Estonia competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States, its second entry as an independent nation since the breakup of the Soviet Union. 43 competitors, 35 men and 8 women, took part in 36 events in 13 sports.
Estonia sent the same archer to its second archery competition as it had sent to the first. Raul Kivilo lost his first match, but improved his ranking by 10 places from four years earlier.
Men's Marathon
Pavel Loskutov — 2:23.14 (→ 58th place)
Men's High Jump
Marko Turban – 2.24 (→ did not advance )
Men's Pole Vault
Valeri Bukrejev – 0 (→ no ranking )
Men's Discus Throw
Aleksander Tammert – Qualification — 59.04m (→ did not advance)
Men's Javelin Throw
Donald Sild – 72.54 (→ did not advance )
Men's Hammer Throw
Jüri Tamm – Qualification — 73.16m (→ did not advance)
Men's Decathlon
Erki Nool – Final Result — 8543 points (→ 6th place)
Andrei Nazarov – Final Result — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Indrek Kaseorg – Final Result — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Women's Marathon
Jane Salumäe — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Women's Long Jump
Virge Naeris – Qualification — 6.26m (→ did not advance)
Women's Triple Jump
Virge Naeris – Qualification — 14.00m (→ did not advance)
Women's Discus Throw
Eha Rünne – Qualification — 58.24m (→ did not advance)
Men
Women's Sprint
Six fencers, three men and three women, represented Estonia in 1996.
Men's épée
Kaido Kaaberma (→ 7. place )
Round 1: defeated Gang Zhao China (CHN) by 15–6
Round 2: defeated Robert Leroux France (FRA) by 15–14
Quarter Final: lost to Ivan Trevejo Pérez Cuba (CUB) by 14–15 (→ 7. place )
Andrus Kajak
Round 1: defeated Krisztián Kulcsár Hungary (HUN) by 15–14
Round 2: lost to Sandro Cuomo Italy (ITA) by 14–15 (→ 15. place )
Meelis Loit
Preliminary round: lost to César González Llorens Spain (ESP) by 14–15 (→ 35. place )
Men's team épée
Estonian Team : ( Andrus Kajak, Meelis Loit, Kaido Kaaberma)
Quarter Final: lost to Germany (GER) ( Elmar Borrmann, Arnd Schmitt, Mariusz Strzałka ) by 39–45
Match to 5.-8. place: defeated United States (USA) (Tamir Bloom, James Carpenter, Michael Marx ) by 45–44
Match to 5.-6. place: defeated Hungary (HUN) ( Géza Imre, Iván Kovács, Krisztián Kulcsár ) by 45–39 (→ 5. place )
Women's épée
Oksana Yermakova
Maarika Võsu
Heidi Rohi
Women's team épée
Estonian Team : ( Oksana Jermakova, Maarika Võsu, Heidi Rohi )
Quarter Final: lost to Italy (ITA) ( Laura Chiesa, Elisa Uga, Margherita Zalaffi ) by 38–45
Match to 5.-8. place: defeated United States (USA) ( Elaine Cheris, Nhi Lan Le, Leslie Marx ) by 45–38
Match to 5.-6. place: defeated Cuba (CUB) ( Tamara Esterí Almeida, Mirayda García, Milagros Palma González ) by 45–30 (→ 5. place )
Men
Men
Estonia competed in three events in the Sailing competition of the Sydney Olympics.
Men
Women
Open
Men
Men
Men's freestyle
Men's Greco-Roman
