Slovenia_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics
Slovenia at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Sporting event delegation
Slovenia, represented by the Slovenian Olympic Committee (Olimpijski komite Slovenije, abbreviated OKS), sent a team with 62 athletes[2] to compete in 11 sports at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. The flag on the opening ceremony was held by Slovenian judoka Urška Žolnir, who was bronze in 2004 Olympics Judo Competition.
Quick Facts Slovenia at the 2008 Summer Olympics, IOC code ...
| Slovenia at the 2008 Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
| IOC code | SLO |
| NOC | Slovenian Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Beijing | |
| Competitors | 62 in 11 sports |
| Flag bearers | Urška Žolnir (opening) Špela Ponomarenko (closing)[1] |
| Medals Ranked 39th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
 Austria (1912) Yugoslavia (1920–1988) | |
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More information Medal, Name ...
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Primož Kozmus | Athletics | Men's hammer throw |
 Silver | Sara Isakovič | Swimming | Women's 200 m freestyle |
| Silver | Vasilij Žbogar | Sailing | Men's Laser class |
 Bronze | Lucija Polavder | Judo | Women's +78 kg |
| Bronze | Rajmond Debevec | Shooting | Men's 50 m rifle 3 positions |
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- Notes
- Primož Kozmus wins the first ever Olympic track and field gold medal for independent Slovenia.
- Sara Isakovič wins the first swimming medal and reaches first women's swimming finals in independent Slovenia.
- Rajmond Debevec was ranked fourth before the last shot, but a mistake by the U.S. competitor and then-leader Matt Emmons allowed for Debevec to attain the bronze medal.
Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- 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
- NR = National record
- N/A = Round not applicable for the event
- Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
- Men
- Track & road events
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Boštjan Buč | 3000 m steeplechase | 8:21.24 | 8 | — | Did not advance | ||||
| Roman Kejžar | Marathon | — | 2:29:37 | 67 | |||||
| Matic Osovnikar | 100 m | 10.46 | 3 Q | 10.24 | 6 | Did not advance | |||
| 200 m | 20.89 | 4 q | 20.95 | 8 | Did not advance | ||||
| Damjan Zlatnar | 110 m hurdles | 13.84 | 7 q | DNS* | Did not advance | ||||
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* Damjan Zlatnar did not compete in the quarterfinal round of the men's 110 metre hurdles because of Achilles' tendon injury.[3]
- Field events
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
| Primož Kozmus | Hammer throw | 79.44 | 3 Q | 82.02 | |
| Matija Kranjc | Javelin throw | 70.00 | 31 | Did not advance | |
| Rožle Prezelj | High jump | 2.25 | =9 Q | 2.20 | 12 |
| Jurij Rovan | Pole vault | 5.30 | 32 | Did not advance | |
| Miran Vodovnik | Shot put | 19.81 | 20 | Did not advance | |
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- Combined events – Decathlon
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | 100 m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400 m | 110H | DT | PV | JT | 1500 m | Final | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damjan Sitar | Result | 11.21 | 7.25 | 12.41 | 2.05 | 50.10 | 15.03 | 39.25 | 4.00 | 47.23 | 4:37.37 | 7336 | 22 |
| Points | 814 | 874 | 631 | 850 | 810 | 846 | 649 | 617 | 548 | 697 |
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- Women
- Track & road events
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Brigita Langerholc | 800 m | 2:00.13 | 3 Q | — | 2:00.00 | 7 | Did not advance | ||
| Sonja Roman | 1500 m | 4:08.52 | 8 | — | Did not advance | ||||
| Pia Tajnikar | 100 m | 11.82 | 5 | Did not advance | |||||
| Sabina Veit | 200 m | 23.62 | 5 | Did not advance | |||||
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- Field events
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
| Nina Kolarič | Long jump | 6.40 | 27 | Did not advance | |
| Martina Ratej | Javelin throw | 55.30 | 37 | Did not advance | |
| Marija Šestak | Triple jump | 14.44 | 9 q | 15.03 NR | 6 |
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Main article: Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score |
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| Maja Tvrdy | Women's singles | Bye |  Konon (BLR)L 17–21, 14–21 |
Did not advance | ||||
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Main article: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Slalom
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Semifinal | Final | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Rank | Run 2 | Rank | Total | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Total | Rank | ||
| Peter Kauzer | Men's K-1 | 81.79 | 1 | 84.70 | 5 | 166.49 | 1 Q | 85.42 | 13 | Did not advance | |||
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Sprint
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Semifinals | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Jernej Zupančič Regent | Men's K-1 1000 m | 3:33.29 | 4 QS | 3:41.73 | 6 | Did not advance | |
| Špela Ponomarenko | Women's K-1 500 m | 1:49.97 | 3 QS | 1:53.81 | 3 Q | 1:52.36 | 6 |
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Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final
Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Road
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Borut Božič | Men's road race | Did not finish | |
| Jure Golčer | 6:34:26 | 61 | |
| Simon Špilak | Men's road race | Did not finish | |
| Men's time trial | 1:07:35 | 28 | |
| Tadej Valjavec | Men's road race | 6:26:17 | 35 |
| Sigrid Corneo | Women's road race | 3:39:29 | 49 |
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Mountain biking
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blaža Klemenčič | Women's cross-country | LAP (1 lap) | 21 |
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Main article: Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Artistic
- Men
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Total | Rank | ||||||||||||
| F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | ||||||
| Mitja Petkovšek | Parallel bars | — | 16.125 | — | 16.125 | 5 Q | — | 15.725 | — | 15.725 | 5 | ||||||
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- Women
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Total | Rank | ||||||||
| F | V | UB | BB | F | V | UB | BB | ||||||
| Adela Šajn | Floor | 13.700 | — | 13.700 | 56 | Did not advance | |||||||
| Balance beam | — | 14.100 | 14.100 | 63 | Did not advance | ||||||||
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Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Men
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result |
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Rank | ||
| Rok Drakšič | −60 kg | Bye |  Akhondzadeh (IRI)L 0010–0110 |
Did not advance | |||||||
| Aljaž Sedej | −81 kg | Bye | Malekmohammadi (IRI) L 0000–1000 |
Did not advance | |||||||
| Matjaž Ceraj | +100 kg | Rybak (BLR) L 0000–1000 |
Did not advance | ||||||||
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- Women
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result |
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| Urška Žolnir | −63 kg |  Décosse (FRA)L 0000–1010 |
Did not advance |  Schlesinger (ISR)W 1001–0000 |
 von Harnier (GER)W 0200–0000 |
 Willeboordse (NED)L 0000–0001 |
Did not advance | |||
| Lucija Polavder | +78 kg | Bye |  Issanova (KAZ)W 1000–0001 |
 Tserenkhand (MGL)W 1100–0000 |
 Tsukada (JPN)L 0000–1010 |
Bye |  Kim N-Y (KOR)W 0001–0000 |
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Main article: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Men
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Semifinals | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Iztok Čop Luka Špik |
Double sculls | 6:39.49 | 3 SA/B | Bye | 6:23.81 | 2 FA | 6:33.36 | 6 | |
| Rok Kolander Miha Pirih Tomaž Pirih Rok Rozman |
Four | 6:03.78 | 3 SA/B | Bye | 5:56.08 | 1 FA | 6:11.62 | 4 | |
| Gašper Fistravec Janez Jurše Jernej Jurše Janez Zupanc |
Quadruple sculls | 5:57.02 | 4 R | 6:12.64 | 4 | Did not advance | |||
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Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage
Main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Men
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | ||||
| Vasilij Žbogar | Laser | 4 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 11 | CAN | 4 | 71 | | |
| Karlo Hmeljak Mitja Nevečny |
470 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 10 | 18 | 25 | 20 | 25 | 8 | EL | 139 | 18 | |
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- Women
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | ||||
| Vesna Dekleva Klara Maučec |
470 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 3 | EL | 92 | 13 | |
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- Open
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | ||||
| Gašper Vinčec | Finn | 9 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 10 | CAN | CAN | 20 | 72 | 7 |
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M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled
Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Men
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Rajmond Debevec | 10 m air rifle | 589 | 31 | Did not advance | |
| 50 m rifle prone | 592 | 21 | Did not advance | ||
| 50 m rifle 3 positions | 1176 | 1 Q | 1271.7 | | |
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Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Men
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Damir Dugonjič | 100 m breaststroke | 1:00.35 NR | 9 Q | 1:00.92 | 16 | Did not advance | |
| Jernej Godec | 50 m freestyle | 22.21 NR | 18 | Did not advance | |||
| Peter Mankoč | 100 m freestyle | 49.33 | 31 | Did not advance | |||
| 100 m butterfly | 51.24 NR | 5 Q | 51.80 | 10 | Did not advance | ||
| Matjaž Markič | 100 m breaststroke | 1:01.31 | 24 | Did not advance | |||
| Luka Turk | 400 m freestyle | DNS* | — | Did not advance | |||
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* Luka Turk withdrew from the Games because of injury.[4]
- Women
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Anja Čarman | 100 m backstroke | 1:02.21 NR | 26 | Did not advance | |||
| 200 m backstroke | 2:10.49 NR | 15 Q | 2:12.46 | 16 | Did not advance | ||
| Sara Isakovič | 200 m freestyle | 1:55.86 OR | 2 Q | 1:56.50 | 1 Q | 1:54.97 | |
| 100 m butterfly | 58.68 NR | 20 | Did not advance | ||||
| 200 m butterfly | DNS | Did not advance | |||||
| Anja Klinar | 200 m individual medley | 2:15.39 | 25 | Did not advance | |||
| 400 m individual medley | 4:38.90 NR | 16 | — | Did not advance | |||
| Nina Sovinek | 50 m freestyle | 26.49 | 43 | Did not advance | |||
| 100 m freestyle | 57.30 | 44 | Did not advance | ||||
| Teja Zupan | 10 km open water | — | 1:55:44.7 | 12 | |||
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Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary round | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result |
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Rank | ||
| Bojan Tokič | Men's singles | Bye |  Bobocica (ITA)W 4–3 |
 Ma L (CHN)L 1–4 |
Did not advance | |||||
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- Olimpijska delegacija: Olimpijski komite Slovenije Archived 2011-05-18 at the Wayback Machine
- "Damjan Zlatnar odpovedal nastop v polfinalu teka na 110 metrov z ovirami" [Damian Zlatnar canceled his performance in the semi-final run of the 110-meter hurdles] (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenia. Retrieved 12 October 2012.