Battle of Honey Springs

Estonia competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's ninth appearance at the Summer Olympics.

The Estonian Olympic Committee sent a total of 42 athletes, 31 men and 11 women, competing only in 11 different sports. Sixteen athletes had competed in Sydney, including three Olympic medalists: decathlon champion Erki Nool, and judoka and bronze medalists Aleksei Budõlin and Indrek Pertelson. Rower Jüri Jaanson participated in his fifth Olympics under two different banners (the other one with the Soviet Union) as the most experienced member of the contingent. Discus thrower Eha Rünne, aged 41, was the oldest athlete of the team, while long-distance freestyle swimmer Jelena Petrova was the youngest at age 15. Claiming the nation's first ever gold medal in athletics, Nool was appointed by the Estonian Olympic Committee to become the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.[1]

Estonia left Athens with the same number of medals (one silver and two bronze) collected from the previous games, but failed to earn a single gold for the first time in history since the break-up of the Soviet Union. After finishing farther from the podium in four consecutive Olympics, Jaanson ended his medal drought by taking home the silver in the men's single sculls.[2] Two bronze medals were awarded to discus thrower Aleksander Tammert and heavyweight judoka Indrek Pertelson, who managed to repeat it from Sydney.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Silver Jüri Jaanson Rowing Men's single sculls August 21
 Bronze Indrek Pertelson Judo Men's +100 kg August 20
 Bronze Aleksander Tammert Athletics Men's discus throw August 23

Athletics

Estonian athletes have so far 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).[3][4]

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
Tarmo Jallai 110 m hurdles 13.77 6 Did not advance
Pavel Loskutov Marathon 2:18:09 26
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Marko Aleksejev High jump 2.15 =31 Did not advance
Gerd Kanter Discus throw 60.05 19 Did not advance
Lauri Leis Triple jump 16.18 33 Did not advance
Taavi Peetre Shot put 19.14 26 Did not advance
Aleksander Tammert Discus throw 65.70 2 Q 66.66 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Andrus Värnik Javelin throw 83.25 5 Q 83.25 6
Combined events – Decathlon
Athlete Event 100 m LJ SP HJ 400 m 110H DT PV JT 1500 m Final Rank
Erki Nool Result 10.80 7.53 14.26 1.88 48.81 14.80 42.05 5.40 61.33 4:36.33 8235 8
Points 906 942 744 696 870 874 706 1035 758 704
Kristjan Rahnu Result 10.77 NM 14.45 DNS DNF
Points 912 0 756 0
Indrek Turi Result 11.08 6.91 13.62 2.03 51.67 14.26 39.83 4.80 59.34 4:50.01 7708 23
Points 843 792 705 831 739 941 661 849 728 619
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Egle Uljas 400 m 51.91 NR 5 q 53.13 8 Did not advance
Jane Salumäe Marathon 2:48:47 44
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Moonika Aava Javelin throw 54.96 33 Did not advance
Eha Rünne Discus throw 54.82 37 Did not advance

Cycling

Road

Athlete Event Time Rank
Andrus Aug Men's road race Did not finish
Jaan Kirsipuu Did not finish
Erki Pütsep Did not finish
Janek Tombak 5:50:35 61
Maaris Meier Women's road race Did not finish

Mountain biking

Athlete Event Time Rank
Sigvard Kukk Men's cross-country LAP (2 laps) 41

Judo

Estonia has qualified two judoka

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Repechage 3 Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Aleksei Budõlin Men's −81 kg  Mamrikishvili (GEO)
W 0110–0100
 Canto (BRA)
L 0010–0011
Did not advance
Indrek Pertelson Men's +100 kg  Bouaichaoui (ALG)
W 1010–0001
 Tangriev (UZB)
W 0021–0010
 Tmenov (RUS)
L 0001–1110
Did not advance Bye  Hernandes (BRA)
W 1110–0100
 Tataroğlu (TUR)
W 0200–0100
 Bianchessi (ITA)
W 1000–0000
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Rowing

Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Jüri Jaanson Single sculls 7:13.74 1 SA/B/C Bye 6:47.36 1 FA 6:51.42 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Tõnu Endrekson
Leonid Gulov
Double sculls 6:58.80 3 SA/B Bye 6:12.80 2 FA 6:35.30 4
Andrei Jämsä
Igor Kuzmin
Andrei Šilin
Oleg Vinogradov
Quadruple sculls 5:45.56 2 SA/B Bye 5:44.90 2 FB 6:05.11 9

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; R=Repechage

Sailing

Men
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Imre Taveter Finn 25 23 24 23 23 21 18 24 22 25 18 221 25

M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given

Shooting

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Andrei Inešin Skeet 119 =21 Did not advance

Swimming

Estonian swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time):

Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Aleksander Baldin 100 m breaststroke 1:06.04 49 Did not advance
200 m breaststroke 2:17.90 32 Did not advance
Danil Haustov 50 m freestyle 23.56 49 Did not advance
100 m freestyle 51.02 37 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Triin Aljand 50 m freestyle 26.19 26 Did not advance
Jana Kolukanova 100 m freestyle 57.45 37 Did not advance
Elina Partõka 200 m freestyle 2:03.54 28 Did not advance
Jelena Petrova 800 m freestyle 9:01.62 23 Did not advance

Tennis

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score
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Score
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Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Kaia Kanepi Women's singles  Cho Y-J (KOR)
L 6–7(1–7), 1–6
Did not advance
Maret Ani
Kaia Kanepi
Women's doubles  Molik /
Stubbs (AUS)
L 4–6, 1–6
Did not advance

Triathlon

Estonia's first appearance in the Olympic triathlon resulted in a twenty-first-place finish for the nation's sole competitor in the sport.

Athlete Event Swim (1.5 km) Trans 1 Bike (40 km) Trans 2 Run (10 km) Total Time Rank
Marko Albert Men's 18:01 0:17 1:01:48 0:19 35:37 1:55:26.59 21

Wrestling

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 Elimination Pool Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Tarvi Thomberg −84 kg  Metodiev (BUL)
L 0–3 PO
 Daragan (UKR)
L 0–3 PO
 Yerlikaya (TUR)
L 0–3 PO
4 Did not advance 19

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Ajalugu ei näita Pekingi olümpialippur Martin Padarile medaliheitlust soosivaid kaarte" [History does not show in Beijing Olympics, and Martin Padar struggles to reach the medal podium] (in Estonian). Postimees. 2 August 2008. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  2. ^ Shonka, Kristy (14 October 2004). "Jaanson basks in the silver lining of Athens Olympics". The Augusta Chronicle. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  3. ^ "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved June 4, 2011.
  4. ^ "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Athens 2004 Entry Standards". IAAF. Retrieved 4 June 2011.

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