Slovakia at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Slovakia at the
2024 Summer Paralympics
Slovakia at the; 2024 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	SVK
NPC	Slovak Paralympic Committee
Website	www.spv.sk
in Paris, France; August 28, 2024 – September 8, 2024
Competitors	26 in 8 sports
Flag bearers	Alena Kánová; Patrik Kuril
Medals; Ranked 35th	Gold 3 Silver 2 Bronze 0 Total 5
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
	1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
Other related appearances
	Czechoslovakia (1972–1992)

Slovakia competed 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				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				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
Athlete	Event	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	Men's individual compound	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
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position
Marián Kuřeja	Men's club throw F51	Withdrew
Dušan Laczkó	Men's discus throw F56	41.20	4
Ladislav Čuchran	Men's javelin throw F54	27.33	6

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
Athlete	Event	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	South Korea (KOR) L 4-8	Did not advance
Martin Strehársky Kristína Vozárová	Mixed pairs BC4	Spain (ESP) W 6-2	Thailand (THA) L 1-8	—	2 Q	Hong Kong (HKG) L 10-2	Did not advance

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	DNS	=
Patrik Kuril	Men's time trial C4	40:47.86	9
Jozef Metelka	Men's road race C4-5	DNF	=
Jozef Metelka	Men's time trial C4	38:42.52	6

Track

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

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
Athlete	Horse	Event	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
Athlete	Event	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
	R6 Mixed 50 metre rifle prone SH1

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	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
	R3 Mixed 10 metre rifle prone SH1	637.8	1 Q	254.2 PR
Kristína Funková	R5 Mixed 10 metre rifle prone SH2	629.5	29	did not advance
Kristína Funková	R9 Mixed 50 metre rifle prone SH2

Swimming

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	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
Athlete	Event	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	Men's individual C2	—	Crosara (ITA) L 1-3	did not advance
Boris Trávníček	Men's individual C4	—	Nacházel (CZE) W 3-0	Kim (KOR)
Peter Mihálik	Men's individual C4	—	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
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