Estonia

Estonia

Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...

competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics

2008 Summer Olympics

The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...

in Beijing

Beijing

Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...

, People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China

China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

. This is a list of the results of all Estonian athletes who qualified for the Olympics and were nominated by Estonian Olympic Committee

Estonian Olympic Committee

The Estonian Olympic Committee is responsible for the Estonia's participation in the Olympic Games.-History:The Estonian Sports Federation decided to form Estonian Olympic Committee in the First Estonian Sport Congress on 30 November 1919, one and a half years after the proclamation of the...

. The Estonian delegation, the largest in the nation's history of the Olympic Games, marched into the Beijing National Olympic stadium

Beijing National Stadium

Beijing National Stadium, also known officially as the National Stadium, or colloquially as the Bird's Nest , is a stadium in Beijing, China. The stadium was designed for use throughout the 2008 Summer Olympics and Paralympics.-History:...

 as the 13th nation, before Andorra

Andorra at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Andorra, represented by the Andorran Olympic Committee, sent a team to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.- Athletics:- Slalom:- Judo:- Swimming:...

 and after Ireland

Ireland at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Ireland competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, China. It was the 19th Summer Games that Ireland has contested as a nation under the Olympic Council of Ireland.-Medalists:- Athletics:...

 delegations during the opening ceremony

2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony

The 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony was held at the Beijing National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest. It began at 8:00 pm China Standard Time on August 8, 2008, as 8 is considered to be a lucky number. The number 8 is associated with prosperity and confidence in Chinese culture...

. Estonia was represented in the Beijing Olympic Games by 47 sportsmen and sportswomen in total of 13 different sporting events. The oldest, and most experienced, athlete of the Estonian team was Jüri Jaanson

Jüri Jaanson

Jüri Jaanson is the most successful Estonian rower of all time and the winner of five medals at Rowing World Championships. He became World Champion in Tasmania 1990 in the single sculls event. 14 years later, at age 38 he won an Olympic silver medal in the single sculls event at the 2004 Summer...

 (43) for whom these were his 6th games.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
		Athletics Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics were held during the last 10 days of the games, from August 15 to August 24, 2008, at the Beijing National Stadium. The Olympic sport of athletics is split into four distinct sets of events: track and field events, road running events, and racewalking...	Men's discus throw
	Tõnu Endrekson Tõnu Endrekson Tõnu Endrekson is an Estonian rower. He was fourth in the double sculls event with Leonid Gulov at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Endrekson won a silver medal in 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing in the double sculls event with Jüri Jaanson...	Rowing Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics Rowing competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 9 to August 17, at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park.- Events :14 sets of medals were awarded in the following events:*Single sculls men*Pairs men...	Men's double sculls Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's double sculls Men's double sculls competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held between August 9 and 16 at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park.This rowing event is a double scull event, meaning that each boat is propelled by a pair of rowers...

Men

Track and road events

Athletes Qualification to Olympics	Event	Heat round 1		Heat round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Tiidrek Nurme Tiidrek Nurme Tiidrek Nurme is an Estonian middle distance runner, the current national record holder of the 1500 metres.-Outdoor bests:-Indoor bests:-References:... B norm 3:38.80, 26 July 2008, Oordegem	1500 m	3:38.59 (NR)	9 DNQ			Did not advance			27
Pavel Loskutov Pavel Loskutov Pavel Loskutov is a former Estonian long-distance runner who specialized in marathon races. He has competed in the Olympic marathon race four times consecutively, from the 1996 Atlanta Olympics to the 2008 Beijing Games.In 2001, he won the Göteborgsvarvet half marathon in Gothenburg with a time of... A norm 2:14.49, 4 February 2007, Oita	Marathon							2:39.01	75

Field events

Athletes Qualification to Olympics	Events	Qualification round				Final
		1 attempt	2 attempt	3 attempt	Rank	1 round	2 round	3 round	4 round	5 round	6 round	Best result	Rank
Taavi Peetre Taavi Peetre Taavi Peetre was an Estonian shot putter and discus thrower. He represented his country at two Olympic Games and also took part in the World Championships in Athletics on two occasions. His personal best shot put mark of 20.33 m is the second best by an Estonian thrower after Heino Sild... B norm 20.15, 11 July 2008, Türi	Shot put	X	X	19.57	26 DNQ	Did not advance						19.57	26
Gerd Kanter Gerd Kanter Gerd Kanter is an Estonian discus thrower. He was the 2007 World Champion in the event and won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics... A norm 71.88, 8 May 2008, Salinas, California	Discus throw	59.65	64.66	-	5 Q	63.44	66.38	62.75	68.82	x	65.98	68.82	1
Aleksander Tammert Aleksander Tammert Aleksander Tammert is an Estonian discus thrower.-Athletics career:Tammert competed at the 2004 Olympics and originally finishing fourth, but as gold medal winner Róbert Fazekas was disqualified, Tammert received the bronze medal... A norm 65.71, 1 July 2008, Kose	Discus throw	57.79	61.57	63.10	10 q	x	61.32	61.38	Did not advance			61.38	12
Märt Israel Märt Israel Märt Israel is a male discus thrower from Estonia. His personal best is 66.98, achieved in May 2011 in Chula Vista .-Achievements:... A norm 65.3, 8 May 2008, Salinas, California	Discus throw	61.98	59.78	61.63	14 DNQ	Did not advance						61.98	14
Mihkel Kukk Mihkel Kukk Mihkel Kukk is a male javelin thrower from Estonia. His personal best throw is 81.77 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Stockholm.-Achievements:-References:... B norm 81.77, 22 July 2008, Stockholm	Javelin throw	63.42	70.55	75.56	21 DNQ	Did not advance						75.56	21

Combined events

Decathlon	Event	Mikk Pahapill Mikk Pahapill Mikk Pahapill is an Estonian decathlete. His personal best score is 8298 points, achieved at the 2010 European Championships in Barcelona. His coach is Remigija Nazarovienė....			Andres Raja Andres Raja Andres Raja is an Estonian decathlete.He finished sixteenth at the 2007 World Championships and sixth at the 2008 World Indoor Championships....
		Results	Points	Rank	Results	Points	Rank
	100 m	11.15	827	22	10.89 (=PB)	885	8
	Long jump	7.04	823 (1650)	23	7.29	883 (1768)	11
	Shot put	14.36	750 (2400)	19	14.79	777 (2545)	15
	High jump	2.11 (SB)	906 (3306)	2	1.96	767 (3312)	18
	400 m	50.90	774 (4080)	26	48.98 (SB)	862 (4174)	11
	110 m hurdles	14.51	910 (4990)	15	14.06	967 (5141)	3
	Discus throw	49.35 (PB)	857 (5847)	5	39.83	661 (5802)	26
	Pole vault	4.80	849 (6696)	8	4.80 (=PB)	849 (6651)	8
	Javelin throw	67.07 (PB)	845 (7541)	5	67.16 (PB)	846 (7497)	4
	1500 m	4:47.03	637 (8178)	17	4:49.60	621 (8118)	18
Final			8178 (PB)	11		8118 (PB)	13

Women

Field events

Athlete Qualification to Olympics	Events	Qualification round				Final
		1 attempt	2 attempt	3 attempt	Rank	1 round	2 round	3 round	4 round	5 round	6 round	Result	Rank
Anna Iljuštšenko Anna Iljuštšenko Anna Iljuštšenko is an Estonian high jumper.She finished ninth at the 2007 Summer Universiade with a jump of 1.80 metres... B norm 1.91, 26 July 2008, Oordegem	High jump	1.80 o	1.85 xxo	1.89 xo	21 DNQ	Did not advance						1.89	21
Kaire Leibak Kaire Leibak Kaire Leibak is an Estonian triple jumper.Her personal best jump is 14.43 metres, achieved at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Beijing. This is also the Estonian record.-Achievements:-References:... A norm 14.26 indoor, 9 February 2008, Tartu	Triple jump	14.19	14.07	X	11 q	12.19	14.13	X	Did not advance			14.13	10
Ksenija Balta Ksenija Balta Ksenija Balta is an Estonian long jumper, sprinter and heptathlete.Balta finished fourteenth at the 2005 European Indoor Championships in pentathlon and won the bronze medal at the 2005 European Junior Championships in heptathlon... B norm 6.65, 15 June 2008, Valga	Long jump	X	6.38	X	27 DNQ	Did not advance						6.38	27
Moonika Aava Moonika Aava Moonika Aava is a female javelin thrower from Estonia. Her personal best was 61.42 metres achieved on 2 August 2004, in her home country's capital Tallinn. This is the current Estonian record.... B norm 59.88, 14 May 2008, Tallinn	Javelin throw	X	56.94	X	26 DNQ	Did not advance						56.94	26

Heptathlon
Kaie Kand qualifyed to Olympics by B norm 5876 points on 21 July 2007, Rakvere, and 5854 points on 8 June 2008, Jyväskylä.

Athlete	Events	100 m hurdles		High jump		Shot put		200 m		Long jump		Javelin		800 m		Final
		Time	Points	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Time	Points	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Time	Points	Points	Position
K. Kand Kaie Kand Kaie Kand is an Estonian heptathlete. Her personal best score is 5979 points, achieved in May 2009 in Götzis. In 2009 she set an Estonian national indoor record in the pentathlon . Her coach is Remigija Nazarovienė.-Achievements:-External links:...	Heptathlon	14.47	913	1.65m	795	12.91m	721	25.49(SB)	842	5.75m	774	42.51m(PB)	716	2:13.36(PB)	916	5677	33

Badminton

2008 saw the first appearance of Estonia in Olympic badminton. As both players lost their first matches in the first round they did not advance to the next rounds.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Raul Must Raul Must -Career:Must played the 2007 BWF World Championships in men's singles, and was defeated in the first round by Björn Joppien, of Germany, 21-12, 21-11....	Singles	0–2 (14–21, 15–21)	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kati Tolmoff Kati Tolmoff Kati Tolmoff is a retired female badminton player from Estonia.She played at the 2005 World Badminton Championships in Anaheim and reached the second round ....	Singles	1–2 (21–18, 18–21, 19–21)	Did not advance

Cycling

Road

Road bicycle racing

Road bicycle racing is a bicycle racing sport held on roads, using racing bicycles. The term "road racing" is usually applied to events where competing riders start simultaneously with the winner being the first to the line at the end of the course .Historically, the most...

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Tanel Kangert Tanel Kangert Tanel Kangert is an Estonian road bicycle racer for . After the 2009 season, he was sacked by his team, , because of a knee injury that nearly ended his career.- Palmares :2005 - U19WD = withdrew- External links :*...	Road race Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's road race The men's road race, a part of the cycling events at the 2008 Summer Olympics, took place on August 9 at the Urban Road Cycling Course in Beijing. It started at 11:00 China Standard Time , and was scheduled to last until 17:30 later that day...	6:36:48 (+12:59)	69th
Rein Taaramäe Rein Taaramäe Rein Taaramäe is an Estonian road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental cycling team .-Career:Taaramäe turned professional in 2008 for after riding for the team as a stagiaire in late 2007 and winning a stage at the Circuit des Ardennes early in the season. In 2008 he won two stages of...	Road race Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's road race The men's road race, a part of the cycling events at the 2008 Summer Olympics, took place on August 9 at the Urban Road Cycling Course in Beijing. It started at 11:00 China Standard Time , and was scheduled to last until 17:30 later that day...	6:30:49 (+7:00)	48th
	Time trial Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's road time trial The Men's road time trial at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 13 August at the Urban Road Cycling Course. It was won by Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland.- Pre-race favorites :...	1:05:47.33 (+3:35.90)	17th

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Grete Treier Grete Treier Grete Treier is an Estonian road bicycle racer.She finished 30th in the road race at the 2008 Olympic Games.-References:...	Road race Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's road race The women's road race was one of the cycling events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. It took place on 10 August 2008, featuring 66 women from 33 countries. It was the seventh appearance of an Olympic women's road race event and featured a longer course than any of the previous six races...	3:33:17 (+00:53)	30th

The Estonian road bicycle sport in the Beijing Olympic Games was presented by 2 sportsman and 1 sportswoman. This was for the first time when an Estonian female road bicyclist managed to qualify and participate in the Olympic Games. The best result of the Estonian road race team was achieved by Rein Taaramäe

Rein Taaramäe

Rein Taaramäe is an Estonian road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental cycling team .-Career:Taaramäe turned professional in 2008 for after riding for the team as a stagiaire in late 2007 and winning a stage at the Circuit des Ardennes early in the season. In 2008 he won two stages of...

 with 17th place.

Track

Track cycling

Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using track bicycles....

Sprints

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		1/16 finals (repechage)	1/8 finals (repechage)	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals (5th–12th place)
		Time Speed	Rank	Opposition Time Speed	Opposition Time Speed	Opposition Time Speed	Opposition Time Speed	Opposition Time Speed	Rank
Daniel Novikov	Men's sprint Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint The men's sprint at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 19 at the Laoshan Velodrome.This track cycling event consisted of numerous rounds. The competition began with a time trial over 200 metres. The top 18 cyclists in that qualifying round were seeded into the 1/16 finals. There, they...	11.187s	21	Did not advance					21

Fencing

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Nikolai Novosjolov Nikolai Novosjolov Nikolai Novosjolov is a Estonian fencer.He won a silver medal in the team Épée competition at the 2001 World Championships in Nîmes and a gold medal in in the Épée competition at the 2010 World Championships in Paris.-Orders:...	Individual épée Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's épée The men's épée fencing competition at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 10 at the Olympic Green Convention Centre.The épée competition consisted of a six-round single-elimination bracket with a bronze medal match between the two semifinal losers...	W – 15–8	L 14–15	Did not advance				30

Gymnastics (rhythmic)

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Irina Kikkas	Individual Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's rhythmic individual all-around Women's rhythmic individual all-around competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held at the Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium.There were two rounds of competition in the individual competition. In each round, competing gymnasts performed four routines. One routine was performed with...	15.650	15.225	15.700	16.200	62.775	20	Did not advance

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	First repechage round	Repechage quarterfinals	Repechage semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Martin Padar Martin Padar -Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...	+100 kg Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's +100 kg -Mat 1:-Mat 2:-Repechage:...		W 1100 / 0000	L 0000 / 0010	Did not advance

Rowing

Men

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Andrei Jämsä Andrei Jämsa Andrei Jämsä is an Estonian rower. Due to a back injury he could not compete in 2007. He is a member of rowing club "SK Pärnu" located in Pärnu.-Junior years:...	Single sculls Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's single sculls Men's single sculls competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held between August 9 and 16, at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park.This rowing event is a single scull event, meaning that each boat is propelled by a single rower...	7:48.20 (+19.44)	4 Q			7:05.48 (+15.20)	4 DNQ	Did not advance			17
Tõnu Endrekson Tõnu Endrekson Tõnu Endrekson is an Estonian rower. He was fourth in the double sculls event with Leonid Gulov at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Endrekson won a silver medal in 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing in the double sculls event with Jüri Jaanson... Jüri Jaanson Jüri Jaanson Jüri Jaanson is the most successful Estonian rower of all time and the winner of five medals at Rowing World Championships. He became World Champion in Tasmania 1990 in the single sculls event. 14 years later, at age 38 he won an Olympic silver medal in the single sculls event at the 2004 Summer...	Double sculls Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's double sculls Men's double sculls competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held between August 9 and 16 at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park.This rowing event is a double scull event, meaning that each boat is propelled by a pair of rowers...	6:27.95 (+1.62)	3 Q					6:21.11 (+2.25)	2 Q	6:29.05 (+1.69)	2
Igor Kuzmin Igor Kuzmin Igor Kuzmin is an Estonian rower. He is a member of rowing club "SK Narva Energia" located in Narva.-Junior years:... Vladimir Latin Vladimir Latin Vladimir Latin is an Estonian rower. He is a member of rowing club "SK Narva Energia" located in Narva. He finished 9th in the men's quadruple sculls at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Rowing World Cup:- External links :... Allar Raja Allar Raja Allar Raja is an Estonian rower. He is a member of rowing club "SK Kalev" located in Pärnu.-Junior years:... Kaspar Taimsoo Kaspar Taimsoo Kaspar Taimsoo is an Estonian rower. He is a member of rowing club "Viljandi Sõudeklubi" ....	Quadruple sculls Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's quadruple sculls Men's quadruple sculls competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held from August 10 to 17, at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park.This rowing event is a quadruple scull event, meaning that each boat is propelled by four rowers...	5:42.22 (+6.02)	4 R	6:01.46	1 Q	5:54.57 (+3.37)	3 DNQ	Did not advance			9

Sailing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Johannes Ahun	Sailboard Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's sailboard Men's sailboard competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing took place between August 11 and 20 in Qingdao, at the Qingdao International Marina. 35 sailors competed in this windsurfing event....	35	34	32	34	31	30	29	25	30	28	DNA	273	33
Deniss Karpak	Laser Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Laser class Men's Laser class competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing took place from August 12 to 19 in Qingdao, at the Qingdao International Marina. 43 sailors competed in this Laser dinghy competition....	16	20	(41)	37	38	2	4	35	14	CAN	DNA	166	25

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Day 1			Day 2		Qualification		Final s-off	Total	Final s-off	Rank
		1	2	3	1	2	Total	S-off
Andrei Inešin	Skeet Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's skeet -Qualification round:OR Olympic record – Q Qualified for final-Final:OR Olympic record...	22	24	20	24	25	115		Did not advance			18

Swimming

Men

Event	Athletes	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Position	Time	Position	Time	Position
50 m freestyle	Miko Mälberg Miko Mälberg Miko Mälberg is an Estonian freestyle swimmer. He competed for his native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, where he finished in 25th place in the men's 50 metre freestyle clocking 22.37 seconds in the preliminary.-External links:*...  (Q: B norm)	22.37 NR	Heat:9 2nd	Did not advance			25
100 m freestyle Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle The Men's 100 metre freestyle event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place between August 12 and 14 at the Beijing National Aquatics Center. This swimming event used freestyle swimming, which means that the method of the stroke is not regulated . Nearly all swimmers use the front crawl or a variant...	Danil Haustov (Q: B norm)	50.92	Heat:4 8th	Did not advance			51
200 m freestyle Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.-Heats:-Semifinals:-Final:* WR = World Record; AS = Asian Record-References:...	Vladimir Sidorkin (Q: B norm)	1:51.27 NR	Heat:2 2nd	Did not advance			45
100 m breaststroke Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.-Schedule:All times are China Standard Time -Heats:-Semifinals:-Final:-References:...	Martti Aljand (Q: B norm)	1:02.46 NR	Heat:4 5th	Did not advance			45
200 m breaststroke Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke The men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place between August 12 and 14 at the Beijing National Aquatics Center. This swimming event used the breaststroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of four lengths of the pool.Seven...	Martti Aljand (Q: B norm)	2:16.52	Heat:2 5th	Did not advance			46
200 m backstroke Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke The record now stands as recorded below:-Heat 1:-Heat 2:-Heat 3:-Heat 4:-Heat 5:-Heat 6:-Semifinal 1:-Semifinal 2:-Swim-Off:-Final:-References:...	Andres Olvik (Q: B norm)	2:03.66	Heat:2 6th	Did not advance			40
200 m individual medley Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre individual medley The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.-Heats:* Q = Qualified* DNS = Did Not Start-Semifinals:-Final:-References:...	Martin Liivamägi Martin Liivamägi Martin Liivamägi is an Estonian individual medley swimmer. Liivamägi is representing 2008 Estonia Olympics Team in Men's 200 metre individual medley swimming event.-External links:*...  (Q: A norm)	2:03.56	Heat:4 8th	Did not advance			35

Women

Event	Athletes	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Position	Time	Position	Time	Position
50 m freestyle Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.-Heat 1:-Heat 2:-Heat 3:-Heat 4:-Heat 5:-Heat 6:-Heat 7:-Heat 8:-Heat 9:-Heat 10:-Heat 11:-Heat 12:-Semifinal 1:-Semifinal 2:-Final:...	Triin Aljand Triin Aljand Triin Aljand is an Estonian swimmer. She was a member of the Estonian national team that competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics and multiple FINA World Aquatics Championships. She competed again for the team in the 2008 Summer Olympics.She currently attends Texas A&M University, where she swims for...  (Q: A norm)	25.29	Heat:9 1st	Did not advance			21
100 m freestyle Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.World record holder and current World Champion, Lisbeth Trickett, was the favourite to win gold on Day 6 of swimming competition...	Triin Aljand Triin Aljand Triin Aljand is an Estonian swimmer. She was a member of the Estonian national team that competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics and multiple FINA World Aquatics Championships. She competed again for the team in the 2008 Summer Olympics.She currently attends Texas A&M University, where she swims for...  (Q: B norm)	56.10	Heat:4 5th	Did not advance			33
200 m freestyle Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.-Heats:-Semifinal 1:-Semifinal 2:-Final:-References:...	Elina Partõka (Q: B norm)	2:00.64 NR	Heat:2 1st	Did not advance			28
100 m butterfly Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre butterfly -Heats:Q = Qualified to Semifinal AS = Asian RecordAF = African Record...	Triin Aljand Triin Aljand Triin Aljand is an Estonian swimmer. She was a member of the Estonian national team that competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics and multiple FINA World Aquatics Championships. She competed again for the team in the 2008 Summer Olympics.She currently attends Texas A&M University, where she swims for...  (Q: B norm)	59.43 NR	Heat:2 1st	Did not advance			32
400 m individual medley Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre individual medley The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.-Heats:-Final:AF = African record-References:...	Anna-Liisa Põld (Q: B norm)	4:58.21	Heat:1 4th	Did not advance			35

The Estonian swimmers managed to achieve five national records in the Beijing Olympic Games.

Tennis

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64		Round of 32		Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Rank
Maret Ani Maret Ani Maret Ani is an Estonian tennis player. At the start of 2006, she was the top-ranked player in Estonia, before losing that spot to Kaia Kanepi....	Singles Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's Singles The Women's Singles tennis competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held from August 10 to August 17 at the Olympic Green Tennis Centre...	L. Šafářová Lucie Šafárová Lucie Šafářová is a professional Czech tennis player. She was born in Brno.Šafářová has won four WTA tour singles titles and reached the quarterfinals of the 2007 Australian Open, upsetting defending champion Amélie Mauresmo en-route...	L 4:6, 2:6	Did not advance
Kaia Kanepi Kaia Kanepi Kaia Kanepi is an Estonian professional tennis player. Her career-high ranking is world no. 16 reached on 14 February 2011....	Singles Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's Singles The Women's Singles tennis competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held from August 10 to August 17 at the Olympic Green Tennis Centre...	F. Pennetta Flavia Pennetta Flavia Pennetta is an Italian professional tennis player. She became Italy's first top 10 female singles player on 17 August 2009 and also the first ever Italian Tennis player to be ranked No.1 in Doubles on 28 February 2011. As of 10 October 2011, Pennetta is ranked World No. 18 in singles and...	W 6:2, 7:6 (8:6)	V. Razzano Virginie Razzano Virginie Razzano , is a French professional tennis player and the current French No. 4. Razzano, who was born in Dijon, has won two WTA singles titles, both in 2007 in Guangzhou and Tokyo. Razzano reached her career high ranking of World No. 16 on September 14, 2009. As of May 2011, she is ranked...	W 6:4, 7:5	Li Na Li Na (tennis) Li Na , goes first before the equivalent of a first name in some other nations. Her name off court in China is Li Na. When listed on the , she is known as Na Li. However, in the match, the commentators call her Li Na, and when her full name is listed in text on court, it is also written as Li Na.;...	L 6:4, 2:6, 0:6	Did not advance						16
Kaia Kanepi Kaia Kanepi Kaia Kanepi is an Estonian professional tennis player. Her career-high ranking is world no. 16 reached on 14 February 2011....   Maret Ani Maret Ani Maret Ani is an Estonian tennis player. At the start of 2006, she was the top-ranked player in Estonia, before losing that spot to Kaia Kanepi....	Doubles Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's Doubles The women's doubles tennis competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held from 10 August to 17 August at the Olympic Green Tennis Centre. The DecoTurf surface rendered the event a hardcourt tournament....				L 2:6, 2:6	Did not advance

Triathlon

Men

Athlete	Event	Swim	Cycling	Run	Total	Rank
Marko Albert Marko Albert Marko Albert is an Estonian triathlete. Albert started his sporting career as swimmer and switched to triathlon in 1997. He is coached by Jüri Käen.Albert is tall and weights .-Achievements:...	Individual Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics The Triathlon competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics, in Beijing, were held on Monday, August 18 and Tuesday, August 19 , on the Triathlon Venue at the Ming Tomb Reservoir in Shisanling....	18:09	59:12	35:54	1:54:13.58	41

Volleyball (beach)

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round Pool A	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kristjan Kais Kristjan Kais Kristjan Kais is an Estonian beach volleyball player. With teammate Rivo Vesik, he represented Estonia in beach volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.-Achievements:-Overall FIVB World Tour results:-External links:... Rivo Vesik Rivo Vesik Rivo Vesik is a Estonian beach volleyball player. With teammate Kristjan Kais, he represented Estonia in beach volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.-Achievements:-Overall FIVB World Tour results:... Seed 7	Doubles	0–2 (18:21 / 21:23) 1–2 (21:15 / 11:21 / 13:15) 1–2 (16:21 / 21:18 / 12:15)	Did not advance

Officials and press

Estonian Olympic Committee

Estonian Olympic Committee

The Estonian Olympic Committee is responsible for the Estonia's participation in the Olympic Games.-History:The Estonian Sports Federation decided to form Estonian Olympic Committee in the First Estonian Sport Congress on 30 November 1919, one and a half years after the proclamation of the...

 will send following representatives to those games.
Representatives
NOC

National Olympic Committee

National Olympic Committees are the national constituents of the worldwide Olympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, they are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Olympic Games...

 representatives will be president Mart Siimann

Mart Siimann

Mart Siimann was the Prime Minister of Estonia from 1997 to 1999. Since 2001, he has been the president of the Estonian Olympic Committee....

 and secretary Toomas Tõnise, delegation head – chief de mission: Martti Raju, press attaché Sven Sommer, Aivo Normak in athletics, Michael Kjeldsen

Michael Kjeldsen

-Career:He won the bronze medal at the 1985 IBF World Championships in men's doubles with Mark Christensen. He won men's doubles at the European Badminton Championships in 1988 with Jens Peter Nierhoff.-References:**...

 in badminton, Larissa Gorbunova in rhythmic gymnastics, Aavo Põhjala in judo, Toivo Suvi in cycling, Irina Embrich

Irina Embrich

Irina Embrich is an Estonian épée fencer.Embrich won the silver medal at the épée 2006 World Fencing Championships after she lost the final 15-11 versus Tímea Nagy.-References:...

 in fencing, Jaan Tults in rowing, Ott Kallas in sailing, Mati Mark in shooting, Tõnu Meijel in swimming, Juan Pablo Giacopelli in tennis, Jüri Käen in triathlon, Raivo Simson in beach volleyball.

Team coaches
Vesteinn Hafsteinsson

Vésteinn Hafsteinsson

Vésteinn Hafsteinsson is a retired discus thrower from Iceland, who represented his native country at four consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984. At the Los Angeles summer Olympic Games he tested positive for nandralone. His personal best is 67.64 metres, thrown on May 31, 1989 in Selfoss...

, Mehis Viru and Remigija Nazaroviene

Remigija Nazaroviene

Remigija Nazarovienė is a retired Lithuanian heptathlete. She won the bronze medal at the 1997 World Championships and finished third at the 1998 IAAF World Combined Events Challenge....

 – athletics, Edgar Treier – cycling, Tatjana Jaanson and Mati Killing – rowing, Igor Trofymov – sailing, Urmas Jaamul, United States 1988 Olympic team swimming coach Ernest Steve Bultman and Aleksandr Abel – swimming.

VIP

VIP

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 guests

• Andrus Ansip
  Andrus Ansip
  Andrus Ansip is the current Prime Minister of Estonia, and chairman of the market liberal Estonian Reform Party .-Early life and career:...
  
   – the Prime Minister
  Prime Minister of Estonia
  The Prime Minister of Estonia is the head of government of the Republic of Estonia. The prime minister is nominated by the President after appropriate consultations with the parliamentary factions and confirmed by the Parliament. In case of disagreement, the Parliament can reject the President's...
  
   of Estonia,
• Laine Jänes
  Laine Jänes
  Laine Randjärv is an Estonian politician from the Reform Party. She was the Mayor of Tartu from 23 September 2004 to 2007, and previously she was Deputy Mayor from 2002 to 2004. 2007–2011 she served as the Minister of Culture in Andrus Ansip's second government...
  
   – the Minister of Culture,
• Andres Unga – the Estonian Ambassador in China
  Foreign relations of Estonia
  Following restoration of independence from the Soviet Union, Russia was one of the first nations to recognise Estonia's independence . Estonia's immediate priority after regaining its independence was the withdrawal of Russian forces from Estonian territory. In August 1994, this was completed...
  
  .

Press and media
The Eesti Televisioon

Eesti Televisioon

Eesti Televisioon is the national public television station of Estonia. It made its first broadcast on 19 July 1955.The bulk of ETV's funding comes from government grant-in-aid, around 15% of which is in turn funded by the fees paid by Estonian commercial broadcasters in return for their...

 is represented with a 16 member team in Beijing (Marko Kaljuveer, Anu Säärits, Lembitu Kuuse, Helar Osila, Rein Sokk, Kristjan Kalkun, Astrid Kannel, Andres Kuusk and Priit Kuusk) to broadcast live TV, nearly 400 hours of the olympics and Eesti Raadio

Eesti Rahvusringhääling

Eesti Rahvusringhääling – Estonian Public Broadcasting – is a publicly funded radio and television organisation created in Estonia on 1 June 2007 to take over the functions of the formerly separate Eesti Raadio and Eesti Televisioon , under the terms of the Estonian National...

 6 members (Hanno Tomberg, Tiit Karuks, Erik Lillo, Tarmo Tiisler, Vallo Kelmsaar and Andrian Tšeremenin) for 160 hours live radio coverage.

In addition to the state ETV

Eesti Televisioon

Eesti Televisioon is the national public television station of Estonia. It made its first broadcast on 19 July 1955.The bulk of ETV's funding comes from government grant-in-aid, around 15% of which is in turn funded by the fees paid by Estonian commercial broadcasters in return for their...

channel a new ETV2

Eesti Televisioon

Eesti Televisioon is the national public television station of Estonia. It made its first broadcast on 19 July 1955.The bulk of ETV's funding comes from government grant-in-aid, around 15% of which is in turn funded by the fees paid by Estonian commercial broadcasters in return for their...

channel will be launched on 8 August to broadcast the rest of the olympic programme which does not fit into the timetable inside the main national television channel.

Daily newspaper SL Õhtuleht

SL Õhtuleht

Õhtuleht is the second largest daily newspaper in Estonia, with approximately 242,000 readers. Õhtuleht is a tabloid newspaper. The newspaper is published in the Estonian language...

 is represented with a 5 member team: photographer Jarek Jõepera and journalist

Journalist

A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...

s Tarmo Paju, Andres Vaher, Urmo Soonvald and Jaan Martinson. Postimees

Postimees

Postimees is an Estonian daily newspaper. It was established in 1 January 1857 by Johann Voldemar Jannsen and became Estonia's first daily newspaper in 1891....

 is represented with Peep Pahv, Ann Hiiemaa and photographer Raigo Pajula, Eesti Päevaleht

Eesti Päevaleht

Eesti Päevaleht is a major daily Estonian newspaper, from the same publishers as the weekly Eesti Ekspress. It has a daily circulation of around 36,000....

 with Andrus Nilk, Eesti Ekspress

Eesti Ekspress

Eesti Ekspress was the first politically independent newspaper in the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic during the Soviet control of Estonia. Making use of Gorbachev's policies of perestroika and glasnost, it was established as a weekly newspaper in 1989 by Hans H. Luik and others...

 with Raul Ranne, Pärnu Postimees with Enn Hallik, Sporditäht with Tiit Lääne.

External links

• EOK Peking 2008
• Qualification by June 17, 2008.
• Delfi.ee Peking 2008 Estonian Olympic news and competitors.
• Gallery of the 2008 Estonian Olympic Team outfit presentation by Nike
• Image of the two times Olympic champion Erika Salumäe wearing 2008 Estonian Olympic Team outfit
• Baltic athletes get ready to reach for Olympic gold The Baltic Times
  The Baltic Times
  The Baltic Times is an independent general interest weekly covering the news, business and culture issues of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania....