Estonia at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Estonia competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 33 competitors, 31 men and 2 women, took part in 29 events in 11 sports.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Erki Nool	Athletics	men's decathlon
Bronze	Aleksei Budõlin	Judo	men's middleweight (81 kg)
Bronze	Indrek Pertelson	Judo	men's heavyweight (+100 kg)

Athletics

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Men's marathon

• Pavel Loskutov – 2:19:41 (→ 35th place)

Men's discus throw

• Aleksander Tammert – Qualifying – 63.52 metres; Final – 63.25 (→ 9th place)

Men's javelin throw

• Andrus Värnik – Qualifying – 81.34 (→ did not advance, 15. place )

Men's decathlon

• Erki Nool – ( 100 m – 10,68; long jump – 7.76;shot put – 15.11;high jump – 2.00; 400 m – 46,71; 100 m hurdles – 14,48; discus throw – 43.66; pole vault – 5.00; javelin throw – 65.82; 1,500 m – 4.29,48 ). Total points – 8641.00 (→ Gold Medal )

• Indrek Kaseorg – ( 100 m – 11,31; long jump – 7.22; shot put – 13.26; high jump – 1.97; 400 m – 50,03; 100 m hurdles – 14,57; discus throw – 41.98; pole vault – 4.80; javelin throw – 66.54; 1,500 m – 4.35,64 ). Total points – 7932.00 (→ 17th place)

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Flatwater

Men's kayak singles 500 m

• Hain Helde – Qualifying Heat 3: 7th 1.42,772 ; Semifinals Heat 1: 9th 1.45,91 (→ did not advance )

Men's kayak singles 1000 m

• Hain Helde – Qualifying Heat 4: 5th 3.40,407 ; Semifinals Heat 1: 7th 3.43,499 (→ did not advance )

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Road Cycling

Men's time trial

• Lauri Aus – 1:02.16 (→ 32. place)

Men's road race

• Jaan Kirsipuu – 5:30.46 (→ 18. place)
• Erki Putsep – 5:30.46 (→ 55. place)
• Lauri Aus – DNF
• Innar Mändoja – DNF
• Janek Tombak – DNF

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Four fencers, all men, represented Estonia in 2000.

Men's individual épée

• Kaido Kaabermaa
  • Round 1: bye
  • Round 2: lost to Mauricio Rivas  Colombia (COL) by 13–15 (→ 17.place )
• Meelis Loit
  • Round 1: defeated Wang Weixin  China (CHN) by 15–7
  • Round 2: lost to Pavel Kolobkov  Russia (RUS) by 9–15 (→ 30.place )
• Andrus Kajak
  • Round 1: lost to Aleksandr Poddubny  Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) by 13–15 (→ 33.place )

Men's team épée

• Estonian Team : ( Meelis Loit, Kaido Kaabermaa, Nikolai Novosjolov, Andrus Kajak )
  • Round 1: ( Loit 3w:0l, Kaabermaa 0w:1:2l, Kajak 0w:3l ) lost to  Hungary (HUN) (Attila Fekete, Iván Kovács, Márk Marsi) by 42–45
  • Match to 9.-10. place: ( Loit, Kaabermaa, Novosjolov 1w:1:1l )defeated  Austria (AUT) ( Oliver Kayser, Christoph Marik, Michael Switak ) by 45–44 (→ 9.place )

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's half middleweight – 81 kg

• Aleksei Budõlin
  • Round of 32: defeated Sergei Aschwanden  Switzerland (SUI) by ippon
  • Round of 16: defeated Krisztián Tölgyesi  Hungary (HUN) by yusei-gachi
  • Quarterfinals: lost to Cho In-Chul  South Korea (KOR) by yusei-gachi
  • Repechage Quarterfinals: defeated Florian Wanner  Germany (GER) by ippon
  • Repechage Semifinals: defeated Kazem Sarikhani  Iran (IRI) by ippon
  • Bronze medal finals: defeated Djamel Bouras  France (FRA) by yusei-gachi (→ Bronze Medal )

Men's heavyweight 100+ kg

• Indrek Pertelson
  • Round of 32: defeated Steeve Nguema Ndong  Gabon (GAB) by hansoku-make
  • Round of 16: defeated Ernesto Pérez  Spain (ESP) by waza-ari-awasete ippon
  • Quarterfinals: defeated Daniel Hernandes  Brazil (BRA) by ippon
  • Semifinals: lost to David Douillet  France (FRA) by ippon
  • Bronze medal finals: defeated Ruslan Sharapov  Belarus (BLR) by ippon (→ Bronze Medal )

Modern pentathlon

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Men's modern pentathlon

• Imre Tiidemann – ( Shooting: 1084; Fencing: 720; Swimming: 1120; Equestrian: 1010; Cross-country: 1146 ) Total points: 5080 (→ 14.place )

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's single sculls

• Jüri Jaanson – Preliminary Heat 3: 3rd 7.06,58; Repechage Heat 2: 1st 7.05,16; Semi-finals Heat 2: 3rd 7:06.70; Final A: 6th 6.59,15 (→ 6.place )

Men's double sculls

• Leonid Gulov and Andrei Šilin – Preliminary Heat 2: 4th 6.41,74; Repechage Heat 3: 3rd 6.35,09; Semi-finals Heat 1: 5th 6.38,75; Final B: 3rd 6.22,78 (→ 9.place )

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Estonia competed in three events in the Sailing competition of the Sydney Olympics. The highest they placed in any event was 22nd.

Men's double handed dinghy (470)

• Tõnu Tõniste and Toomas Tõniste – 11 races: ( 7; 14; (29); 17;(30) OCS; 25; 16; 14; 21; 25; 18 ) Final points: 157 (→ 22. place)

Men's single handed dinghy (Finn)

• Imre Taveter – 11 races: ( 22; 22; 19; 17;(23); 22;(26) DNF; 23; 9; ; 21; 17 ) Final points: 172 (→ 22. place)

Open single handed dinghy (Laser)

• Peter Šaraškin – 11 races: ( 25; 29; 6; 30; 28;(32); 27; 32;(44) OCS; 21; 12 ) Final points: 210 (→ 29. place)

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's skeet

• Andrei Inešin – 120 p (→ did not advance, 19.-22. place)

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's 50 m freestyle

• Indrek Sei – Preliminary Heat 10: 8th 23,11 (→ did not advance, 29. place )

Men's 100 m freestyle

• Indrek Sei – Preliminary Heat: 52,09 (→ did not advance, 43. place )

Men's 100 m breaststroke

• Raiko Pachel – Preliminary Heat 6: 8th 1.03,99 (→ did not advance, 32.-33. place)

Men's 200 m breaststroke

• Raiko Pachel – Preliminary Heat 3: 3rd 2.19,71 (→ did not advance, 33. place )

Women's 50 m freestyle

• Jana Kolukanova – Preliminary Heat 7: 1st 25,96 NR, Semi-final: 8th 26,03 (→ did not advance, 16. place )

Women's 100 m freestyle

• Elina Partõka – Preliminary Heat 2: 2nd 57,71 NR (→ did not advance, 29.-30. place )

Women's 200 m freestyle

• Elina Partõka – Preliminary Heat 3: 6th 2.05,90 (→ did not advance, 33.place )

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's greco-roman 69 kg

• Valeri Nikitin
  • Pool D Preliminary round 1: defeated Ghani Yalouz  France (FRA) by fall
  • Pool D Preliminary round 2: defeated Csaba Hirbik  Hungary (HUN) by judges decision 4:3
  • Quarter-Finals: defeated Islam Duguchiyev  Azerbaijan (AZE) by judges decision 4:1
  • Semi-Finals: lost to Feliberto Ascuy  Cuba (CUB) by judges decision 0:6
  • Bronze Medal Final: lost to Alexei Glouchkov  Russia (RUS) by judges decision 0:5 (→ 4.place )

Men's greco-roman 85 kg

• Toomas Proovel
  • Pool Round 1: lost to Muhran Vahtangadze  Georgia (GEO) by judges decision 4:6
  • Pool Round 2: defeated Raatbek Sanatbajev  Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) by judges decision 4:2 2nd at pool (→ did not advance, 9.place )

Men's greco-roman 130 kg

• Helger Hallik
  • Pool Round 1: lost to Hector Milian  Cuba (CUB) by judges decision 0:3
  • Pool Round 2: lost to Zhao Hailin  China (CHN) by judges decision 2:3 (→ did not advance, 16.place )

Notes

• Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
• International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 11/12/05.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 11/20/05.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 11/20/05.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 11/20/05.
• International Olympic Committee Web Site

External links

• EOK – Sydney 2000 Template:Et icon