Estonia at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics explained

Iaaf:EST
Fedname:Eesti Kergejõustikuliit
Year:2009
Games:World Championships in Athletics
Location:Berlin
Competitors:19
Competitors Men:13
Competitors Women:6
Events:12
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:1
Rank:32
Appearances:auto
App Begin Year:1993
Previous:2007
Next:2011

Estonia competed at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics from 15–23 August. A team of 19 athletes was announced in preparation for the competition. Selected athletes have achieved one of the competition's qualifying standards. The team includes reigning Olympic discus throw champion Gerd Kanter and European Indoor champions Mikk Pahapill and Ksenija Balta.[1]

Team selection

Track and road events
EventAthletes
MenWomen
200 metresMarek Niit
1500 metresTiidrek Nurme
Field and combined events
EventAthletes
MenWomen
High jumpAnna Iljuštšenko
Long jumpKsenija Balta
Sirkka-Liisa Kivine
Triple jumpLauri LeisKaire Leibak
Shot putTaavi Peetre
Discus throwGerd Kanter
Aleksander Tammert
Märt Israel
Javelin throwAndrus Värnik
Mihkel Kukk
Tanel Laanmäe
Moonika Aava
HeptathlonKaie Kand
DecathlonMikk Pahapill
Andres Raja
Mikk-Mihkel Arro

Results

Men

Track and road events
EventAthletesHeat Round 1Heat Round 2SemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
200 mMarek Niit21.2139 Qalign=center colspan=2DNSalign=center colspan=4Did not advance
1500 mTiidrek Nurme3:43.73 SB28align=center colspan=6Did not advance
Field events
EventAthletesQualificationFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Triple jumpLauri Leis15.9838align=center colspan="2"Did not advance
Shot putTaavi Peetre19.9115align=center colspan="2"Did not advance
Discus throwGerd Kanter66.73 2 Qalign=center bgcolor=cc996666.88
Aleksander Tammert62.2413align=center colspan="2"Did not advance
Märt Israel59.5822align=center colspan="2"Did not advance
Javelin throwAndrus Värnikalign=center colspan=4DNS
Mihkel Kukk78.1816align=center colspan="2"Did not advance
Tanel LaanmäeNMalign=center colspan="2"Did not advance
DecathlonMikk Pahapillalign=center colspan=2align=center colspan=2DNF
Andres Rajaalign=center colspan="2"811915
Mikk-Mihkel Arroalign=center colspan="2"752833

Women

Field and combined events
EventAthletesQualificationFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Long jumpKsenija Balta6.598 Q6.628
Sirkka-Liisa Kivine6.1033align=center colspan="2"Did not advance
Triple jumpKaire Leibakalign=center colspan=4DNS
High jumpAnna Iljuštšenko1.8917align=center colspan="2"Did not advance
Javelin throwMoonika Aava53.8626align=center colspan="2"Did not advance
HeptathlonKaie Kandalign=center colspan="2"5,76018

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Notes and References

  1. http://berlin.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=52467.html Kanter leads Estonian squad of 19 to Berlin