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Estonia at the Olympics

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Sporting event delegation

Estonia at the Olympics

IOC code	EST
NOC	Estonian Olympic Committee
Website	www.eok.ee (in Estonian)
Medals Ranked 54th	Gold 14 Silver 11 Bronze 19 Total 44
Summer appearances
1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948–1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Winter appearances
1928 1932 1936 1948–1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026
Other related appearances
Russian Empire (1908–1912) Soviet Union (1952–1988)

Estonia first competed as a nation at the1920 Summer Olympics, two years afterdeclaring independence from the then warringRussian andGerman Empires in 1918.^[1] The EstonianNational Olympic Committee was established in 1923.^[2]

Estonia participated in bothSummer andWinter Games until the country wasinvaded and occupied by theSoviet Union in 1940. From 1952 to 1988, Estonian athletes competed under the Soviet flag.^[1] Notably, the1980 Summer Olympics sailing regatta was hosted inTallinn, during the period of Soviet occupation.^[3]

Athletes representing independent Estonia made their Winter Olympics debut at theII Olympic Winter Games 1928 inSt. Moritz, competing inspeed skating. Following therestoration of independence in 1991, Estonia resumed participation as a sovereign nation starting from the1992 Winter Olympics inAlbertville and the1992 Summer Olympics inBarcelona.^[1]

Jüri Lossman became the first athlete representing Estonia to win an Olympic medal of any colour, earning silver in themen's marathon. At the same Games,Alfred Neuland won Estonia's first Olympic gold medal, triumphing in themen's lightweight weightlifting event.^[1]^[4]^[5] At the2002 Winter Olympics inSalt Lake City,Andrus Veerpalu became the first athlete representing independent Estonia to win a Winter Olympic medal, taking gold in themen's 15 km cross-country skiing event.^[4]^[5]

Since regaining independence, Estonia has participated in every edition of both the Summer and Winter Olympics. Estonia has won most of its medals inwrestling (11),weightlifting (7),cross-country skiing (7) andathletics (6).

Medal tables

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Medals by Summer Games

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Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1908–1912	as part of the Russian Empire (RU1)
1920 Antwerp	14	1	2	0	3	14
1924 Paris	44	1	1	4	6	17
1928 Amsterdam	20	2	1	2	5	16
1932 Los Angeles	2	0	0	0	0	–
1936 Berlin	37	2	2	3	7	13
1948–1988	occupied by theSoviet Union
1992 Barcelona	37	1	0	1	2	34
1996 Atlanta	43	0	0	0	0	–
2000 Sydney	33	1	0	2	3	47
2004 Athens	42	0	1	2	3	64
2008 Beijing	47	1	1	0	2	46
2012 London	32	0	1	1	2	63
2016 Rio de Janeiro	45	0	0	1	1	78
2020 Tokyo	33	1	0	1	2	59
2024 Paris	24	0	0	0	0	–
2028 Los Angeles	future event
2032 Brisbane	future event
Total (14/30)	453	10	9	17	36	60

Medals by Winter Games

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Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1928 St. Moritz	2	0	0	0	0	–
1932 Lake Placid	did not participate
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen	5	0	0	0	0	–
1948–1988	occupied by theSoviet Union
1992 Albertville	19	0	0	0	0	–
1994 Lillehammer	26	0	0	0	0	–
1998 Nagano	20	0	0	0	0	–
2002 Salt Lake City	17	1	1	1	3	17
2006 Turin	26	3	0	0	3	12
2010 Vancouver	30	0	1	0	1	25
2014 Sochi	25	0	0	0	0	–
2018 Pyeongchang	22	0	0	0	0	–
2022 Beijing	26	0	0	1	1	27
2026 Milano Cortina	future event
Total (11/24)	218	4	2	2	8	30

Medals by summer sport

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Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
Wrestling	5	2	4	11	17
Athletics	2	1	3	6	50
Weightlifting	1	3	3	7	31
Fencing	1	0	1	2	24
Cycling	1	0	0	1	30
Rowing	0	2	1	3	34
Boxing	0	1	0	1	59
Judo	0	0	3	3	46
Sailing	0	0	2	2	44
Total	10	9	17	36	52

Medals by winter sport

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Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
Cross country skiing	4	2	1	7	7
Freestyle skiing	0	0	1	1	–
Total	4	2	2	8	27

List of medalists

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Summer Olympics

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Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Gold	Alfred Neuland	1920 Antwerp	Weightlifting	Men's lightweight
Silver	Jüri Lossmann	1920 Antwerp	Athletics	Men's marathon
Silver	Alfred Schmidt	1920 Antwerp	Weightlifting	Men's featherweight
Gold	Eduard Pütsep	1924 Paris	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman bantamweight
Silver	Alfred Neuland	1924 Paris	Weightlifting	Men's middleweight
Bronze	Aleksander Klumberg	1924 Paris	Athletics	Men's decathlon
Bronze	Jaan Kikkas	1924 Paris	Weightlifting	Men's middleweight
Bronze	Harald Tammer	1924 Paris	Weightlifting	Men's heavyweight
Bronze	Roman Steinberg	1924 Paris	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman middleweight
Gold	Osvald Käpp	1928 Amsterdam	Wrestling	Men's freestyle lightweight
Gold	Voldemar Väli	1928 Amsterdam	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman featherweight
Silver	Arnold Luhaäär	1928 Amsterdam	Weightlifting	Men's heavyweight
Bronze	Nikolai Vekšin,William von Wirén,Eberhard Vogdt,Georg Faehlmann,Andreas Faehlmann	1928 Amsterdam	Sailing	Men's 6 metre class
Bronze	Albert Kusnets	1928 Amsterdam	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman middleweight
Gold	Kristjan Palusalu	1936 Berlin	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman heavyweight
Gold	Kristjan Palusalu	1936 Berlin	Wrestling	Men's freestyle heavyweight
Silver	Nikolai Stepulov	1936 Berlin	Boxing	Men's lightweight
Silver	August Neo	1936 Berlin	Wrestling	Men's freestyle light-heavyweight
Bronze	Arnold Luhaäär	1936 Berlin	Weightlifting	Men's heavyweight
Bronze	Voldemar Väli	1936 Berlin	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman lightweight
Bronze	August Neo	1936 Berlin	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman light-heavyweight
Gold	Erika Salumäe	1992 Barcelona	Cycling	Women's sprint
Bronze	Tõnu Tõniste,Toomas Tõniste	1992 Barcelona	Sailing	Men's 470 team competition
Gold	Erki Nool	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Men's decathlon
Bronze	Aleksei Budõlin	2000 Sydney	Judo	Men's half middleweight – 81 kg
Bronze	Indrek Pertelson	2000 Sydney	Judo	Men's heavyweight (+100 kg)
Silver	Jüri Jaanson	2004 Athens	Rowing	Men's single sculls
Bronze	Aleksander Tammert	2004 Athens	Athletics	Men's discus throw
Bronze	Indrek Pertelson	2004 Athens	Judo	Men's heavyweight (+100 kg)
Gold	Gerd Kanter	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's discus throw
Silver	Tõnu Endrekson Jüri Jaanson	2008 Beijing	Rowing	Men's double sculls
Silver	Heiki Nabi	2012 London	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman −120 kg
Bronze	Gerd Kanter	2012 London	Athletics	Men's discus throw
Bronze	Tõnu Endrekson,Andrei Jämsä,Allar Raja,Kaspar Taimsoo	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Rowing	Men's quadruple sculls
Gold	Julia Beljajeva,Irina Embrich,Erika Kirpu,Katrina Lehis	2020 Tokyo	Fencing	Women's team épée
Bronze	Katrina Lehis	2020 Tokyo	Fencing	Women's épée

Winter Olympics

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Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Gold	Andrus Veerpalu	2002 Salt Lake City	Cross-country skiing	Men's 15 km classical
Silver	Andrus Veerpalu	2002 Salt Lake City	Cross-country skiing	Men's 50 km classical
Bronze	Jaak Mae	2002 Salt Lake City	Cross-country skiing	Men's 15 km classical
Gold	Andrus Veerpalu	2006 Turin	Cross-country skiing	Men's 15 km classical
Gold	Kristina Šmigun	2006 Turin	Cross-country skiing	Women's 15 kilometre pursuit
Gold	Kristina Šmigun	2006 Turin	Cross-country skiing	Women's 10 km classical
Silver	Kristina Šmigun-Vähi	2010 Vancouver	Cross-country skiing	Women's 10 kilometre freestyle
Bronze	Kelly Sildaru	2022 Beijing	Freestyle skiing	Women's slopestyle

List of gold medal winners during Soviet time

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No.	Name	Sport	Year
In the Soviet Union
1	Johannes Kotkas	Wrestling	1952
2	Ants Antson	Speed skating	1964
3	Jaan Talts	Weightlifting	1972
4	Aavo Pikkuus	Cycling	1976
5	Jaak Uudmäe	Athletics	1980
6	Ivar Stukolkin	Swimming	1980
7	Viljar Loor	Volleyball	1980
8	Mait Riisman	Water polo	1980
9	Tiit Sokk	Basketball	1988
10	Erika Salumäe	Cycling	1988

Summer sports

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Estonia has participated in most summer sports, but they have yet to participate in:Artistic swimming,Baseball/Softball,Cricket,Diving,Field hockey,Golf,Handball,Lacrosse,Rugby football (neitherRugby sevens or the discontinued disciplineRugby union),Skateboarding,Sport climbing,Surfing,Taekwondo andWater polo.

Estonia never participated in the following discontinued sports:Basque pelota,Croquet,Jeu de paume,Karate,Polo,Rackets,Roque,Tug of war andWater motorsports.

Aquatics

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For the swimming discipline, follow this link:Swimming.

Estonia has yet to participate inArtistic swimming,Diving andWater polo.

Archery

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Archery was included in the Olympic programme four times between 1900 and 1920. It returned in 1972 and has remained in the Olympic programme ever since.

Estonia's best placement in the sport is shared 17th byReena Pärnat inwomen's individual in 2020.

Estonia's best placement in a women's event in the sport is 42nd byRaul Kivilo inmen's individual in 1996.

Games	Archers	Events	Ranking
1992 Barcelona	1	1/4
1996 Atlanta	1	1/4
2012 London	1	1/4
2016 Rio de Janeiro	1	1/4
2020 Tokyo	1	1/5
Total			–

Athletics

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Athletics has been included in the Olympic programme since the inaugural 1896 Summer Olympics.

Estonia has won 6 medals in the sport; 2 gold, 1 silver and 3 bronze.

Their most successful athlete in the sport isGerd Kanter who won gold in men's discus throw in2008 and bronze in the same event in2012.

Estonia's other Olympic champion in the sport isErki Nool who won gold inmen's decathlon in 2000.

Three more Estonian athletes have won medals in the sport;Jüri Lossman won silver inmen's marathon in 1920,Aleksander Klumberg won bronze inmen's decathlon in 1924 andAleksander Tammert won bronze inmen's discus throw in 2004.

Estonia's best placement in a women's event in the sport is 6th byKsenija Balta inwomen's long jump in 2016.

Games	Athletes	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Ranking
1920 Antwerp	7	13/29	0	1	0	1	=10
1924 Paris	10	12/27	0	0	1	1	=12
1928 Amsterdam	4	5/27	0	0	0	0
1932 Los Angeles	1	1/29	0	0	0	0
1936 Berlin	7	8/29	0	0	0	0
1992 Barcelona	5	5/43	0	0	0	0
1996 Atlanta	12	11/44	0	0	0	0
2000 Sydney	5	4/46	1	0	0	1	=18
2004 Athens	15	12/46	0	0	1	1	=35
2008 Beijing	14	11/47	1	0	0	1	=17
2012 London	10	9/47	0	0	1	1	=36
2016 Rio de Janeiro	18	10/47	0	0	0	0
2020 Tokyo	7	4/48	0	0	0	0
Total			2	1	3	6	53

Badminton

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Badminton has been included in the Olympic programme since 1992.

Estonia's best placement in the sport is shared 14th, both byRaul Must inmen's singles in 2016 and byKati Tolmoff inwomen's singles in 2016.

Games	Players	Events	Ranking
2008 Beijing	2	2/5
2012 London	1	1/5
2016 Rio de Janeiro	2	2/5
2020 Tokyo	2	2/5
Total			–

Basketball

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3x3 Basketball

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3x3 basketball has been included in the Olympic programme since 2020.

Estonia has yet to participate in the discipline.

Team basketball

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Basketball has been included in the Olympic programme since 1936.

Estonia men's national basketball team has participated once, finishing shared 9th in 1936.

Estonia has yet to participate in women's events in the discipline.

Games	Players	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Ranking
1936 Berlin	13	1/1	0	0	0	0
Total			0	0	0	0	–

Boxing

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Boxing has been included in the Olympic programme since 1904 with the exception of 1912.

Estonia has won one silver medal in the sport,Nikolai Stepulov won the medal inlightweight in 1936.

Estonia has yet to participate in women's events in the sport.

Games	Boxers	Events	Silver	Total	Ranking
1924 Paris	1	1/8	0	0
1928 Amsterdam	1	1/8	0	0
1936 Berlin	2	2/8	1	1	=9
Total			1	1	=60

Canoeing

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Slalom

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Canoe slalom was first included in the Olympic programme in 1972. It returned in 1992 and has remained in the programme since then.

Estonia has yet to participate in the discipline.

Sprint

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Canoe sprint (including the discontinued discipline canoe marathon) has been included in the Olympic programme since 1936.

Estonia has yet to make it to a final in canoe sprint, so they have not yet received a formal placement in the sport. Their best result is arguablyHain Helde's placement in the semifinals ofmen's K1 1000m in 1996, which would be equivalent to around 12th place.

Estonia has yet to participate in women's events in the discipline.

Games	Canoeists	Events	Ranking
1992 Barcelona	1	2/12
1996 Atlanta	1	2/12
2000 Sydney	1	2/12
Total			–

Cycling

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Estonia has yet to participate in the disciplines BMX freestyle and BMX racing.

Mountain biking

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Mountain biking has been included in the Olympic programme since 1996.

Estonia's best placement in the sport is 17th byJanika Lõiv in thewomen's event in 2020.

Estonia's best placement in a women's event in the sport is 41st bySigvard Kukk in themen's event in 2004.

Games	Cyclists	Events	Ranking
1996 Atlanta	1	1/2
2004 Athens	1	1/2
2020 Tokyo	1	1/2
Total			–

Road cycling

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Road cycling was included in the Olympic programme in 1896. It returned in 1912 and has remained in the Olympic programme ever since.

Estonia's best placement in the discipline is 5th byLauri Aus inmen's individual road race in 1992.

Estonia's best placement in a women's event in the discipline is 17th byGrete Treier inwomen's individual road race in 2012.

Games	Cyclists	Events	Ranking
1992 Barcelona	2	1/3
1996 Atlanta	5	1/4
2000 Sydney	5	2/4
2004 Athens	5	2/4
2008 Beijing	3	3/4
2012 London	2	2/4
2016 Rio de Janeiro	2	1/4
2020 Tokyo	3	2/4
Total			–

Track cycling

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Track cycling was included in the inaugural 1896 Summer Olympic programme and has been included in all Summer Games except for 1912.

Estonia has won one medal in the discipline,Erika Salumäe won gold inwomen's sprint in 1992.

Estonia's best placement in a men's event in the sport is 21st byDaniel Novikov inmen's sprint in 2008.

Games	Cyclists	Events	Gold	Total	Ranking
1992 Barcelona	1	1/7	1	1	=2
1996 Atlanta	1	1/8	0	0
2008 Beijing	1	1/10	0	0
Total			1	1	=22

Equestrian

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Estonia has yet to participate in the disciplines Equestrian eventing and Equestrian show jumping.

They did not participate in the discontinued disciplines Equestrian driving or Equestrian vaulting.

Dressage

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Dressage had one event included in 1900. It returned to the Olympic programme in 1912 and has remained in the Olympic programme ever since.

Estonia has participated in the discipline once.Dina Ellermann finished 49th in theindividual event.

Estonia has yet to send a male rider to participate in the discipline.

Games	Riders	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Ranking
2020 Tokyo	1	1/2	0	0	0	0
Total			0	0	0	0	–

Fencing

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Fencing has been included in the Olympic programme since the inaugural 1896 Games.

Estonia has won two medals in fencing.Julia Beljajeva,Irina Embrich,Erika Kirpu andKatrina Lehis won gold inwomen's team épée in 2020. Katrina Lehis also won bronze inwomen's individual épée in the same games.

Estonia's best placement in a men's event in the sport is 4th byKaido Kaaberma inmen's individual épée in 1992.

Games	Fencers	Events	Gold	Bronze	Total	Ranking
1992 Barcelona	2	1/8	0	0	0
1996 Atlanta	6	4/10	0	0	0
2000 Sydney	4	2/10	0	0	0
2008 Beijing	1	1/10	0	0	0
2012 London	1	1/10	0	0	0
2016 Rio de Janeiro	5	3/10	0	0	0
2020 Tokyo	4	2/12	1	1	2	=5
Total			1	1	2	26

Football

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Football has been included in the Olympic programme since 1900 with the exception of 1932.

Estonia men's national football team has participated once, in 1924. They finished shared 17th.

Estonia has yet to participate in women's events in the sport.

Games	Footballers	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Ranking
1924 Paris	11	1/1	0	0	0	0
Total			0	0	0	0	–

Gymnastics

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Estonia has yet to participate in the disciplines Artistic gymnastics and Trampoline.

Rhythmic gymnastics

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Rhythmic gymnastics has been included in the Olympic programme since 1984.

Estonia's best placement in the sport is 20th byIrina Kikkas inindividual all-around in 2008.

There are no men's events in the discipline.

Games	Gymnasts	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Ranking
2008 Beijing	1	1/2	0	0	0	0
Total			0	0	0	0	–

Judo

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Judo has been included in the Olympic programme since 1964 with the exception of the 1968 Games.

Estonia has won 3 bronze medals in the sport.

Indrek Pertelson won bronzes in men's +100 kg in both2000 and2004.Aleksei Budõlin won bronze inmen's 81 kg in 2000.

Estonia has yet to participate in women's events in the sport.

Games	Judoka	Events	Bronze	Total	Ranking
1992 Barcelona	1	1/14	0	0
1996 Atlanta	1	1/14	0	0
2000 Sydney	2	2/14	2	2	=14
2004 Athens	2	2/14	1	1	=17
2008 Beijing	1	1/14	0	0
2012 London	1	1/14	0	0
2016 Rio de Janeiro	1	1/14	0	0
2020 Tokyo	1	1/15	0	0
Total			3	3	=47

Modern pentathlon

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Modern pentathlon has been included in the Olympic programme since 1912.

Estonia's best placement in the sport is 7th byImre Tiidemann in theindividual event in 1996.

Estonia has yet to participate in women's events in the sport.

Games	Pentathletes	Events	Ranking
1992 Barcelona	1	1/2
1996 Atlanta	1	1/1
2000 Sydney	1	1/2
Total			–

Rowing

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Rowing has been included in the Olympic programme since 1900.

Estonia has won 3 medals in the sport, 2 silver and 1 bronze.

Jüri Jaanson has won 2 silver medals in the sport, one inmen's single sculls in 2004 and one together withTõnu Endrekson inmen's double sculls in 2008.

Tõnu Endrekson has also won two medals in the sport, on top of his silver medal mentioned above he also won a bronze medal together withAndrei Jämsä,Allar Raja andKaspar Taimsoo inmen's quadruple sculls in 2016.

Estonia has yet to participate in women's events in the sport.

Games	Rowers	Events	Silver	Bronze	Total	Ranking
1936 Berlin	0	0/7	0	0	0
1992 Barcelona	0	0/14	0	0	0
1996 Atlanta	0	0/14	0	0	0
2000 Sydney	0	0/14	0	0	0
2004 Athens	0	0/14	1	0	1	=14
2008 Beijing	0	0/14	1	0	1	=14
2012 London	0	0/14	0	0	0
2016 Rio de Janeiro	0	0/14	0	1	1	=19
2020 Tokyo	0	0/14	0	0	0
Total			2	1	3	37

Sailing

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Sailing has been included in the Olympic programme since 1900 with the exception of 1904.

Estonia has won two bronze medals in the sport.

Andreas Faehlmann,Georg Faehlmann,Nikolai Vekšin,Eberhard Vogdt andWilliam von Wirén won bronze in6 metre in 1928 andTõnu Tõniste andToomas Tõniste won bronze inmen's 470 in 1992.

Estonia's best placement in a women's event in the sport is 6th byKrista Kruuv inEurope in 1992.

Games	Sailors	Events	Bronze	Total	Ranking
1928 Amsterdam	5	1/3	1	1	=6
1936 Berlin	1	1/4	0	0
1992 Barcelona	4	3/10	1	1	=9
1996 Atlanta	4	3/10	0	0
2000 Sydney	4	3/11	0	0
2004 Athens	1	1/11	0	0
2008 Beijing	2	2/11	0	0
2012 London	5	5/10	0	0
2016 Rio de Janeiro	5	4/10	0	0
2020 Tokyo	2	2/10	0	0
Total			2	2	45

Shooting

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Shooting was included in the inaugural 1896 Summer Olympic programme and has been included in all Summer Games except for 1904 and 1928.

Estonia's best placement in the sport is 7th byAndrei Inešin inmen's skeet in 1996.

Estonia's best placement in a women's event in the sport is shared 21st byInna Rose inwomen's 10m air pistol in 1992.

Games	Shooters	Events	Ranking
1992 Barcelona	3	4/13
1996 Atlanta	2	2/15
2000 Sydney	1	1/17
2004 Athens	1	1/17
2008 Beijing	1	1/15
2012 London	1	2/15
2016 Rio de Janeiro	1	1/15
2020 Tokyo	1	2/15
Total			–

Swimming

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Long course swimming

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Long course swimming has been included in the Olympic programme since the inaugural 1896 Summer Olympics.

Estonia's best placement in the discipline is 13th byKregor Zirk inmen's 200m freestyle in 2020.

Estonia's best placement in a women's event in the discipline is 16th byJana Kolukanova inwomen's 50m freestyle in 2000 and byEneli Jefimova inwomen's 100m breaststroke in 2020.

Games	Swimmers	Events	Ranking
1936 Berlin	2	2/11
1992 Barcelona	4	7/31
1996 Atlanta	1	2/32
2000 Sydney	4	7/32
2004 Athens	6	8/32
2008 Beijing	9	12/32
2012 London	2	4/32
2016 Rio de Janeiro	2	2/32
2020 Tokyo	3	7/35
Total			–

Marathon swimming

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Marathon swimming has been included in the Olympic programme since 2008.

Estonia has yet to participate in the discipline.

Table tennis

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Table tennis has been included in the Olympic programme since 1988.

Estonia's best placement in the sport is shared 33rd byIgor Solopov inmen's singles in 1992.

Estonia has yet to participate in women's events in the sport.

Games	Players	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Ranking
1992 Barcelona	1	1/4	0	0	0	0
Total			0	0	0	0	–

Tennis

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Tennis was originally included in the Olympic programme between 1896 and 1924. Tennis returned to the games in 1988 and has remained in the programme since then.

Estonia's best placement in the sport is shared 9th byKaia Kanepi inwomen's singles in 2008.

Estonia has yet to participate in men's events in the sport.

Games	Players	Events	Ranking
2004 Athens	2	2/4
2008 Beijing	2	2/4
2020 Tokyo	1	1/5
Total			–

Triathlon

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Triathlon has been included in the Olympic programme since 2000.

Estonia's best placement in the sport is 21st byMarko Albert in themen's event in 2004.

Estonia's best placement in a women's event in the sport is 44th byKaidi Kivioja in thewomen's event in 2016.

Games	Triathletes	Events	Ranking
2004 Athens	1	1/2
2008 Beijing	1	1/2
2016 Rio de Janeiro	1	1/2
2020 Tokyo	1	1/3
Total			–

Volleyball

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Beach volleyball

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Beach volleyball has been included in the Olympic programme since 1996.

Estonia's best placement in the discipline is shared 17th byAvo Keel andKaido Kreen in themen's event in 1996.

Estonia has yet to participate in women's events in the discipline.

Games	Players	Events	Ranking
1996 Atlanta	2	1/2
2008 Beijing	2	1/2
Total			–

Indoor volleyball

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Indoor volleyball has been included in the Olympic programme since 1964.

Estonia has yet to participate in the discipline.

Weightlifting

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Weightlifting was first included in the Olympic programme at the inaugural 1896 Summer Olympics. It was excluded from the 1900, 1908 and 1912 Games but have been included every other time.

Estonia was quite successful before the second world war, winning 1 gold, 3 silver and 3 bronze medals.

Their most successful weightlifter wasAlfred Neuland who won gold inmen's 67.5 kg in 1920 and silver inmen's 75 kg in 1924. In the latter eventJaan Kikkas won the bronze for Estonia too.

Estonia's second most successful weightlifter wasArnold Luhaäär who also won two medals in weightlifting, a silver inmen's +82.5 kg in 1928 and a bronze in the same event in1936.

Alfred Schmidt won silver inmen's 60 kg in 1920.Harald Tammer won bronze inmen's +82.5 kg in 1924.

Estonia has yet to participate in women's events in the sport.

Games	Weightlifters	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Ranking
1920 Antwerp	3	2/5	1	1	0	2	=3
1924 Paris	8	5/5	0	1	2	3	4
1928 Amsterdam	4	4/5	0	1	0	1	=6
1936 Berlin	4	4/5	0	0	1	1	7
2016 Rio de Janeiro	1	1/15	0	0	0	0
Total			1	3	3	7	35

Wrestling

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Wrestling was included in the inaugural 1896 Summer Olympic programme and has been included in all Summer Games except for 1900.

Wrestling is Estonia's most successful sport in terms of both gold medals won, with 5, and overall medals won, with 11.

Estonia's most successful wrestler isKristjan Palusalu who won gold in bothmen's Greco-Roman heavyweight andmen's freestyle heavyweight in 1936. Their second most successful wrestler isVoldemar Väli who won gold inmen's Greco-Roman featherweight in 1928 and bronze inmen's Greco-Roman lightweight in 1936.

Their remaining Olympic champions areEduard Pütsep who wonmen's Greco-Roman bantamweight in 1924 andOsvald Käpp who wonmen's freestyle lightweight in 1928.

August Neo won two medals in 1936; silver inmen's freestyle light heavyweight and bronze inmen's Greco-Roman light heavyweight.

Estonia's remaining medalists in the sport areHeiki Nabi who won silver inmen's Greco-Roman 120 kg in 2012,Roman Steinberg who won bronze inmen's Greco-Roman middleweight in 1924 andAlbert Kusnets who won bronze inmen's Greco-Roman middleweight in 1928.

Estonia's best placement in a women's event in the sport is 8th byEpp Mäe inwomen's freestyle 76 kg in 2020.

Games	Wrestlers	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Ranking
1920 Antwerp	4	4/10	0	0	0	0
1924 Paris	8	7/13	1	0	1	2	5
1928 Amsterdam	6	8/13	2	0	1	3	3
1932 Los Angeles	1	2/14	0	0	0	0
1936 Berlin	8	10/14	2	1	2	5	4
1992 Barcelona	4	4/20	0	0	0	0
1996 Atlanta	4	4/20	0	0	0	0
2000 Sydney	3	3/16	0	0	0	0
2004 Athens	1	1/18	0	0	0	0
2012 London	2	2/18	0	1	0	1	=13
2016 Rio de Janeiro	3	3/18	0	0	0	0
2020 Tokyo	2	2/18	0	0	0	0
Total			5	2	4	11	18

Winter sports

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Estonia has participated in most summer sports, but they have yet to participate in:Bobsleigh,Curling,Ice hockey,Short track speed skating,Skeleton andSnowboarding.

They never participated inMilitary patrol, a precursor sport to Biathlon that was only formally contested in 1924.

Alpine skiing

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Alpine skiing has been included in the Olympic programme since 1936.

Estonia's best placement in the sport was 26th byKarin Peckert-Forsmann inwomen's combined in 1936 and byWarren Cummings Smith inmen's slalom in 2014.

Games	Alpine skiers	Events	Ranking
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen	1	1/2
1994 Lillehammer	1	1/10
2006 Turin	2	3/10
2010 Vancouver	2	4/10
2014 Sochi	2	4/10
2018 Pyeongchang	2	4/11
2022 Beijing	2	4/11
Total			–

Biathlon

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An event inmilitary patrol, a precursor sport to biathlon, was held at the 1924 Winter Olympics. Biathlon arrived as its own sport at the 1960 Winter Olympics.

Estonia's best placement in the sport was 9th byKrista Lepik,Eveli Peterson andJelena Poljakova inwomen's relay in 1992.

Estonia's best placement in a men's event in the sport was 11th byUrmas Kaldvee,Kalju Ojaste,Aivo Udras andHillar Zahkna inmen's relay in 1992.

Games	Biathletes	Events	Ranking
1992 Albertville	8	6/6
1994 Lillehammer	9	6/6
1998 Nagano	4	3/6
2002 Salt Lake City	4	4/8
2006 Turin	6	7/10
2010 Vancouver	9	8/10
2014 Sochi	9	9/11
2018 Pyeongchang	5	7/11
2022 Beijing	8	9/11
Total			–

Cross-country skiing

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Cross-country skiing has been was included in the Olympic programme since the inaugural 1924 Winter Olympics.

Cross-country skiing is the winter sport Estonia has had most success in - winning 7 medals; 4 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze. Their most successful cross-country skiers areAndrus Veerpalu andKristina Šmigun-Vähi who have won 2 gold and 1 silver medal each.

Andrus Veerpalu won gold in men's 15 km classical in2002 and2006 and silver inmen's 50 km classical in 2002.

Kristina Šmigun-Vähi won gold inwomen's 10 km classical andwomen's 15 km pursuit in 2006 and a silver inwomen's 10 km freestyle in 2010.

Jaak Mae is their remaining medalist, he won the bronze behind Andrus Veerpalu inmen's 15 km classical in 2002.

Games	Skiers	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Ranking
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen	1	2/3	0	0	0	0
1992 Albertville	6	9/10	0	0	0	0
1994 Lillehammer	10	10/10	0	0	0	0
1998 Nagano	9	9/10	0	0	0	0
2002 Salt Lake City	10	11/12	1	1	1	3	5
2006 Turin	12	12/12	3	0	0	3	2
2010 Vancouver	14	11/12	0	1	0	1	=7
2014 Sochi	7	8/12	0	0	0	0
2018 Pyeongchang	6	10/12	0	0	0	0
2022 Beijing	8	11/12	0	0	0	0
Total			4	2	1	7	8

Figure skating

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Figure skating was first included in the Olympic programme in the 1908 and 1920 Summer Olympics. It was moved to the Winter Olympics with the inaugural 1924 Winter Olympics and has been included in every Winter Olympic Games.

Estonia's best placement in the sport was 17th byDiana Rennik andAleksei Saks inpairs in 2006.

Games	Figure skaters	Events	Ranking
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen	2	1/3
1992 Albertville	1	1/4
1994 Lillehammer	1	1/4
1998 Nagano	1	1/4
2002 Salt Lake City	1	1/4
2006 Turin	3	2/4
2010 Vancouver	5	3/4
2014 Sochi	2	2/5
2022 Beijing	2	2/5
Total			–

Freestyle skiing

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Freestyle skiing has been included in the Olympic programme since 1992.

Kelly Sildaru is the only Estonian athlete to compete in the sport so far. She was successful, winning a bronze medal inwomen's slopestyle in 2022.

Estonia has yet to participate in men's events in the sport.

Games	Skiers	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Ranking
2022 Beijing	1	3/13	0	0	1	1	=13
Total			0	0	1	1	=22

Luge

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Luge has been included in the Olympic programme since 1964.

Estonia's best placement in the sport was 19th byHelen Novikov inwomen's singles in 1994.

Estonia's only participation in a men's event in the sport was byAndrus Paul inmen's singles in 1998, but he was disqualified and did not receive a placement.

Games	Lugers	Events	Ranking
1994 Lillehammer	1	1/3
1998 Nagano	2	2/3
Total			–

Nordic combined

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Nordic combined has been included in the Olympic programme since the inaugural 1924 Winter Games.

Estonia's best placement in the sport was 4th byMagnar Freimuth,Allar Levandi andAgo Markvardt inmen's team in 1994.

There are no women's events in the sport.

Games	Skiers	Events	Ranking
1992 Albertville	4	2/2
1994 Lillehammer	4	2/2
1998 Nagano	4	2/2
2002 Salt Lake City	2	2/3
2006 Turin	1	2/3
2014 Sochi	3	2/3
2018 Pyeongchang	2	2/3
2022 Beijing	1	1/3
Total			–

Ski jumping

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Ski jumping has been included in the Olympic programme since the inaugural 1924 Winter Games.

Estonia's best placement in the sport was 23rd byJens Salumäe inmen's individual large hill in 2006.

Estonia has yet to participate in women's events in the sport.

Games	Ski jumpers	Events	Ranking
2002 Salt Lake City	3	2/3
2006 Turin	2	2/3
2014 Sochi	2	2/4
2018 Pyeongchang	3	2/4
2022 Beijing	2	2/5
Total			–

Speed skating

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Speed skating has been included in the Olympic programme since the inaugural 1924 Winter Olympics.

Estonia's best placement in the sport was 4th bySaskia Alusalu inwomen's mass start in 2018.

Estonia's best placement in a women's event in the sport was 7th byMarten Liiv inmen's 1000m in 2022.

Games	Skaters	Events	Ranking
1928 St. Moritz	2	3/4
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen	1	4/4
2018 Pyeongchang	2	3/14
2022 Beijing	1	2/14
Total			–

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