Estonia at the
2008 Summer Olympics
IOC codeEST
NOCEstonian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.eok.ee (in Estonian)
in Beijing
Competitors47 in 13 sports
Flag bearers Martin Padar (opening)
Gerd Kanter (closing)
Officials28
Medals
Ranked 46th
Gold
1
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Russian Empire (1908–1912)
 Soviet Union (1952–1988)

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
 Gold Gerd Kanter Athletics Men's discus throw
 Silver Jüri Jaanson
Tõnu Endrekson		 Rowing Men's double sculls

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Key

the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target

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 Discus throw 61.98 14 Did not advance
Gerd Kanter 64.66 5 Q 68.82 1st place, gold medalist(s)
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 LJ SP HJ 400 m 110H DT PV JT 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 100H HJ SP 200 m LJ JT 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 the 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

Main article: 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 / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Raul Must Men's singles  Wacha (POL)
L 14–21, 15–21 		Did not advance
Kati Tolmoff Women's singles  Magee (IRL)
L 21–18, 18–21, 19–21 		Did not advance

Cycling

Main article: 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
Rein Taaramäe 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
Athlete Event Qualification Round 1 Round 2 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time
Speed (km/h) 		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) 		Rank
Daniel Novikov Men's sprint 11.187
64.360 		21 Did not advance

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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
Nikolai Novosjolov Individual épée  Nabil (EGY)
W 15–8 		 Jeannet (FRA)
L 14–15 		Did not advance

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Rhythmic

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Rope Hoop Clubs Ribbon Total Rank Rope Hoop Clubs Ribbon Total Rank
Irina Kikkas Individual 15.650 15.225 15.700 16.200 62.775 20 Did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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
Martin Padar Men's +100 kg Bye  Kim S-B (KOR)
W 1100–0000 		 Schlitter (BRA)
L 0000–0010 		Did not advance

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Andrei Jämsä 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 Bye — 6:21.11 2 FA 6:29.05 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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

Main article: 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

Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Andrei Inešin Skeet 115 18 Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Martti Aljand 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
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

Main article: Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Maret Ani Women's singles  Šafářová (CZE)
L 4–6, 2–6 		Did not advance
Kaia Kanepi  Pennetta (ITA)
W 6–2, 7–6(8–6) 		 Razzano (FRA)
W 6–4, 7–5 		 Li N (CHN)
L 6–4, 2–6, 0–6 		Did not advance
Maret Ani
Kaia Kanepi 		Women's doubles —  Azarenka /
Poutchek (BLR)
L 2–6, 2–6 		Did not advance

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Swim (1.5 km) Trans 1 Bike (40 km) Trans 2 Run (10 km) Total Time Rank
Marko Albert Men's 18:09 0:29 59:12 0:29 35:54 1:54:13.58 41

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Beach

Athlete Event Preliminary round Standing Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Kristjan Kais
Rivo Vesik 		Men's Pool A
 Herrera – Mesa (ESP)
L 0 – 2 (18–21, 21–23)
 Wu – Xu (CHN)
L 1 – 2 (21–15, 11–21, 13–15)
 Gosch – Horst (AUT)
L 1 – 2 (16–21, 21–18, 12–15) 		4 Did not advance

See also

References

  1. ^ "OM-koondis võib paisuda kõigi aegade suurimaks". Postimees (in Estonian). 19 July 2008.
  2. ^ "Irina Embrich tõusis Eesti kõigi aegade vanimaks olümpiavõitjaks". Õhtuleht. 27 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Blonska thrown out of long jump". BBC Sport. 2008-08-21. Retrieved 2008-08-21.

External links

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