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Estonia at the 1992 Winter Olympics

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Estonia at the
1992 Winter Olympics
IOC codeEST
NOCEstonian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.eok.ee (in Estonian)
in Albertville
Competitors19 in 4 sports
Flag bearer Ants Antson
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Soviet Union (1956–1988)

Estonia competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France. It was the first time since 1936 that the nation had competed as an independent nation at the Winter Olympic Games. Estonian athletes competed for the Soviet Union from 1956 to 1988. Estonian National Olympic Representative was Tiit Nuudi and Estonian Olympic Team attaché was Ene Balder.

Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[1]

Sport Men Women Total
Biathlon 5 3 8
Cross-country skiing 5 1 6
Figure skating 0 1 1
Nordic combined 4 – 4
Total 14 5 19

Estonia also had a competitor at the demonstration event speed skiing (Aare Tamme).[2]

Biathlon

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Main article: Biathlon at the 1992 Winter Olympics

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Men
Athlete Event Final
Time Misses Rank
Urmas Kaldvee Individual 1:03:15.1 4 48
Sprint 27:52.9 1 31
Kristjan Oja Individual 1:04:15.9 3 57
Kalju Ojaste Individual 1:02:05.8 2 37
Sprint 29:13.2 1 59
Aivo Udras Individual 1:00:14.5 3 16
Sprint 29:28.4 2 61
Hillar Zahkna Individual 1:01:57.4 4 34
Sprint 27:46.5 2 27
Hillar Zahkna
Aivo Udras
Kalju Ojaste
Urmas Kaldvee 		Relay 1:29:46.1 0 11
Women
Athlete Event Final
Time Misses Rank
Krista Lepik Individual 53:51.4 1 11
Sprint 28:16.6 4 42
Eveli Peterson Individual 58:03.1 5 36
Sprint 29:31.4 5 58
Jelena Poljakova Individual 58:30.1 5 39
Sprint 27:22.8 1 30
Jelena Poljakova
Eveli Peterson
Krista Lepik 		Relay 1:23:16.2 1 9

Cross-country skiing

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Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics

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Men
Athlete Event Race
Time Rank
Elmo Kassin 10 km classical 29:52.0 22
15 km freestyle pursuit 41:16.1 18
50 km freestyle 2:19:29.3 45
Taivo Kuus 10 km classical 32:28.0 67
15 km freestyle pursuit 46:18.6 60
50 km freestyle Did not finish
Andrus Veerpalu 10 km classical 29:51.5 21
15 km freestyle pursuit 43:41.7 42
30 km classical 1:31:06.1 44
Urmas Välbe 10 km classical 30:20.1 28
15 km freestyle pursuit 43:38.4 41
30 km classical 1:29:44.3 33
Jaanus Teppan 30 km classical 1:29:30.9 31
50 km freestyle 2:17:15.1 39
Andrus Veerpalu
Jaanus Teppan
Elmo Kassin
Urmas Välbe 		4x10 km relay 1:46:33.3 10
Women
Athlete Event Race
Time Rank
Piret Niglas 5 km classical 15:54.9 38
10 km freestyle pursuit 31:36.6 45
15 km classical 48:58.4 39
30 km freestyle 1:37:31.8 48

Figure skating

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Main article: Figure skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics

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Athlete(s) Event CD1 CD2 SP/OD FS/FD Total
FP FP FP FP TFP Rank
Olga Vassiljeva Ladies' — 21 Q 21 31.5 21

Nordic combined

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Main article: Nordic combined at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Ski jumping Cross-country
Points Rank Deficit Time Rank
Peter Heli Individual 182.0 38 +5:10.0 51:25.1
+6:57.0 		31
Allar Levandi 206.4 14 +2:27.4 46:02.2
+1:34.1 		6
Ago Markvardt 199.0 23 +3:16.7 49:38.6
+5:10.5 		23
Toomas Tiru 170.9 44 +6:24.0 56:37.1
+12:09.0 		42
Ago Markvardt
Peter Heli
Allar Levandi 		Team 525.9 10 +9:56 1:33:16.9
+9:40.4 		9

References

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  1. ^ "Olympedia – Estonia at the 1992 Winter Olympics". www.olympedia.org.
  2. ^ "Tamme, Aare - Eesti Entsüklopeedia". entsyklopeedia.ee.
  3. ^ a b c "Albertville 1992 Official Report" (PDF). Le Comite d'Organisation des Jeux Olympiques Albertville. LA84 Foundation. 1992. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2008. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
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