Slovakia competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. The team includes 57 athletes in several sports.
| 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 |
|
| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
| Hungary (1896–1912) Czechoslovakia (1924–1992) | |
Medalists
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Michal Martikán | Canoeing | Men's C-1 |
| Gold | Elena Kaliská | Canoeing | Women's K-1 |
| Gold | Pavol Hochschorner Peter Hochschorner | Canoeing | Men's C-2 |
| Silver | Zuzana Štefečeková | Shooting | Women's trap |
| Silver | Michal Riszdorfer Richard Riszdorfer Juraj Tarr Erik Vlček | Canoeing | Men's K-4 1000 m |
| Silver | David Musuľbes | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 120 kg |
Athletics
- 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
| 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 | |||
- 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 | |
| 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 | |
- Combined events – Decathlon
| 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 |
- 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 | |||
| Zuzana Tomas | Marathon | — | 2:49:39 | 67 | |||
- Field events
| 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 |
Badminton
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | |||
| Eva Sládeková | Women's singles | Bye | Wang C (HKG) L 7–21, 7–21 | Did not advance | |||||
Canoeing
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 | ||
| 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 | ||
- Women
| 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 | |
Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final
Cycling
Road
| 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 |
Mountain biking
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Janka Števková | Women's cross-country | LAP (2 laps) | 24 |
Gymnastics
Artistic
- Women
| 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 | ||||||||
Judo
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Zoltán Pálkovács | Men's −100 kg | Costa (ARG) L 0100–0110 | Did not advance | |||||||
Sailing
- Men
| 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 | |
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled
Shooting
- Men
| 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 | |
* 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. Therefore, Pavol Kopp moved up a position.
- Women
| 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 | |
Swimming
- Men
| 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 | |
- Women
| 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 | |||
Table tennis
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary round | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Eva Ódorová | Women's singles | Tommy (VAN) W 4–0 | Lovas (HUN) W 4–2 | Gao (USA) L 2–4 | Did not advance | |||||
Tennis
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| 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 | ||||
Triathlon
| 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 | ||||||
Weightlifting
| 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
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
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| 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 | ||
- Men's Greco-Roman
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Attila Bátky | −84 kg | Estrada (CUB) L 0–3 PO | Did not advance | 19 | |||||
See also
- Slovakia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
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