Slovakia at the 2016 Summer Olympics
| Slovakia at the 2016 Summer Olympics |
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| IOC code | SVK | ||||||||
| NOC | Slovak Olympic Committee | ||||||||
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| in Rio de Janeiro | |||||||||
| Competitors | 51 in 12 sports | ||||||||
| Flag bearer |
Danka Barteková (opening) Erik Vlček (closing) |
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Medals Ranked 37th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |||||||||
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 Hungary (1896–1912) Czechoslovakia (1920–1992) |
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Slovakia competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's sixth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics after gaining its independence from the former Czechoslovakia.
The Slovak Olympic Committee fielded a team of 51 athletes, 32 men and 19 women, across 12 sports at the Games. Although its full roster was roughly larger by 4 athletes than in London 2012, this was still one of Slovakia's smallest delegations sent to the Summer Olympics. Among the sports represented by its athletes, Slovakia marked its Olympic debut in archery, as well as its return to synchronized swimming and table tennis after nearly a decade.
The Slovak team featured 17 returning Olympians, including skeet shooter Danka Barteková, who won the bronze in London four years earlier, and experienced race walker and 2015 world champion Matej Tóth, who entered his fourth consecutive Games as a top medal favorite in the 50 km walk. The only medalist returning from the previous Games to compete in Rio de Janeiro, Barteková was nominated by the committee to carry the Slovak flag at the opening ceremony. Other notable Slovak athletes included pro mountain biker Peter Sagan, twins Dana and Jana Velďáková in both long and triple jump, slalom canoe duo and cousins Ladislav and Peter Škantár, and world-ranked triathlete Richard Varga.
Slovakia left Rio de Janeiro with four medals (two gold and two silver), matching its overall tally from the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Among the medalists were Tóth, who walked away with Slovakia's first ever track and field gold in his pet event, and the Škantár cousins, who succeeded the Hochschorner twins Pavol and Peter to recapture their country's Olympic title in the slalom canoe double.
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