Estonia at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Estonia at the 1996 Summer Olympics
IOC code	EST
NOC	Estonian Olympic Committee
Website	www.eok.ee (Estonian)
in Atlanta
Competitors	43 (35 men, 8 women) in 13 sports
Flag bearer	Jüri Jaanson
Medals	Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 0 0 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948–1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Other related appearances
Russian Empire (1908–1912) Soviet Union (1952–1988)

Estonia competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States, its second entry as an independent nation since the breakup of the Soviet Union. 43 competitors, 35 men and 8 women, took part in 36 events in 13 sports.^[1]

Archery

Estonia sent the same archer to its second archery competition as it had sent to the first. Raul Kivilo lost his first match, but improved his ranking by 10 places from four years earlier.

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Raul Kivilo	Men's individual	649	36	Jose Anchondo (MEX) (51) W 158-157	Did not advance					42

Athletics

Men's Marathon

• Pavel Loskutov — 2:23.14 (→ 58th place)

Men's High Jump

• Marko Turban – 2.24 (→ did not advance )

Men's Pole Vault

• Valeri Bukrejev – 0 (→ no ranking )

Men's Discus Throw

• Aleksander Tammert – Qualification — 59.04m (→ did not advance)

Men's Javelin Throw

• Donald Sild – 72.54 (→ did not advance )

Men's Hammer Throw

• Jüri Tamm – Qualification — 73.16m (→ did not advance)

Men's Decathlon

• Erki Nool – Final Result — 8543 points (→ 6th place)
• Andrei Nazarov – Final Result — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Indrek Kaseorg – Final Result — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's Marathon

• Jane Salumäe — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's Long Jump

• Virge Naeris – Qualification — 6.26m (→ did not advance)

Women's Triple Jump

• Virge Naeris – Qualification — 14.00m (→ did not advance)

Women's Discus Throw

• Eha Rünne – Qualification — 58.24m (→ did not advance)

Volleyball

Men's beach tournament

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Loser’s Bracket Round 1	Loser’s Bracket Round 2	Loser’s Bracket Round 3	Loser’s Bracket Round 4	Loser’s Bracket Round 5	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Avo Keel Kaido Kreen	Men's	Jodard – Penigaud (FRA) L 8–15	Did not advance			Kvalheim – Maaseide (NOR) L 2–15	Did not advance						17

Canoeing

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechages		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Hain Helde	K-1 500 m	1.47,31	7 R	1.44,34	5	Did not advance			19
	K-1 1000 m	3.59,13	7 R	4.08,37	5 QS	3:47.237	6	Did not advance	13

Cycling

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Lauri Aus	Men's road race	4:56.55	36
Jaan Kirsipuu		4:56.54	24
Raido Kodanipork		4:57.02	96
Andres Lauk		4:56.56	49
Lauri Resik		DNF

Track

Women's Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualifying round		1/8 final	1/8 repechage	Quarter-finals	Classification 5-8	Semi-finals	Finals
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Erika Salumäe	Women's sprint	11.566	9	Haringa (NED) L 12.164	Paraskevin-Young (USA) W 12.018	Ballanger (FRA) L 11.831	Grishina (RUS)  Wang (CHN)  Dubnicoff (CAN) L 12.416	Did not advance		6

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Alges Maasikmets	Men's cross-country	DNF

Fencing

Six fencers, three men and three women, represented Estonia in 1996.

Men's épée

• Kaido Kaaberma (→ 7. place )
  • Round 1: defeated Gang Zhao  China (CHN) by 15–6
  • Round 2: defeated Robert Leroux  France (FRA) by 15–14
  • Quarter Final: lost to Ivan Trevejo Pérez  Cuba (CUB) by 14–15 (→ 7. place )
• Andrus Kajak
  • Round 1: defeated Krisztián Kulcsár  Hungary (HUN) by 15–14
  • Round 2: lost to Sandro Cuomo  Italy (ITA) by 14–15 (→ 15. place )
• Meelis Loit
  • Preliminary round: lost to César González Llorens  Spain (ESP) by 14–15 (→ 35. place )

Men's team épée

• Estonian Team : ( Andrus Kajak, Meelis Loit, Kaido Kaaberma)
  • Quarter Final: lost to  Germany (GER) ( Elmar Borrmann, Arnd Schmitt, Mariusz Strzałka ) by 39–45
  • Match to 5.-8. place: defeated  United States (USA) (Tamir Bloom, James Carpenter, Michael Marx ) by 45–44
  • Match to 5.-6. place: defeated  Hungary (HUN) ( Géza Imre, Iván Kovács, Krisztián Kulcsár ) by 45–39 (→ 5. place )

Women's épée

• Oksana Yermakova
• Maarika Võsu
• Heidi Rohi

Women's team épée

• Estonian Team : ( Oksana Jermakova, Maarika Võsu, Heidi Rohi )
  • Quarter Final: lost to  Italy (ITA) ( Laura Chiesa, Elisa Uga, Margherita Zalaffi ) by 38–45
  • Match to 5.-8. place: defeated  United States (USA) ( Elaine Cheris, Nhi Lan Le, Leslie Marx ) by 45–38
  • Match to 5.-6. place: defeated  Cuba (CUB) ( Tamara Esterí Almeida, Mirayda García, Milagros Palma González ) by 45–30 (→ 5. place )

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	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	Opposition Result	Rank
Indrek Pertelson	+95 kg	N/A	Rafał Kubacki (POL) L 0000-1000	Did not advance							21

Modern pentathlon

Athlete	Event	Shooting (10 m air pistol)			Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Fencing (épée one touch)			Riding (show jumping)			Running (3000 m)			Total points	Final rank
		Points	Rank	MP Points	Time	Rank	MP points	Wins	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points
Imre Tiidemann	Men's	184	2	1144	. 3:27.86	23	1212	16	14	820	150	17	950	12:39.040	3	1288	7	5414

Rowing

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jüri Jaanson	Single sculls	8.10,01	5 R	8.15,25	4 Q	7.28,89	3FC	8.33,53	18

Sailing

Estonia competed in three events in the Sailing competition of the Sydney Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Tõnu Tõniste Toomas Tõniste	470	7	16	8	3	19	PMS	30	3	6	15	19	96	10

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Krista Kruuv	Europe	22	25	26	23	23	20	23	26	17	22	22	197	24

Open

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Peter Šaraškin	Laser	14	27	21	29	30	33	12	14	18	21	20	176	24

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Andrei Inešin	Skeet	121	7	Did not advance
Heikki Jaansalu	Trap	115	45	Did not advance

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Indrek Sei	50 metre freestyle	23.29	27	Did not advance
	100 metre freestyle	51.19	32	Did not advance

Wrestling

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Küllo Kõiv	−68 kg	Félix Malal Diédhiou (SEN) W 10–0	Zaza Zazirov (UKR) L 0–5	Elshad Allahverdiyev (AZE) W 5–1	Ahmad Al-Osta (SYR) W 4–1	Yosmany Sánchez Larrudet (CUB) L 0–6	BYE	Ahmad Al-Osta (SYR) W 7–2	7
Arvi Aavik	−100 kg	Daniel Sanchez (PUR) W 8–0	Konstantin Aleksandrov (KGZ) L 0–1	Wilfredo Morales Suárez (CUB) L 1–3	Did not advance				12

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Valeri Nikitin	−68 kg	Ender Memet (ROU) L 0–3	Tarieli Melelashvili (GEO) W 6–0	Attila Repka (HUN) W 2–0	Yasushi Miyake (JPN) W 6–0	Aleksandr Tretyakov (RUS) L 0–4	BYE	Liubal Colás Oris (CUB) L 1–6	8
Helger Hallik	−130 kg	Yogi Johl (CAN) W 0–0	Panagiotis Poikilidis (GRE) L 0–3	Sergei Mureiko (MDA) L 0–4	Did not advance				15

Notes

References

External links

• EOK – Atlanta 1996 (Estonian)