Estonia at the 2004 Summer Olympics explained

Estonia competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's ninth appearance at the Summer Olympics.

The Estonian Olympic Committee sent a total of 42 athletes, 31 men and 11 women, competing only in 11 different sports. Sixteen athletes had competed in Sydney, including three Olympic medalists: decathlon champion Erki Nool, and judoka and bronze medalists Aleksei Budõlin and Indrek Pertelson. Rower Jüri Jaanson participated in his fifth Olympics under two different banners (the other one with the Soviet Union) as the most experienced member of the contingent. Discus thrower Eha Rünne, aged 41, was the oldest athlete of the team, while long-distance freestyle swimmer Jelena Petrova was the youngest at age 15. Claiming the nation's first ever gold medal in athletics, Nool was appointed by the Estonian Olympic Committee to become the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.^[1]

Estonia left Athens with the same number of medals (3) collected from the previous games, but failed to earn a single gold. After finishing farther from the podium in four consecutive Olympics, Jaanson ended his medal drought by taking home the silver in the men's single sculls.^[2] Two bronze medals were awarded to discus thrower Aleksander Tammert and heavyweight judoka Indrek Pertelson, who managed to repeat it from Sydney.

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Estonian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard).^{[3] [4]}

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Tarmo Jallai	110 m hurdles	13.77	6	Did not advance
Pavel Loskutov	Marathon	2:18:09	26

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Marko Aleksejev	High jump	2.15	=31	Did not advance
Gerd Kanter	Discus throw	60.05	19	Did not advance
Lauri Leis	Triple jump	16.18	33	Did not advance
Taavi Peetre	Shot put	19.14	26	Did not advance
Aleksander Tammert	Discus throw	65.70	2 Q	66.66
Andrus Värnik	Javelin throw	83.25	5 Q	83.25	6

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m				400 m					1500 m	Final	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Erki Nool	Result	10.80	7.53	14.26	1.88	48.81	14.80	42.05	5.40	61.33	4:36.33	8235	8
Points	906	942	744	696	870	874	706	1035	758	704
align=left rowspan=2	Kristjan Rahnu	Result	10.77		14.45		—	—	—	—	—	—
Points	912	0	756	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
align=left rowspan=2	Indrek Turi	Result	11.08	6.91	13.62	2.03	51.67	14.26	39.83	4.80	59.34	4:50.01	7708	23
Points	843	792	705	831	739	941	661	849	728	619

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Egle Uljas	400 m	51.91 NR	5 q	53.13	8	Did not advance
Jane Salumäe	Marathon	2:48:47	44

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Moonika Aava	Javelin throw	54.96	33	Did not advance
Eha Rünne	Discus throw	54.82	37	Did not advance

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Andrus Aug	align=left rowspan=4	Men's road race	Did not finish
Jaan Kirsipuu	Did not finish
Erki Pütsep	Did not finish
Janek Tombak	5:50:35	61
Maaris Meier	Women's road race	Did not finish

Mountain biking

Judo

See main article: article and Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Estonia has qualified two judoka

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Aleksei Budõlin	Men's −81 kg	W 0110–0100	L 0010–0011	Did not advance
Indrek Pertelson	Men's +100 kg	W 1010–0001	W 0021–0010	L 0001–1110	Did not advance		W 1110–0100	W 0200–0100	W 1000–0000

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jüri Jaanson	Single sculls	7:13.74	1 SA/B/C	6:47.36	1 FA	6:51.42
Tõnu Endrekson Leonid Gulov	Double sculls	6:58.80	3 SA/B	6:12.80	2 FA	6:35.30	4
Andrei Jämsä Igor Kuzmin Andrei Šilin Oleg Vinogradov	Quadruple sculls	5:45.56	2 SA/B	5:44.90	2 FB	6:05.11	9

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; R=Repechage

Sailing

See main article: article and Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Men

M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given

Shooting

See main article: article and Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Men

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Estonian swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time):

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Aleksander Baldin	100 m breaststroke	1:06.04	49	Did not advance
200 m breaststroke	2:17.90	32	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Danil Haustov	50 m freestyle	23.56	49	Did not advance
100 m freestyle	51.02	37	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Triin Aljand	50 m freestyle	26.19	26	Did not advance
Jana Kolukanova	100 m freestyle	57.45	37	Did not advance
Elina Partõka	200 m freestyle	2:03.54	28	Did not advance
Jelena Petrova	800 m freestyle	9:01.62	23	Did not advance

Tennis

See main article: article and Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

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
Kaia Kanepi	Women's singles	L 6–7(1–7), 1–6	Did not advance
Maret Ani Kaia Kanepi	Women's doubles		L 4–6, 1–6	Did not advance

Triathlon

See main article: article and Triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Estonia's first appearance in the Olympic triathlon resulted in a twenty-first-place finish for the nation's sole competitor in the sport.

Wrestling

See main article: article and Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Men's Greco-Roman

See also

• Estonia at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

External links

• Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad
• EOK – Ateena 2004

Notes and References

1. News: Ajalugu ei näita Pekingi olümpialippur Martin Padarile medaliheitlust soosivaid kaarte. History does not show in Beijing Olympics, and Martin Padar struggles to reach the medal podium. et. Postimees. 2 August 2008. 2 April 2014.
2. News: Shonka. Kristy. Jaanson basks in the silver lining of Athens Olympics. The Augusta Chronicle. 14 October 2004. 2 April 2014.
3. Web site: iaaf.org – Top Lists. IAAF. June 4, 2011.
4. Web site: IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Athens 2004 Entry Standards. IAAF. 4 June 2011.