Estonia at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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.

Archery

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	Template:FlagIOCathlete (51) W 158-157	Did not advance					42

Athletics

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

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	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 8–15	Did not advance			Template:FlagIOCathlete L 2–15	Did not advance						17

Canoeing

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

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 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
Erika Salumäe	Women's sprint	11.566	9	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 12.164	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 12.018	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 11.831	Template:FlagIOCathlete Template:FlagIOCathlete Template:FlagIOCathlete L 12.416	Did not advance		6

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Alges Maasikmets	Men's cross-country	DNF

Fencing

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	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 15–6	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 15–14	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 14–15	Did not advance		7
Andrus Kajak		BYE	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 15–14	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 14–15	Did not advance			15
Meelis Loit		Template:FlagIOCathlete L 14–15	Did not advance					35
Andrus Kajak Meelis Loit Kaido Kaaberma	Team épée	—			Template:FlagIOCteam L 39–45	Classification semi-final Template:FlagIOCteam W 45–38	5th place final Template:FlagIOCteam 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	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 15-14	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 12-15	Did not advance				22
Oksana Yermakova		BYE	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 15-14	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 6–15	Did not advance			15
Maarika Võsu		BYE	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 13–15	Did not advance				18
Oksana Yermakova Maarika Võsu Heidi Rohi	Team épée	—			Template:FlagIOCteam L 38-45	Classification semi-final Template:FlagIOCteam W 45–38	5th place final Template:FlagIOCteam W 45-30	5

Judo

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 Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Indrek Pertelson	+95 kg	—	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0000-1000	Did not advance							21

Modern pentathlon

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

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

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

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

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

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	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 10–0	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0–5	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 5–1	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 4–1	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0–6	BYE	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 7–2	7
Arvi Aavik	−100 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 8–0	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0–1	Template:FlagIOCathlete 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	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0–3	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 6–0	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 2–0	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 6–0	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0–4	BYE	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 1–6	8
Helger Hallik	−130 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 0–0	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0–3	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0–4	Did not advance				15

External links

• EOK – Atlanta 1996 Template:In lang