Slovakia competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. It was the first Summer Games since the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, and so the Czech Republic and Slovakia competed as independent teams.
Men's 5,000 metres
Miroslav Vanko - Heats: 13:54.88 → Semifinals: 13:51.45 (eliminated)Men's 400m Hurdles
Jozef Kucej - Heats: 50.31 (eliminated)Men's Discus Throw
Jaroslav Žitňanský - 51.50m (→ 38th place)Men's 50 km Walk
Roman Mrazek — 3:58:20 (→ 20th place)Štefan Malík — 3:58:40 (→ 21st place)Peter Tichý — 4:10:55 (→ 32nd place)Women's High Jump
Alica JavadováQualification — 1.85m (→ did not advance)Women's Triple Jump
Galina ČisťjakováQualification — 14.14m (→ did not advance; 14th place)Women's Long Jump
Galina ČisťjakováQualification — 6.33m (→ did not advance)Men's 400 metres
Štefan BalošákSemifinals — 45.59 (→ did not advance)Men's 20 km Walk
Pavol Blažek - 1:29:41, 46th placeRóbert Valíček - 1:27:27, 38th placeIgor Kollár - DSQMen's 110m hurdles
Igor Kováč - Heats: 13.62 → Quarterfinals: 13.70 (→ did not advance)Men's 10.000 metres
Róbert Štefko - 29:03.80 (→ did not advance)Miroslav Vanko - 29:17.53 (→ did not advance)Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
Peter BalážFirst Round — Lost to La Paene Masara (Indonesia) on points (3-13)Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
Gabriel KrižanFirst Round — byeSecond Round — Lost to Rachid Bouaita (France) on points (6-13)Flat water
Róbert ErbanJuraj KadnárAttila SzabóSlavomír KňazovickýJán KubicaCsaba OroszPeter PálešWhite water
Gabriela BroskováElena KaliskáMichal MartikánJuraj MinčíkPeter NagyMiroslav StanovskýĽuboš ŠoškaPeter ŠoškaRoman ŠtrbaRoman VajsMen's Individual Road Race
Milan DvorščíkFinal — 4:56:46 (→ 59th place)Ján ValachFinal — 4:56:48 (→ 68th place)Pavol ZadubanFinal — 5:05:38 (→ 114th place)Róbert NagyFinal — did not finishMiroslav LiptákFinal — did not finishMen's Individual Time Trial
Miroslav LiptákFinal — 1:12:28 (→ 31st place)Milan DvorščíkFinal — 1:12:54 (→ 34th place)Women's Individual Road Race
Lenka IlavskáFinal — 02:37:06 (→ 24th place)Eva OrvošováFinal — 02:37:06 (→ 27th place)Women's Individual Time Trial
Lenka IlavskáFinal — 39:57 (→ 17th place)Peter BazálikMartin HrbáčekMen's Cross Country
Peter HricFinal — 2:46:22 (→ 30th place)Women's Cross Country
Eva Loweová-OrvošováFinal — 1:57.56 (→ 9th place)Lenka IlavskáFinal — 2:04.143 (→ 21st place)Marek MatuszekSemir PepicKlaudia KinskáOndrej HambálekJán ŽiškaJaroslav FerianecIgor KarvašPatrik PollákMarek ValášekJán FaboJozef GönciVladimír SlamkaMen's 100m Backstroke
Miroslav MachovičHeat — 57.78 (→ did not advance, 34th place)Men's 200m Backstroke
Miroslav MachovičHeat — 2:04.15 (→ did not advance, 19th place)Women's 100m Freestyle
Martina MoravcováHeat — 56.20B-Final — 56.47 (→ 15th place)Women's 200m Freestyle
Martina MoravcováHeat — 2:00.99B-Final — 2:00.96 (→ 9th place)Women's 400m Freestyle
Martina MoravcováHeat — 4:22.10 (→ did not advance, 27th place)Women's 200m Individual Medley
Martina MoravcováHeat — 2:16.50B-Final — 2:17.40 (→ 13th place)Valentina PopovováMen's Singles Competition
Karol KučeraFirst round — Defeated Dmitri Tomashevich (Uzbekistan) 6-3 2-6 6-0Second round — Lost to Andre Agassi (United States) 4-6 4-6Ján KrošlákFirst round — Lost to MaliVai Washington (United States) 3-6 6-7
Women's Singles Competition
Katarína StudeníkováFirst round — Lost to Ai Sugiyama (Japan) 2-6 3-6Karina HabšudováFirst round — Defeated Yayuk Basuki (Indonesia) 6-3 6-3Second round — Defeated Laurence Courtois (Belgium) 7-5 6-2Third round — Lost to Iva Majoli (Croatia) 4-6 6-3 4-6Radomíra ZrubákováFirst round — Defeated Jana Nejedly (Canada) 6-3 6-2Second round — Lost to Conchita Martínez (Spain) 1-6 4-6Jaroslav JokeľRudolf LukáčMartin TešovičRadion KertantiRoman KollárJozef LohyňaMilan Mazáč