Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

competed at the

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. It was the first Olympiad after the breakup of the

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. Estonia was one of three ex-Soviet republics to compete individually, with Latvia and Lithuania being the other two, instead of competing on the Unified Team. 37 competitors, 33 men and 4 women, took part in 35 events in 13 sports.

Medalists

Competitors

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Archery

Estonia sent one man to its first independent Olympic archery competition. He did not qualify for the elimination rounds. ;Men

Athletics

;Men ;Field events ;Combined events – Men's decathlon ;Women ;Track & road events ;Combined events – Heptathlon

Canoeing

Sprint

;Men

Cycling

Three cyclists, two men and one woman, represented Estonia in 1992.

Erika Salumäe Erika Salumäe (born 11 June 1962) is an Estonian track bicycle racer who won the first Olympic gold medal for Estonia after the country regained independence in 1991. Salumäe was born in Pärnu, Estonia. She trained at VSS Kalev in Tallinn ...

won gold in the women's sprint.

Road

Track

;Sprint

Fencing

Two male fencers represented Estonia in 1992. ;Men

Individual

Judo

;Men

Modern pentathlon

One male pentathlete represented Estonia in 1992.

Rowing

;Men

Sailing

;Men ;Women

Shooting

;Women ;Open

Swimming

;Men

Table tennis

Wrestling

;Men's freestyle ;Men's Greco-Roman ;Remarks * Wrestler Andreas Steinbach, born in Tartu,

, competed for (→ 5th place )

References

External links

EOK – Barcelona 1992
{{DEFAULTSORT:Estonia At The 1992 Summer Olympics Nations at the 1992 Summer Olympics 1992 1992 in Estonian sport