Estonia at the 1932 Summer Olympics
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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.
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 .svg.png){kind=small}
Poland (POL); and Valter Palm was a boxing coach for Finland.
Results by event
Athletics
- Alfred Maasik – (→ dnf)
- 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)
- First round – lost to Charles Pacôme
Men's Greco-Roman welterweight ( -72 kg)
- Osvald Käpp
- First round – defeated Ercole Gallegati
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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)
- First round – defeated Ercole Gallegati
References
- ↑ "Osvald Käpp". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
External links
- EOK – Los Angeles 1932 (Estonian)
- Official Olympic Reports