Estonia at the 1932 Summer Olympics

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Estonia at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  EST
NOC Estonian Olympic Committee
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At the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles
Competitors 2 men in 2 sports
Flag bearer Osvald Käpp
Medals Gold
0		 Silver
0		 Bronze
0		 Total
0
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Estonia competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. Estonia in unofficial point rank : 29. - 31. place with 4 points.

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[edit] The 1932 Estonian Olympic Team

Estonia did not send a full team to those games. Estonian Olympic Committee figured it was too expensive, but Estonia had two athletes and three representatives there, who paid their own expenses. Only wrestler Osvald Käpp got 300 dollars for expenses from Estonian Olympic Committee.

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 Finland (FIN) in athletics, August Lootus reserve for United States United States (USA) in sailing, 1924 Summer Olympics bronze medalist Aleksander Klumberg-Kolmpere, who was athletics coach for Poland Poland (POL) and Valter Palm was boxing coach for Finnish olympic team.

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Athletics

Men's marathon

  • Alfred Maasik - (→ dnf)

Men's 50 km walk

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

[edit] Wrestling

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

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

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

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

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