Estonia at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Estonia competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. It was the nation's fifth consecutive appearance at the Games since 1920, and also the last time prior to World War II. As the country was, after 1940, occupied by the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany, the next time Estonia was able to participate in the Summer Olympics as an independent nation came only with the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Estonia at the 1936 Summer Olympics
IOC code	EST
NOC	Estonian Olympic Committee
Website	www.eok.ee (in Estonian)
in Berlin
Competitors	37 (men) in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Erich Altosaar
Medals Ranked 13th	Gold 2 Silver 2 Bronze 3 Total 7
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)

Medals

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Kristjan Palusalu	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman Heavyweight
Gold	Kristjan Palusalu	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle Heavyweight
Silver	Nikolai Stepulov	Boxing	Men's Lightweight
Silver	August Neo	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle Light Heavyweight
Bronze	Arnold Luhaäär	Weightlifting	Men's Heavyweight
Bronze	Voldemar Väli	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight
Bronze	August Neo	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight

The 1936 Estonian Olympic Team

Estonia sent 37 athletes and 13 representatives to the 1936 Summer games.

Estonian team at the opening ceremony of the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin

Representatives

The Estonian National Olympic Committee representative was Konrad Mauritz. Estonian team representatives were delegation heads: NOC secretary Ado Anderkopp and Harald Tammer, attaché Councillor at the Legation Georg Meri, Officer of the Honorary Service Lieutenant Refior, manager Johannes Villemson, Aleksander Paluvere in athletics, Nikolai Kursman in wrestling, Eduard Kõppo in weightlifting, Peeter Matsov in boxing, Gustav Laanekõrb in sailing, Richard Mast in swimming, Edgar Kolmpere in basketball, Aleksander Praks – massage therapist, Valentin Purre – team chef, dr. Arnold Roomere-Rõmmer – medical doctor. There were also 30 Estonian youths, led by Johan Meimer, taking part of The International Youth Encampment and 28 students took part of The International Physical Education Students' Encampment in Berlin.

Team coaches

Aleksander Kolmpere – athletics, Nikolai Kursman – wrestling, Herbert Niiler – basketball.

Judges

Aleksei Selenoi in basketball, Peeter Matsov in boxing; Johannes Kauba, Karl Kullisaar and Johannes Villemson in wrestling

Other delegations

Estonians in other delegations were Kalev Kotkas (from 1936 fi: Kalevi Kotkas) for  Finland (FIN) in athletics – high jump, Leonard Einsaar for  Australia (AUS) in rowing – Men's eight, Valentin Klõšeiko (pl: Walenty Kłyszejko) coach for Polish basketball team.

Press

Aleksander Antson (Eesti Spordipressi Klubi and Uusi Suomi), Oskar Lõvi alias Toomas Kivi (Postimees, Päevaleht and Eesti Raadio), Aadu Adari-Adorf (Uudisleht), Vladimir Raudsepp (Uus Eesti), Ilmar Peterson (Päevaleht), Aksel Vaik (Vaba Maa), Harald Nõmmik (Rahvaleht). Newspaper columnists Artur Reisner, Eevald Äärma, Johannes Villemson, Ernst Idla etc. The International Youth Encampment coverage by R. Uustal and The International Physical Education Students' Encampment coverage by Arved Ojari.

Olympic Identity Cards

The Organizing Committee issued 126 Olympic Identity Cards for Estonian participants.

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ruudi Toomsalu	Men's 100 m	11.0	3	Did not advance
Reginald Uba	Men's 1500 metres	4.26,2	8	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Eevald Äärma	Men's pole vault	3.70	26	Did not advance
Koit Annamaa	Men's hammer throw	50.46	8 Q	50.46	8
Aksel Kuuse	Men's high jump	1.85	1 Q	1.90	10
Gustav Sule	Men's javelin throw	64.90	5 Q	63.26	11
Ruudi Toomsalu	Men's long jump	7.15	20	Did not advance
Arnold Viiding	Men's shot put	15.23	8 Q	15.23	8

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Men

• Estonian Team: (Artur Amon, Aleksander Illi, Robert Keres, Vladimir Kärk, Evald Mahl, Heino Veskila, Erich Altosaar, Aleksander Margiste, Bernhard Nooni, Leonid Saar, Georg Vinogradov, Coach: Herbert Niiler)

First round

Winners advanced to the second round. Losers competed in the first consolation round for another chance to move on.

 Estonia v  France

7 August 1936 (1936-08-07)	Estonia	34–29	France	Berlin, Germany
	Scoring by half: 16–17, 18–12

Second round

Winners advanced to the third round. Losers competed in the second consolation round for another chance to move on.

 United States v  Estonia

9 August 1936 (1936-08-09)	United States	52–28	Estonia	Berlin, Germany

Third round

Winners advanced to the third round. Losers competed in the second consolation round for another chance to move on.

 Philippines v  Estonia

11 August 1936 (1936-08-11)	Philippines	39–22	Estonia	Berlin, Germany

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Evald Seeberg	Featherweight	Nicolae Berechet (ROU) W PTS	Theodore Kara (USA) L PTS	Did not advance
Nikolai Stepulov	Lightweight	André Wollscheidt (LUX) W PTS	Hidekichi Nagamatsu (JPN) W PTS	Carlos Lillo (CHI) W PTS	Erik Ågren (SWE) W PTS	Imre Harangi (HUN) L PTS

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Estonia had one rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1936.^[1]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Elmar Korko	Single sculls	7.40,4	3 q	7.44,1	3	Did not advance			13

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Open

Athlete	Event	Race														Final rank
		1		2		3		4		5		6		7
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Erik von Holst	O-Jolle	DNF	0	6	20	7	19	21	5	13	13	9	17	22	4	78	17

• Harald Tammik – reserve, Boat name: Brandenburg No. O/G 304

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Boris Roolaid	100 metre backstroke	1.21,1	29	Did not advance
Egon Roolaid	100 metre freestyle	1.01,5	20	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Military Press		Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Erm Lund	60 kg	72,5	16	85	11	112,5	8	270	13
Peeter Mürk	67.5 kg	75	16	95	10	115	11	285	11
Karl Oole	82.5 kg	87,5	13	100	11	132,5	13	320	14
Arnold Luhaäär	+82.5 kg	115	6	120	6	165 OR	1	400

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Men's Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool							Final round
		Round 1 Result	Round 2 Result	Round 3 Result	Round 4 Result	Round 5 Result	Round 6 Result	Rank	Final round Result	Rank
Adalbert Toots	−66 kg	BYE	Eiichi Kazama (JPN) L 0–3	Howard Thomas (CAN) W 3–0	Charles Delporte (FRA) L F 4:00	—		8	Did not advance
August Kukk	−72 kg	Willy Angst (SUI) L F 5.40	Kálmán Sóvári (HUN) L 1–2	—				13	Did not advance
August Neo	−87 kg	Knut Fridell (SWE) L 0–3	Ede Virág-Ébner (HUN) W F 9.22	Ray Clemons (USA) W F 8.09	Paul Dätwyler (SUI) W 3–0	Erich Siebert (GER) W 3–0	—	2	Erich Siebert (GER) W 3–0
Kristjan Palusalu	+87 kg	Josef Klapuch (TCH) W F 10.50	Robert Herland (FRA) W F 6.45	Mehmet Çoban (TUR) W 3–0	Werner Bürki (SUI) W F 6.15	Hjalmar Nyström (FIN) W 3–0	BYE	1	Hjalmar Nyström (FIN) W 3–0

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool							Final round
		Round 1 Result	Round 2 Result	Round 3 Result	Round 4 Result	Round 5 Result	Round 6 Result	Rank	Final round Result	Rank
Evald Sikk	−56 kg	Dante Bertoli (ITA) L 0–3	Josef Buemberger (AUT) W F 12.30	Ali Erfan (EGY) W 3–0	Márton Lõrincz (HUN) W 3–0	—		6	Did not advance
Voldemar Väli	−66 kg	Arild Dahl (NOR) W F 4.53	Heinrich Nettesheim (GER) W 3–0	Saim Arikan (TUR) W 3–0	Zbigniew Szajewski (POL) W F 15:21	Herbert Olofsson (SWE) W F 13.14	Lauri Koskela (FIN) L 1–2	3	Jozef Herda (TCH) L 0–3
Edgar Puusepp	−72 kg	Fritz Schäfer (GER) L 0–3	Gyula Vincze (HUN) W F 13.40	Jean de Feu (BEL) W F 6.58	Rudolf Svedberg (SWE) L 0–3	—		4	Did not advance
Voldemar Mägi	−79 kg	Väinö Kokkinen (FIN) L 1–2	Ercole Gallegati (ITA) L 0–3	—				11	Did not advance
August Neo	−87 kg	BYE	Axel Cadier (SWE) L 0–3	Franz Foidl (AUT) W F 4.59	Umberto Silvestri (ITA) W F 12.19	Edvīns Bietags (LAT) L 1–2	—	3	Did not advance
Kristjan Palusalu	+87 kg	Eduard Schöll (AUT) W F 8.41	Zoltán Kondorossy (ROU) W F 10.36	John Nyman (SWE) W 3–0	Mehmet Çoban (TUR) W 3–0	Kurt Hornfischer (GER) W 3–0	BYE	1	Kurt Hornfischer (GER) W 3–0