Estonia at the 1932 Summer Olympics

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Estonia at the
1932 Summer Olympics
Flag of Estonia.svg
IOC code EST
NOC Estonian Olympic Committee
Website www.eok.ee  (in Estonian)
in Los Angeles
Competitors2 (men) in 2 sports
Flag bearer Osvald Käpp
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
Flag of Russia.svg  Russian Empire (1908–1912)
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union (1952–1988)

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 the Olympic games due to financial problems and tried to recruit Estonians living in the United States. Most of them were not prepared to compete on short notice, and only Alfred Maasik and Osvald Käpp agreed. [1]

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 Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN) in athletics; August Lootus was a reserve for the US flag 48 stars.svg  United States  (USA) in sailing; the 1924 Summer Olympics bronze medalist Aleksander Klumberg was an athletics coach for Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland  (POL); and Valter Palm was a boxing coach for Finland.

Athletics

Men
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Alfred Maasik 50 km walk 6:19.0010

Wrestling

Men's Greco-Roman
AthleteEventElimination PoolFinal round
Round 1
Result
Round 2
Result
Round 3
Result
Round 4
Result
RankFinal round
Result
Rank
Osvald Käpp −72 kg Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Ercole Gallegati  (ITA)
W
Flag of Denmark.svg  Børge Jensen  (DEN)
W
Flag of Sweden.svg  Ivar Johansson  (SWE)
L F 8:39
4Did not advance
Men's Freestyle
AthleteEventElimination PoolFinal round
Round 1
Result
Round 2
Result
Round 3
Result
Round 4
Result
RankFinal round
Result
Rank
Osvald Käpp −66 kg Flag of France.svg  Charles Pacôme  (FRA)
L
Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Károly Kárpáti  (HUN)
L
6Did not advance

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Osvald Käpp". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.