Estonia at the 1928 Summer Olympics

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Sporting event delegation

Estonia at the
1928 Summer Olympics

IOC code| EST
NOC| Estonian Olympic Committee
Website| www.eok.ee (in Estonian)
in Amsterdam
Competitors| 20 (men) in 5 sports
Flag bearer | Gustav Kalkun
Medals
Ranked 16th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

* 1920
* 1924
* 1928
* 1932
* 1936
* 1948–1988
* 1992
* 1996
* 2000
* 2004
* 2008
* 2012
* 2016
* 2020
* 2024

Other related appearances
Russian Empire (1908–1912)
Soviet Union (1952–1988)

Estonia competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

## Medalists

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Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event

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Gold | Osvald Käpp | Wrestling | Men's freestyle lightweight
Gold | Voldemar Väli | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman featherweight
Silver | Arnold Luhaäär | Weightlifting | Men's +82.5 kg
Bronze | Nikolai Vekšin
William von Wirén
Eberhard Vogdt
Georg Faehlmann
Andreas Faehlmann | Sailing | 6 m class
Bronze | Albert Kusnets | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman middleweight

## The 1928 Estonian Olympic Team

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Estonia sent 20 athletes and 3 representatives to those games.

Representatives

Representatives were Harald Tammer, Arnold Veiss and Johannes Villemson.

Other delegations

Estonians in other delegations were 1924 Summer Olympics bronze medalist Aleksander Klumberg, who was athletics coach for  Poland (POL) and Albert Vollrat massage therapist in Hungarian olympic team.

## Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Men
Track & road events
Athlete  | Event  | Heat  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Karl Laas | Marathon | —  | DNF

Field events
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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Distance  | Position  | Distance  | Position
Nikolai Feldmann | Shot put | 13.54  | 12  | Did not advance
Gustav Kalkun | Discus Throw | 43.09  | 10  | Did not advance
Johan Meimer | Javelin Throw | 61.46  | 8 | Did not advance

Combined events – Men's decathlon
Athlete  | Event  | 100 m  |  LJ  |  SP  |  HJ  | 400 m  |  100H  |  DT  |  PV  |  JT  | 1500 m  | Final  | Rank

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Johan Meimer | Result  | 11,6  | 6.43  | 11.20  | 1.75  | 55,0  | 18,6  | 35.32  | 3.00  | 56.88  | 5.16,2  | 6733,15  | 13
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## Boxing

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Main article: Boxing at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | 1 Round  | 2 Round  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Valter Palm | Men's welterweight |  Albert Nuss (LUX)
W PTS  |  Raúl Landini (ARG)
L PTS  | Did not advance  | 9

## Sailing

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Main article: Sailing at the 1928 Summer Olympics

The 1928 Olympic scoring system was used.

The bronze-winning crew of sailboat Tutti V (from left): Georg Faehlmann, William von Wirén, Nikolai Vekšin and Eberhard Vogdt (missing Andreas Faehlmann)

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Preliminary series  | Final series  | Net points  | Final rank

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1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 1  | 2  | 3
Nikolai Vekšin
William von Wirén
Eberhard Vogdt
Georg Faehlmann
Andreas Faehlmann | International 6 metres class | 6  | 6  | 2 Q | 3 Q | 1  | 3  | 3  | 1 x 1st  |

## Weightlifting

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Main article: Weightlifting at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Military Press  | Snatch  | Clean & Jerk  | Total  | Rank

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Aleksander Kask | 60 kg | 75  | 9  | 75  | 15  | 100  | 14  | 250  | 14
Leonhard Kukk | 75 kg | 82,5  | 15  | 85  | 15  | 110  | 15  | 277,5  | 13
Olaf Luiga | 82.5 kg | 80  | 14  | 95  | 11  | 130  | 9  | 305  | 11
Arnold Luhaäär | +82.5 kg | 100  | 8  | 110  | 1  | 150  | 1  | 360  |

## Wrestling

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Main article: Wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Men's Greco-Roman
Athlete  | Event  | Elimination Pool  | Final round

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Round 1
Result  | Round 2
Result  | Round 3
Result  | Round 4
Result  | Round 5
Result  | Round 6
Result  | Rank  | Final round
Result  | Rank
Eduard Pütsep | −58 kg |  Georges Miller (LUX)
L |  Johannes van Maaren (NED)
W 3–0  |  Herman Andersen (DEN)
L F  |  Kurt Leucht (GER)
W | —  | 6 | Did not advance
Voldemar Väli | −61 kg |  Ludwig Schlanger (AUT)
W 3–0  |  František Kratochvíl (TCH)
W F 2.57  |  Ali Kamel (EGY)
W F 7.30  |  Károly Kárpáti (HUN)
W F 1.30  |  Ernst Steinig (GER)
W F  | BYE  | 1 Q |  Eric Malmberg (SWE)
W 3–0  |
Osvald Käpp | −67.5 kg |  Piero Postini (ITA)
W F  |  Harald Pettersson (SWE)
W F  |  Tayyar Yalaz (TUR)
L F  | —  | 9  | Did not advance
Albert Kusnets | −75 kg | BYE  |  Hermann Simon (GER)
W 3–0  |  Alfred Larsen (NOR)
W F  |  Franja Palcović (YUG)
W F  |  Johannes Jacobsen (DEN)
W |  Jean Saenen (BEL)
W F  | 2 Q |  László Papp (HUN)
L 1–2  |
Otto Pohla | −82.5 kg |  Max Studer (SUI)
W F  |  Onni Pellinen (FIN)
L |  Jacobus Hendricus Heijm (NED)
W F  |  Adolf Rieger (GER)
L | —  | 7 | Did not advance

Men's Freestyle
Athlete  | Event  | Elimination Pool  | Final round

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Round 1
Result  | Quarterfinal
Result  | Semifinal
Result  | Round 2
Result  | Round 3
Result  | Round 4
Result  | Rank  | Final round
Result  | Rank
Eduard Pütsep | −61 kg |  Harold Angus (GBR)
L | —  | 9  | Did not advance
Osvald Käpp | −66 kg |  Carlo Tesdorf Jørgensen (DEN)
W |  Clarence Berryman (USA)
W |  Charles Pacôme (FRA)
W | —  | 1 Q |  Birger Nilsen (NOR)
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Alfred Praks | −72 kg |  Theofilos Tomazos (GRE)
W |  Dr. Lloyd O.Appleton (USA)
L | —  | 6 | Did not advance

## References

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* Official Olympic Reports
* International Olympic Committee results database

## External links

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* EOK – Amsterdam 1928 (in Estonian)

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Nations at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands

* Argentina
* Australia
* Austria
* Belgium
* Bulgaria
* Canada
* Chile
* Cuba
* Czechoslovakia
* Denmark
* Egypt
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Great Britain
* Greece
* Haiti
* Hungary
* India
* Ireland
* Italy
* Japan
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Malta
* Mexico
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* Netherlands
* New Zealand
* Norway
* Panama
* Philippines
* Poland
* Portugal
* Rhodesia
* Romania
* South Africa
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* United States
* Uruguay
* Yugoslavia

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