Estonia at the 2008 Summer Olympics


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.

Medalists

Athletics

;Key
the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
;Men
;Track & road events
;Field events
;Combined events – Decathlon
AthleteEvent100 m400 m1500 mFinalRank
Mikk PahapillResult11.157.0414.362.1150.9014.5149.354.8067.074:47.03817810
Mikk PahapillPoints827823750906774910857849845637817810
Andres RajaResult10.897.2914.791.9648.9814.0639.834.8067.164:49.60811812
Andres RajaPoints885883777767862967661849846621811812

;Women
;Field events
;Combined events – Heptathlon
AthleteEvent200 m800 mFinalRank
Kaie KandResult14.471.6512.9125.495.7542.512:13.36567733*
Kaie KandPoints913795721842774716916567733*

* 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.

Badminton

Estonia had qualified two berths in men's and women's badminton events.

Cycling

Road

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.
AthleteEventTimeRank
Tanel KangertMen's road race6:36:4869
Rein TaaramäeMen's road race6:30:4948
Rein TaaramäeMen's time trial1:05:4717
Grete TreierWomen's road race3:33:1730

Track

;Sprint

Fencing

;Men

Gymnastics

Rhythmic

Judo

Rowing

;Men
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A ; FB=Final B ; FC=Final C ; FD=Final D ; FE=Final E ; FF=Final F ; SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

;Men
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled

Shooting

;Men

Swimming

;Men
;Women

Tennis

Triathlon

AthleteEventSwim Trans 1Bike Trans 2Run Total TimeRank
Marko AlbertMen's18:090:2959:120:2935:541:54:13.5841

Volleyball

Beach