Estonia at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Estonia at the Olympic Games
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At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona
Competitors	37 (33 men and 4 women) in 13 sports
Flag bearer	Heino Lipp
Medals Rank: 34	Gold 1	Silver 0	Bronze 1	Total 2
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Estonia competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. It was the first Olympiad after the breakup of the Soviet Union. Estonia was one of three ex-Soviet republics to compete individually, with Latvia and Lithuania being the other two, instead of competing on the Unified Team. 37 competitors, 33 men and 4 women, took part in 35 events in 13 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Salumäe, ErikaErika Salumäe	Cycling	Women's Sprint
Bronze	Tõniste, TõnuTõnu Tõniste Toomas Tõniste	Sailing	Men's 470 Team Competition

Archery

Estonia sent one man to its first independent Olympic archery competition. He did not qualify for the elimination rounds.

Men's individual competition

• Raul Kivilo – Ranking Round: ( 90m-262; 70m-320; 50m-321; 30m-342 ) 1245 (0–0) (→ did not advance, 52. place )

Athletics

Men's pole vault

• Valeri Bukrejev – Qualification Group A: 9th 5.40 o; 5.50 xxo ; 5.55 xxx (→ did not advance, 18. place )

Men's hammer throw

• Jüri Tamm – Qualification Group A: 2nd 78.16 m, 4th overall;Final: 77.52 m (→ 5. place )

Men's decathlon

• Andrei Nazarov – ( 11,03; 7.13; 13.11; 2.09; 49,07; 14,60; 44.58; 4.80; 54.56; 4.26,19 ) Final Result: 8052 points (→ 14. place )
• Erki Nool – ( 11,08; 7.79; 12.14; 1.97; 49,76; 15,95; 35.42; 5.00; DNF ) Final Result: did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's heptathlon

• Anu Kaljurand – ( 13,64; 1.73; 12.83; 25,29; 6.35; 47.42; 2.19,61 )Final Result: 6095 points (→ 17. place )

Canoeing

Flatwater

Men's canoe singles 500 m

• Tiit Tikerpe – Qualifying Heat 3: 4th 1.57,95 ; Repechage Heat 1: 2nd 1.56,24 Semifinals Heat 2: 9th 2.06,24 (→ did not advance )

Men's canoe singles 1000 m

• Tiit Tikerpe – Qualifying Heat 3: 5th 4.14,73 ; Repechage Heat 2: 3rd 4.05,05 Semifinals Heat 2: DQ (→ did not advance )

Cycling

Road Cycling

Men's individual road race 194 km

• Lauri Aus – 4:35.56 (→ 5. place )
• Raido Kodanipork – 4:35.56 (→ 9. place )

Track Cycling

Women's individual sprint

• Erika Salumäe – (→ Gold medal)

Fencing

Two male fencers represented Estonia in 1992.

Men's individual épée

• Kaido Kaaberma (→ 4. place )
  • Semi Final: lost to Éric Srecki  France (FRA) by 0:2
  • Match for 3rd place: lost to Jean-Michel Henry  France (FRA) by 0:2
• Viktor Zuikov (→ 39. place )

Judo

Men's Heavyweight ( -95 kg)

• Indrek Pertelson
  • First Round: lost to Raymond Stevens  Great Britain (GBR)
  • Repechage Round 1: defeated Radu Ivan  Romania (ROU)
  • Repechage Round 2: defeated Belarmino Salgado Martinez  Cuba (CUB)
  • Repechage Round 3: defeated Robert van de Walle  Belgium (BEL)
  • Match for 3rd place: lost to Theo Meijer  Netherlands (NED)

Modern pentathlon

One male pentathlete represented Estonia in 1992.

Men's individual modern pentathlon

• Imre Tiidemann – ( Fencing: 32nd 34 wins 796 pts; Swimming: 38th 3.28,2 1208 pts; Shooting: 184 1030 pts; Cross-country: 2nd 12.43,3 1276 pts; Equestrian: 57th 670 pts ) Total points: 4980 pts, (→ 39. place )

Rowing

Men's single sculls

• Jüri Jaanson – Preliminary Heat 2: 2nd 6.59,14; Repechage Heat 3: 1st 7.05,52; Semi-finals Heat 2: 2nd 6.53,40; Final A: 6th 7.12,92 (→ 5. place )

Men's double sculls

• Roman Lutoškin and Priit Tasane – Preliminary Heat 2: 4th 6.44,79; Repechage Heat 4: 2nd 6.38,58; Semi-finals Heat 2: 2nd 6.21,43; Final A: 4th 6.21,43 (→ 4. place )

Men's coxless four

• Marek Avamere, Vjatšeslav Divonin, Toomas Vilpart and Toomas Virkus – Preliminary Heat 2: 5th 6.27,97; Repechage Heat 1: 5th 6.30,63; Final C: 2nd 6.38,76 (→ 14. place )

Sailing

Men's double handed dinghy (470 class)

• Tõnu Tõniste and Toomas Tõniste – 7 races: ( 10; 11; 7; 4; 6; 28; 2 ) Final points: 68,70 (→ Bronze medal)

Women's single handed dinghy (Europe class)

• Krista Kruuv – 7 races: ( 3; 8; 3; 9; 9; 6; 16 ) Final points: 67,10 (→ 6. place )

Men's sailboard Lechner A-390 (Windsurfing)

• Kaijo Kuusing – 10 races: ( PMS; 17; 8; 22; 24; 22; 21; 20; 16; 29 ) Final points: 233 (→ 21. place )

Shooting

Open shooting events

Men's skeet

• Peeter Päkk – 144 (→ did not advance, 33. place )
• Andrei Inešin, Estonian citizen, compited for  Unified Team (EUN) (→ 25. place)

Men's trap

• Urmas Saaliste – 137 (→ did not advance, 39. place )

Women's shooting events

Women's 25 m pistol 25 m Pistol

• Inna Rose – 567 (→ did not advance, 35. place )

Women's 10 m air pistol 10 m Air Pistol

• Inna Rose – 376 (→ did not advance, 21.-23. place )

Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle

• Indrek Sei
  • Heat: 23.68 (→ did not advance, 31st place)

Men's 100m Freestyle

• Indrek Sei
  • Heat: 51.47 (→ did not advance, 32ndplace)

Men's 100m Backstroke

• Ilmar Ojase
  • Heat: 57.08 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Men's 200m Backstroke

• Ilmar Ojase
  • Heat: 2:05.76 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Men's 100m Breaststroke

• Marco Pachel
  • Heat: 1:03.40 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

• Aldo Suurväli
  • Heat: 55.78 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

• Ilmar Ojase, Marco Pachel, Aldo Suurväli, and Indrek Sei
  • Heat: 3:46.87 (→ did not advance, 15th place)

Table tennis

Men's singles

• Igor Solopov
  • Round 1: lost to Kang Hee-Chan  South Korea (KOR) by 0:2
  • Round 2: defeated Mourad Sta  Tunisia (TUN) by 2:0
  • Round 3: lost to Jan-Ove Waldner  Sweden (SWE) by 0:2 (→ did not advance )

Wrestling

Greco-Roman

Men's Greco-Roman lightweight (– 68 kg)

• Valeri Nikitin
  • Round 1: defeated Kim Sung-Moon  South Korea (KOR) by judges decision 9:6
  • Round 2: lost to Abdollah Chamangoli  Iran (IRI) by judges decision 5:7
  • Round 3: lost to Islam Dougoutchiev  Unified Team (EUN) by judges decision 0:4 (→ did not advance )

Men's Greco-Roman heavyweight (– 100 kg)

• Helger Hallik
  • Round 1: defeated Jörgen Olsson  Sweden (SWE) by judges decision 1:0
  • Round 2: bye
  • Round 3: lost to Andrzej Wroński  Poland (POL) by judges decision 0:2
  • Round 4: lost to Dennis Koslowski  United States (USA) by judges decision 0:2
  • Match for 9th place: lost to Miloš Govedarica  Independent Olympic Participants (IOP) by judges decision 0:2 (→ 10th place )

Freestyle

Men's freestyle lightweight 68 kg

• Küllo Kõiv
  • Round 1: lost to Georg Schwabeland  Germany (GER) by judges decision 2:4
  • Round 2: lost to Ko Young-ho  South Korea (KOR) by judges decision 1:3 (→ did not advance )

Men's freestyle heavyweight 100 kg

• Arvi Aavik
  • Round 1: defeated Manabu Nakanishi  Japan (JPN) by fall 3.03
  • Round 2: lost to Subhash Verma  India (IND) by judges decision 0:3
  • Round 3: lost to Heiko Balz  Germany (GER) by judges decision 0:3
  • Round 4: lost to Kazem Gholami  Iran (IRI) by judges decision 4:8 (walkover) (→ did not advance)

Remarks

• Wrestler Andreas Steinbach, born in Tartu, Estonia, competed for  Germany (GER) (→ 5th place )

References

1. "Estonia at the 1992 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2011-12-23.

External links

• EOK – Barcelona 1992 (Estonian)