Slovakia at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Sporting event delegation
Slovakia at the
2024 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeSVK
NPCSlovak Paralympic Committee
Websitewww.spv.sk
in Paris, France
August 28, 2024 (2024-08-28) – September 8, 2024 (2024-09-08)
Competitors26 in 8 sports
Flag bearers Alena Kánová
Patrik Kuril
Medals
Gold
2
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
2
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Czechoslovakia (1972–1992)

Slovakia are competing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Jozef Metelka Cycling Men's individual pursuit C4 31 August
 Gold Peter Lovaš
Ján Riapoš
Table tennis Men's doubles MD4 31 August
Medals by sport
Sport 1 2 3 Total
Cycling 1 0 0 1
Table tennis 1 0 0 1
Total 2 0 0 2

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 3 0 3
Athletics 3 0 3
Boccia 3 2 5
Cycling 2 0 2
Equestrian 0 1 1
Shooting 1 2 3
Swimming 0 2 2
Table tennis 6 1 7
Total 18 8 26

Archery

Slovakia secured three quota places. Two of the quotas being obtained in the men's recurve and compound event by virtue of their result at the 2023 World Para Archery Championships in Plzeň, Czech Republic, meanwhile the other being obtained through the 2023 European Para Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands.[1]

Athlete Event Ranking Round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Score Seed Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Martin Doric Men's individual compound 674 27  MacQueen (GBR)
L 138-142
Did not advanced
Marcel Pavlik 688 16  Guerin (FRA)
L 138-143
Did not advanced
David Ivan Men's individual recurve 604 19  Lixue (CHN)

Athletics

Slovak track and field athletes achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2023 World Championships, 2024 World Championships, or through high performance allocation, as long as they meet the minimum entry standard (MES).

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
  • DQ = Disqualified
  • PR = Paralympic Record
  • AR = Area (or continental) Record
  • NR = National Record
  • SB = Season's Best
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Field events
Athlete Event Final
Distance Position
Marián Kuřeja Men's club throw F51
Dušan Laczkó Men's discus throw F56
Ladislav Čuchran Men's javelin throw F54

Boccia

Slovakia entered five athletes into the Paralympics games, after nominated top four pairs in mixed BC4 events, through the final world ranking; and also by winning the bronze medal in the mixed team event for BC1/BC2, at the 2024 Paralympic Qualification Tournament in Coimbra, Portugal.

Athlete Event Pool matches Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Tomáš Král Men's individual BC1  Syafa (INA)
L 3–5
 Kim (KOR)
W 4–2
2 Q  Smith (GBR)
L 1–6
Róbert Mezík Men's individual BC2  Sayes (ESA)
W 6–1
 Maguenni (FRA)
W 8–0
 Vongsa (THA)
W 5–0
1 Q  Cristaldo (ARG)
W 5–4
 Herlangga (INA)
L 1–6
 Vongsa (THA)
Martin Strehársky Men's individual BC4  Komar (CRO)
L 0-10
 Chica (COL)
L 1-4
 Agache (ESP)
W 4-3
3 did not advanced
Eliška Jankechová Women's individual BC2  Yeung (HKG)
L 0-8
 Duarte (ESA)
L 0-12
3 did not advanced
Kristína Vozárová Women's individual BC4  Phonsila (THA)
L 0-11
 Cheung (HKG)
L 0-14
 Lin (CHN)
L 0-14
4 did not advanced
Tomáš Král
Eliška Jankechová
Róbert Mezík
Mixed team BC1/BC2
Martin Strehársky
Kristína Vozárová
Mixed pairs BC4

Cycling

Slovakia entered one male para-cyclist after finished the top eligible nation's at the 2022 UCI Nation's ranking allocation ranking.[2]

Road

Athlete Event Time Rank
Patrik Kuril Men's road race C4-5
Men's time trial C4
Jozef Metelka Men's road race C4-5
Men's time trial C4

Track

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Time Rank Opposition
Time
Rank
Jozef Metelka Men's 1000 m time trial C4-5 1:04.944 6 Q 1:07.938 6
Men's 4000 m individual pursuit C4 4:22.800 2 QG 4:27.920 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Equestrian

Slovakia entered one para-equestrianist into the Paralympic equestrian competition, by virtue of the nations individual final world para dressage rankings.

Individual
Athlete Horse Event Total
Score Rank
Lucia Vladovicova Sterngreifer Individual championship test grade I
Individual freestyle test grade I

Shooting

Slovakia entered two para-shooter's after achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2022, 2023 and 2024 world cup, 2022 World Championships, 2023 World Championships, 2023 European Para Championships and 2024 European Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by July 15, 2024.[3]

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Radoslav Malenovský R7 – 50 m rifle 3 positions SH1
R3 Mixed 10 metre rifle prone SH1
R6 Mixed 50 metre rifle prone SH1
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Veronika Vadovičová R2 – 10 m rifle standing SH1 624.2 3 Q 165.0 6
R8 – 50 m rifle 3 position SH1
R3 Mixed 10 metre rifle prone SH1
Kristína Funková R5 Mixed 10 metre rifle prone SH2
R9 Mixed 50 metre rifle prone SH2

Swimming

Women
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Tatiana Blattnerová 50 m freestyle S11 33.71 12 Did not advance
100 m freestyle S11
400 m freestyle S11 5:47.99 10 Did not advance
100 m breaststroke S11
Karina Petrikovičová 100 m freestyle S12
100 m backstroke S12 1:14.94 6 Q 1:14.63 7
100 m breaststroke S12

Table tennis

Slovakia entered four athletes for the Paralympic games. All of them qualified through the allocations of the final ITTF world ranking.

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Peter Lovaš Men's individual C2
Martin Ludrovský
Boris Trávníček Men's individual C4
Peter Mihálik
Richard Csejtey Men's individual C8  Pellissier (AUS)
Peter Mihálik
Boris Trávníček
Men's doubles MD8  Martin (FRA)/
 Thomas (FRA)
L 0-3
did not advance
Peter Lovaš
Ján Riapoš
Men's doubles MD4  Sastre (ESP)/
 Toledo (ESP)
W 3-2
 Cha (KOR)/
 Park (KOR)
W 3-2
 Jang (KOR)/
 Park (KOR)
W 3-1
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Alena Kánová Women's individual C3  Dretar Karic (CRO)
Alena Kánová
Boris Trávníček
Mixed doubles XD7  Ramadan (EGY)/
 Elshamy (EGY)
W 3-0
 Öztürk (TUR)/
 Duman (TUR)
W 3-0
 Feng (CHN)/
 Zhou (CHN)
L 1-3
did not advance

See also

References

  1. ^ "Olszewska serves two thrillers to grab Paris 2024 quota and reach final". World Archery. 21 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Paris 2024 Paralympic Games Qualification - 2022 UCI Nations Ranking Allocation" (PDF). UCI. 31 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Quota Allocation after New Delhi" (PDF). Paralympics. 14 May 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
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