Slovakia at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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

Slovakia at the 2008 Summer Olympics
IOC code	SVK
NOC	Slovak Olympic and Sports Committee
Website	www.olympic.sk (in Slovak)
in Beijing
Competitors	58 in 14 sports
Flag bearers	Elena Kaliská (opening) Michal Riszdorfer (closing)
Medals Ranked 26th	Gold 3 Silver 3 Bronze 0 Total 6
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Other related appearances
Hungary (1896–1912)  Czechoslovakia (1924–1992)

Slovak representative house in Beijing

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

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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

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
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

Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: 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*
Patrik Pollák	RS:X	26	30	25	30	23	28	31	29	28	24	EL	243	30

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

Shooting

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
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.^[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
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

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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

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

Main article: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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