Estonia at the Olympics

Template:Infobox Olympics Estonia After declaring independence from Russia in 1918, Estonia first competed as a nation at the 1920 Summer Olympics, although the National Olympic Committee was established in 1923. The first Winter Olympics were the 1924 Winter Olympics. Estonian athletes took part of the Olympic Games until the country was annexed by the Soviet Union in 1940. The 1980 Summer Olympics Sailing regatta was held in the capital city Tallinn. After regaining independence in 1991, Estonia has participated in all Olympics. Estonia has won most of its medals in wrestling (10), weightlifting (7), cross-country skiing (7) and athletics (5).

Olympic medalists

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal table

Summer Olympics medalists

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Gold	Alfred Neuland	1920 Antwerp	Weightlifting	Men's lightweight
Silver	Jüri Lossmann	1920 Antwerp	Athletics	Men's marathon
Silver	Alfred Schmidt	1920 Antwerp	Weightlifting	Men's featherweight
Gold	Eduard Pütsep	1924 Paris	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman bantamweight
Silver	Alfred Neuland	1924 Paris	Weightlifting	Men's middleweight
Bronze	Aleksander Klumberg	1924 Paris	Athletics	Men's decathlon
Bronze	Jaan Kikkas	1924 Paris	Weightlifting	Men's middleweight
Bronze	Harald Tammer	1924 Paris	Weightlifting	Men's heavyweight
Bronze	Roman Steinberg	1924 Paris	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight
Gold	Osvald Käpp	1928 Amsterdam	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle lightweight
Gold	Voldemar Väli	1928 Amsterdam	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman featherweight
Silver	Arnold Luhaäär	1928 Amsterdam	Weightlifting	Men's heavyweight
Bronze	6 Metre (keelboat) Tutti V: Nikolai Vekšin, William von Wirén, Eberhard Vogdt, Georg Faehlmann, Andreas Faehlmann	1928 Amsterdam	Sailing	Men's 6 metre class
Bronze	Albert Kusnets	1928 Amsterdam	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman middleweight
Gold	Kristjan Palusalu	1936 Berlin	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman heavyweight
Gold	Kristjan Palusalu	1936 Berlin	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle Heavyweight
Silver	Nikolai Stepulov	1936 Berlin	Boxing	Men's Lightweight
Silver	August Neo	1936 Berlin	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle light-heavyweight
Bronze	Arnold Luhaäär	1936 Berlin	Weightlifting	Men's heavyweight
Bronze	Voldemar Väli	1936 Berlin	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman lightweight
Bronze	August Neo	1936 Berlin	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman light-heavyweight
Gold	Erika Salumäe	1992 Barcelona	Cycling	Women's sprint
Bronze	470 (dinghy) Ziegelmayer: Tõnu Tõniste – Toomas Tõniste	1992 Barcelona	Sailing	Men's 470 team competition
Gold	Erki Nool	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Men's decathlon
Bronze	Aleksei Budõlin	2000 Sydney	Judo	Men's half middleweight – 81 kg
Bronze	Indrek Pertelson	2000 Sydney	Judo	Men's heavyweight 100+ kg
Silver	Jüri Jaanson	2004 Athens	Rowing	Men's single sculls
Bronze	Aleksander Tammert	2004 Athens	Athletics	Men's discus throw
Bronze	Indrek Pertelson	2004 Athens	Judo	Men's heavyweight (+100 kg)
Silver	Jüri Jaanson – Tõnu Endrekson	2008 Beijing	Rowing	Men's double sculls
Gold	Gerd Kanter	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's discus throw

Winter Olympics medalists

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Gold	Andrus Veerpalu	2002 Salt Lake City	Cross-country skiing	Men's 15 km classical
Silver	Andrus Veerpalu	2002 Salt Lake City	Cross-country skiing	Men's 50 km classical
Bronze	Jaak Mae	2002 Salt Lake City	Cross-country skiing	Men's 15 km classical
Gold	Andrus Veerpalu	2006 Turin	Cross-country skiing	Men's 15 km classical
Gold	Kristina Šmigun-Vähi	2006 Turin	Cross-country skiing	Women's 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit
Gold	Kristina Šmigun-Vähi	2006 Turin	Cross-country skiing	Women's 10 km classical
Silver	Kristina Šmigun-Vähi	2010 Vancouver	Cross-country skiing	Women's 10 kilometre freestyle

Medals by Olympics sport

Medals by Summer Olympics sport

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Wrestling	5	1	4	10
Athletics	2	1	2	5
Weightlifting	1	3	3	7
Cycling	1	0	0	1
Rowing	0	2	0	2
Boxing	0	1	0	1
Judo	0	0	3	3
Sailing	0	0	2	2
Total	9	8	14	31

Medals by Winter Olympics sport

Cross-country skiing	4	2	1	7
Total	4	2	1	7

Summer Olympics Medal Count

Year	Number of athletes	Number of sports	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Rank
Russian Empire (medals are counted per individuals)
1912	12	5		1		—
Independent Estonia (medals are counted per teams)
1920	14	3	1	2		14
1924	47	5	1	1	4	17
1928	21	5	2	1	2	16
1932	3	2				—
1936	39	8	2	2	3	13
The Soviet Union (medals are counted per individuals)
1952	11	6	1	3	1	—
1956	5	2			1	—
1960	6	4		2		—
1964	6	4		2		—
1968	10	5	1	1	3	—
1972	7	5	3		1	—
1976	7	4	1		1	—
1980	11	5	4	1	2	—
1988	11	7	2	2	2	—
Independent Estonia (medals are counted per teams)
1992	38	15	1		1	34–36
1996	44	13				—
2000	33	11	1		2	46–47
2004	42	10		1	2	64
2008	47	13	1	1		46–49
Totals			21	20	25	—
			9	8	14	47

Archery

Main article: Archery at the Summer Olympics

Year	Athletes	Events	Medals				Rank
			Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1972	1	1	0	0	0	0	—
1992	1	1	0	0	0	0	—
1996	1	1	0	0	0	0	—
Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	—
	1	1	0	0	0	0	—

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the Summer Olympics

Year	Athletes	Events	Medals				Rank
			Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1912	3	3	0	0	0	0	—
1920	7	12	0	1	0	1	10
1924	11	13	0	0	1	1	12
1928	4	5	0	0	0	0	—
1932	1	3	0	0	0	0	—
1936	7	8	0	0	0	0	—
1952	2	2	0	0	1	1	—
1956	2	2	0	0	1	1	—
1960	1	1	0	0	0	0	—
1964	3	2	0	1	0	1	—
1968	4	4	0	0	0	0	—
1972	2	2	1	0	0	1	—
1976	2	2	0	0	0	0	—
1980	4	5	1	0	1	2	—
1988	2	2	0	0	1	1	—
1992	5	4	0	0	0	0	—
1996	13	10	0	0	0	0	—
2000	5	4	1	0	0	1	17
2004	15	10	0	0	1	1	36
2008	14	10	1	0	0	1	16
Totals			4	2	6	12	—
			2	1	2	5	46

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the Summer Olympics

Year	Athletes	Events	Medals				Rank
			Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1936	11	1	0	0	0	0	—
1952	3	1	0	3	0	3	—
1964	1	1	0	1	0	1	—
1968	3	1	0	0	3	3	—
1988	1	1	1	0	0	1	—
Totals	18	1	4	3	0	8	—
	11	1	0	0	0	0	—

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the Summer Olympics

Year	Athletes	Events	Medals				Rank
			Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1924	1	1	0	0	0	0	—
1928	1	1	0	0	0	0	—
1936	2	2	0	1	0	1	9
Totals	3	3	0	1	0	1	—
	3	3	0	1	0	1	56

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the Summer Olympics

Year	Athletes	Events	Medals				Rank
			Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1992	1	2	0	0	0	0	—
1996	1	2	0	0	0	0	—
2000	1	2	0	0	0	0	—
Totals	2	4	0	0	0	0	—
	2	4	0	0	0	0	—

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the Summer Olympics

Year	Athletes	Events	Medals				Rank
			Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1952	1	1	0	0	0	0	—
1964	1	1	0	0	0	0	—
1976	1	2	1	0	0	1	—
1988	2	2	1	0	0	1	—
1992	3	3	1	0	0	1	4
1996	7	3	0	0	0	0	—
2000	5	1	0	0	0	0	—
2004	6	2	0	0	0	0	—
2008	4	3	0	0	0	0	—
Totals			3	0	0	3	—
			1	0	0	1	26

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the Summer Olympics

Year	Athletes	Events	Medals				Rank
			Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1968	1	1	1	0	0	1	—
1972	2	2	1	0	1	2	—
1988	2	2	0	0	1	1	—
1992	2	1	0	0	0	0	—
1996	7	4	0	0	0	0	—
2000	3	2	0	0	0	0	—
2008	1	1	0	0	0	0	—
Totals			2	0	2	4	—
			0	0	0	0	—

Football

Main article: Football at the Summer Olympics

Year	Athletes	Events	Medals				Rank
			Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1924	15	1	0	0	0	0	—
Totals	15	1	0	0	0	0	—
	15	1	0	0	0	0	—

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the Summer Olympics

Year	Athletes	Events	Medals				Rank
			Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1912	1	1	0	0	0	0	—
2008	1	1	0	0	0	0	—
Totals	2		0	0	0	0	—
	1	1	0	0	0	0	—

Judo

Main article: Judo at the Summer Olympics

Year	Athletes	Events	Medals				Rank
			Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1992	1	1	0	0	0	0	—
1996	1	1	0	0	0	0	—
2000	2	2	0	0	2	2	14
2004	2	2	0	0	1	1	17
2008	1	1	0	0	0	0	—
Totals	3	4	0	0	3	3	—
	3	4	0	0	3	3	41

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the Summer Olympics

Year	Athletes	Events	Medals				Rank
			Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1912	1	1	0	0	0	0	—
1960	1	2	0	1	0	1	—
1992	1	1	0	0	0	0	—
1996	1	1	0	0	0	0	—
2000	1	1	0	0	0	0	—
Totals	3	2	0	1	0	1	—
	1	1	0	0	0	0	—

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the Summer Olympics

Year	Athletes	Events	Medals				Rank
			Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1912	1	1	0	0	1	1	—
1936	1	1	0	0	0	0	—
1968	1	1	0	0	0	0	—
1972	3	2	0	0	1	1	—
1988	1	1	0	0	0	0	—
1992	7	3	0	0	0	0	—
1996	1	1	0	0	0	0	—
2000	3	2	0	0	0	0	—
2004	7	3	0	1	0	1	14
2008	7	3	0	1	0	1	14
Totals			0	2	2	4	—
			0	2	0	2	31

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the Summer Olympics

Year	Athletes	Events	Medals				Rank
			Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1928	5	1	0	0	1	1	6
1936	1	1	0	0	0	0	—
1952	1	1	0	0	0	0	—
1960	1	1	0	1	0	1	—
1964	1	1	0	0	0	0	—
1972	1	1	0	0	0	0	—
1976	1	1	0	0	0	0	—
1980	4	3	0	1	0	1	—
1988	3	2	0	1	0	1	—
1992	4	3	0	0	1	1	9
1996	4	3	0	0	0	0	—
2000	4	3	0	0	0	0	—
2004	1	1	0	0	0	0	—
2008	2	2	0	0	0	0	—
Totals			0	3	2	5	—
			0	0	2	2	42

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the Summer Olympics

Year	Athletes	Events	Medals				Rank
			Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1972	4	3	1	1	1	3	—
1988	1	1	0	0	0	0	—
1992	4	4	0	0	0	0	—
1996	2	2	0	0	0	0	—
2000	1	1	0	0	0	0	—
2004	1	1	0	0	0	0	—
2008	1	1	0	0	0	0	—
Totals			0	0	0	0	—
			0	0	0	0	—

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the Summer Olympics

Year	Athletes	Events	Medals				Rank
			Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1936	1	2	0	0	0	0	—
1952	2	2	0	0	0	0	—
1960	3	4	0	0	0	0	—
1980	1	3	1	0	1	2	—
1992	4	7	0	0	0	0	—
1996	1	2	0	0	0	0	—
2000	4	5	0	0	0	0	—
2004	6	6	0	0	0	0	—
2008	9	9	0	0	0	0	—
Totals			1	0	1	2	—
			0	0	0	0	—

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the Summer Olympics

Year	Athletes	Events	Medals				Rank
			Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1992	1	1	0	0	0	0	—
Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	—
	1	1	0	0	0	0	—

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the Summer Olympics

Year	Athletes	Events	Medals				Rank
			Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2004	2	2	0	0	0	0	—
2008	2	2	0	0	0	0	—
Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	—
	2	2	0	0	0	0	—

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the Summer Olympics

Year	Athletes	Events	Medals				Rank
			Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2004	1	1	0	0	0	0	—
2008	1	1	0	0	0	0	—
Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	—
	1	1	0	0	0	0	—

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the Summer Olympics

Year	Athletes	Events	Medals				Rank
			Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1980	1	1	1	0	0	1	—
19961	2	1	0	0	0	0	—
20081	2	1	0	0	0	0	—
Totals	5	2	1	0	0	1	—
	4	1	0	0	0	0	—
1 = Beach volleyball

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the Summer Olympics

Year	Athletes	Events	Medals				Rank
			Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1980	1	1	1	0	0	1	—
Totals	1	1	1	0	0	1	—
			0	0	0	0	—

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics

Year	Athletes	Events	Medals				Rank
			Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1920	3	2	1	1	0	2	3
1924	9	5	0	1	2	3	4
1928	4	4	0	1	0	1	6
1936	4	4	0	0	1	1	7
1968	1	1	0	1	0	1	—
1972	1	1	1	0	0	1	—
Totals			2	4	3	9	—
			1	3	3	7	29

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the Summer Olympics

Year	Athletes	Events	Medals				Rank
			Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1912	5	4	0	1	0	1	—
1920	4	4	0	0	0	0	—
1924	8	7	1	0	1	2	5
1928	6	8	2	0	1	3	3
1932	1	2	0	0	0	0	—
1936	8	10	2	1	2	5	3
1952	2	2	1	0	0	1	—
1956	3	3	0	0	0	0	—
1992	4	4	0	0	0	0	—
1996	4	4	0	0	0	0	—
2000	3	3	0	0	0	0	—
2004	1	1	0	0	0	0	—
Totals			6	2	4	12	—
			5	1	4	10	17

Winter Olympics Medal Count

Year	Number of athletes	Number of sports	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Rank
Independent Estonia (medals are counted per teams)
1928	2	1	0	0	0	—
1936	5	4	0	0	0	—
The Soviet Union (medals are counted per individuals)
1956	1	1	0	0	0	—
1964	1	1	1	0	0	—
1968	2	2	0	0	0	—
1980	1	1	0	0	0	—
1988	1	1	0	0	1	—
Independent Estonia (medals are counted per teams)
1992	20	5	0	0	0	—
1994	26	6	0	0	0	—
1998	20	5	0	0	0	—
2002	17	5	1	1	1	17
2006	26	6	3	0	0	12
2010	30	4	0	1	0	25
Totals			5	2	2	—
			4	2	1	23

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics

Year	Athletes	Events	Medals				Rank
			Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1936	1	1	0	0	0	0	—
1994	1	1	0	0	0	0	—
2006	2	4	0	0	0	0	—
2010	2	4	0	0	0	0	—
Totals	4	6	0	0	0	0	—
	4	6	0	0	0	0	—

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the Winter Olympics

Year	Athletes	Events	Medals				Rank
			Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1992	8	3	0	0	0	0	—
1994	9	3	0	0	0	0	—
1998	4	3	0	0	0	0	—
2002	4	4	0	0	0	0	—
2006	6	4	0	0	0	0	—
2010	9	5	0	0	0	0	—
Totals			0	0	0	0	—
			0	0	0	0	—

Cross country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics

Year	Athletes	Events	Medals				Rank
			Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1936	1	2	0	0	0	0	—
1992	6	5	0	0	0	0	—
1994	10	5	0	0	0	0	—
1998	10	5	0	0	0	0	—
2002	9	6	1	1	1	3	5
2006	12	6	3	0	0	3	2
2010	14	6	0	1	0	1	7
Totals			4	2	1	7	—
			4	2	1	7	7

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the Winter Olympics

Year	Athletes	Events	Medals				Rank
			Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1936	2	1	0	0	0	0	—
1992	1	1	0	0	0	0	—
1994	1	1	0	0	0	0	—
1998	1	1	0	0	0	0	—
2002	1	1	0	0	0	0	—
2006	3	2	0	0	0	0	—
2010	5	3	0	0	0	0	—
Totals			0	0	0	0	—
			0	0	0	0	—

Luge

Main article: Luge at the Winter Olympics

Year	Athletes	Events	Medals				Rank
			Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1994	1	1	0	0	0	0	—
1998	2	2	0	0	0	0	—
Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	—
	2	2	0	0	0	0	—

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the Winter Olympics

Year	Athletes	Events	Medals				Rank
			Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1956	1	1	0	0	0	0	—
1968	1	1	0	0	0	0	—
1980	1	1	0	0	0	0	—
1988	1	2	0	0	1	1	—
1992	4	2	0	0	0	0	—
1994	4	2	0	0	0	0	—
1998	4	2	0	0	0	0	—
2002	2	2	0	0	0	0	—
2006	1	2	0	0	0	0	—
Totals			0	0	1	1	—
			0	0	0	0	—

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the Winter Olympics

Year	Athletes	Events	Medals				Rank
			Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2002	1	2	0	0	0	0	—
2006	2	2	0	0	0	0	—
Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	—
	2	2	0	0	0	0	—

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the Winter Olympics

Year	Athletes	Events	Medals				Rank
			Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1928	2	3	0	0	0	0	—
1936	1	4	0	0	0	0	—
1964	1	2	1	0	0	1	—
1968	1	1	0	0	0	0	—
Totals	3	4	1	0	0	1	—
	2	4	0	0	0	0	—

References

• Estonian Olympic Committee