Slovenia at the 2008 Summer Olympics
# Slovenia at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Slovenia, represented by the Slovenian Olympic Committee (Olimpijski komite Slovenije, abbreviated OKS), sent a team with 62 athletes 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 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Primož Kozmus | Athletics | Men's hammer throw |
| Silver | Sara Isakovič | Swimming | Women's 200 m freestyle |
| Silver | Vasilij Žbogar | Sailing | Men's Laser class |
| Bronze | Lucija Polavder | Judo | Women's +78 kg |
| Bronze | Rajmond Debevec | Shooting | 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

### 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

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Boštjan Buč | 3000 m steeplechase | 8:21.24 | 8 | — | — | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Roman Kejžar | Marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2:29:37 | 67 |
| Matic Osovnikar | 100 m | 10.46 | 3 Q | 10.24 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Matic Osovnikar | 200 m | 20.89 | 4 q | 20.95 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Damjan Zlatnar | 110 m hurdles | 13.84 | 7 q | DNS* | DNS* | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

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

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Primož Kozmus | Hammer throw | 79.44 | 3 Q | 82.02 | |
| Matija Kranjc | Javelin throw | 70.00 | 31 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Rožle Prezelj | High jump | 2.25 | =9 Q | 2.20 | 12 |
| Jurij Rovan | Pole vault | 5.30 | 32 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Miran Vodovnik | Shot put | 19.81 | 20 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Combined events – Decathlon

| Athlete | Event | 100 m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400 m | 110H | DT | PV | JT | 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 |
| Damjan Sitar | Points | 814 | 874 | 631 | 850 | 810 | 846 | 649 | 617 | 548 | 697 | 7336 | 22 |

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Brigita Langerholc | 800 m | 2:00.13 | 3 Q | — | — | 2:00.00 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sonja Roman | 1500 m | 4:08.52 | 8 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Pia Tajnikar | 100 m | 11.82 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sabina Veit | 200 m | 23.62 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Nina Kolarič | Long jump | 6.40 | 27 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Martina Ratej | Javelin throw | 55.30 | 37 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Marija Šestak | Triple jump | 14.44 | 9 q | 15.03 NR | 6 |

## Badminton

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Maja Tvrdy | Women's singles | Bye | Konon (BLR) L 17–21, 14–21 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Canoeing

### Slalom

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Rank | Run 2 | Rank | Total | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Peter Kauzer | Men's K-1 | 81.79 | 1 | 84.70 | 5 | 166.49 | 1 Q | 85.42 | 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Sprint

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | 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

### Road

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| - | - | - | - |
| Borut Božič | Men's road race | Did not finish | Did not finish |
| Jure Golčer | Men's road race | 6:34:26 | 61 |
| Simon Špilak | Men's road race | Did not finish | Did not finish |
| Simon Špilak | 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

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| - | - | - | - |
| Blaža Klemenčič | Women's cross-country | LAP (1 lap) | 21 |

## Gymnastics

### Artistic

**Men**

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | Total | Rank | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | Total | Rank |
| Mitja Petkovšek | Parallel bars | — | — | — | — | 16.125 | — | 16.125 | 5 Q | — | — | — | — | 15.725 | — | 15.725 | 5 |

**Women**

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | F | V | UB | BB | Total | Rank | F | V | UB | BB | Total | Rank |
| Adela Šajn | Floor | 13.700 | — | — | — | 13.700 | 56 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Adela Šajn | Balance beam | — | — | — | 14.100 | 14.100 | 63 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Judo

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Rok Drakšič | −60 kg | Bye | Akhondzadeh (IRI) L 0010–0110 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Aljaž Sedej | −81 kg | Bye | Malekmohammadi (IRI) L 0000–1000 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Matjaž Ceraj | +100 kg | Rybak (BLR) L 0000–1000 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Urška Žolnir | −63 kg | Décosse (FRA) L 0000–1010 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Schlesinger (ISR) W 1001–0000 | von Harnier (GER) W 0200–0000 | Willeboordse (NED) L 0000–0001 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lucija Polavder | +78 kg | Bye | Issanova (KAZ) W 1000–0001 | Tserenkhand (MGL) W 1100–0000 | Tsukada (JPN) L 0000–1010 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Kim N-Y (KOR) W 0001–0000 | |

## Rowing

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Iztok Čop Luka Špik | Double sculls | 6:39.49 | 3 SA/B | Bye | Bye | 6:23.81 | 2 FA | 6:33.36 | 6 |
| Rok Kolander Miha Pirih Tomaž Pirih Rok Rozman | Four | 6:03.78 | 3 SA/B | Bye | Bye | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | Net points | Final rank |
| 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

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | Net points | Final rank |
| Vesna Dekleva Klara Maučec | 470 | DSQ | 3 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 3 | EL | 92 | 13 |

### Open

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | Net points | Final rank |
| Gašper Vinčec | Finn | 9 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 10 | CAN | CAN | 20 | 72 | 7 |

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

## Shooting

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Rajmond Debevec | 10 m air rifle | 589 | 31 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Rajmond Debevec | 50 m rifle prone | 592 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Rajmond Debevec | 50 m rifle 3 positions | 1176 | 1 Q | 1271.7 | |

## Swimming

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Damir Dugonjič | 100 m breaststroke | 1:00.35 NR | 9 Q | 1:00.92 | 16 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jernej Godec | 50 m freestyle | 22.21 NR | 18 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Peter Mankoč | 100 m freestyle | 49.33 | 31 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Peter Mankoč | 100 m butterfly | 51.24 NR | 5 Q | 51.80 | 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Matjaž Markič | 100 m breaststroke | 1:01.31 | 24 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Luka Turk | 400 m freestyle | DNS* | DNS* | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |

* Luka Turk withdrew from the Games because of injury.

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Anja Čarman | 100 m backstroke | 1:02.21 NR | 26 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Anja Čarman | 200 m backstroke | 2:10.49 NR | 15 Q | 2:12.46 | 16 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sara Isakovič | 200 m freestyle | 1:55.86 OR | 2 Q | 1:56.50 | 1 Q | 1:54.97 | |
| Sara Isakovič | 100 m butterfly | 58.68 NR | 20 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sara Isakovič | 200 m butterfly | DNS | DNS | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Anja Klinar | 200 m individual medley | 2:15.39 | 25 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Anja Klinar | 400 m individual medley | 4:38.90 NR | 16 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Nina Sovinek | 50 m freestyle | 26.49 | 43 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Nina Sovinek | 100 m freestyle | 57.30 | 44 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Teja Zupan | 10 km open water | — | — | — | — | 1:55:44.7 | 12 |

## Table tennis

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary round | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Bojan Tokič | Men's singles | Bye | Bye | Bobocica (ITA) W 4–3 | Ma L (CHN) L 1–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
