Slovakia at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Slovakia at the Olympic Games
Slovakia at the Olympic Games
	; Flag of Slovakia – Flag bearers
IOC code	SVK
NOC	Slovak Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.sk (Slovak)
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
Competitors	57 in 14 sports
Flag bearer	Elena Kaliská
	Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
	1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 • 2012
Winter Games
	1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 • 2010
	Other related appearances
	Hungary (1896–1912); Czechoslovakia (1920–1992)

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Slovak representative house in Beijing

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

[edit] Medalists

[edit] Gold

Michal Martikán — Canoeing, Men's C1 Canadian Slalom Singles

Elena Kaliská — Canoeing, Women's K1 Slalom Singles

Pavol Hochschorner and Peter Hochschorner — Canoeing, Men's C2 Slalom Doubles

[edit] Silver

Zuzana Štefečeková — Shooting, Women's Trap

Michal Riszdorfer, Richard Riszdorfer, Juraj Tarr, and Erik Vlček — Canoeing, Men's K4 1.000 metres

[edit] Bronze

David Musuľbes — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle (120 kg)

[edit] Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

[edit] Men

Track and road events

Event	Athletes	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
Event	Athletes	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
800 m	Jozef Repčík	1:48.64	46	Did not advance
20 km walk	Matej Tóth							1:23:17	26
50 km walk	Miloš Bátovský							4:06:30	35
	Peter Korčok							Did not finish
	Kazimír Verkin							4:21:26	47

Field events

Event	Athletes	Qualification		Final
Event	Athletes	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
High Jump	Peter Horák	2.15	34	Did not advance
Triple Jump	Dmitrij Vaľukevič	17.08	14	Did not advance
Shot Put	Milan Haborák	19.32	30	Did not advance
Hammer Throw	Libor Charfreitag	76.61	10	78.65	6
Hammer Throw	Miloslav Konopka	71.96	23	Did not advance

Combined events

Decathlon	Event	Slaven Dizdarevič
Decathlon	Event	Results	Points	Rank
	100 m	11.16	825	25
	Long jump	7.02	818	25
	Shot put	13.97	727	23
	High jump	1.96	767	=18
	400 m	52.02	724	31
	110 m hurdles	15.61	777	28
	Discus throw	39.86	662	25
	Pole vault	4.00	617	23
	Javelin throw	43.58	494	26
	1500 m	4:51.42	610	20
Final			7021	24

[edit] Women

Track and road events

Event	Athletes	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
Event	Athletes	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
800 m	Lucia Klocová	1:59.42	3rd Q			1:58.80	11th	Did not advance
100 m Hurdles	Miriam Bobková	13.65	37th	Did not advance
Marathon	Zuzana Tomas							2:49:39	67th
20 km walk	Zuzana Malíková							1:34:33 SB	32nd

Field events

Event	Athletes	Qualification		Final
Event	Athletes	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Long Jump	Jana Velďáková	No mark	-	Did not advance
Triple Jump	Dana Velďáková	No mark	-	Did not advance
Hammer Throw	Martina Hrašnová	72.87	4th Q	71.00	8th

[edit] Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Eva Sládeková	Singles		(4) Wang Chen (HKG) L 21-7 21-7	Did not advance

[edit] Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

[edit] Flatwater

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Marián Ostrčil	C-1 500 m	1:55.911	18	1:58.401	14	Did not advance
Marián Ostrčil	C-1 1000 m	4:00.191	6	4:03.696	9	Did not advance
Michal Riszdorfer Richard Riszdorfer Juraj Tarr Erik Vlček	K-4 1000 m	2:57.876	3			2:56.593

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ivana Kmeťová Martina Kohlová	K-2 500 m	1:47.284	13	1:46.380	7	Did not advance

[edit] Slalom

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Michal Martikán	C-1	85.13	1	85.02	3	170.15	1	88.92	1	87.73	1	176.65
Pavol Hochschorner Peter Hochschorner	C-2	93.69	1	93.04	2	186.73	1	94.88	2	95.94	2	190.82
Peter Cibák	K-1	86.26	=11	86.69	11	172.95	11	89.41	12	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Elena Kaliská	K-1	94.34	4	91.85	1	186.19	1	97.13	1	95.51	1	192.64

[edit] Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

[edit] Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Roman Broniš	Road race	did not finish
Ján Valach	Road race	6:34:26 (+10:37)	62
Matej Jurčo	Road race	did not finish
Matej Jurčo	Time trial	1:07:52 (+5:41)	29

[edit] Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

[edit] Artistic gymnastics

Women

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Vault	Floor	Uneven Bars	Balance Beam	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Ivana Kováčová	All-around			12.500	12.350	24.850	92	Did not advance

[edit] Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men'

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	First Repechage Round	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Zoltán Pálkovács	−100 kg	Eduardo Costa (ARG) L 0110 / 0100	Did not advance

[edit] Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Score	Rank
Patrik Pollák	Sailboard	26	30	25	30	23	28	31	29	28	24	N/A	243	30

[edit] Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Jozef Gönci	50 m rifle prone	593	16	Did not advance		16
Jozef Gönci	50 m rifle three positions	394	30	Did not advance		30
Pavol Kopp	10 m air pistol	575	28	Did not advance		28
Pavol Kopp	50 m pistol	563	4	94.6	657.6	6 5
Mário Filipovič	Trap	115	14	Did not advance		14
Erik Varga	Trap	117	9	Did not advance		9

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] Thus Pavol Kopp moved from 6th to 5th.

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Daniela Pešková	10 m air rifle	396	9	Did not advance		9
Daniela Pešková	50 m rifle three positions	577	22	Did not advance		22
Danka Barteková	Skeet	67	8	Did not advance		8
Zuzana Štefečeková	Trap	70	1	89	2

[edit] Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Events	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ľuboš Križko	Men's 100 m backstroke	54.07	8	54.38	13	Did not advance
Martina Moravcová	Women's 50 m freestyle	25.47	27	Did not advance
	Women's 100 m freestyle	55.20	23	Did not advance
	Women's 100 m butterfly	59.03	25	Did not advance
Denisa Smolenová	Women's 200 m butterfly	2:13.81	31	Did not advance

[edit] Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Eva Ódorová	Singles	Priscila Tommy (VAN) W 4-0	Petra Lovas (HUN) W 4-2	Gao Jun (USA) L 2-4	Did not advance

[edit] Tennis

Main articles: Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64		Round of 32		Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Rank
Dominik Hrbatý	Singles	Thomaz Bellucci (BRA)	W 2-6 6-4 6-2	James Blake (USA) (8)	L 6-7 6-4 3-6	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64		Round of 32		Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Rank
Dominika Cibulková (16)	Singles	Pauline Parmentier (FRA)	W 6-1 7-5	Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL)	W 6-2 6-2	Jelena Janković (SRB) (2)	L 5-7 1-6	Did not advance
Daniela Hantuchová (10)	Singles	Ai Sugiyama (JPN)	W 6-2 7-5	Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)	L 1-6 3-6	Did not advance
Daniela Hantuchová Janette Husárová	Doubles			Yan Zi (CHN) Jie Zheng (CHN) (8)	L 1-6 6-7	Did not advance

[edit] Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Swim	Cycling	Run	Total	Rank
Pavel Šimko	Individual	Did not finish

[edit] Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Ondrej Kutlík	-85 kg	150.0	15	193.0	12	343.0	12
Martin Tešovič	-105 kg	Did not start

[edit] Wrestling

Main articles: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men's Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 Final	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Round 1	Repechage Round 2	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
David Musuľbes	−120 kg		Siewari (NGR) W 3-0 6-0	Aubéli (HUN) W 2-1 2-0	Taymazov (UZB) L 0-1 0-1			Rodríguez (CUB) W 4-0 4-2

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 Final	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Round 1	Repechage Round 2	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Attila Bátky	−84 kg	Estrada (CUB) L 0-4 0-5	Did not advance

[edit] See also

Slovakia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

[edit] References

^ [1] Slovakia Olympics Team
^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/7562384.stm Athletes stripped of medals for doping

[edit] External links

Slovakia NOC

[0] [1] Slovakia Olympics Team

[doping-1] ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/7562384.stm Athletes stripped of medals for doping

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[2]

Slovakia at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Contents

[edit] Medalists

[edit] Gold

[edit] Silver

[edit] Bronze

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Men

[edit] Women

[edit] Badminton

[edit] Canoeing

[edit] Flatwater

[edit] Slalom

[edit] Cycling

[edit] Road

[edit] Gymnastics

[edit] Artistic gymnastics

[edit] Judo

[edit] Sailing

[edit] Shooting

[edit] Swimming

[edit] Table tennis

[edit] Tennis

[edit] Triathlon

[edit] Weightlifting

[edit] Wrestling

[edit] See also

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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