Slovenia at the 2008 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	SLO
Nocname:	Slovenian Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2008
Website:
Location:	Beijing
Competitors:	62
Sports:	11
Flagbearer:	Urška Žolnir (opening) Špela Ponomarenko (closing)^[1]
Rank:	39
Gold:	1
Silver:	2
Bronze:	2
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1992
See also:	(1912) (1920–1988)

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.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			Men's hammer throw
			Women's 200 m freestyle
			Men's Laser class
			Women's +78 kg
			Men's 50 m rifle 3 positions

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.

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Track & road events

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
align=left rowspan=2	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			Did not advance

* Damjan Zlatnar did not compete in the quarterfinal round of the men's 110 metre hurdles because of Achilles' tendon injury.^[3]

Field events

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

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m				400 m					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

Women

Track & road events

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

Field events

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

Badminton

See main article: article and Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Canoeing

See main article: article and Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Sprint

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

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

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Borut Božič	align=left rowspan=2	Men's road race	Did not finish
Jure Golčer	6:34:26	61
align=left rowspan=2	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

Mountain biking

Gymnastics

See main article: article and Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Artistic

Men

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Adela Šajn	Floor	13.700	13.700	56	Did not advance
	14.100	14.100	63	Did not advance

Judo

See main article: article and Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Rok Drakšič	−60 kg		L 0010–0110	Did not advance
Aljaž Sedej	−81 kg		L 0000–1000	Did not advance
Matjaž Ceraj	+100 kg	L 0000–1000	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Urška Žolnir	−63 kg	L 0000–1010	Did not advance			W 1001–0000	W 0200–0000	L 0000–0001	Did not advance
Lucija Polavder	+78 kg		W 1000–0001	W 1100–0000	L 0000–1010	W 0001–0000

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

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	6:23.81	2 FA	6:33.36	6
	Four	6:03.78	3 SA/B	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

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

Sailing

See main article: article and Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Vasilij Žbogar	Laser	24	4	14	6	2	11	18	1	11	CAN	4	71
Karlo Hmeljak Mitja Nevečny	470	3	11	19	10	18	DSQ	25	20	25	8	EL	139	18

Women

Open

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

Shooting

See main article: article and Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	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

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

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
align=left rowspan=2	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			Did not advance

* Luka Turk withdrew from the Games because of injury.^[4]

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	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
align=left rowspan=3	Sara Isakovič	200 m freestyle	1:55.86	2 Q	1:56.50	1 Q	1:54.97
100 m butterfly	58.68 NR	20	Did not advance
200 m butterfly			Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	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
align=left rowspan=2	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

Table tennis

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

See also

• Slovenia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Notes and References

1. http://www.delo.si/clanek/65869 Delo.si
2. http://www.olympic.si/index.php?id=918 Olimpijska delegacija: Olimpijski komite Slovenije
3. News: 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. sl. RTV Slovenia. 12 October 2012.
4. http://www.sport1.si/ostali_sporti/oi_2008/10435/ "Luka Turk odpovedal nastop na OI