Estonia at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Estonia at the 2012 Summer Olympics
IOC code	EST
NOC	Estonian Olympic Committee
Website	www.eok.ee (in Estonian)
in London
Competitors	32 in 11 sports
Flag bearers	Aleksander Tammert (opening) Heiki Nabi (closing)
Medals Ranked 63rd	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 2
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Estonia competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's eleventh appearance at the Summer Olympics.

The Estonian Olympic Committee sent the nation's smallest delegation to the Games in the post-Soviet era. A total of 32 athletes, 22 men and 10 women, competed in 11 sports. Fifteen athletes had competed in Beijing, including two Olympic medalists (rower and silver medalist Tõnu Endrekson, and defending champion Gerd Kanter in men's discus throw). Rifle shooter Anžela Voronova, at age 43, was the oldest athlete of the team, while double sculls rower Geir Suursild was the youngest at age 17. Former Olympic bronze medalist Aleksander Tammert, who competed at his fifth Olympics, became Estonia's flag bearer at the opening ceremony. Among the sports played by the athletes, Estonia marked its Olympic return in archery after twenty-year absence, and in wrestling after an eight-year absence.

Estonia left London with only two medals (one silver and one bronze), failing to win a gold medal for the second time since 2004. Defending champion Gerd Kanter, however, settled only for the bronze medal in men's discus throw, while Heiki Nabi won the nation's first ever Olympic silver medal in Greco-Roman wrestling 76 years after Kristjan Palusalu's gold medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Medalists

Main article: 2012 Summer Olympics medal table

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Heiki Nabi	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg	6 August
Bronze	Gerd Kanter	Athletics	Men's discus throw	7 August

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Wrestling	0	1	0	1
Athletics	0	0	1	1
Total	0	1	1	2

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Estonia qualified 1 archer.

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	621	52	Valencia (MEX) (13) L 1–7	Did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Estonian athletes 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):

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
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Marek Niit	100 m	Bye		10.40	7	Did not advance
	200 m	20.82	6	—		Did not advance
Rasmus Mägi	400 m hurdles	50.05	5	—		Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Raigo Toompuu	Shot put	18.91	30	Did not advance
Märt Israel	Discus throw	60.34	25	Did not advance
Gerd Kanter		66.39	1 Q	68.03
Aleksander Tammert		60.20	27	Did not advance
Risto Mätas	Javelin throw	78.56	21	Did not advance

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Evelin Talts	Marathon	2:54:15	103

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Anna Iljuštšenko	High jump	1.90	15	Did not advance

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Grit Šadeiko	Result	13.50	1.74	12.43	24.25	6.11	44.12	2.23.01	6013	23
	Points	1050	903	690	957	883	747	783

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Group Stage			Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Raul Must	Men's singles	Lahnsteiner (AUT) W 21–14, 21–18	Santoso (INA) L 12–21, 8–21	2	Did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Rene Mandri	Men's road race	5:46:37	50
Grete Treier	Women's road race	3:35:56	17

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Nikolai Novosjolov	Individual épée	Bye	Kelsey (USA) L 11–15	Did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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
Martin Padar	Men's +100 kg	Brayson (CUB) L 0001–0100	Did not advance

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Geir Suursild Jüri-Mikk Udam	Double sculls	6:33.88	4 R	6:38.50	4	Did not advance
Tõnu Endrekson Andrei Jämsä Allar Raja Kaspar Taimsoo	Quadruple sculls	5:42.87	2 SA/B	Bye		6.07.85	2 FA	5.46.96	4

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; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Johannes Ahun	RS:X	27	20	22	32 DPI	31	14	22	28	39 DNF	35	EL	270	30
Karl-Martin Rammo	Laser	7	18	3	21	8	12	30	31	18	39	EL	187	18
Deniss Karpak	Finn	14	9	11	11	11	1	7	13	11	11	EL	99	11

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Ingrid Puusta	RS:X	15	20	6	15	14	21	15	12	20	17	EL	155	15
Anna Pohlak	Laser Radial	27	39	41	37	36	6	36	36	31	36	EL	325	35

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; DNF = Did not finish; DPI = Discretionary penalty imposed

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Estonia qualified one quota place in the Women's 50 m rifle 3 position;

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Anžela Voronova	50 m rifle 3 positions	576	31	Did not advance
	10 m air rifle	395	42	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Martin Liivamägi	100 m breaststroke	1:01.57	29	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:01.09	25	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Triin Aljand	50 m freestyle	25.33	19	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	1:00.43	35	Did not advance

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Estonia qualified in the following events.

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	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ardo Arusaar	−96 kg	Caraballo (VEN) W 3–0 PO	Dzeinichenka (BLR) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance					8
Heiki Nabi	−120 kg	Bye	Chugoshvili (BLR) W 3–1 PP	Banak (POL) W 3–0 PO	Eurén (SWE) W 3–1 PP	Bye		López (CUB) L 0–3 PO

External links

• EOK London 2012 (in Estonian)