1936 Summer Olympics / Participant (Estonia)

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Estonia took part in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin with a delegation of 33 athletes. It was the country's last participation as an independent state before participating in the 1992 Olympics . In 1940 the country was occupied by the Soviet Union and the Estonian athletes competed as part of the Soviet team in the years that followed.

Medals won in 1936

gold

• Kristjan Palusalu - wrestling, heavyweight, Greco-Roman style
• Kristjan Palusalu - wrestling, heavyweight, freestyle

silver

• Nikolai Stepulov - boxing, lightweight
• August Neo - wrestling, light heavyweight, freestyle

bronze

• Arnold Luhaäär - weightlifting, heavyweight
• Voldemar Väli - wrestling, lightweight, Greco-Roman style
• August Neo - wrestling, light heavyweight, Greco-Roman style

Athletes by sport

29 male participants from Estonia
sport	athlete	discipline	space	comment
basketball	Erich Altosaar	team	-	Eleven players registered, eight took part. First round: 34:29 win against France , second round: 52:28 defeat against the USA , intermediate round: bye, third round: 39:22 defeat against the Philippines team and thus eliminated, participation in game 1, game 2, game 3
	Aleksander Illi	team	-	Participation in game 1, game 2, game 3
	Vladimir Kark	team	-	Participation in game 1
	Robert Keres	team	-	Participation in game 1, game 2, game 3
	Evald Mahl	team	-	Participation in game 1, game 2, game 3
	Aleksander Margiste	team	-	Participation in game 1, game 2, game 3
	Heino Veskila	team	-	Participation in game 1, game 2, game 3
	Artur Amon	team	-	Participation in game 2, game 3
Boxing	Evald Seeberg	Featherweight	-	First fight: Victory on points against Nicolae Rechnet ( ROM ), Second fight: Loss on points against Theodore Kara (USA)
	Nikolai Stepulov	lightweight		First fight: Victory on points against André Wollscheidt ( LUX ), Second fight: Victory on points against Hidekichi Nagamatsu (JAP), Third fight: Victory on points against Carlos Lillo (Chile), Fourth fight: Victory on points against Erik Ågren (SWE ), Fifth fight: loss on points to Imre Harangi (HUN)
athletics	Aksel Kuuse	high jump	-	Eliminated in the semi-finals with 1.90 m
	Eevald Äärma	Pole vault	-	Eliminated in the qualification with 3.70 m
	Ruudi Toomsalu	Long jump	-	Eliminated in qualification with less than 7.15 m
	Gustav Sule	Javelin throw	11.	Eliminated in the semi-finals with 63.26 m
	Arnold Viiding	Shot put	8th.	Eliminated in the semifinals with 15.23 m
	Koit Annamaa	Hammer throwing	8th.	Eliminated in the semi-finals with 50.46 m
Weightlifting	Erm Lund	Feather weight (up to 60 kg)	13.	with 270 kg
	Peeter Mürk	Lightweight (up to 67.5 kg)	11.	with 285.0 kg
	Karl Oole	Light heavyweight (up to 82.5 kg)	14th	with 320.0 kg
	Arnold Luhaäär	Heavy weight (over 82.5 kg)		with 400.0 kg
Wrestling	Evald Sikk	Greco-Roman freestyle, bantam weight (up to 56 kg)	6th	First round against Dante Bertoli (ITA) lost 1: 3, second round against Buemberger (Austria) won 3-0 by throwing after 12:30 min, third round against Ali Erfan (Egypt) won 3-0 on points, Fourth round against Márton Lõrincz (HUN) won 3-0 on points
	Voldemar Väli	Greco-Roman style, lightweight (up to 66 kg)		First round against Arild Dahl (NOR) won 3: 0 by throwing after 4:53 min, second round against Heinrich Nettesheim (GER) won on points 3: 0, third round against Saim Arikan (TUR) on points 3: 0 won, fourth round against Zbigniew Szajewski (POL) won by throwing after 15:21 min, fifth round against Herbert Olofsson (SWE) won by throwing after 13:14 min, sixth round against Lauri Koskela 1: 2 on points lost, seventh round against Jozef Herda (CZ) lost 0: 3 on points
	Edgar Puusepp	Greco-Roman style, welter weight (up to 72 kg)	4th	First round against Fritz Schäfer (GER) lost 0: 3 on points, second round against Gyula Vincze (HUN) won by throwing after 13:40 min, third round against Jean de Feu (BEL) by throwing after 6:58 min won, fourth round against Rudolf Svedberg (SWE) lost 0: 3 on points
	Voldemar Mägi	Greco-Roman style, middle weight (up to 79 kg)	11.	First round against Väinö Kokkinen (FIN) lost 1: 2 on points, second round against Ercole Gallegati (ITA) lost 0: 3 on points and eliminated with more than five minus points
	August Neo	Freestyle , light heavyweight (up to 87 kg)		First round against Knut Fridell (SWE) lost on points 0: 3, second round against Ede Virág-Ébner (HUN) won by throwing after 9:22 min, third round against Ray Clemons (USA) by throwing after 8: Won 09 min, fourth round against Paul Dätwyler (Switzerland) won on points 3-0, fifth round against Erich Siebert (GER) won on points 3-0
		Greco-Roman style, light heavyweight (up to 87 kg)		First round bye, second round lost to Axel Cadier (SWE) 0: 3, third round won against Franz Foidl (Austria) after 4:59 min by throwing, fourth round against Umberto Silvestri (ITA) after 12:19 min won by throw, fifth round against Edvīns Bietags (Latvia) lost 1: 2 on points
	Kristjan Palusalu	Freestyle , heavyweight (over 87 kg)		First round against Josef Klapuch (CZ) won by throwing after 10:50 min, second round against Robert Herland (FRA) won by throwing after 6:45 min, third round against Mehmet Çoban (TUR) on points 3: 0 won, fourth round against Werner Bürki (Switzerland) won by throwing after 6:15 min, fifth round against Hjalmar Nyström (FIN) won 3-0 on points
		Greco-Roman style, heavyweight (over 87kg)		First round against Eduard Schöll (Austria) won by throwing after 8:41 minutes, second round against Zoltán Kondorossy (Romania) won by throwing after 10:36 minutes, third round against John Nyman (SWE) on points 3-0 won, fourth round against Mehmet Çoban (TUR) won on points 3: 0, fifth round against Kurt Hornfischer (GER) won on points 3: 0
	Adalbert Toots	Freestyle , lightweight (up to 66 kg)	8th.	First round bye, second round to Eiichi Kazama (Japan) lost 0: 3 on points, third round to Howard Thomas (CAN) won 3: 0 on points, fourth round to Charles Delporte (FRA) after 4 minutes due to injury given up
	August Kukk	Freestyle , welterweight (up to 72 kg)	13.	First round to Willy Angst (Switzerland) lost on points 0: 3, second round to Kálmán Sóvári (HUN) lost 1: 2 on points, and eliminated with five minus points
rowing	Elmar Korko	One (1000 m)	-	Third in the first run with 7: 40.4 min, third in the hope run with 7: 44.1 min, so eliminated
sailing	Erik from Holst	One-size-fits-all	17th	Withdrawn in the first race, 78 points from the six following races
swim	Egon Roolaid	100 m freestyle	20-21	Fourth in the second run 1: 01.5 min, so eliminated
	Boris Roolaid	100 m back	29	Fourth in the fourth run 1: 21.1 min, so eliminated
Female participants from Estonia
sport	athlete	discipline	space	comment
No female participants from Estonia took part in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

For Estonia, a group of physics students took part in an exchange event organized on the occasion of the Olympic Games.

Johannes Kauba , Karl Kullisaar and Johannes Villemson acted as judges for the wrestling competitions. in the boxing competition Peeter Matsov was a judge in various fights.

Web links

• Overall results list on la84foundation.org (PDF) (74.19 MB)