Estonia at the 2008 Summer Olympics explained

Estonia competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. This is a list of the results of all Estonian athletes who qualified for the Olympics and were nominated by Estonian Olympic Committee. Estonia was represented in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games by 47 athletes in total of 13 different sporting events. The Estonian delegation, the largest in the nation's Olympic history,^[1] marched into the Beijing National Olympic stadium as the 160th nation, before Haiti and after Ireland delegations during the opening ceremony.

Jüri Jaanson, who competed at his sixth Olympics, was the oldest and most experienced team member, and became Estonia's oldest Olympic medal winner with the age of 42 years, 10 months and two days.^[2]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			Men's discus throw
			Men's double sculls

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Tiidrek Nurme	1500 m	3:38.59 NR	9	Did not advance
Pavel Loskutov	Marathon	2:39:01	75

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Märt Israel	align=left rowspan=2	Discus throw	61.98	14	Did not advance
Gerd Kanter	64.66	5 Q	68.82
Mihkel Kukk	Javelin throw	75.56	21	Did not advance
Taavi Peetre	Shot put	19.57	26	Did not advance
Aleksander Tammert	Discus throw	63.10	10 q	61.38	12

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m				400 m					1500 m	Final	Rank
Mikk Pahapill	Result	11.15	7.04	14.36	2.11	50.90	14.51	49.35	4.80	67.07	4:47.03	8178	10
Points	827	823	750	906	774	910	857	849	845	637
Andres Raja	Result	10.89	7.29	14.79	1.96	48.98	14.06	39.83	4.80	67.16	4:49.60	8118	12
Points	885	883	777	767	862	967	661	849	846	621

Women

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Moonika Aava	Javelin throw	56.94	26	Did not advance
Ksenija Balta	Long jump	6.38	27	Did not advance
Anna Iljuštšenko	High jump	1.89	18	Did not advance
Kaire Leibak	Triple jump	14.19	11 q	14.13	8

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event				200 m			800 m	Final	Rank
Kaie Kand	Result	14.47	1.65	12.91	25.49	5.75	42.51	2:13.36	5677	32*
Points	913	795	721	842	774	716	916

* The athlete who finished in second place, Lyudmila Blonska of Ukraine, tested positive for a banned substance.^[3] Both the A and the B tests were positive, therefore Blonska was stripped of her silver medal, and Kand moved up a position.

Badminton

See main article: article and Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Estonia had qualified two berths in men's and women's badminton events.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Raul Must	Men's singles	L 14–21, 15–21	Did not advance
Kati Tolmoff	Women's singles	L 21–18, 18–21, 19–21	Did not advance

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Road

Estonia had qualified three quota places in road cycling. For the first time in Olympic history, it also sent its first female road cyclist. Rein Taaramäe, who finished seventeenth in men's road race, achieved the best result for the nation's sport.

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Tanel Kangert	Men's road race	6:36:48	69
align=left rowspan=2		Men's road race	6:30:49	48
Men's time trial	1:05:47	17
Grete Treier	Women's road race	3:33:17	30

Track

Sprint

Fencing

See main article: article and Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Gymnastics

See main article: article and Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Rhythmic

Judo

See main article: article and Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Single sculls	7:48.20	4 QF	7:05.48	4 SC/D	7:16.38	2 FC	7:19.60	17
Tõnu Endrekson Jüri Jaanson	Double sculls	6:27.95	3 SA/B	6:21.11	2 FA	6:29.05
Igor Kuzmin Vladimir Latin Allar Raja Kaspar Taimsoo	Quadruple sculls	5:42.22	4 R	6:01.46	1 SA/B	5:54.57	4 FB	5:48.12	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; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

See main article: article and Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Johannes Ahun	RS:X	35	34	32	34	31	30	29	25	30	28	EL	273	33
Deniss Karpak	Laser	16	20	41	37	38	2	4	35	14	CAN	EL	166	25

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

Shooting

See main article: article and Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2		100 m breaststroke	1:02.46 NR	45	Did not advance
200 m breaststroke	2:16.52	46	Did not advance
Danil Haustov	100 m freestyle	50.92	51	Did not advance
Martin Liivamägi	200 m individual medley	2:03.56	35	Did not advance
Miko Mälberg	50 m freestyle	22.37 NR	25	Did not advance
Andres Olvik	200 m backstroke	2:03.66	40	Did not advance
Vladimir Sidorkin	200 m freestyle	1:51.27 NR	45	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Triin Aljand	50 m freestyle	25.29	21	Did not advance
100 m freestyle	56.10	33	Did not advance
100 m butterfly	59.43 NR	32	Did not advance
Elina Partõka	200 m freestyle	2:00.64 NR	28	Did not advance
Anna-Liisa Põld	400 m individual medley	4:58.21	35	Did not advance

Tennis

See main article: article and Tennis at the 2008 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
Maret Ani	align=left rowspan=2	Women's singles	L 4–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Kaia Kanepi	W 6–2, 7–6(8–6)	W 6–4, 7–5	L 6–4, 2–6, 0–6	Did not advance
Maret Ani Kaia Kanepi	Women's doubles		L 2–6, 2–6	Did not advance

Triathlon

See main article: article and Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Volleyball

See main article: article and Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Beach

See also

• Estonia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

External links

• EOK – Peking 2008
• Qualification by 17 June 2008.
• Delfi.ee Peking 2008 Estonian Olympic news and competitors.
• Gallery of the 2008 Estonian Olympic Team outfit presentation by Nike
• Image of the two times Olympic champion Erika Salumäe wearing 2008 Estonian Olympic Team outfit
• Baltic athletes get ready to reach for Olympic gold The Baltic Times

Notes and References

1. Web site: OM-koondis võib paisuda kõigi aegade suurimaks. Postimees. 19 July 2008. et.
2. Web site: 27 July 2021. Irina Embrich tõusis Eesti kõigi aegade vanimaks olümpiavõitjaks. Õhtuleht.
3. News: Blonska thrown out of long jump . 2008-08-21 . . 2008-08-21 .