Estonia at the 1920 Summer Olympics

Estonia at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  EST
NOC Eesti Olümpiakomitee
Website www.eok.ee (Estonian)
At the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp
Competitors 14 (men) in 3 sports
Flag bearer Harald Tammer
Medals
Rank: 14		 Gold
1		 Silver
2		 Bronze
0		 Total
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Estonia competed as a nation for the first time at the Summer Olympic Games at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. Estonia sent 14 athletes and 4 representatives to those games.Representatives were Ado Anderkopp, Leopold Tõnson, William Fiskar and Karl Metti.

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Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Neuland, AlfredAlfred Neuland Weightlifting Lightweight
 Silver Lossmann, JüriJüri Lossmann Athletics Men's Marathon
 Silver Schmidt, AlfredAlfred Schmidt Weightlifting Featherweight

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics

Men's 100 Metres

  • Round 1 Heat 10: – dns (→ no ranking)

Men's 200 Metres

  • Round 1 Heat 10: – 5th 25,4s (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 Metres

  • Round 1 Heat 5: – 3rd 52,2s (51,6) NR (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 Metres

  • Round 1 Heat 4: – 6th 2.00,2 NR (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 Metres

  • Round 1 Heat 4: – 3rd 4.14,2 dsq (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

Athlete Event Time Rank
Jüri Lossmann Men's Marathon 2:32.48,6 2 ( Silver Medal)

Men's 3000 Metres Walk

  • First heat 1: – dsq (→ did not advance)

Men's 10000 Metres Walk

  • First heat 1: – dsq (→ did not advance)

Men's Pole Vault

  • Qualification – 3.30m (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

  • Final – 13.605m (→ 6th place)

Men's Javelin Throw

Rank Athlete,
country		 Best
result		 Overview by event (Qualification classification – Final classification. Best performance in each event shown in green)
1st trial 2nd trial
5th Aleksander Klumberg
 Estonia		 62.39m 59.03m 62.39m

Men's Pentathlon

Rank Athlete,
country		 Overall
points		 Overview by event (points on top, then result. Best performance in each event shown in green)
LJ JT 200 m DT 1500 m
8th Aleksander Klumberg
 Estonia		 29 10
6.25m		 1
60.76m		 15
25,3s		 3
38.62m		 0
DNS

Men's Decathlon

Rank Athlete,
country		 Overall
points		 Overview by event (points on top, then result. Best performance in each event shown in green)
100 m LJ SP HJ 400 m 110 mh DT PV JT 1500 m
DNF Aleksander Klumberg
 Estonia		 5137,85 571.6
12.4s		 659.450
6.21m		 627
11.61m		 678
1.70m		 699.20
56.2s		 715.0
18.0s		 646.60
35.91m		 541
3.10m		 0 0

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Alfred Schmidt -60,0 kg 212,5 kg 2nd ( Silver Medal)
Karl Kõiv -60,0 kg 190,0 kg 7th
Alfred Neuland -67,5 kg 257,5 kg 1st ( Gold Medal)

Wrestling

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1920 Summer Olympics

Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight (60,0 kg)

  • First round – defeated Henri Dierickx  Belgium (BEL) with points.
  • Second round – defeated Wilhelm Olsen  Norway (NOR) with points.
  • Quarterfinal – defeated Josef Beránek  Czechoslovakia (TCH) with points.
  • Semifinal – lost to Heikki Kähkönen  Finland (FIN) with points.
  • Match to third place – lost to Aage Torgensen  Denmark (DEN) with points. (→ did not advance, 6th place)

Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight (75,0 kg)

  • First round – dsq against Sotirios Notaris  Greece (GRE) (→ did not advance)

Men's Greco-Roman Light heavyweight (82,5 kg)

  • First round – bye
  • Second round – lost to Axel Tetens  Denmark (DEN) with points. (→ did not advance)

Men's Greco-Roman Heavyweight (+82,5 kg)

  • First round – bye
  • Second round – lost to Edmond Dame  France (FRA) by fall. (→ did not advance)

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