Slovakia at the 2008 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	SVK
Nocname:	Slovak Olympic and Sports Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2008
Website:
Location:	Beijing
Competitors:	58
Sports:	14
Flagbearer:	Elena Kaliská (opening) Michal Riszdorfer (closing)
Rank:	26
Gold:	3
Silver:	3
Bronze:	0
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1996
See also:	(1896–1912) (1920–1992)

Slovakia competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. The team includes 57 athletes in several sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			Men's C-1
			Women's K-1
			Men's C-2
			Women's trap
			Men's K-4 1000 m
			Men's freestyle 120 kg

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
	align=left rowspan=2	50 km walk	4:06:30	35
Peter Korčok
	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

Field events

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
	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

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m				400 m					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

Women

Track & road events

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
	Marathon	2:49:39	67

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
	Long jump		—	Did not advance
Dana Velďáková	Triple jump		—	Did not advance
Martina Hrašnová	Hammer throw	72.87	4 Q	71.00	8

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Slalom

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

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	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	2:56.593

Women

Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Roman Broniš	Men's road race	Did not finish
align=left rowspan=2		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

Mountain biking

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Artistic

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Ivana Kováčová	Uneven bars	12.500		12.500	79	Did not advance
Balance beam	12.350	12.350	81	Did not advance

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Mário Filipovič	Trap	115	14	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Jozef Gönci	50 m rifle prone	593	16	Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions	394	30	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2		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

* 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

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Danka Barteková	Skeet	67	8	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	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

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	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

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Tennis

See main article: Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Dominik Hrbatý	Men's singles	W 2–6, 6–4, 6–2	L 6–7, 6–4, 3–6	Did not advance
Dominika Cibulková	align=left rowspan=2	Women's singles	W 6–1, 7–5	W 6–2, 6–2	L 5–7, 1–6	Did not advance
Daniela Hantuchová	W 6–2, 7–5	L 1–6, 3–6	Did not advance
Daniela Hantuchová Janette Husárová	Women's doubles		L 1–6, 6–7^(9–11)	Did not advance

Triathlon

See main article: Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

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

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men's freestyle

Men's Greco-Roman

See also

• Slovakia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

External links

• Slovakia NOC

Notes and References

1. http://www.olympic.sk/dokumenty/zlozenie-slovenskej-vypravy-na-oh-v-pekingu-ZLOZENIESLOVENSKEJVYPRAVYNAOHVPEKINGU-50.pdf
2. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/7562384.stm Athletes stripped of medals for doping