Estonia competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. This is a list of the results of all Estonian athletes who qualified for the Olympics and were nominated by Estonian Olympic Committee. Estonia was represented in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games by 47 athletes in total of 13 different sporting events. The Estonian delegation, the largest in the nation's Olympic history, marched into the Beijing National Olympic stadium as the 160th nation, before Haiti and after Ireland delegations during the opening ceremony.
Jüri Jaanson, who competed at his sixth Olympics, was the oldest and most experienced team member, and became Estonia's oldest Olympic medal winner with the age of 42 years, 10 months and two days.
Medalists
Athletics
- Men
- Track & road events
- Field events
- Combined events – Decathlon
- Women
- Field events
- Combined events – Heptathlon
* The athlete who finished in second place, Lyudmila Blonska of Ukraine, tested positive for a banned substance. Both the A and the B tests were positive, therefore Blonska was stripped of her silver medal, and Kand moved up a position.
Badminton
Estonia had qualified two berths in men's and women's badminton events.
Cycling
Road
Estonia had qualified three quota places in road cycling. For the first time in Olympic history, it also sent its first female road cyclist. Rein Taaramäe, who finished seventeenth in men's road race, achieved the best result for the nation's sport.
Track
- Sprint
Fencing
- Men
Gymnastics
Rhythmic
Judo
Rowing
- Men
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
- Men
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled
Shooting
- Men
Swimming
- Men
- Women
Tennis
Triathlon
Volleyball
Beach
See also
- Estonia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
References
External links
- EOK – Peking 2008 (in Estonian)
- Qualification by 17 June 2008. Archived 12 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine (in Estonian)
- Delfi.ee Peking 2008 Estonian Olympic news and competitors. Archived 2008-12-02 at the Wayback Machine (in Estonian)
- Gallery of the 2008 Estonian Olympic Team outfit presentation by Nike (in Estonian)
- Image of the two times Olympic champion Erika Salumäe wearing 2008 Estonian Olympic Team outfit
- Baltic athletes get ready to reach for Olympic gold The Baltic Times
