Estonia

Estonia

Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...

competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics

1992 Winter Olympics

The 1992 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVI Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event celebrated from 8 to 23 February 1992 in Albertville, France. They were the last Winter Olympics to be held the same year as the Summer Olympics, and the first where the Winter Paralympics...

in Albertville

Albertville

Albertville is a commune in the Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.The town is best known for hosting the 1992 Winter Olympics.-Geography:...

, France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

.
It was the first time since 1936

Estonia at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Estonia competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. The nation returned to the Winter Games after missing the 1932 Winter Olympics. These Games would be the last time that Estonia would compete at the Winter Games as an independent nation until the 1992 Winter Olympics...

 that the nation had competed as an independent nation at the Winter Olympic Games

Winter Olympic Games

The Winter Olympic Games is a sporting event, which occurs every four years. The first celebration of the Winter Olympics was held in Chamonix, France, in 1924. The original sports were alpine and cross-country skiing, figure skating, ice hockey, Nordic combined, ski jumping and speed skating...

. Estonian athletes competed for the Soviet Union

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

 from 1956

Soviet Union at the 1956 Winter Olympics

The Soviet Union competed in the Winter Olympic Games for the first time at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.-Medalists:- Alpine skiing :MenWomen- Cross-country skiing :MenWomen- Ice hockey :Men...

 to 1988

Soviet Union at the 1988 Winter Olympics

The Soviet Union competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada. It would be the last Winter Olympic Games before the dissolution of the USSR in 1991...

.Estonian National Olympic Representative was Tiit Nuudi and Estonian Olympic Team attaché was Ene Balder.

Men's

Men's 10 km sprint

• Hillar Zahkna – 27.46,5 (2) (→ 27. place )
• Urmas Kaldvee – 27.52,9 (1) (→ 31. place )
• Kalju Ojaste – 29.13,2 (1) (→ 59. place )
• Aivo Udras – 29.28,4 (2) (→ 61. place )

Men's 20 km

• Hillar Zahkna – 1:01.57,4 (4) (→ 34. place )
• Kalju Ojaste – 1:02.05,8 (2) (→ 37. place )
• Urmas Kaldvee – 1:03.15,1 (4) (→ 48. place )
• Kristjan Oja – 1:04.15,9 (3) (→ 57. place )

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

• Estonian Team – 1:29.46,1 (0) (→ 11. place )
  • Hillar Zahkna – 22.34,3 12th
  • Aivo Udras – 22.02,0 9th
  • Kalju Ojaste – 22.26,6 12th
  • Urmas Kaldvee – 22.43,2 11th

Women's

Women's 7,5 km sprint

• Jelena Poljakova – 27.22,8 (1) (→ 30. place )
• Krista Lepik – 28.18,6 (4) (→ 42. place )
• Eveli Peterson – 29.31,4 (5) (→ 58. place )

Women's 15 km individual

• Krista Lepik – 53.51,4 (1) (→ 11. place )
• Eveli Peterson – 58.03,1 (5) (→ 36. place )
• Jelena Poljakova – 58.30,1 (5) (→ 39. place )

Women's 3 x 7.5 km relay

• Estonian Team – 1:23.16,2 (1) (→ 9. place )
  • Jelena Poljakova – 27.29,6 (0;0) → 6th
  • Eveli Peterson – 28.38,2 (0;1)
  • Krista Lepik – 27.08,4 (0;0) → 9th

Cross-country skiing

Cross-country skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics

The 1992 Winter Olympic games cross-country skiing results.The cross-country skiing competitions were held at Les Saisies, about 40 km from the host city Albertville.-Evolution of the Olympic program:...

Men's

Men's 10 km (classical)

• Andrus Veerpalu
  Andrus Veerpalu
  Andrus Veerpalu is a former and so far the most successful Estonian male cross country skier.On 17 February 2006 he won his second Winter Olympics gold medal , becoming the fourth Estonian to have won two Olympic gold medals Andrus Veerpalu (born 8 February 1971 in Pärnu) is a former and so far...
  
   – 29.51,5 (−2.15,5) (→ 21. place )
• Elmo Kassin – 29.52,0 (−2.16,0) (→ 22. place )
• Urmas Välbe
  Urmas Välbe
  Urmas Välbe is a former Estonian cross-country skier. He currently works in a service team of the Estonian national cross-country skiing team.Urmas Välbe was married with Russian cross-country skier Yelena Välbe....
  
   – 30.20,1 (−2.44,1) (→ 28. place )
• Taivo Kuus – 32.28,0 (−4.52,0) (→ 67. place )

Men's 15 km pursuit (freestyle)

• Elmo Kassin – (−2.15)→ 17th 39.00,1 (−1.23,2) = 1:08.52,1 (→ 17. place )
• Urmas Välbe – (−2.16)→ 48th 40.54,4 (−3.17,5) = 1:11.14,4 (→ 41. place )
• Andrus Veerpalu – (−2.44)→ 56th 41.26,7 (−3.49,8) = 1:11.17,7 (→ 42. place )
• Taivo Kuus – (−4.52)→ 55th 41.26,6 (−3.49,7) = 1:13.54,6 (→ 60. place )

Men's 30 km (classical)

• Jaanus Teppan – 1:29.30,9 (→ 31. place )
• Urmas Välbe – 1:29.44,3 (→ 33. place )
• Andrus Veerpalu – 1:31.06,1 (→ 44. place )

Men's 50 km (freestyle)

• Jaanus Teppan – 2:17.15,1 (→ 39. place )
• Elmo Kassin – 2:19.29,3 (→ 45. place )
• Taivo Kuus – dnf

Men's 4 x 10 km relay

• Estonian Team – 1:46.33,3 (→ 10. place )
  • Andrus Veerpalu – (classical) 12th 27.07,5 → 12th
  • Jaanus Teppan – (classical) 26.23,5 → 10th
  • Elmo Kassin – (freestyle) 5th 25.36,3 → 9th
  • Urmas Välbe – (freestyle) 27.26,0 → 10th

Women's

• Piret Niglas
  • Women's 5 km (classical) – 15.54,9 (−1.41,1) (→ 38. place )
  • Women's 10 km pursuit (freestyle) – (−1.41) 31.36,6 (−5.42,9) (→ 45. place )
  • Women's 15 km (classical) – 48.58,4 (→ 39. place )
  • Women's 30 km (freestyle) – 1:37.31,8 (→ 48. place )

Figure skating

Figure skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Referee:* Benjamin T. WrightAssistant Referee:* Monique GeorgelinJudges: Reinhard Mirmseker Mary Pearson Yang Jiasheng Monique Petis Mieko Fujimori Ingelise Blangsted Igor Prokop Vanessa Riley* Marina Sanaya Maragaret Ann Wier...

Women's singles

• Olga Vassiljeva
  Olga Vassiljeva
  Olga Vassiljeva is an Estonian figure skater. She is the 1999-2001 & 2003 Estonian national champion.Her highest placement at an ISU Championship was 15th at the 2003 European Figure Skating Championships....
  
   – 31,5 (→ 21. place )

Nordic combined

Nordic combined at the 1992 Winter Olympics

The 1992 Winter Olympic Games Nordic Combined resultsThe venue was Courchevel, a ski resort 50 kilometers from host city Albertville.-Medals:-Individual:February 12, 1992-3 x 10 km relay:February 18, 1992-References:*...

Men's individual

• Allar Levandi
  Allar Levandi
  Allar Levandi is an Estonian nordic combined skier who competed during the late 1980s and early 1990s under two different nations in three straight Winter Olympic Games...
  
   – Ski jumps: 14th ( 82; 83,5; 84 )206,4 (−2.27,4 ) ; 15 km: 5th 43.34,8 (−1.34,1) (→ 6. place )
• Ago Markvardt
  Ago Markvardt
  Ago Markvardt was an Estonian nordic combined skier who competed from 1989 to 1998. At the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, he finished fifth in the 15 km individual and fourth in the 3 x 10 km team events....
  
   – Ski jumps: 23rd ( 77; 81,5; 82 )199,0 (−3.16,7) ; 15 km: 25th 46.21,9 (−5.10,5) (→ 23. place )
• Peeter Heli – Ski jumps: 38th ( 76,5; 80; 78 )182,0 (−5.10,0) ; 15 km: 24th 46.15,1 (−6.57,0) (→ 31. place )
• Toomas Tiru – Ski jumps: 44th ( 73,5; 76; 79 )170,9 (−6.24,0) ;15 km: 38th 50.13,1 (−12.09,0) (→ 42. place )

Men's 3 x 10 km relay

• Estonian Team – Ski jumps: 10th 525,9 (−9.56,0) ;3 x 10 km: 1:23.20,9 (−9.40,4) (→ 9. place )
  • Ago Markvardt – Ski jumps: ( 76; 75; 82,5 ) 183,4; 10 km: 28.17,8 (−9.51,3) 11th
  • Peeter Heli – Ski jumps: ( 68; 75,5; 73 ) 161,0; 10 km: 28.06,9 (−9.18,0) 10th
  • Allar Levandi – Ski jumps: ( 78; 80,5; 75,5 ) 181,5; 10 km: 26.56,2 (−9.40,4) 9th

Speed skiing

Speed skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Speed skiing was a demonstration sport at the 1992 Winter Olympics. The venue was in Les Arcs, about 60 km from the host city Albertville. Michael Prufer, a 31 year old medical doctor from Savoie, improved his own 1988 world record by 5.558 km/h. Philippe Goitschel, the nephew of French ski...

Men's event

• Aare Tamme – 201,455 km/h NR (→ 30. place )