Estonia at the 1992 Winter Olympics explained

Estonia competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France.It was the first time since 1936 that the nation had competed as an independent nation at the Winter Olympic Games. Estonian athletes competed for the Soviet Union from 1956 to 1988. Estonian National Olympic Representative was Tiit Nuudi and Estonian Olympic Team attaché was Ene Balder.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[1]

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Biathlon	5	3	8
Cross-country skiing	5	1	6
Figure skating	0	1	1
Nordic combined	4	–	4
Total	14	5	19

Estonia also had a competitor at the demonstration event speed skiing (Aare Tamme).^[2]

Biathlon

See main article: article and Biathlon at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

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Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Urmas Kaldvee	Individual	1:03:15.1	4	48
Sprint	27:52.9	1	31
Kristjan Oja	Individual	1:04:15.9	3	57
Kalju Ojaste	Individual	1:02:05.8	2	37
Sprint	29:13.2	1	59
Aivo Udras	Individual	1:00:14.5	3	16
Sprint	29:28.4	2	61
Hillar Zahkna	Individual	1:01:57.4	4	34
Sprint	27:46.5	2	27
Hillar Zahkna Aivo Udras Kalju Ojaste Urmas Kaldvee	Relay	1:29:46.1	0	11

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Krista Lepik	Individual	53:51.4	1	11
Sprint	28:16.6	4	42
Eveli Peterson	Individual	58:03.1	5	36
Sprint	29:31.4	5	58
Jelena Poljakova	Individual	58:30.1	5	39
Sprint	27:22.8	1	30
Jelena Poljakova Eveli Peterson Krista Lepik	Relay	1:23:16.2	1	9

Cross-country skiing

See main article: article and Cross-country skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race
		Time	Rank
Elmo Kassin	10 km classical	29:52.0	22
15 km freestyle pursuit	41:16.1	18
50 km freestyle	2:19:29.3	45
Taivo Kuus	10 km classical	32:28.0	67
15 km freestyle pursuit	46:18.6	60
50 km freestyle	Did not finish
Andrus Veerpalu	10 km classical	29:51.5	21
15 km freestyle pursuit	43:41.7	42
30 km classical	1:31:06.1	44
Urmas Välbe	10 km classical	30:20.1	28
15 km freestyle pursuit	43:38.4	41
30 km classical	1:29:44.3	33
Jaanus Teppan	30 km classical	1:29:30.9	31
50 km freestyle	2:17:15.1	39
Andrus Veerpalu Jaanus Teppan Elmo Kassin Urmas Välbe	4x10 km relay	1:46:33.3	10

Women

Athlete	Event	Race
		Time	Rank
Piret Niglas	5 km classical	15:54.9	38
10 km freestyle pursuit	31:36.6	45
15 km classical	48:58.4	39
30 km freestyle	1:37:31.8	48

Figure skating

See main article: article and Figure skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Nordic combined

See main article: article and Nordic combined at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping		Cross-country
		Points	Rank	Deficit	Time	Rank
Peter Heli	Individual	182.0	38	+5:10.0	51:25.1 +6:57.0	31
Allar Levandi	206.4	14	+2:27.4	46:02.2 +1:34.1	6
Ago Markvardt	199.0	23	+3:16.7	49:38.6 +5:10.5	23
Toomas Tiru	170.9	44	+6:24.0	56:37.1 +12:09.0	42
Ago Markvardt Peter Heli Allar Levandi	Team	525.9	10	+9:56	1:33:16.9 +9:40.4	9

References

• sports-reference - Estonia at the 1992 Winter Olympics
• Official Olympic Reports

External links

• EOK – Albertville 1992

Notes and References

1. Web site: Olympedia – Estonia at the 1992 Winter Olympics. www.olympedia.org.
2. Web site: Tamme, Aare - Eesti Entsüklopeedia. entsyklopeedia.ee.
3. Web site: Albertville 1992 Official Report . https://web.archive.org/web/20080226202512/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1992/orw1992.pdf . dead . February 26, 2008 . LA84 Foundation . Le Comite d'Organisation des Jeux Olympiques Albertville . 1992 . October 15, 2013 .