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Estonia at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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Estonia at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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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. Estonia was represented in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games by 47 athletes in total of 13 different sporting events. The Estonian delegation, the largest in the nation's Olympic history,[1] marched into the Beijing National Olympic stadium as the 160th nation, before Haiti and after Ireland delegations during the opening ceremony.

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Jüri Jaanson, who competed at his sixth Olympics, was the oldest and most experienced team member, and became Estonia's oldest Olympic medal winner with the age of 42 years, 10 months and two days.[2]

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Medalists

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Athletics

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  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for a

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
Men
Track & road events
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Field events
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Combined events – Decathlon
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Women
Field events
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Combined events – Heptathlon
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* The athlete who finished in second place, Lyudmila Blonska of Ukraine, tested positive for a banned substance.[3] Both the A and the B tests were positive, therefore Blonska was stripped of her silver medal, and Kand moved up a position.

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Badminton

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

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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.

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Track

Sprint
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Fencing

Men
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Gymnastics

Rhythmic

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Judo

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Rowing

Men
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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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Sailing

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

Shooting

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Swimming

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Tennis

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Triathlon

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Volleyball

Beach

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