Estonia at the 2008 Summer Olympics
| Estonia at the 2008 Summer Olympics |
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| IOC code | EST | ||||||||
| NOC | Estonian Olympic Committee | ||||||||
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| Competitors | 47 in 13 sports | ||||||||
| Flag bearer |
Martin Padar (opening) Gerd Kanter (closing) |
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Medals Ranked 46th |
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| Officials | 28 | ||||||||
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 Russian Empire (1908–1912) Soviet Union (1952–1988) |
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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. 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. Estonia was represented in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games by 47 athletes in total of 13 different sporting events. Jüri Jaanson, who competed at his sixth Olympics, was the oldest and most experienced team member, at age 43.
the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
* The athlete who finished in second place, Lyudmila Blonska of the 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.
Estonia had qualified two berths in men's and women's badminton events.
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.
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
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