Estonia at the 2024 Summer Olympics

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Estonia at the
2024 Summer Olympics
Flag of Estonia.svg
IOC code EST
NOC Estonian Olympic Committee
Website www.eok.ee  (in Estonian)
in Paris, France
26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors24 (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)
Other related appearances
Flag of Russia.svg  Russian Empire (1908–1912)
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  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 ninth consecutive appearance at the Games since 1992 and fourteenth overall in Summer Olympic history.

Contents

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.

SportMenWomenTotal
Archery 011
Athletics 415
Badminton 011
Cycling 112
Equestrian 011
Fencing 011
Judo 101
Rowing 404
Shooting 202
Sailing 112
Swimming 112
Weightlifting 101
Wrestling 101
Total16824

Archery

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

AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Reena Pärnat Women's individual 64642Flag of India.svg  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
Track and road events
AthleteEventHeatRepechageSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Rasmus Mägi Men's 400 m hurdles 48.621 QBye48.162 Q52.537
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Elisabeth Pihela Women's high jump 1.83=26Did not advance
Combined events – Men's decathlon
AthleteEvent 100 m LJ SP HJ 400 m 110H DT PV JT 1500 m FinalRank
Johannes Erm Result10.647.6614.612.0847.1914.3546.294.6059.584:19.7185696
Points942975766878949930793790732814
Janek Õiglane Result10.897.2514.581.9948.0214.4543.395.3071.894:25.5985725
Points8858747647949089177341004918774
Karel Tilga Result11.017.1615.881.9948.6714.6650.134.7064.164:26.41837711
Points858852844794877891873819801768

Badminton

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

AthleteEventGroup stageEliminationQuarter-finalSemi-finalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		RankOpposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Kristin Kuuba Women's singles Flag of Maldives.svg  Abdul Razzaq  (MDV)
W (21–7, 21–9)		Flag of India.svg  Sindhu  (IND)
L (5–21, 10–21)		2Did 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]

AthleteEventTimeRank
Madis Mihkels Men's road race 6:23:1630

Mountain biking

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

AthleteEventTimeRank
Janika Lõiv Women's cross-country 1:35:0519

Equestrian

Jumping

AthleteHorseEventQualificationFinal
PenaltiesRankPenaltiesTimeRank
My Relander Expert Individual RTDid 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.

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Nelli Differt Women's épée ByeFlag of South Korea.svg  Kang  (KOR)
W 14–13		Flag of Poland.svg  Klasik  (POL)
W 11–10		Flag of Italy.svg  Santuccio  (ITA)
W 10–9		Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Kong  (HKG)
L 11–15		Flag of Hungary.svg  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.

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Klen Kristofer Kaljulaid Men's −90 kg Flag of Mauritius.svg  Feuillet  (MRI)
W 10–00		Flag of Japan.svg  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.

AthleteEventHeatsRepechageFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Tõnu Endrekson
Mikhail Kushteyn
Johann Poolak
Allar Raja 		Men's quadruple sculls 5:52.044 R5:55.744 FB5:50.557

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

Fifth rower Uku Siim Timmusk was included in the team as reserve. [3]

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
AthleteEventOpening roundsQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalFinal rank
1234567891011121314Net pointsRank
Ingrid Puusta Women's IQFoil 25
BFD		91311159101317182218141516217Did not advance17
Medal race events
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
12345678M*
Karl-Martin Rammo Men's ILCA 7 34628392729933EL16631

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. [4]

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Peeter Olesk Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol 58311Did not advance
Peeter Jürisson Men's skeet 11328Did 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)): [5] [6]

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Kregor Zirk Men's 200 m butterfly 1:55.5210 Q1:54.225 Q1:54.557
Men's 400 m freestyle 3:49.5922—Did not advance
Eneli Jefimova Women's 100 m breaststroke 1:06.248 Q1:06.238 Q1:06.507
Women's 200 m breaststroke 2:30.6823Did 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. [7]

AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Mart Seim Men's +102 kg 180922094009

Wrestling

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

Key:

Greco-Roman
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Heiki Nabi Men's −130 kg Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Shariati  (AZE)
L 1–1 PP		Did not advance

See also

References

  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. ↑ Jagomägi, Jarmo (26 July 2024). "Eesti olümpiakoondise varumees – «olümpiaturist» või…?". Postimees.
  4. ↑ "Quota Places by Nation and Number". issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  5. ↑ "Paris 2024 – Swimming Qualification". World Aquatics . Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  6. ↑ "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.
  7. ↑ "OLYMPIC QUALIFICATION RANKING (FINAL, updated on 3 June 2024)" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. 21 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
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