN)
L 		did not advance
Men's Keirin
Athlete Event First round First repechage Second round Finals
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Jaroslav Jeřábek Men's Keirin 5 3 did not advance
Team sprint
Athlete Event Qualification First round Final
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Rank Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Rank Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Rank
Peter Bazálik
Jan Lepka
Jaroslav Jeřábek 		Men's team sprint 45.659
59.134 		7 Q  Great Britain (GBR)
L 45.523
59.311 		6 did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Repechage 3 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Marek Matuszek Men's −60 kg  Voskanyan (ARM)
W 1001–0010 		 Ayed (TUR)
W 1000–0000 		 Nomura (JPN)
L 0000–1000 		— BYE  Greczkowski (USA)
L 0000–1000 		did not advance 9

Football

Main article: Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's team competition

Team roster
Group D
Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Brazil 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6
 Japan 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6
 South Africa 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3
 Slovakia 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3
Source: [citation needed]
Brazil 3–1 Slovakia
Edu 30'
Čišovský 68' (o.g.)
Alex 90+1'		 Report Porázik 26'
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane
Attendance: 24,616
Referee: Simon Micallef (Australia)
Slovakia 1–2 Japan
Porázik 83' Report Nakata 67'
Inamoto 74'
Bruce Stadium, Canberra
Attendance: 15,289
Referee: Falla N'Doye (Senegal)
Slovakia 2–1 South Africa
Czinege 64'
Šlahor 72'		 Report McCarthy 75'
Bruce Stadium, Canberra
Attendance: 14,562
Referee: Mario Sánchez Yantén (Chile)

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Artistic

Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
F V UB BB F V UB BB
Zuzana Sekerová All-around 8.743 9.087 9.462 7.325 34.617 59 did not advance

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Ján Žiška Single sculls 7:26.21 4 R 7:14.31 2 SA/B 7:26.51 5 FB 7:06.96 10

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Patrik Pollák Mistral 11 20 27 26 17 24 25 27 21 17 30 188 26

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Ján Fabo 10 m air pistol 576 17 did not advance
50 m pistol 548 27 did not advance
Jozef Gönci 50 m rifle three positions 1165 8 Q' 1261.3 8
50 m rifle prone DNS did not advance
10 m air rifle 590 11 did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Andrea Stranovská Skeet 67 13 did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Miroslav Machovič 100 m backstroke 56.95 28 did not advance
200 m backstroke 2:04.73 31 did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Jana Korbašová 200 metre backstroke 2:19.37 27 did not advance
400 metre individual medley 4:59.05 24 did not advance
Martina Moravcová 50 metre freestyle 25.39 5 Q 25.49 4 Q 25.24 5
100 metre freestyle 55.42 4 Q 55.06 2 Q 54.72 5
200 metre freestyle 2:00.46 8 Q 1:59.75 1 Q 1:58.32
100 metre butterfly 58.95 6 Q 58.49 2 Q 57.97

Synchronized Swimming

Main article: Synchronized Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Technical routine Free routine (preliminary) Free routine (final)
Points Rank Points Total (technical + free) Rank Points Total (technical + free) Rank
Lívia Allárová
Lucia Allárová 		Duet 28.187 24 51.826 80.013 24 Q did not advance

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Dominik Hrbatý Singles  Ivan Ljubičić (CRO)
L 1–6, 6–1, 3–6 		did not advance
Karol Kučera  Tim Henman (GBR)
L 6–3, 6–2 		 Roger Federer (SUI)
L 4–6, 6–7 		did not advance
Dominik Hrbatý
Karol Kučera 		Doubles BYE  Satoshi Iwabuchi
Thomas Shimada (JPN)
W 6–4, 6–3 		 Massimo Bertolini
Cristian Brandi (ITA)
W 6–4, 6–7, 6–3 		 Todd Woodbridge
Mark Woodforde (AUS)
L 6–7, 4–6 		did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Karina Habšudová Singles  Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)
W 6–3, 7–6 		 Conchita Martínez (ESP)
W 1–6, 6–0, 6–4 		 Elena Dementieva (RUS)
L 2–6, 1–6 		did not advance
Henrieta Nagyová  Venus Williams (USA)
L 2–6, 2–6 		did not advance
Karina Habšudová
Janette Husárová 		Doubles BYE  Cho Yoon-jeong
Park Sung-hee (KOR)
W 7–5, 6–7, 6–4 		 Els Callens
Dominique Monami (BEL)
L 3–6, 2–6 		did not advance

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Russia 5 4 1 0 51 28 +23 9 Quarter Finals
2  Italy 5 4 1 0 43 32 +11 9
3  Spain 5 2 1 2 32 34 −2 5
4  Australia (H) 5 1 2 2 38 36 +2 4
5  Kazakhstan 5 1 1 3 41 46 −5 3
6  Slovakia 5 0 0 5 30 59 −29 0
Source: LA84
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Hosts
23 September 2000
10:45 		 Slovakia 8–11  Italy Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Referees:
Boyer (USA), Ludecke (GER)
Score by quarters: 0–3, 2–3, 3–2, 3–3
24 September 2000
15:45 		 Spain 7–6  Slovakia Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Referees:
Clemencon (FRA), Janseen (NED)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–1, 2–2, 2–0
25 September 2000
20:30 		 Slovakia 6–11  Australia Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Referees:
Bookelman (NED), Boyer (USA)
Score by quarters: 1–4, 1–3, 2–3, 2–1
26 September 2000
15:45 		 Kazakhstan 9–5  Slovakia Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Referees:
Rajevic (YUG), Mendendez Betancourt (CUB)
Score by quarters: 4–0, 1–0, 1–2, 3–3
27 September 2000
10:45 		 Slovakia 5–21  Russia Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Referees:
Klaric (CRO), Janseen van de Laak (NED)
Score by quarters: 1–7, 1–5, 1–6, 2–3

Classification 9th–12th

Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
 Kazakhstan 3 2 0 1 23 18 +5 5
 Greece 3 1 0 2 24 20 +4 4
 Netherlands 3 1 1 1 19 20 −1 3
 Slovakia 3 0 3 0 24 32 −8 0
29 September 2000
10:45 		 Slovakia 8–9  Netherlands Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Referees:
Bower (AUS), Moradi Shahpar (IRI)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 2–2, 3–4, 2–2
30 September 2000
10:00 		 Kazakhstan 11–8  Slovakia Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Referees:
Boyer (USA), Melliar (RSA)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 3–1, 2–2, 2–4
1 October 2000
9:00 		 Slovakia 8–12  Greece Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Referees:
Takata (USA), Moradi Shahpar (IRI)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–3, 1–1, 1–5

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Women
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Dagmar Daneková −58 kg 82.5 11 105.0 9 187.5 9

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Men's freestyle
Athlete Event Elimination Pool Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Andrej Fašánek −58 kg  Ri Yong-sam (PRK)
L 1–5 		 David Pogosian (GEO)
L 1–5 		— 3 did not advance 16
Štefan Fernyák −63 kg  Shamil Afandiyev (AZE)
L 1–6 		 Jang Jae-sung (KOR)
L 3–13 		 Musa Ilhan (AUS)
W 4–0 		3 did not advance 8
Radion Kertanti −76 kg  Nasir Gadzhikhanov (MKD)
W 2–3 		 Alexander Leipold (GER)
W 0–5 		 Yosmany Romero (CUB)
W 2–3 		4 did not advance 15
Peter Pecha −130 kg  Sven Thiele (GER)
L 0–10 		 David Musulbes (RUS)
L 0–4 		— 3 did not advance 16

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  • International Olympic Committee Web Site
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