Estonia at the 1932 Summer Olympics
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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.
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 in athletics, August Lootus reserve for in sailing
, 1924 Summer Olympics
bronze medalist Aleksander Klumberg, who was athletics
coach for and Valter Palm
was boxing
coach for Finnish
olympic team.
Men's marathon
Men's 50 km walk
Men's freestyle lightweight ( -66,0 kg)
Men's Greco-Roman welterweight ( -72 kg)
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics
1932 Summer Olympics
The 1932 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the X Olympiad, was a major world wide multi-athletic event which was celebrated in 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States. No other cities made a bid to host these Olympics. Held during the worldwide Great Depression, many nations...
in Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Estonia in unofficial point rank : 29. – 31. place with 4 points.
The 1932 Estonian Olympic Team
Estonia did not send a full team to those games. Estonian Olympic CommitteeEstonian Olympic Committee
The Estonian Olympic Committee is responsible for the Estonia's participation in the Olympic Games.-History:The Estonian Sports Federation decided to form Estonian Olympic Committee in the First Estonian Sport Congress on 30 November 1919, one and a half years after the proclamation of the...
figured it was too expensive, but Estonia had two athletes and three representatives there, who paid their own expenses. Only wrestler Osvald Käpp
Osvald Käpp
Osvald Käpp was an Estonian wrestler who won a gold medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics....
got 300 dollars for expenses from Estonian Olympic Committee
Estonian Olympic Committee
The Estonian Olympic Committee is responsible for the Estonia's participation in the Olympic Games.-History:The Estonian Sports Federation decided to form Estonian Olympic Committee in the First Estonian Sport Congress on 30 November 1919, one and a half years after the proclamation of the...
.
Representatives
Estonian National Olympic representative was professor Ants Piip
Ants Piip
Ants Piip VR III/1 was an Estonian lawyer, diplomat and politician.-Education:Piip studied at the Teachers' Seminar in Kuldīga , now in Latvia...
. Estonian attaché
Attaché
Attaché is a French term in diplomacy referring to a person who is assigned to the diplomatic or administrative staff of a higher placed person or another service or agency...
was an electrical engineer Charles Kodil.
Other delegations
Estonians in other delegations were Kalevi Kotkas for in athletics, August Lootus reserve for in sailing
Sailing at the 1932 Summer Olympics
Sailing/Yachting is a Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad . With the exception of 1904 and possible 1916 sailing was always a part of the Olympic program....
, 1924 Summer Olympics
1924 Summer Olympics
The 1924 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VIII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1924 in Paris, France...
bronze medalist Aleksander Klumberg, who was athletics
Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics
At the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, 29 athletics events were contested, 23 for men and 6 for women. It was the first time the 50 kilometre walk appeared in the men's athletics at the Games. This was only the second time women's events in athletics were included in the Olympic Games program...
coach for and Valter Palm
Valter Palm
Valter Palm was an Estonian welterweight professional boxer, born in Tallinn, who competed in the 1930s.In the 1920s he took part 1924 Summer Olympics and 1928 Summer Olympics....
was boxing
Boxing at the 1932 Summer Olympics
These are the results of the boxing competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Medals were awarded in 8 weight classes. The competitions were held from August 9, 1932 to August 13, 1932.-Medal summary:-Participating nations:...
coach for Finnish
Finland at the 1932 Summer Olympics
Finland competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States.-Medalists:-References:**...
olympic team.
AthleticsAthletics at the 1932 Summer OlympicsAt the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, 29 athletics events were contested, 23 for men and 6 for women. It was the first time the 50 kilometre walk appeared in the men's athletics at the Games. This was only the second time women's events in athletics were included in the Olympic Games program...
Men's marathon
- Alfred Maasik – (→ dnf)
Men's 50 km walk
Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Men's 50 km walk
These are the official results of the men's 50 km walk at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.-Medalists:-Abbreviations:*All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds-Records:-Results:-References:* * *...
- Alfred Maasik – 6:19.00,0 (→ 10. place)
WrestlingWrestling at the 1932 Summer OlympicsAt the 1932 Summer Olympics, 14 wrestling events were contested, for all men. There were seven weight classes in Greco-Roman wrestling and seven classes in freestyle wrestling...
Men's freestyle lightweight ( -66,0 kg)
- Osvald KäppOsvald KäppOsvald Käpp was an Estonian wrestler who won a gold medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics....
- First round – lost to Charles PacômeCharles PacômeCharles Pacôme was a French wrestler and Olympic champion in Freestyle wrestling. He was born in Bergues, Nord.-Olympics:...
with points. - Second round – lost to Károly KárpátiKároly KárpátiKároly Kárpáti was a Jewish Hungarian Olympic wrestling champion.-Career:He won a gold medal in 1936 in the Lightweight Freestyle class...
with points. (→ did not advance, 6. place)
Men's Greco-Roman welterweight ( -72 kg)
- Osvald KäppOsvald KäppOsvald Käpp was an Estonian wrestler who won a gold medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics....
- First round – defeated Ercole GallegatiErcole GallegatiErcole Gallegati was an Italian wrestler and Olympic medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling.-Olympics:...
with points. - Second round – defeated Børge Jensen with points.
- Third round – lost to Ivar JohanssonIvar JohanssonIvar V. Johansson was a Swedish wrestler who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics....
by fall. (→ did not advance, 4. place)