Estonia at the 1932 Summer Olympics

Estonia at the 1932 Summer Olympics
IOC code	EST
NOC	Estonian Olympic Committee
Website	www.eok.ee (Estonian)
in Los Angeles
Competitors	2 (men) in 2 sports
Flag bearer	Osvald Käpp
Medals	Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 0 0 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948–1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Other related appearances
Russian Empire (1908–1912) Soviet Union (1952–1988)

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

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.^[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  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.

Results by event

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

External links

• EOK – Los Angeles 1932 (Estonian)
• Official Olympic Reports