Slovakia at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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Slovakia
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

 competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...

 in Beijing
Beijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...

, People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

. The team includes 57 athletes in several sports.

Gold

  • Michal Martikán
    Michal Martikán
    Michal Martikán is a Slovak slalom canoeist. In 1996 he became the first athlete to win an Olympic Games gold medal for Slovakia since the country gained independence in 1993. In total he won 4 Olympic medals , which is the most among all slalom paddlers...

     — Canoeing
    Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
    Canoeing competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics were held from August 11 to August 23 at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in Beijing....

    , Men's C1 Canadian Slalom Singles

  • Elena Kaliská
    Elena Kaliská
    Elena Kaliská is a Slovak slalom canoer who has competed since the mid 1990s. Competing in four Summer Olympics, she won two gold medals in the K-1 event, earning them in 2004 and 2008....

     — Canoeing
    Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
    Canoeing competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics were held from August 11 to August 23 at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in Beijing....

    , Women's K1 Slalom Singles

  • Pavol Hochschorner
    Pavol Hochschorner
    Pavol Hochschorner is a Slovak slalom canoer who won three Olympic gold medals in the C-2 event, in 2000, 2004 and 2008, each time with his twin brother Peter Hochschorner as the teammate.Hochschorner also won twelve medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with six golds Pavol...

     and Peter Hochschorner
    Peter Hochschorner
    Peter Hochschorner is a Slovak slalom canoer who won three Olympic gold medals in the C-2 event, in 2000, 2004 and 2008, each time with his twin brother Pavol Hochschorner as the teammate.Hochschorner also won twelve medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with six golds Peter...

     — Canoeing
    Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
    Canoeing competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics were held from August 11 to August 23 at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in Beijing....

    , Men's C2 Slalom Doubles

Silver

  • Zuzana Štefečeková
    Zuzana Štefeceková
    Zuzana Štefečeková is a female Slovakian sports shooter. She won the silver medal in the Women's Trap event at the 2008 Summer Olympics....

     — Shooting
    Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics
    Shooting competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 9 to August 17, at the Beijing Shooting Range Hall and Beijing Shooting Range Clay Target Field...

    , Women's Trap

  • Michal Riszdorfer
    Michal Riszdorfer
    Michal Riszdorfer is a Slovak sprint canoer who has competed since the late 1990s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won two medals in the K-4 1000 m with a silver in 2008 and a bronze in 2004....

    , Richard Riszdorfer
    Richard Riszdorfer
    Richard Riszdorfer is a Slovakian sprint canoer who has competed since the late 1990s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won two medals in the K-4 1000 m event with a silver in 2008 and a bronze in 2004....

    , Juraj Tarr
    Juraj Tarr
    Juraj Tarr is a Slovak sprint canoer who has competed since the late 1990s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won the silver medal in the K-4 1000 m event at Beijing in 2008....

    , and Erik Vlček
    Erik Vlcek
    Erik Vlček is a Slovak sprint canoer who has competed since the late 1990s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won two medals in the K-4 1000 m event with a silver in 2008 and a bronze in 2004....

     — Canoeing
    Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
    Canoeing competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics were held from August 11 to August 23 at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in Beijing....

    , Men's K4 1.000 metres

Bronze

  • David Musuľbes
    David Musulbes
    David Vladimirovich Musulbes is a wrestler of georgian origin who currently represents Slovakia, in past he competed for Russia...

     — Wrestling
    Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics
    Wrestling competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, were held at the China Agricultural University Gymnasium from August 12–21, 2008. It was split into two disciplines, Freestyle and Greco-Roman which are further divided into different weight categories...

    , Men's Freestyle (120 kg)

Men

Track and road events
Event Athletes Heat Round 1 Heat Round 2 Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
800 m
Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 800 metres
-Results:All times shown are in seconds. The following abbreviations are used:* Q denotes qualification by place* q denotes qualification by time* DNS denotes did not start* DNF denotes did not finish* DQ denotes disqualification...

Jozef Repčík 1:48.64 46 Did not advance
20 km walk
Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 20 kilometre walk
The Men's 20 kilometres walk at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 16 August at the Beijing National Stadium.The qualifying standards were 1:23:00 and 1:24:30 .-Medalists:- Records :...

Matej Tóth
Matej Tóth
Matej Tóth is a Slovak race walker. He is a two-time Olympian, having competed in 2004 and 2008, and has represented his country at the World Championships in Athletics on three occasions...

1:23:17 26
50 km walk
Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 50 kilometre walk
The following new Olympic record was set during this competition.-Results:OR - Olympic Record / PB - Personal Best / SB - Season Best / NR - National Record / DNF - Did Not Finish / DQ - Disqualified / DNS - Did Not Start-Intermediates:s.t. - same time....

Miloš Bátovský 4:06:30 35
Peter Korčok
Peter Korcok
Peter Korčok is a Slovak race walker.-Achievements:-External links:...

Did not finish
Kazimír Verkin 4:21:26 47


Field events
Event Athletes Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
High Jump
Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's high jump
-Qualifying round:Qualification Criteria: Qualifying Performance 2.32 or at least 12 best performers advance to the Final.-Final:The final was held on August 19....

Peter Horák
Peter Horák
Peter Horák is a Slovak high jumper.-Achievements:-References:...

2.15 34 Did not advance
Triple Jump
Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's triple jump
-Qualifying round:Qualifying Performance 17.10 or at least 12 best performers advance to the Final.-Final:...

Dmitrij Vaľukevič
Dmitrij Valukevic
Dmitrij Vaľukevič is a Belarusian-born Slovak triple jumper. He is son of Gennadiy Valyukevich.-Achievements:-References:*...

17.08 14 Did not advance
Shot Put
Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's shot put
The Men's Shot Put event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 15 August at the Beijing Olympic Stadium.The qualifying standards were 20.30 m and 19.80 m .-Medalists:-Schedule:...

Milan Haborák
Milan Haborák
Milan Haborák is a Slovak shot putter.Haborák's personal best throw is 20.87 metres, achieved in May 2004 in Turnov. He first broke the 20-metre barrier in 2000. Haborák received a two-year ban in 2004 for using hormones...

19.32 30 Did not advance
Hammer Throw
Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's hammer throw
-Qualifying round:Qualification: Qualifying Performance 78.00 or at least 12 best performers advance to the Final.-External links:...

Libor Charfreitag
Libor Charfreitag
Libor Charfreitag is a hammer thrower from Slovakia. His personal best throw is 81.81 metres, achieved in June 2003 in Prague.He was chosen Slovak athlete of the year in 2003...

76.61 10 78.65 6
Miloslav Konopka
Miloslav Konopka
Miloslav Konopka is a male hammer thrower from Slovakia. His personal best throw is 81.33 metres, achieved in May 2004 in Banská Bystrica.-Achievements:-References:*...

71.96 23 Did not advance


Combined events
Decathlon
Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's decathlon
-Heat 1:21 August 2008 - 9:20Wind: -0.6 m/s-Heat 2:21 August 2008 - 9:27Wind: -0.2 m/s-Heat 3:21 August 2008 - 9:34Wind: 0.3 m/s-Heat 4:21 August 2008 - 9:41Wind: -0.4 m/s-Heat 5:21 August 2008 - 9:48Wind: -0.1 m/s-Group A:...

Event Slaven Dizdarevič
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

Women

Track and road events
Event Athletes Heat Round 1 Heat Round 2 Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
800 m
Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 800 metres
-Round 1:Qualification: First 3 in each heat and the next 6 fastest advance to the Semifinals.-Semifinals:-Final:-Splits:...

Lucia Klocová
Lucia Klocová
Lucia Klocová is a Slovak middle distance athlete, who specialises in the 800 metres. She represented Slovakia at the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games...

1:59.42 3rd Q 1:58.80 11th Did not advance
100 m Hurdles
Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 100 metre hurdles
-Round 1:Qualifying rule: first two of each heat plus the six fastest times qualified.-Semifinals:Qualification: First 4 in each heat and the next fastest advance to the Final.-Final:...

Miriam Bobková 13.65 37th Did not advance
Marathon
Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's marathon
The Women's Marathon at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 17 around an urban circuit specifically designed for the competition at Beijing, and finished in the Beijing National Stadium. The qualifying standards were 2:37.00 and 2:42.00...

Zuzana Tomas
Zuzana Tomas
Zuzana Tomas is a Slovak marathon athlete. Tomas competed at 2008 Summer Olympics, where she finished 67th in 2:49:39, about ten minutes behind her personal record...

2:49:39 67th
20 km walk
Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 20 kilometre walk
The Women's 20 km Walk event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on August 21 at the Beijing Olympic Stadium. The qualifying standards were 1:33.30 and 1:38.00 .-Medalists:-Abbreviations:...

Zuzana Malíková
Zuzana Malíková
Zuzana Malíková is a female race walker from Slovakia.-Achievements:-References:...

1:34:33 SB 32nd


Field events
Event Athletes Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Long Jump
Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's long jump
-Qualifying round:Qualifying performance 6.75 or at least 12 best performers advance to the final.Q - Qualified by right / q - Qualified by result / NM - No Mark / NR - National Record / SB - Season Best / DQ - Disqualified-Final:...

Jana Velďáková
Jana Veldáková
Jana Velďáková is a Slovak long jumper. She has a twin sister named Dana, who is a triple jumper.-Achievements:-References:...

No mark - Did not advance
Triple Jump
Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's triple jump
The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.-Qualifying round:Qualifying Performance 14.45 or at least 12 best performers advance to the Final.-Final:The final was held on August 17....

Dana Velďáková
Dana Veldáková
Dana Velďáková is a Slovak triple jumper. Her personal best jump is 14.51 metres, achieved in May 2008 in Pavia. She has a twin sister named Jana, who is a long jumper.-Achievements:-External links:...

No mark - Did not advance
Hammer Throw
Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's hammer throw
The Women's Hammer Throw event at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 18–20 August at the Beijing National Stadium.The qualifying standards were 69.50 m and 67.00 m .-Medalists:-Schedule:...

Martina Hrašnová
Martina Hrašnová
Martina Danišová-Hrašnová is a female hammer thrower from Slovakia. Her personal best throw is 76.90 metres, achieved in May 2009 in Trnava. She was suspended from the sport from August 2003 to August 2005, because a doping out-of-competition test found nandrolon in her body. She is taking...

72.87 4th Q 71.00 8th

Badminton

Women
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Score
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Rank
Eva Sládeková Singles
Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's singles
These are the results of the women's singles competition in badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.The tournament consisted of a single-elimination tournament. Matches were played using a best-of-three games format. Games were played to 21 points, using rally scoring...


L 21-7 21-7
Did not advance

Flatwater

Men
Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Marián Ostrčil
Marián Ostrcil
Marián Ostrčil is a Slovak sprint canoer who has been competing since 1998.In 1998, in Nyköping, Sweden, he became European junior champion in the individual Canadian canoe 500m...

C-1 500 m 1:55.911 18 1:58.401 14 Did not advance
C-1 1000 m 4:00.191 6 4:03.696 9 Did not advance
Michal Riszdorfer
Michal Riszdorfer
Michal Riszdorfer is a Slovak sprint canoer who has competed since the late 1990s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won two medals in the K-4 1000 m with a silver in 2008 and a bronze in 2004....

 
Richard Riszdorfer
Richard Riszdorfer
Richard Riszdorfer is a Slovakian sprint canoer who has competed since the late 1990s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won two medals in the K-4 1000 m event with a silver in 2008 and a bronze in 2004....


Juraj Tarr
Juraj Tarr
Juraj Tarr is a Slovak sprint canoer who has competed since the late 1990s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won the silver medal in the K-4 1000 m event at Beijing in 2008....


Erik Vlček
Erik Vlcek
Erik Vlček is a Slovak sprint canoer who has competed since the late 1990s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won two medals in the K-4 1000 m event with a silver in 2008 and a bronze in 2004....

K-4 1000 m 2:57.876 3 2:56.593


Women
Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Ivana Kmeťová
Ivana Kmetová
Ivana Kmeťová is a Slovak sprint canoer who has competed since the late 2000s. She won three medals in the K-2 200 m event at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver in 2007 and two bronzes ....


Martina Kohlová
K-2 500 m 1:47.284 13 1:46.380 7 Did not advance

Slalom

Men
Athlete Event Preliminary Semifinal Final Total Rank
Run 1 Rank Run 2 Rank Total Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Michal Martikán
Michal Martikán
Michal Martikán is a Slovak slalom canoeist. In 1996 he became the first athlete to win an Olympic Games gold medal for Slovakia since the country gained independence in 1993. In total he won 4 Olympic medals , which is the most among all slalom paddlers...

C-1 85.13 1 85.02 3 170.15 1 88.92 1 87.73 1 176.65
Pavol Hochschorner
Pavol Hochschorner
Pavol Hochschorner is a Slovak slalom canoer who won three Olympic gold medals in the C-2 event, in 2000, 2004 and 2008, each time with his twin brother Peter Hochschorner as the teammate.Hochschorner also won twelve medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with six golds Pavol...


Peter Hochschorner
Peter Hochschorner
Peter Hochschorner is a Slovak slalom canoer who won three Olympic gold medals in the C-2 event, in 2000, 2004 and 2008, each time with his twin brother Pavol Hochschorner as the teammate.Hochschorner also won twelve medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with six golds Peter...

C-2 93.69 1 93.04 2 186.73 1 94.88 2 95.94 2 190.82
Peter Cibák
Peter Cibák
Peter Cibák is a Slovak slalom canoer who has competed since the mid 2000s. He won a bronze medal in the K-1 event at the 2005 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Penrith....

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
Run 1 Rank Run 2 Rank Total Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Elena Kaliská
Elena Kaliská
Elena Kaliská is a Slovak slalom canoer who has competed since the mid 1990s. Competing in four Summer Olympics, she won two gold medals in the K-1 event, earning them in 2004 and 2008....

K-1 94.34 4 91.85 1 186.19 1 97.13 1 95.51 1 192.64

Road

Athlete Event Time Rank
Roman Broniš Road race did not finish
Ján Valach Road race 6:34:26 (+10:37) 62
Matej Jurčo
Matej Jurco
Matej Jurčo is a Slovak professional road bicycle racer.-Palmares:199920022003...

Road race did not finish
Time trial 1:07:52 (+5:41) 29

Artistic gymnastics

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

Judo

Men
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals First Repechage Round Repechage Quarterfinals Repechage Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
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Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Zoltán Pálkovács
Zoltán Pálkovács
Zoltán Pálkovács was a Slovak judoka of Hungarian ethnicity. He was born in Rimavská Sobota and died in a traffic accident in Vienna.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...

−100 kg
L 0110 / 0100
Did not advance

Sailing

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

Shooting

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final Rank
Score Rank Score Total
Jozef Gönci
Jozef Gönci
Jozef Gönci is a Slovak sport shooter, specialising in the 50 m Rifle and 10 m Air Rifle. Gönci won independent Slovakia's first ever Olympic Medal, a bronze in Atlanta in 1996. He won another bronze medal eight years later at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.- External links :*...

50 m rifle prone 593 16 Did not advance 16
50 m rifle
three positions
394 30 Did not advance 30
Pavol Kopp 10 m air pistol 575 28 Did not advance 28
50 m pistol 563 4 94.6 657.6 6 5
Mário Filipovič
Mário Filipovic
Mário Filipovič is a Slovak sport shooter who specializes in the trap.At the 2008 Olympic Games he finished in joint thirteenth place in the trap qualification, missing a place among the top six, who progressed to the final round....

Trap 115 14 Did not advance 14
Erik Varga
Erik Varga
Erik Varga is a Slovak sport shooter who specializes in the trap.At the 2008 Olympic Games he finished in joint eighth place in the trap qualification, missing a place among the top six, who progressed to the final round....

Trap 117 9 Did not advance 9


Kim Jong Su
Kim Jong Su
Kim Jong-su is a North Korean sport shooter who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. In Athens, he won the bronze medal in the 50 metre pistol competition, and finished eighth in the air pistol final...

 of North Korea
North Korea
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea , , is a country in East Asia, occupying the northern half of the Korean Peninsula. Its capital and largest city is Pyongyang. The Korean Demilitarized Zone serves as the buffer zone between North Korea and South Korea...

 originally won the silver medal in the 50 m pistol event, but was disqualified after he tested positive for propranolol. Thus Pavol Kopp moved from 6th to 5th.

Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final Rank
Score Rank Score Total
Daniela Pešková 10 m air rifle 396 9 Did not advance 9
50 m rifle
three positions
577 22 Did not advance 22
Danka Barteková Skeet 67 8 Did not advance 8
Zuzana Štefečeková
Zuzana Štefeceková
Zuzana Štefečeková is a female Slovakian sports shooter. She won the silver medal in the Women's Trap event at the 2008 Summer Olympics....

Trap 70 1 89 2

Swimming

Athlete Events Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Ľuboš Križko
Luboš Križko
Ľuboš Križko is an Olympic swimmer from Trenčín, Slovakia who competes in men's 100 meter backstroke. He finished 13th at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and tied for 27th at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens....

Men's 100 m backstroke 54.07 8 54.38 13 Did not advance
Martina Moravcová
Martina Moravcová
Martina Moravcová is a medley, butterfly and freestyle swimmer from Slovakia. She made her international swimming debut in 1991 for Czechoslovakia, and has gone on to compete in five consecutive Summer Olympics...

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

Table tennis

Women
Athlete Event Preliminary round Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
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Result
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Result
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Result
Eva Ódorová
Eva Ódorová
Eva Ódorová is a Slovak table tennis player.She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, reaching the second round of the singles competition. She also competed in the team competition.-References:*...

Singles
Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's singles
The women's singles table tennis event was a part of the table tennis program at the 2008 Summer Olympics and took place at the Peking University Gymnasium. The tournament started on August 18 with the final on August 22....


W 4-0

W 4-2

L 2-4
Did not advance

Tennis

Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Rank
Dominik Hrbatý
Dominik Hrbatý
Dominik Hrbatý is a retired professional tennis player from Slovakia.-Personal life:Hrbatý was born on 4 January 1978 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. His father was an architecture engineer and his younger brother is an umpire...

Singles W 2-6 6-4 6-2 (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
Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Rank
Dominika Cibulková
Dominika Cibulková
Dominika Cibulková is a Slovak professional tennis player. She is also a former World Junior No. 3, achieving that ranking in May 2005. Her career-high ranking of World No. 12 was achieved on 6 July 2009...

 (16)
Singles W 6-1 7-5 W 6-2 6-2 (2) L 5-7 1-6 Did not advance
Daniela Hantuchová
Daniela Hantuchová
Daniela Hantuchová is a Slovak professional tennis player. She turned professional in 1999 and had her breakthrough year in 2002, when she won her first Tier I tournament and ended the year in the top 10.She is currently coached by Larri Passos...

 (10)
Singles W 6-2 7-5 L 1-6 3-6 Did not advance
Daniela Hantuchová
Daniela Hantuchová
Daniela Hantuchová is a Slovak professional tennis player. She turned professional in 1999 and had her breakthrough year in 2002, when she won her first Tier I tournament and ended the year in the top 10.She is currently coached by Larri Passos...

 
Janette Husárová
Janette Husárová
Janette Husárová is a professional female tennis player from Slovakia. She is probably best remembered for winning the WTA Tour Championships women's doubles title in 2002 partenering Russian Elena Dementieva...

Doubles
(8)
L 1-6 6-7 Did not advance

Triathlon

Men
Athlete Event Swim Cycling Run Total Rank
Pavel Šimko Individual
Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics
The Triathlon competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics, in Beijing, were held on Monday, August 18 and Tuesday, August 19 , on the Triathlon Venue at the Ming Tomb Reservoir in Shisanling....

Did not finish

Weightlifting

Men
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Ondrej Kutlík -85 kg
Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 85 kg
The men's 85 kg weightlifting event was the fifth men's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 85 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took place on August 15, but was divided in two parts due to the number of competitors. Group B weightlifters...

150.0 15 193.0 12 343.0 12
Martin Tešovič
Martin Tešovič
Martin Tešovič is a weightlifter from Slovakia who competed from the mid 1990s to the mid 2000s. He twice competed for his native country at the Summer Olympics: 1996 and 2004 . At the 2008 Summer Olympics he was supposed to compete, but he did not enter the event eventually...

-105 kg
Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 105 kg
The men's 105 kg weightlifting event was the seventh men's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 105 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took place on August 18, but was divided in two parts due to the number of competitors. Group B...

Did not start

Wrestling

Men's Freestyle
Athlete Event Qualification 1/8 Final Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Round 1 Repechage Round 2 Final Rank
Opposition
Result
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Result
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Result
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David Musuľbes
David Musulbes
David Vladimirovich Musulbes is a wrestler of georgian origin who currently represents Slovakia, in past he competed for Russia...

−120 kg
W 3-0 6-0

W 2-1 2-0

L 0-1 0-1

W 4-0 4-2


Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Qualification 1/8 Final Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Round 1 Repechage Round 2 Final
Opposition
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Attila Bátky −84 kg
L 0-4 0-5
Did not advance
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