Slovakia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics explained

Npc:	SVK
Npcname:	Slovak Paralympic Committee
Games:	Summer Paralympics
Year:	2008
Location:	Beijing
Competitors:	36
Sports:	10
Rank:	39
Gold:	2
Silver:	3
Bronze:	1
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1996
See also:	(1972–1992)

Slovakia competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing.

Slovak competitors won medals in table tennis, shooting, and cycling.^[1]

Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
			Women's 10m air rifle standing SH1	September 7
			Men's team class 1-2	September 15
			Men's time trial HC A	September 12
			Men's team class 6-8	September 16
			Women's individual class 3	September 10
			Men's individual class 8	September 11

Sports

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Men

|-|align=left|Imrich Lyocsa|rowspan=2 align=left|Men's individual recurve standing|602|10|
W 95-73|
W 100-94|
L 95-98|colspan=3|did not advance|-|align=left|Vladimir Majercak|546|22|
L 87-88|colspan=5|did not advance|-|align=left|Miroslav Kacina|align=left|Men's individual recurve W1/W2|566|21|
L 83-96|colspan=5|did not advance|-|align=left|Miroslav Kacina
Imrich Lyocsa
Vladimir Majercak|align=left|Men's team recurve|1714|9||
L 181-185|colspan=4|did not advance|}

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Men's field

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
			Result	Points	Rank
Andrej Germic	F53-54	Shot put	8.84 SB	910	13
Julius Hutka	F57-58	Javelin throw	35.98 SB	927	8
		Shot put	12.21	910	9
Marek Margoc	F40	Shot put	9.90	style="text-align:center;"	-	6
Adrian Vasko	F55-56	Shot put	10.88 SB	938	10

Women's track

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Hana Kolnikova	T12	100m	13.08	8 q	12.87	5 B	12.87	5
		200m	26.25	7 q	26.45	7	did not advance

Boccia

See main article: Boccia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries			Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opponent	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Robert Durkovic	Mixed individual BC4		L 1-5	3	did not advance
			L 4-7
			W 4-3
Martin Streharsky			L 2-8	4	did not advance
			L 3-4
			L 3-4
Robert Durkovic Martin Streharsky	Pairs BC4	/	L 1-6	3	did not advance
		/	L 0-6
		/	W 5-4

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Men's road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Patrick Chlebo	Men's road race LC1/LC2/CP4	1:46:18	13
	Men's road time trial LC1	38:19.29	12
Rastislav Turecek	Men's road time trial HC A	30:53.09
Vladislav Janovjak Robert Mitosinka (pilot)	Men's road race B&VI 1-3	2:16:54	4
	Men's road time trial B&VI 1-3	32:57.06	4

Men's track

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Athlete	Horse	Event	Total
			Score	Rank
Katarina Jobbagyova	Timpex Libbeno	Mixed individual championship test grade Ia	61.300	7
		Mixed individual freestyle test grade Ia	58.666	12

Powerlifting

See main article: Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Women

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Radoslav Malenovsky	Men's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1	1074	27	align=center colspan="3"	did not advance
	Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1	599	3 Q	104.8	703.8	5
	Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1	581	26	align=center colspan="3"	did not advance
Jozef Siroky	Men's 10m air rifle standing SH1	565	25	align=center colspan="3"	did not advance
	Men's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1	1095	24	align=center colspan="3"	did not advance
	Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1	596	26	align=center colspan="3"	did not advance
	Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1	581	25	align=center colspan="3"	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Veronika Vadovičová	Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1	599	8 Q	104.7	703.7	6
	Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1	586	7 Q	101.4	687.4	8
	Women's 10m air rifle standing SH1	392	1 Q	102.8	494.8
	Women's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1	570	4 Q	97.8	667.8	4

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Women

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Viera Mikulasikova	S10	50m freestyle	30.16	8 Q	29.94	8
		100m freestyle	1:06.57	10	did not advance
		100m butterfly	1:16.00	7 Q	1:17.10	8
	SB9	100m breaststroke	1:29.57	10	did not advance
	SM10	200m individual medley	2:44.06	5 Q	2:40.43	4
Karina Petrikovicova	SB12	100m breaststroke	1:35.25	10	did not advance
Margita Prokeinova	S7	50m butterfly	41.88	7 Q	40.70	7
		50m freestyle	39.23	9	did not advance
	SM7	200m individual medley	3:29.86	8 Q	3:19.01	5

Table tennis

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Richard Csejtey	Men's singles C8	W 3-2	L 2-3	W 3-0	2	did not advance
Ladislav Gaspar	Men's singles C9-10	L 0-3	L 1-3	3	did not advance
Miroslav Jambor	Men's singles C8	W 3-2	L 2-3	W 3-2	1 Q	L 0-3	W 3-2
Jan Kosco	Men's singles C3	L 0-3	W 3-0	2	did not advance
Andrej Mészáros	Men's singles C4-5	L 0-3	L 0-3	3	did not advance
Peter Mihalik	Men's singles C4-5	W 3-2	W 3-1	1 Q	L 0-3	did not advance
Rastislav Revucky	Men's singles C2	L 1–3	W 3–2	W 3–0	2	did not advance
Jan Riapos	Men's singles C2	L 0-3	W 3-0	W 3-0	2	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Olga Barbusova	Women's singles C8	L 0-3	L 0-3	W 3-1	3	did not advance
Alena Kanova	Women's singles C3	W 3–0	W 3–0	W 3–0	1 Q	W 3–1	L 0-3

Teams

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Rastislav Revucky Jan Riapos	Men's team C1-2	W 3–0	W 3-2	W 3-0
Jan Kosco Andrej Mészáros Peter Mihalik	Men's team C4-5	L 0-3	did not advance
Richard Csejtey Miroslav Jambor	Men's team C6-8	Bye	W 3-0	W 3-1	L 0-3

Wheelchair tennis

See main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
David Chabrecek	Men's singles	L 2-6, 0-6	did not advance
Jozef Felix		W 6-4, 6-3	L 4-6, 3-6	did not advance
Marek Gergely		L 1-6, 0-6	did not advance
Jozef Felix Marek Gergely	Men's doubles	/ W 6-2, 6-2	/ L 2-6, 2-6	did not advance

See also

• Slovakia at the Paralympics
• Slovakia at the 2008 Summer Olympics

External links

• Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games Official Site
• International Paralympic Committee

Notes and References

1. http://www.ipttc.org/communication/2008/lasko_training_camp/index.htm?PHPSESSID=66c9bbbbcf53c86fcb43c9cf2e496086 "9 Nations preparing for the Paralympics in Lasko"