Estonia at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Estonia at the
2024 Summer Olympics
Estonia at the; 2024 Summer Olympics
IOC code	EST
NOC	Estonian Olympic Committee
Website	www.eok.ee (in Estonian)
in Paris, France; 26 July 2024 – 11 August 2024
Competitors	24 (16 men and 8 women) in 13 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Klen Kristofer Kaljulaid & Reena Pärnat
Flag bearer (closing)	Janek Õiglane & Reena Pärnat
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1920; 1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948–1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
Other related appearances
	Russian Empire (1908–1912); Soviet Union (1952–1988)

Estonia competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's fourteenth appearance at the Games and ninth consecutive in the post-Soviet era.

For the first time since 1996, Estonia failed to secure a single Summer Olympic medal, with Nelli Differt falling short of her bronze medal in women's épée to finish Estonia's best in 4th.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	0	1	1
Athletics	4	1	5
Badminton	0	1	1
Cycling	1	1	2
Equestrian	0	1	1
Fencing	0	1	1
Judo	1	0	1
Rowing	4	0	4
Shooting	2	0	2
Sailing	1	1	2
Swimming	1	1	2
Weightlifting	1	0	1
Wrestling	1	0	1
Total	16	8	24

Archery

One Estonian archer qualified for the women's individual through the 2024 European Continental Qualification Tournament in Essen, Germany.

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Reena Pärnat	Women's individual	646	42	Kumari (IND) L 5–6	Did not advance

Athletics

Estonian track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):^[1]

Key

Q = Qualified for the next round
NR = National record
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Rasmus Mägi	Men's 400 m hurdles	48.62	1 Q	Bye		48.16	2 Q	52.53	7

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Elisabeth Pihela	Women's high jump	1.83	=26	Did not advance

Combined events – Men's decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Johannes Erm	Result	10.64	7.66	14.61	2.08	47.19	14.35	46.29	4.60	59.58	4:19.71	8569	6
Johannes Erm	Points	942	975	766	878	949	930	793	790	732	814	8569	6
Janek Õiglane	Result	10.89	7.25	14.58	1.99	48.02	14.45	43.39	5.30	71.89	4:25.59	8572	5
Janek Õiglane	Points	885	874	764	794	908	917	734	1004	918	774	8572	5
Karel Tilga	Result	11.01	7.16	15.88	1.99	48.67	14.66	50.13	4.70	64.16	4:26.41	8377	11
Karel Tilga	Points	858	852	844	794	877	891	873	819	801	768	8377	11

Badminton

Estonia entered one badminton player into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF Race to Paris Rankings.

Athlete	Event	Group stage			Elimination	Quarter-final	Semi-final	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kristin Kuuba	Women's singles	Abdul Razzaq (MDV) W (21–7, 21–9)	Sindhu (IND) L (5–21, 10–21)	2	Did not advance

Cycling

Road

Estonia entered one male rider to compete in the men's road race events at the Olympic, after secured those quota through the UCI Nation Ranking.^[2]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Madis Mihkels	Men's road race	6:23:16	30

Mountain biking

Estonian mountain bikers secured one female quota place for the Olympic through the release of the final Olympic mountain biking rankings.

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Janika Lõiv	Women's cross-country	1:35:05	19

Equestrian

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Horse	Event	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Time	Rank
My Relander	Expert	Individual	RT		Did not advance

Fencing

Estonia entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. Nelli Differt secured her quota places in women's épée events, after nominated as one of the highest ranked individual fencers, eligible for European zone through the release of the FIE Official ranking for Paris 2024.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Nelli Differt	Women's épée	Bye	Kang (KOR) W 14–13	Klasik (POL) W 11–10	Santuccio (ITA) W 10–9	Kong (HKG) L 11–15	Muhari (HUN) L 14–15	4

Judo

Estonia qualified one judoka for the following weight class at the Games. Klen Kristofer Kaljulaid (men's middleweight, 90 kg) got qualified via continental quota based on Olympic point rankings.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Klen Kristofer Kaljulaid	Men's −90 kg	Feuillet (MRI) W 10–00	Murao (JPN) L 00–10	Did not advance

Rowing

Estonian rowers qualified boats in each of the following classes through 2024 Final Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Tõnu Endrekson Mikhail Kushteyn Johann Poolak Allar Raja Uku Siim Timmusk (Reserve)	Men's quadruple sculls	5:52.04	4 R	5:55.74	4 FB	5:50.55	7

FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage

Sailing

Estonian sailors secured a quota place in the following events, through the 2024 Semaine Olympique Française (Last Chance Regatta) in Hyères, France; and through the allocations of Emerging Nations Programs.

Elimination events

Athlete	Event	Opening rounds																Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Net points	Rank	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Final rank
Ingrid Puusta	Women's IQFoil	25 BFD	9	13	11	15	9	10	13	17	18	22	18	14	15	162	17	Did not advance			17

Medal race events

Athlete	Event	Race									Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	M*	Net points	Final rank
Karl-Martin Rammo	Men's ILCA 7	34	6	28	39	27	29	9	33	EL	166	31

Key: M – Medal race; EL – Eliminated

Shooting

Estonian shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2022, 2023, and 2024 European Championships, 2023 European Games, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament.^[3]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Peeter Jürisson	Men's skeet	113	28	Did not advance
Peeter Olesk	Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol	583	11	Did not advance

Swimming

Estonian swimmers achieved the entry standards in the following events for Paris 2024 (a maximum of two swimmers under the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT) and potentially at the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT)):^[4]^[5]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Eneli Jefimova	Women's 100 m breaststroke	1:06.24	8 Q	1:06.23	8 Q	1:06.50	7
Eneli Jefimova	Women's 200 m breaststroke	2:30.68	23	Did not advance
Kregor Zirk	Men's 200 m butterfly	1:55.52	10 Q	1:54.22	5 Q	1:54.55	7
Kregor Zirk	Men's 400 m freestyle	3:49.59	22	—		Did not advance

Weightlifting

Estonia entered one male weightlifter into the Olympic competition. Mart Seim (men's above 102 kg) secured one quotas to participate in his weight divisions based on the re-allocations of unused host country or universality spots.^[6]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Mart Seim	Men's +102 kg	180	9	220	9	400	9

Wrestling

Estonia sent only one wrestler, Heiki Nabi received a quota due to reallocations of Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN) claimed by the IOC.

Key:

PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Heiki Nabi	Men's −130 kg	Shariati (AZE) L 1–1 ^PP	Did not advance

References

^ "Athletics at Paris 2024: The entry standards". International Olympic Committee. 20 December 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
^ "Road cycling at París 2024: Quota distribution for next Olympic Games decided following publication of UCI World Ranking by Nations". International Olympic Committee. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
^ "Quota Places by Nation and Number". issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
^ "Paris 2024 – Swimming Qualification". World Aquatics. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
^ "Eneli Jefimovast sai esimene Eesti olümplane 2024. aasta Pariisi mängudel" [Eneli Jefimova becomes the first Estonian Olympian to compete at the Paris 2024 Games] (in Estonian). Delfi. 16 April 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
^ "OLYMPIC QUALIFICATION RANKING (FINAL, updated on 3 June 2024)" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. 21 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.

External links

Team Estonia at Paris 2024 Estonian Olympic Committee

[1] "Athletics at Paris 2024: The entry standards". International Olympic Committee. 20 December 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.

[2] "Road cycling at París 2024: Quota distribution for next Olympic Games decided following publication of UCI World Ranking by Nations". International Olympic Committee. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.

[3] "Quota Places by Nation and Number". issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2022.

[4] "Paris 2024 – Swimming Qualification". World Aquatics. Retrieved 4 June 2023.

[5] "Eneli Jefimovast sai esimene Eesti olümplane 2024. aasta Pariisi mängudel" [Eneli Jefimova becomes the first Estonian Olympian to compete at the Paris 2024 Games] (in Estonian). Delfi. 16 April 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023.

[6] "OLYMPIC QUALIFICATION RANKING (FINAL, updated on 3 June 2024)" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. 21 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.

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