Sailing
Estonia competed in three events in the Sailing competition of the Sydney Olympics. The highest they placed in any event was 22nd.
Men's double handed dinghy (470)
- Tõnu Tõniste and Toomas Tõniste – 11 races: ( 7; 14; (29); 17;(30) OCS; 25; 16; 14; 21; 25; 18 ) Final points: 157 (→ 22. place)
Men's single handed dinghy (Finn)
- Imre Taveter – 11 races: ( 22; 22; 19; 17;(23); 22;(26) DNF; 23; 9; ; 21; 17 ) Final points: 172 (→ 22. place)
Open single handed dinghy (Laser)
- Peter Šaraškin – 11 races: ( 25; 29; 6; 30; 28;(32); 27; 32;(44) OCS; 21; 12 ) Final points: 210 (→ 29. place)
Read more about this topic: Estonia At The 2000 Summer Olympics
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