Estonia at the 1996 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	EST
Nocname:	Estonian Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1996
Website:
Location:	Atlanta
Competitors:	43 (35 men, 8 women)
Sports:	13
Flagbearer:	Jüri Jaanson
Gold:	0
Silver:	0
Bronze:	0
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1920
See also:	(1908–1912) (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

See 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.

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men

Track & road events

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
	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				400 m					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	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	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

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
align=left rowspan=2	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

See main article: Beach volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechages		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	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

See main article: Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Lauri Aus	align=left rowspan=5	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

Mountain biking

Fencing

See 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 /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kaido Kaaberma	align=left rowspan=3	Individual épée		W 15–6	W 15–14	L 14–15	Did not advance		7
Andrus Kajak		W 15–14	L 14–15	Did not advance			15
Meelis Loit	L 14–15	Did not advance					35
Andrus Kajak Meelis Loit Kaido Kaaberma	Team épée	L 39–45	Classification semi-final W 45–38	5th place final W 45–39	5

Women

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
Heidi Rohi	align=left rowspan=3	Individual épée	W 15-14	L 12-15	Did not advance				22
Oksana Yermakova		W 15-14	L 6–15	Did not advance			15
Maarika Võsu		L 13–15	Did not advance				18
Oksana Yermakova Maarika Võsu Heidi Rohi	Team épée	L 38-45	Classification semi-final W 45–38	5th place final W 45-30	5

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Estonia competed in three events in the Sailing competition of the Sydney Olympics.

Men

Women

Open

Shooting

See 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
	Trap	115	45	Did not advance

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Indrek Sei	50 metre freestyle	23.29	27	Did not advance
100 metre freestyle	51.19	32	Did not advance

Wrestling

See 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 /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	−68 kg	W 10–0	L 0–5	W 5–1	W 4–1	L 0–6		W 7–2	7
	−100 kg	W 8–0	L 0–1	L 1–3	12

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Valeri Nikitin	−68 kg	L 0–3	W 6–0	W 2–0	W 6–0	L 0–4		L 1–6	8
	−130 kg	W 0–0	L 0–3	L 0–4	15

Notes

• Book: The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume III The Competition Results . (ed.) Watkins, Ginger T. . Peachtree Publishers . Atlanta . 1997 . 1-56145-150-9 . PDF . 2008-02-13.

External links

• EOK – Atlanta 1996

Notes and References

1. Web site: Estonia at the 1996 Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417092015/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/EST/summer/1996/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2012-02-11 . sports-reference.com.