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Estonia at the 1932 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
EST

Competitors
  
2 (men) in 2 sports

Website
  
www.eok.ee (Estonian)

Flag bearer
  
Osvald Käpp

Estonia at the 1932 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
Estonian Olympic Committee

Medals
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 0 0 0

Estonia competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States.

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The 1932 Estonian Olympic Team

Estonian Olympic Committee did not send a full team to those games due to financial problems and tried to recruit Estonians living in the United States. Most of them were not prepared to compete on a short notice, and only Alfred Maasik and Osvald Käpp agreed.

Representatives

Estonian National Olympic representative was professor Ants Piip. Estonian attaché was an electrical engineer Charles Kodil.

Other delegations

Estonians in other delegations were Kalevi Kotkas for  Finland (FIN) in athletics; August Lootus was a reserve for  United States (USA) in sailing; the 1924 Summer Olympics bronze medalist Aleksander Klumberg was an athletics coach for  Poland (POL); and Valter Palm was a boxing coach for Finland.

Athletics

Men's marathon

  • Alfred Maasik – (→ dnf)

    • Men's 50 km walk

  • Alfred Maasik – 6:19.00,0 (→ 10. place)

    • Wrestling

    Men's freestyle lightweight ( -66,0 kg)

  • Osvald Käpp
  • First round – lost to Charles Pacôme  France (FRA) with points.
  • Second round – lost to Károly Kárpáti  Hungary (HUN) with points. (→ did not advance, 6. place)

    • Men's Greco-Roman welterweight ( -72 kg)

  • Osvald Käpp
  • First round – defeated Ercole Gallegati  Italy (ITA) with points.
  • Second round – defeated Børge Jensen  Denmark (DEN) with points.
  • Third round – lost to Ivar Johansson  Sweden (SWE) by fall. (→ did not advance, 4. place)

    • References

    Estonia at the 1932 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
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