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Estonia at the 2024 Summer Olympics

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Estonia at the
2024 Summer Olympics
IOC codeEST
NOCEstonian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.eok.ee (in Estonian)
in Paris, France
26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors24 (16 men and 8 women) in 13 sports
Flag bearer (opening)Klen Kristofer Kaljulaid & Reena Pärnat
Flag bearer (closing)Janek Õiglane & Reena Pärnat
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Russian Empire (1908–1912)
 Soviet Union (1952–1988)

Estonia competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's ninth consecutive appearance at the Games since 1992 and fourteenth overall in Summer Olympic history.

For the first time since 1996, Estonia failed to secure a single Summer Olympic medal, with Nelli Differt falling short of her bronze medal in women's épée to finish Estonia's best in 4th.

Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 0 1 1
Athletics 4 1 5
Badminton 0 1 1
Cycling 1 1 2
Equestrian 0 1 1
Fencing 0 1 1
Judo 1 0 1
Rowing 4 0 4
Shooting 2 0 2
Sailing 1 1 2
Swimming 1 1 2
Weightlifting 1 0 1
Wrestling 1 0 1
Total 16 8 24

Archery

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One Estonian archer qualified for the women's individual through the 2024 European Continental Qualification Tournament in Essen, Germany.

Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Reena Pärnat Women's individual 646 42  Kumari (IND)
L 5–6
Did not advance

Athletics

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Estonian track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):[1]

Key
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • NR = National record
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Track and road events
Athlete Event Heat Repechage Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Rasmus Mägi Men's 400 m hurdles 48.62 1 Q Bye 48.16 2 Q 52.53 7
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Elisabeth Pihela Women's high jump 1.83 =26 Did not advance
Combined events – Men's decathlon
Athlete Event 100 m LJ SP HJ 400 m 110H DT PV JT 1500 m Final Rank
Johannes Erm Result 10.64 7.66 14.61 2.08 47.19 14.35 46.29 4.60 59.58 4:19.71 8569 6
Points 942 975 766 878 949 930 793 790 732 814
Janek Õiglane Result 10.89 7.25 14.58 1.99 48.02 14.45 43.39 5.30 71.89 4:25.59 8572 5
Points 885 874 764 794 908 917 734 1004 918 774
Karel Tilga Result 11.01 7.16 15.88 1.99 48.67 14.66 50.13 4.70 64.16 4:26.41 8377 11
Points 858 852 844 794 877 891 873 819 801 768

Badminton

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Estonia entered one badminton player into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF Race to Paris Rankings.

Athlete Event Group stage Elimination Quarter-final Semi-final Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Kristin Kuuba Women's singles  Abdul Razzaq (MDV)
W (21–7, 21–9)
 Sindhu (IND)
L (5–21, 10–21)
2 Did not advance

Cycling

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Road

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Estonia entered one male rider to compete in the men's road race events at the Olympic, after secured those quota through the UCI Nation Ranking.[2]

Athlete Event Time Rank
Madis Mihkels Men's road race 6:23:16 30

Mountain biking

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Estonian mountain bikers secured one female quota place for the Olympic through the release of the final Olympic mountain biking rankings.

Athlete Event Time Rank
Janika Lõiv Women's cross-country 1:35:05 19

Equestrian

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Jumping

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Athlete Horse Event Qualification Final
Penalties Rank Penalties Time Rank
My Relander Expert Individual RT Did not advance

Fencing

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Estonia entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. Nelli Differt secured her quota places in women's épée events, after nominated as one of the highest ranked individual fencers, eligible for European zone through the release of the FIE Official ranking for Paris 2024.

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Nelli Differt Women's épée Bye  Kang (KOR)
W 14–13
 Klasik (POL)
W 11–10
 Santuccio (ITA)
W 10–9
 Kong (HKG)
L 11–15
 Muhari (HUN)
L 14–15
4

Judo

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Estonia qualified one judoka for the following weight class at the Games. Klen Kristofer Kaljulaid (men's middleweight, 90 kg) got qualified via continental quota based on Olympic point rankings.

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Klen Kristofer Kaljulaid Men's −90 kg  Feuillet (MRI)
W 10–00
 Murao (JPN)
L 00–10
Did not advance

Rowing

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Estonian rowers qualified boats in each of the following classes through 2024 Final Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland.

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Tõnu Endrekson
Mikhail Kushteyn
Johann Poolak
Allar Raja
Uku Siim Timmusk (Reserve)
Men's quadruple sculls 5:52.04 4 R 5:55.74 4 FB 5:50.55 7

FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage

Sailing

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Estonian sailors secured a quota place in the following events, through the 2024 Semaine Olympique Française (Last Chance Regatta) in Hyères, France; and through the allocations of Emerging Nations Programs.

Elimination events
Athlete Event Opening rounds Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Net points Rank
Ingrid Puusta Women's IQFoil 25
BFD
9 13 11 15 9 10 13 17 18 22 18 14 15 162 17 Did not advance 17
Medal race events
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 M*
Karl-Martin Rammo Men's ILCA 7 34 6 28 39 27 29 9 33 EL 166 31

Key: M – Medal race; EL – Eliminated

Shooting

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Estonian shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2022, 2023, and 2024 European Championships, 2023 European Games, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament.[3]

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Peeter Jürisson Men's skeet 113 28 Did not advance
Peeter Olesk Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol 583 11 Did not advance

Swimming

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Estonian swimmers achieved the entry standards in the following events for Paris 2024 (a maximum of two swimmers under the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT) and potentially at the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT)):[4][5]

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Eneli Jefimova Women's 100 m breaststroke 1:06.24 8 Q 1:06.23 8 Q 1:06.50 7
Women's 200 m breaststroke 2:30.68 23 Did not advance
Kregor Zirk Men's 200 m butterfly 1:55.52 10 Q 1:54.22 5 Q 1:54.55 7
Men's 400 m freestyle 3:49.59 22 Did not advance

Weightlifting

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Estonia entered one male weightlifter into the Olympic competition. Mart Seim (men's above 102 kg) secured one quotas to participate in his weight divisions based on the re-allocations of unused host country or universality spots.[6]

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Mart Seim Men's +102 kg 180 9 220 9 400 9

Wrestling

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Estonia sent only one wrestler, Heiki Nabi received a quota due to reallocations of Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN) claimed by the IOC.

Key:

  • PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Heiki Nabi Men's −130 kg  Shariati (AZE)
L 1–1 PP
Did not advance

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at Paris 2024: The entry standards". International Olympic Committee. 20 December 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Road cycling at París 2024: Quota distribution for next Olympic Games decided following publication of UCI World Ranking by Nations". International Olympic Committee. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Quota Places by Nation and Number". issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Paris 2024 – Swimming Qualification". World Aquatics. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Eneli Jefimovast sai esimene Eesti olümplane 2024. aasta Pariisi mängudel" [Eneli Jefimova becomes the first Estonian Olympian to compete at the Paris 2024 Games] (in Estonian). Delfi. 16 April 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  6. ^ "OLYMPIC QUALIFICATION RANKING (FINAL, updated on 3 June 2024)" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. 21 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
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