Estonia at the
1996 Summer Olympics
IOC codeEST
NOCEstonian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.eok.ee (in Estonian)
in Atlanta
Competitors43 (35 men, 8 women) in 13 sports
Flag bearer Jüri Jaanson
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Russian Empire (1908–1912)
 Soviet Union (1952–1988)

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

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Pavel Loskutov Marathon — 2:23.14 58
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Aleksander Tammert Discus Throw 59.04 25 Did not advance
Donald Sild Javelin Throw 72.54 30 Did not advance
Valeri Bukrejev Pole vault NM Did not advance
Jüri Tamm Hammer throw 73.16 26 Did not advance
Marko Turban High Jump 2.24 22 Did not advance
Combined events – Men's decathlon
Athlete Event 100 m LJ SP HJ 400 m 100H DT PV JT 1500 m Final Rank
Indrek Kaseorg Result 11.40 7.26 13.11 2.07 49.03 14.53 39.46 NM DNS — DNF
Points 0 — —
Andrei Nazarov Result 11.04 NM DNS — — — — — — — DNF
Points 0 0 — — — — — — —
Erki Nool Result 10.65 7.88 14.01 2.01 47.26 15.03 42.98 5.40 65.48 4:43.36 8543 6
Points
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Jane Salumäe Marathon — DNF
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Virge Naeris Long Jump 6.26 27 Did not advance
Triple Jump 14.00 15 Did not advance
Eha Rünne Discus Throw 58.24 26 Did not advance

Volleyball

Men's beach tournament

Main article: Beach volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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

Main article: Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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

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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

Main article: Fencing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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

Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Kaido Kaaberma Individual épée BYE  Gang Zhao (CHN)
W 15–6 		 Robert Leroux (FRA)
W 15–14 		 Ivan Trevejo Pérez (CUB)
L 14–15 		Did not advance 7
Andrus Kajak BYE  Krisztián Kulcsár (HUN)
W 15–14 		 Sandro Cuomo (ITA)
L 14–15 		Did not advance 15
Meelis Loit  César González Llorens (ESP)
L 14–15 		Did not advance 35
Andrus Kajak
Meelis Loit
Kaido Kaaberma 		Team épée —  Germany (GER)
L 39–45 		Classification semi-final
 United States (USA)
W 45–38 		5th place final
 Hungary (HUN)
W 45–39 		5
Women
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Heidi Rohi Individual épée  Sandra Kenel (SUI)
W 15-14 		 Katja Nass (GER)
L 12-15 		Did not advance 22
Oksana Yermakova BYE  Eva Fjellerup (DEN)
W 15-14 		 Gyöngyi Szalay-Horváth (HUN)
L 6–15 		Did not advance 15
Maarika Võsu BYE  Leslie Marx (USA)
L 13–15 		Did not advance 18
Oksana Yermakova
Maarika Võsu
Heidi Rohi 		Team épée —  Italy (ITA)
L 38-45 		Classification semi-final
 United States (USA)
W 45–38 		5th place final
 Cuba (CUB)
W 45-30 		5

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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
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Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Indrek Pertelson +95 kg —  Rafał Kubacki (POL)
L 0000-1000 		Did not advance 21

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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 5414 7

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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

Main article: Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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

Main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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

Main article: Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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

  • (ed.) Watkins, Ginger T. (1997). The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume III The Competition Results (PDF). Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers. ISBN 1-56145-150-9. Retrieved 2008-02-13. ((cite book)): |author= has generic name (help)

References

  1. ^ "Estonia at the 1996 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-02-11.

External links

National Olympic Committees at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States
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