Estonia at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Estonia
games=2000 Summer
competitors=33
sports=11
flagbearer=Tõnu Tõniste
gold=1
silver=0
bronze=2
total=3

Estonia competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Medalists

Results by event

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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)

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 )

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

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Men's individual épée
* Kaido Kaabermaa
** Round 1: bye
** Round 2: lost to Mauricio Rivas flagIOCteam|COL|2000 Summer by 13-15 (→ 17.place )
* Meelis Loit
** Round 1: defeated Wang Weixin flagIOCteam|CHN|2000 Summer by 15-7
** Round 2: lost to Pavel Kolobkov flagIOCteam|RUS|2000 Summer by 9-15 (→ 30.place )
* Andrus Kajak
** Round 1: lost to Aleksandr Poddubny flagIOCteam|KGZ|2000 Summer 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 flagIOCteam|HUN|2000 Summer (Attila Fekete, Iván Kovács, Márk Marsi) by 42-45
** Match to 9.-10. place: ( Loit, Kaabermaa, Novosjolov 1w:1:1l )defeated flagIOCteam|AUT|2000 Summer ( Oliver Kayser, Christoph Marik, Marcus Robatsch, Michael Switak ) by 45-44 (→ 9.place )

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Men's half middleweight - 81 kg
* Aleksei Budõlin
** Round of 32: defeated Sergei Aschwanden flagIOCteam|SUI|2000 Summer by "ippon"
** Round of 16: defeated Krisztián Tölgyesi flagIOCteam|HUN|2000 Summer by "yusei-gachi"
** Quarterfinals: lost to Cho In-Chul flagIOCteam|KOR|2000 Summer by "yusei-gachi"
** Repechage Quarterfinals: defeated Florian Wanner flagIOCteam|GER|2000 Summer by "ippon"
** Repechage Semifinals: defeated Kazem Sarikhani flagIOCteam|IRI|2000 Summer by "ippon"
** Bronze medal finals: defeated Djamel Bouras flagIOCteam|FRA|2000 Summer by "yusei-gachi" (→ Bronze Medal )

"'Men's heavyweight100+ kg"'
* Indrek Pertelson
** Round of 32: defeated Steeve Nguema Ndong flagIOCteam|GAB|2000 Summer by "hansoku-make"
** Round of 16: defeated Ernesto Pérez flagIOCteam|ESP|2000 Summer by "waza-ari-awasete ippon"
** Quarterfinals: defeated Daniel Hernandes flagIOCteam|BRA|2000 Summer by "ippon"
** Semifinals: lost to David Douillet flagIOCteam|FRA|2000 Summer by "ippon"
** Bronze medal finals: defeated Ruslan Sharapov flagIOCteam|BLR|2000 Summer by "ippon" (→ Bronze Medal )

Men's modern pentathlon
* Imre Tiidemann - ( Shooting: 1084; Fencing: 720; Swimming: 1120; Equestrian: 1010; Cross-country: 1146 ) Total points: 5080 (→ 14.place )

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 )

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)

Men's skeet
* Andrei Inešin - 120 p (→ did not advance, 19.-22. place)

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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 )

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Men's greco-roman 69 kg
* Valeri Nikitin
** Pool D Preliminary round 1: defeated Ghani Yalouz flagIOCteam|FRA|2000 Summer by fall
** Pool D Preliminary round 2: defeated Csaba Hirbik flagIOCteam|HUN|2000 Summer by judges decision 4:3
** Quarter-Finals: defeated Islam Duguchiyev flagIOCteam|AZE|2000 Summer by judges decision 4:1
** Semi-Finals: lost to Feliberto Ascuy flagIOCteam|CUB|2000 Summer by judges decision 0:6
** Bronze Medal Final: lost to Alexei Glouchkov flagIOCteam|RUS|2000 Summer by judges decision 0:5 (→ 4.place )

Men's greco-roman 85 kg
* Toomas Proovel
** Pool Round 1: lost to Muhran Vahtangadze flagIOCteam|GEO|2000 Summer by judges decision 4:6
** Pool Round 2: defeated Raatbek Sanatbajev flagIOCteam|KGZ|2000 Summer 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 flagIOCteam|CUB|2000 Summer by judges decision 0:3
** Pool Round 2: lost to Zhao Hailin flagIOCteam|CHN|2000 Summer by judges decision 2:3 (→ did not advance, 16.place )

References

*Wallechinsky, David (2004). "The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition)". Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
*International Olympic Committee (2001). [http://www.gamesinfo.com.au/results/results.pdf The Results] . Retrieved 11/12/05.
*Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). [http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/2000v1.pdf Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games] . Retrieved 11/20/05.
*Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). [http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/2000v2.pdf Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games] . Retrieved 11/20/05.
*Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). [http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Results.pdf The Results] . Retrieved 11/20/05.
* [http://www.olympic.org International Olympic Committee Web Site]