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.
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. Two bronze medals were awarded to discus thrower Aleksander Tammert and heavyweight judoka Indrek Pertelson, who managed to repeat it from Sydney.
Medalists MedalNameSportEventDate Rowing Men's single sculls Judo Men's +100 kg Athletics Men's discus throw
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).
Men Track & road events AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankTarmo Jallai110 m hurdles13.776Did not advancePavel LoskutovMarathoncolspan=6 2:18:0926
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionMarko AleksejevHigh jump2.15=31Did not advanceGerd KanterDiscus throw60.0519Did not advanceLauri LeisTriple jump16.1833Did not advanceTaavi PeetreShot put19.1426Did not advanceAleksander TammertDiscus throw65.702 Q66.66Andrus VärnikJavelin throw83.255 Q83.256
Combined events – Decathlon AthleteEvent 100 m 400 m 1500 mFinalRankErki NoolResult10.807.5314.261.8848.8114.8042.055.4061.334:36.3382358Points9069427446968708747061035758704Kristjan RahnuResult10.7714.45——————Points91207560——————Indrek TuriResult11.086.9113.622.0351.6714.2639.834.8059.344:50.01770823Points843792705831739941661849728619
Women Track & road events AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankEgle Uljas400 m51.91 NR5 q53.138Did not advanceJane SalumäeMarathoncolspan=4 2:48:4744
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionMoonika AavaJavelin throw54.9633Did not advanceEha RünneDiscus throw54.8237Did not advance
Cycling
Road AthleteEventTimeRankAndrus AugMen's road raceDid not finishJaan KirsipuuDid not finishErki PütsepDid not finishJanek Tombak5:50:3561Maaris MeierWomen's road raceDid not finish
Mountain biking AthleteEventTimeRankSigvard KukkMen's cross-country (2 laps)41
Judo
Estonia has qualified two judoka
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankAleksei BudõlinMen's −81 kgW 0110–0100L 0010–0011Did not advanceIndrek PertelsonMen's +100 kgW 1010–0001W 0021–0010L 0001–1110Did not advanceW 1110–0100W 0200–0100W 1000–0000
Rowing
Men AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankJüri JaansonSingle sculls7:13.741 SA/B/Ccolspan=2 6:47.361 FA6:51.42Tõnu EndreksonLeonid GulovDouble sculls6:58.803 SA/Bcolspan=2 6:12.802 FA6:35.304Andrei JämsäIgor KuzminAndrei ŠilinOleg VinogradovQuadruple sculls5:45.562 SA/Bcolspan=2 5:44.902 FB6:05.119 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 AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank12345678910M*Imre TaveterFinn252324232321182422251822125 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 AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankAndrei InešinSkeet119=21Did 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 AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAleksander Baldin100 m breaststroke1:06.0449Did not advance200 m breaststroke2:17.9032Did not advanceDanil Haustov50 m freestyle23.5649Did not advance100 m freestyle51.0237Did not advance
Women AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTriin Aljand50 m freestyle26.1926Did not advanceJana Kolukanova100 m freestyle57.4537Did not advanceElina Partõka200 m freestyle2:03.5428Did not advanceJelena Petrova800 m freestyle9:01.6223colspan=2 Did not advance
Tennis
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankKaia KanepiWomen's singlesL 6–7(1–7), 1–6Did not advanceMaret AniKaia KanepiWomen's doublesL 4–6, 1–6Did 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.
AthleteEventSwim (1.5 km)Trans 1Bike (40 km)Trans 2Run (10 km)Total TimeRankMarko AlbertMen's18:010:171:01:480:1935:371:55:26.5921
Wrestling
Men's Greco-Roman AthleteEventElimination PoolQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankTarvi Thomberg−84 kgL 0–3 L 0–3 L 0–3 4Did not advance19
See also Estonia at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
References
External links Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad EOK – Ateena 2004