# Estonia at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Estonia competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's eleventh appearance at the Summer Olympics.
The Estonian Olympic Committee sent the nation's smallest delegation to the Games in the post-Soviet era. A total of 32 athletes, 22 men and 10 women, competed in 11 sports. Fifteen athletes had competed in Beijing, including two Olympic medalists (rower and silver medalist Tõnu Endrekson, and defending champion Gerd Kanter in men's discus throw). Rifle shooter Anžela Voronova, at age 43, was the oldest athlete of the team, while double sculls rower Geir Suursild was the youngest at age 17. Former Olympic bronze medalist Aleksander Tammert, who competed at his fifth Olympics, became Estonia's flag bearer at the opening ceremony. Among the sports played by the athletes, Estonia marked its Olympic return in archery after twenty-year absence, and in wrestling after an eight-year absence.
Estonia left London with only two medals (one silver and one bronze), failing to win a gold medal for the second time since 2004. Defending champion Gerd Kanter settled for the bronze medal in men's discus throw, while Heiki Nabi won the nation's first ever Olympic silver medal in Greco-Roman wrestling 76 years after Kristjan Palusalu's gold medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Silver | Heiki Nabi | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg | 6 August |
| Bronze | Gerd Kanter | Athletics | Men's discus throw | 7 August |
Medals by sport :
| Sport | | | | Total |
| Wrestling | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Athletics | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |

## Archery

Estonia qualified 1 archer.
| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Reena Pärnat | Women's individual | 621 | 52 | Valencia (MEX) (13) L 1–7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Athletics

Estonian athletes achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard):

### Key

* Note – Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
* Q = Qualified for the next round
* q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
* NR = National record
* N/A = Round not applicable for the event
* Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Marek Niit | 100 m | Bye | Bye | 10.40 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Marek Niit | 200 m | 20.82 | 6 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Rasmus Mägi | 400 m hurdles | 50.05 | 5 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Raigo Toompuu | Shot put | 18.91 | 30 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Märt Israel | Discus throw | 60.34 | 25 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Gerd Kanter | Discus throw | 66.39 | 1 Q | 68.03 | |
| Aleksander Tammert | Discus throw | 60.20 | 27 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Risto Mätas | Javelin throw | 78.56 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
| Evelin Talts | Marathon | 2:54:15 | 103 |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Anna Iljuštšenko | High jump | 1.90 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Combined events – Heptathlon

| Athlete | Event | 100H | HJ | SP | 200 m | LJ | JT | 800 m | Final | Rank |
| Grit Šadeiko | Result | 13.50 | 1.74 | 12.43 | 24.25 | 6.11 | 44.12 | 2.23.01 | 6013 | 23 |
| Grit Šadeiko | Points | 1050 | 903 | 690 | 957 | 883 | 747 | 783 | 6013 | 23 |

## Badminton

| Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Elimination | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Raul Must | Men's singles | Lahnsteiner (AUT) W 21–14, 21–18 | Santoso (INA) L 12–21, 8–21 | 2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Cycling
### Road

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Rene Mandri | Men's road race | 5:46:37 | 50 |
| Grete Treier | Women's road race | 3:35:56 | 17 |

## Fencing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Nikolai Novosjolov | Individual épée | Bye | Kelsey (USA) L 11–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Judo

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Martin Padar | Men's +100 kg | Brayson (CUB) L 0001–0100 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Rowing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Geir Suursild Jüri-Mikk Udam | Double sculls | 6:33.88 | 4 R | 6:38.50 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tõnu Endrekson Andrei Jämsä Allar Raja Kaspar Taimsoo | Quadruple sculls | 5:42.87 | 2 SA/B | Bye | Bye | 6.07.85 | 2 FA | 5.46.96 | 4 |
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

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | Net points | Final rank |
| Johannes Ahun | RS:X | 27 | 20 | 22 | 32 DPI | 31 | 14 | 22 | 28 | 39 DNF | 35 | EL | 270 | 30 |
| Karl-Martin Rammo | Laser | 7 | 18 | 3 | 21 | 8 | 12 | 30 | 31 | 18 | 39 | EL | 187 | 18 |
| Deniss Karpak | Finn | 14 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 11 | EL | 99 | 11 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | Net points | Final rank |
| Ingrid Puusta | RS:X | 15 | 20 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 21 | 15 | 12 | 20 | 17 | EL | 155 | 15 |
| Anna Pohlak | Laser Radial | 27 | 39 | 41 | 37 | 36 | 6 | 36 | 36 | 31 | 36 | EL | 325 | 35 |
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; DNF = Did not finish; DPI = Discretionary penalty imposed

## Shooting

Estonia qualified one quota place in the Women's 50 m rifle 3 position;

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Anžela Voronova | 50 m rifle 3 positions | 576 | 31 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Anžela Voronova | 10 m air rifle | 395 | 42 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Swimming
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Martin Liivamägi | 100 m breaststroke | 1:01.57 | 29 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Martin Liivamägi | 200 m individual medley | 2:01.09 | 25 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Triin Aljand | 50 m freestyle | 25.33 | 19 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Triin Aljand | 100 m butterfly | 1:00.43 | 35 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Wrestling

Estonia qualified in the following events.
Key:
* VT – Victory by Fall.
* PP – Decision by Points – the loser with technical points.
* PO – Decision by Points – the loser without technical points.

### Men's Greco-Roman

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Ardo Arusaar | −96 kg | Caraballo (VEN) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | Dzeinichenka (BLR) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 8 |
| Heiki Nabi | −120 kg | Bye | Chugoshvili (BLR) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Banak (POL) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | Eurén (SWE) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Bye | Bye | López (CUB) L 0–3 $^{PO}$ | |