Estonia at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Estonia at the
2004 Summer Olympics
Estonia at the; 2004 Summer Olympics
IOC code	EST
NOC	Estonian Olympic Committee
Website	www.eok.ee (in Estonian)
in Athens
Competitors	42 in 10 sports
Flag bearers	Erki Nool (opening); Jüri Jaanson (closing)
Medals; Ranked 64th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 2 Total 3
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1920; 1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948–1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
Other related appearances
	Russian Empire (1908–1912); Soviet Union (1952–1988)

Estonia competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's ninth appearance at the Summer Olympics.

The Estonian Olympic Committee sent a total of 42 athletes, 31 men and 11 women, competing only in 11 different sports. Sixteen athletes had competed in Sydney, including three Olympic medalists: decathlon champion Erki Nool, and judoka and bronze medalists Aleksei Budõlin and Indrek Pertelson. Rower Jüri Jaanson participated in his fifth Olympics under two different banners (the other one with the Soviet Union) as the most experienced member of the contingent. Discus thrower Eha Rünne, aged 41, was the oldest athlete of the team, while long-distance freestyle swimmer Jelena Petrova was the youngest at age 15. Claiming the nation's first ever gold medal in athletics, Nool was appointed by the Estonian Olympic Committee to become the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.^[1]

Estonia left Athens with the same number of medals (3) collected from the previous games, but failed to earn a single gold. After finishing farther from the podium in four consecutive Olympics, Jaanson ended his medal drought by taking home the silver in the men's single sculls.^[2] Two bronze medals were awarded to discus thrower Aleksander Tammert and heavyweight judoka Indrek Pertelson, who managed to repeat it from Sydney.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Jüri Jaanson	Rowing	Men's single sculls	August 21
Bronze	Indrek Pertelson	Judo	Men's +100 kg	August 20
Bronze	Aleksander Tammert	Athletics	Men's discus throw	August 23

Athletics

Estonian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard).^[3]^[4]

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Tarmo Jallai	110 m hurdles	13.77	6	Did not advance
Pavel Loskutov	Marathon	—						2:18:09	26

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Marko Aleksejev	High jump	2.15	=31	Did not advance
Gerd Kanter	Discus throw	60.05	19	Did not advance
Lauri Leis	Triple jump	16.18	33	Did not advance
Taavi Peetre	Shot put	19.14	26	Did not advance
Aleksander Tammert	Discus throw	65.70	2 Q	66.66
Andrus Värnik	Javelin throw	83.25	5 Q	83.25	6

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Erki Nool	Result	10.80	7.53	14.26	1.88	48.81	14.80	42.05	5.40	61.33	4:36.33	8235	8
Erki Nool	Points	906	942	744	696	870	874	706	1035	758	704	8235	8
Kristjan Rahnu	Result	10.77	NM	14.45	DNS	—	—	—	—	—	—	DNF
Kristjan Rahnu	Points	912	0	756	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	DNF
Indrek Turi	Result	11.08	6.91	13.62	2.03	51.67	14.26	39.83	4.80	59.34	4:50.01	7708	23
Indrek Turi	Points	843	792	705	831	739	941	661	849	728	619	7708	23

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Egle Uljas	400 m	51.91 NR	5 q	53.13	8	Did not advance
Jane Salumäe	Marathon	—				2:48:47	44

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Moonika Aava	Javelin throw	54.96	33	Did not advance
Eha Rünne	Discus throw	54.82	37	Did not advance

Cycling

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Andrus Aug	Men's road race	Did not finish
Jaan Kirsipuu		Did not finish
Erki Pütsep		Did not finish
Janek Tombak		5:50:35	61
Maaris Meier	Women's road race	Did not finish

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Sigvard Kukk	Men's cross-country	LAP (2 laps)	41

Judo

Estonia has qualified two judoka

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Aleksei Budõlin	Men's −81 kg	Mamrikishvili (GEO) W 0110–0100	Canto (BRA) L 0010–0011	Did not advance
Indrek Pertelson	Men's +100 kg	Bouaichaoui (ALG) W 1010–0001	Tangriev (UZB) W 0021–0010	Tmenov (RUS) L 0001–1110	Did not advance	Bye	Hernandes (BRA) W 1110–0100	Tataroğlu (TUR) W 0200–0100	Bianchessi (ITA) W 1000–0000

Rowing

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jüri Jaanson	Single sculls	7:13.74	1 SA/B/C	Bye		6:47.36	1 FA	6:51.42
Tõnu Endrekson Leonid Gulov	Double sculls	6:58.80	3 SA/B	Bye		6:12.80	2 FA	6:35.30	4
Andrei Jämsä Igor Kuzmin Andrei Šilin Oleg Vinogradov	Quadruple sculls	5:45.56	2 SA/B	Bye		5:44.90	2 FB	6:05.11	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; R=Repechage

Sailing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net points	Final rank
Imre Taveter	Finn	25	23	24	23	23	21	18	24	22	25	18	221	25

M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Andrei Inešin	Skeet	119	=21	Did not advance

Swimming

Estonian swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time):

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Aleksander Baldin	100 m breaststroke	1:06.04	49	Did not advance
Aleksander Baldin	200 m breaststroke	2:17.90	32	Did not advance
Danil Haustov	50 m freestyle	23.56	49	Did not advance
Danil Haustov	100 m freestyle	51.02	37	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Triin Aljand	50 m freestyle	26.19	26	Did not advance
Jana Kolukanova	100 m freestyle	57.45	37	Did not advance
Elina Partõka	200 m freestyle	2:03.54	28	Did not advance
Jelena Petrova	800 m freestyle	9:01.62	23	—		Did not advance

Tennis

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kaia Kanepi	Women's singles	Cho Y-J (KOR) L 6–7^(1–7), 1–6	Did not advance
Maret Ani Kaia Kanepi	Women's doubles	—	Molik / Stubbs (AUS) L 4–6, 1–6	Did not advance

Triathlon

Estonia's first appearance in the Olympic triathlon resulted in a twenty-first-place finish for the nation's sole competitor in the sport.

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Marko Albert	Men's	18:01	0:17	1:01:48	0:19	35:37	1:55:26.59	21

Wrestling

Key:

VT - Victory by Fall.
PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Tarvi Thomberg	−84 kg	Metodiev (BUL) L 0–3 ^PO	Daragan (UKR) L 0–3 ^PO	Yerlikaya (TUR) L 0–3 ^PO	4	Did not advance			19

References

^ ^a ^b "Ajalugu ei näita Pekingi olümpialippur Martin Padarile medaliheitlust soosivaid kaarte" [History does not show in Beijing Olympics, and Martin Padar struggles to reach the medal podium] (in Estonian). Postimees. 2 August 2008. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
^ Shonka, Kristy (14 October 2004). "Jaanson basks in the silver lining of Athens Olympics". The Augusta Chronicle. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
^ "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved June 4, 2011.
^ "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Athens 2004 Entry Standards". IAAF. Retrieved 4 June 2011.

External links

Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad
EOK – Ateena 2004 Archived 2018-11-29 at the Wayback Machine (in Estonian)

[flag-bearer-1] "Ajalugu ei näita Pekingi olümpialippur Martin Padarile medaliheitlust soosivaid kaarte" [History does not show in Beijing Olympics, and Martin Padar struggles to reach the medal podium] (in Estonian). Postimees. 2 August 2008. Retrieved 2 April 2014.

[2] Shonka, Kristy (14 October 2004). "Jaanson basks in the silver lining of Athens Olympics". The Augusta Chronicle. Retrieved 2 April 2014.

[3] "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved June 4, 2011.

[4] "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Athens 2004 Entry Standards". IAAF. Retrieved 4 June 2011.

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