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
Ranked 35th
Gold
3
Silver
2
Bronze
0
Total
5
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Czechoslovakia (1972–1992)

Slovakia is 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
 Gold Veronika Vadovičová Shooting R3 Mixed 10 metre rifle prone SH1 1 September
 Silver Radoslav Malenovský Shooting R3 Mixed 10 metre rifle prone SH1 1 September
 Silver Veronika Vadovičová Shooting R8 – 50 m rifle 3 position SH1 3 September
Medals by sport
Sport 1 2 3 Total
Shooting 1 2 0 3
Cycling 1 0 0 1
Table tennis 1 0 0 1
Total 3 2 0 5

Multiple Medallists

Multiple medallists
Name Sport 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
Veronika Vadovičová Shooting 1 1 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 Dorič Men's individual compound 674 27  MacQueen (GBR)
L 138-142 		Did not advance 17
Marcel Pavlík 688 16  Guerin (FRA)
L 138-143 		Did not advance 17
Dávid Ivan Men's individual recurve 604 19  Lixue (CHN)
L 4-6 		Did not advance 9

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 41.20 4
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 		did not advanced 7
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)
L 2–3 		4
Martin Strehársky Men's individual BC4  Komar (CRO)
L 0-10 		 Chica (COL)
L 1-4 		 Agache (ESP)
W 4-3 		3 did not advance 12
Eliška Jankechová Women's individual BC2  Yeung (HKG)
L 0-8 		 Duarte (ESA)
L 0-12 		— 3 did not advance 12
Kristína Vozárová Women's individual BC4  Phonsila (THA)
L 0-11 		 Cheung (HKG)
L 0-14 		 Lin (CHN)
L 0-14 		4 did not advance 16
Tomáš Král
Eliška Jankechová
Róbert Mezík 		Mixed team BC1/BC2  Thailand (THA)
W 9-2 		 Brazil (BRA)
W 6-5 		— 1 Q
Martin Strehársky
Kristína Vozárová 		Mixed pairs BC4  Spain (ESP)
W 6-2 		 Thailand (THA)
L 1-8 		— 2 Q  Hong Kong (HKG)

Cycling

Slovakia entered two male para-cyclists after finishing 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 Vladovičová Sterngreifer Individual championship test grade I 64.500 19

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 1147 12 did not advanced
R3 Mixed 10 metre rifle prone SH1 636.0 4 Q 253.6 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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 1169 2 Q 456.1 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
R3 Mixed 10 metre rifle prone SH1 637.8 1 Q 254.2 PR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Kristína Funková R5 Mixed 10 metre rifle prone SH2 629.5 29 did not advance
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 —  Elmahsy (EGY)
W 3-2 		 Suchánek (CZE)
L 0-3 		did not advance
Martin Ludrovský —  Crosara (ITA)
L 1-3 		did not advance
Boris Trávníček Men's individual C4 —  Nacházel (CZE)
W 3-0 		 Kim (KOR)
Peter Mihálik —  Kim (KOR)
L 1-3 		did not advance
Richard Csejtey Men's individual C8  Pellissier (AUS)
W 3-1 		 McKibbin (GBR)
L 2-3 		did not advance
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)
L 1-3 		did not advance
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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