title: Slovakia at the 1998 Winter Olympics
text: # Slovakia at the 1998 Winter Olympics
  
  Slovakia competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
  
  ## Biathlon
  
  ### Men
  
  | Event | Athlete | Misses $^1$ | Time | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 10 km Sprint | Ľubomír Machyniak | 1 | 30:30.3 | 41 |
  | Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time $^2$ | Rank |
  | 20 km | Ľubomír Machyniak | 57:43.7 | 4 | 1'01:43.7 | 38 |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Event | Athlete | Misses $^1$ | Time | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 7.5 km Sprint | Anna Murínová | 0 | 23:56.7 | 9 |
  | 7.5 km Sprint | Martina Jašicová-Schwarzbacherová-Halinárová | 1 | 23:54.5 | 7 |
  | 7.5 km Sprint | Soňa Mihoková | 1 | 23:42.3 | 4 |
  | Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time $^2$ | Rank |
  | 15 km | Anna Murínová | 1'00:06.7 | 2 | 1'02:06.7 | 48 |
  | 15 km | Martina Jašicová-Schwarzbacherová-Halinárová | 56:56.5 | 5 | 1'01:56.5 | 46 |
  | 15 km | Soňa Mihoková | 56:20.8 | 3 | 59:20.8 | 26 |
  
  ### Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay
  
  | Athletes | Race | Race | Race |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Athletes | Misses $^1$ | Time | Rank |
  | Martina Jašicová-Schwarzbacherová-Halinárová Anna Murínová Tatiana Kutlíková Soňa Mihoková | 2 | 1'41:20.6 | 4 |
  
      $^1$ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
      $^2$ One minute added per missed target.
  
  ## Cross-country skiing
  
  ### Men
  
  | Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
  | 10 km C | Ivan Hudač | 33:41.9 | 85 |
  | 10 km C | Martin Bajčičák | 31:29.0 | 67 |
  | 10 km C | Stanislav Ježík | 31:11.2 | 64 |
  | 10 km C | Ivan Bátory | 31:07.6 | 60 |
  | 15 km $pursuit^1$ F | Ivan Hudač | 50:14.7 | 64 |
  | 15 km $pursuit^1$ F | Stanislav Ježík | 48:30.3 | 57 |
  | 15 km $pursuit^1$ F | Martin Bajčičák | 44:54.6 | 38 |
  | 15 km $pursuit^1$ F | Ivan Bátory | 44:18.2 | 33 |
  | 30 km C | Ivan Hudač | 1'50:11.6 | 59 |
  | 30 km C | Stanislav Ježík | 1'44:01.0 | 46 |
  | 30 km C | Martin Bajčičák | 1'40:52.5 | 28 |
  | 30 km C | Ivan Bátory | 1'40:47.8 | 26 |
  | 50 km F | Martin Bajčičák | DNF | – |
  | 50 km F | Ivan Hudač | DNF | – |
  | 50 km F | Ivan Bátory | 2'13:54.5 | 19 |
  
      $^1$ Starting delay based on 10 km results.
      C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
  
  ### Men's 4 × 10 km relay
  
  | Athletes | Race | Race |
  | - | - | - |
  | Athletes | Time | Rank |
  | Ivan Bátory Martin Bajčičák Andrej Pátricka Stanislav Ježík | 1'44:31.6 | 11 |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
  | 5 km C | Alžbeta Havrančíková | 19:48.5 | 58 |
  | 5 km C | Jaroslava Bukvajová | 18:39.7 | 16 |
  | 10 km $pursuit^2$ F | Alžbeta Havrančíková | 32:21.3 | 40 |
  | 10 km $pursuit^2$ F | Jaroslava Bukvajová | 30:34.5 | 18 |
  | 15 km C | Jaroslava Bukvajová | 49:02.0 | 10 |
  | 30 km F | Alžbeta Havrančíková | 1'30:38.6 | 25 |
  | 30 km F | Jaroslava Bukvajová | 1'28:21.0 | 15 |
  
      $^2$ Starting delay based on 5 km results.
      C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
  
  ## Figure skating
  
  ### Men
  
  | Athlete | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Róbert Kažimír | 26 | DNF | DNF | – |
  
  ## Ice hockey
  
  ### Men's tournament
  
  **Preliminary round – group A**
  
  Top team (shaded) advanced to the first round.
  
  | Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Kazakhstan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 5 |
  | Slovakia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 |
  | Italy | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2 |
  | Austria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 2 |
  
  All times are local (UTC-7).
  
  **Consolation round - 9th place match**
  
  All times are local (UTC-7).
  
  * Team roster
     * Peter Bondra
     * Zdeno Cíger
     * Jozef Daňo
     * Ivan Droppa
     * Oto Haščák
     * Branislav Jánoš
     * Stanislav Jasečko
     * Ľubomír Kolník
     * Roman Kontšek
     * Miroslav Mosnár
     * Igor Murín
     * Ján Pardavý
     * Róbert Petrovický
     * Vlastimil Plavucha
     * Peter Pucher
     * Karol Rusznyák
     * Ľubomír Sekeráš
     * Roman Stantien
     * Róbert Švehla
     * Ján Varholík
     * Ľubomír Višňovský
  * Head coach: Ján Štěrbák
  
  ## Luge
  
  ### Women
  
  | Athlete | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
  | Mária Jasenčáková | 52.006 | 12 | 52.336 | 20 | 51.721 | 17 | 51.302 | 14 | 3:27.365 | 15 |
  
  ## Ski jumping
  
  | Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Points | Rank |
  | Martin Mesík | Normal hill | 65.0 | 61.0 | 60 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Martin Mesík | Large hill | 112.0 | 101.6 | 26 Q | 110.5 | 96.4 | 198.0 | 26 |
  
  ## Snowboarding
  
  ### Women's giant slalom
  
  | Athlete | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Time | Time | Time | Rank |
  | Jana Šedová | DNF | – | DNF | – |
  