Estonia at the 1920 Summer Olympics

Estonia at the
1920 Summer Olympics
IOC codeEST
NOCEstonian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.eok.ee (in Estonian)
in Antwerp
Competitors14 (men) in 3 sports
Flag bearerHarald Tammer
Medals
Ranked 14th
Gold
1
Silver
2
Bronze
0
Total
3
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Russian Empire (1908–1912)
 Soviet Union (1952–1988)

Estonia competed as an independent country 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 the games. Representatives were Ado Anderkopp, Leopold Tõnson, William Fiskar and Karl Metti.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Alfred Neuland Weightlifting Lightweight
 Silver Jüri Lossmann Athletics Men's Marathon
 Silver Alfred Schmidt Weightlifting Featherweight

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Eduard Hermann 3000 m walk — Disqualified Did not advance
10 km walk — Disqualified Did not advance
Jüri Lossmann 10,000 m — Did not finish Did not advance
Marathon — 2:32.48,6 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Reinhold Saulmann 100 m Did not start Did not advance
200 m 25.4 5 Did not advance
400 m 52.4 3 Did not advance
Johannes Villemson 800 m — 2.00.2 NR 6 Did not advance
1500 m — Disqualified Did not advance
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Aleksander Klumberg Javelin Throw 59.03 6 Q 62.39 5
Johann Martin Pole vault NM Did not advance
Harald Tammer Shot put 13.605 6 Q 13.605 6
Combined events – Men's Pentathlon
Athlete Event LJ JT 200 m DT 1500 m Final Rank
Aleksander Klumberg Result 6.25 60.76m 25,3 38.62 DNS 29 8
Points 10 1 15 3 0
Combined events – Men's decathlon
Athlete Event 100 m LJ SP HJ 400 m 100H DT PV JT 1500 m Final Rank
Aleksander Klumberg Result 12.4 6.21 11.61 1.70 56.2 18.0 35.91 3.10 NM DNS DNF
Points 571.6 659.450 627 678 699.20 715.0 646.60 541 0 —

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Result Result
Alfred Schmidt -60,0 kg 55.0 65.0 90.0 212,5 Silver
Karl Kõiv 45.0 60.0 85.0 190 7
Alfred Neuland -67,5 kg 72.5 75.0 110.0 257,5 Gold

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1920 Summer Olympics

Greco-Roman

Men's
Athlete Event First round Second round Quarterfinal Semifinal Third round Fourth round Fifth round Final Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Eduard Pütsep Featherweight  Dierickx (BEL)
W 		 Olsen (NOR)
W 		 Beránek (TCH)
W 		 Kähkönen (FIN)
L 		—  Torgensen (DEN)
L 		Did not advance 6
Mihkel Müller Middleweight  Notaris (GRE)
L 		Did not advance 17
Herman Kruusenberg Light heavyweight BYE  Tetens (DEN)
L 		Did not advance 16
Artur Kukk Heavyweight BYE  Dame (FRA)
L 		Did not advance 16

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