Slovakia_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics
Slovakia at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Sporting event delegation
Slovakia competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. The team includes 57 athletes in several sports.[1]
Quick Facts Slovakia at the 2008 Summer Olympics, IOC code ...
| Slovakia at the 2008 Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
| IOC code | SVK |
| NOC | Slovak Olympic and Sports Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Beijing | |
| Competitors | 58 in 14 sports |
| Flag bearers | Elena Kaliská (opening) Michal Riszdorfer (closing) |
| Medals Ranked 26th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
 Hungary (1896–1912) Czechoslovakia (1924–1992) | |
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More information Medal, Name ...
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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 | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Miloš Bátovský | 50 km walk | — | 4:06:30 | 35 | |||
| Peter Korčok | — | DNF | |||||
| Jozef Repčík | 800 m | 1:48.64 | 5 | Did not advance | |||
| Matej Tóth | 20 km walk | — | 1:23:17 | 26 | |||
| Kazimír Verkin | 50 km walk | — | 4:21:26 | 47 | |||
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- Field events
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
| Libor Charfreitag | Hammer throw | 76.61 | 10 q | 78.65 | 8 |
| Milan Haborák | Shot put | 19.32 | 30 | Did not advance | |
| Peter Horák | High jump | 2.15 | 34 | Did not advance | |
| Miloslav Konopka | Hammer throw | 71.96 | 23 | Did not advance | |
| Dmitrij Vaľukevič | Triple jump | 17.08 | 14 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slaven Dizdarevič | Result | 11.16 | 7.02 | 13.97 | 1.96 | 52.02 | 15.61 | 39.86 | 4.00 | 43.58 | 4:51.42 | 7021 | 23 |
| Points | 825 | 818 | 727 | 767 | 724 | 777 | 662 | 617 | 494 | 610 |
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- Women
- Track & road events
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Miriam Bobková | 100 m hurdles | 13.65 | 8 | Did not advance | |||
| Lucia Klocová | 800 m | 1:59.42 | 3 Q | 1:58.80 | 3 | Did not advance | |
| Zuzana Malíková | 20 km walk | — | 1:34:33 SB | 32 | |||
| Zuzana Tomas | Marathon | — | 2:49:39 | 67 | |||
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- Field events
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
| Jana Velďáková | Long jump | NM | — | Did not advance | |
| Dana Velďáková | Triple jump | NM | — | Did not advance | |
| Martina Hrašnová | Hammer throw | 72.87 | 4 Q | 71.00 | 8 |
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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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| Eva Sládeková | Women's singles | Bye |  Wang C (HKG)L 7–21, 7–21 |
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 Cibák | Men's K-1 | 86.26 | =11 | 86.69 | 11 | 172.95 | 11 Q | 89.41 | 12 | Did not advance | |||
| Michal Martikán | Men's C-1 | 85.13 | 1 | 85.02 | 3 | 170.15 | 1 Q | 88.92 | 1 Q | 87.73 | 1 | 176.65 |  |
| Pavol Hochschorner Peter Hochschorner |
Men's C-2 | 93.69 | 1 | 93.04 | 2 | 186.73 | 1 Q | 94.88 | 2 Q | 95.94 | 2 | 190.82 | |
| Elena Kaliská | Women's K-1 | 94.34 | 4 | 91.85 | 1 | 186.19 | 1 Q | 97.13 | 1 | 95.51 | 1 | 192.64 | |
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Sprint
- Men
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Semifinals | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Marián Ostrčil | C-1 500 m | 1:55.911 | 6 QS | 1:58.401 | 8 | Did not advance | |
| C-1 1000 m | 4:00.191 | 3 QS | 4:03.696 | 5 | Did not advance | ||
| Michal Riszdorfer Richard Riszdorfer Juraj Tarr Erik Vlček |
K-4 1000 m | 2:57.876 | 1 QF | Bye | 2:56.593 |  | |
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- Women
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Semifinals | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Ivana Kmeťová Martina Kohlová |
K-2 500 m | 1:47.284 | 7 QS | 1:46.380 | 7 | Did not advance | |
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roman Broniš | Men's road race | Did not finish | |
| Matej Jurčo | Men's road race | Did not finish | |
| Men's time trial | 1:07:52 | 29 | |
| Ján Valach | Men's road race | 6:34:26 | 62 |
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Mountain biking
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Janka Števková | Women's cross-country | LAP (2 laps) | 24 |
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Main article: Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Artistic
- Women
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Total | Rank | ||||||||
| F | V | UB | BB | F | V | UB | BB | ||||||
| Ivana Kováčová | Uneven bars | — | 12.500 | — | 12.500 | 79 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Balance beam | — | 12.350 | 12.350 | 81 | Did not advance | ||||||||
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Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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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| Zoltán Pálkovács | Men's −100 kg |  Costa (ARG)L 0100–0110 |
Did not advance | |||||||
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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* | ||||
| Patrik Pollák | RS:X | 26 | 30 | 25 | 30 | 23 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 24 | EL | 243 | 30 | |
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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 | ||
| Mário Filipovič | Trap | 115 | 14 | Did not advance | |
| Jozef Gönci | 50 m rifle prone | 593 | 16 | Did not advance | |
| 50 m rifle 3 positions | 394 | 30 | Did not advance | ||
| Pavol Kopp | 10 m air pistol | 575 | 28 | Did not advance | |
| 50 m pistol | 563 | 4 Q | 657.6 | 5* | |
| Erik Varga | Trap | 117 | 9 | Did not advance | |
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* Kim Jong Su of North Korea originally won the silver medal in the 50 m pistol event, but was disqualified after he tested positive for propranolol.[2] Therefore, Pavol Kopp moved up a position.
- Women
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Danka Barteková | Skeet | 67 | 8 | Did not advance | |
| Daniela Pešková | 10 m air rifle | 396 | 9 | Did not advance | |
| 50 m rifle 3 positions | 577 | 22 | Did not advance | ||
| Zuzana Štefečeková | Trap | 70 | 1 Q | 89 | |
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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 | ||
| Ľuboš Križko | 100 m backstroke | 54.07 | 8 Q | 54.38 | 13 | Did not advance | |
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- Women
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Martina Moravcová | 50 m freestyle | 25.47 | 27 | Did not advance | |||
| 100 m freestyle | 55.20 | 23 | Did not advance | ||||
| 100 m butterfly | 59.03 | 25 | Did not advance | ||||
| Denisa Smolenová | 200 m butterfly | 2:13.81 | 31 | Did not advance | |||
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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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| Eva Ódorová | Women's singles |  Tommy (VAN)W 4–0 |
Lovas (HUN) W 4–2 |
 Gao (USA)L 2–4 |
Did not advance | |||||
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Main article: Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score |
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| Dominik Hrbatý | Men's singles |  Bellucci (BRA)W 2–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
Blake (USA) L 6–7, 6–4, 3–6 |
Did not advance | ||||
| Dominika Cibulková | Women's singles |  Parmentier (FRA)W 6–1, 7–5 |
 Pironkova (BUL)W 6–2, 6–2 |
 Janković (SRB)L 5–7, 1–6 |
Did not advance | |||
| Daniela Hantuchová |  Sugiyama (JPN)W 6–2, 7–5 |
 Wozniacki (DEN)L 1–6, 3–6 |
Did not advance | |||||
| Daniela Hantuchová Janette Husárová |
Women's doubles | — |  Yan Z / Zheng J (CHN) L 1–6, 6–7(9–11) |
Did not advance | ||||
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Main article: Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Swim (1.5 km) | Trans 1 | Bike (40 km) | Trans 2 | Run (10 km) | Total Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pavel Šimko | Men's | Did not finish | ||||||
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Main article: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
| Ondrej Kutlík | Men's −85 kg | 150 | 15 | 193 | 12 | 343 | 12 |
| Martin Tešovič | Men's −105 kg | Did not start | |||||
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Main article: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Key:
- VT - Victory by Fall.
- PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
- PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.
- Men's freestyle
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result |
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| David Musuľbes | −120 kg | Bye |  Siewari (NGR)W 3–0 PO |
Aubéli (HUN) W 3–1 PP |
 Taymazov (UZB)L 0–3 PO |
Bye |  Rodríguez (CUB)W 3–1 PP |
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- Men's Greco-Roman
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result |
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| Attila Bátky | −84 kg | Estrada (CUB) L 0–3 PO |
Did not advance | 19 | |||||
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- [permanent dead link] Slovakia Olympics Team
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