The 1932 Winter Olympics, officially known as the III Olympic Winter Games,Official Report of the 1932 Olympic Games, p. 9. were a winter multi-sport event held in Lake Placid, New York, United States, from February 4 to February 15, 1932. A total of 252 athletes representing 17 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in these Games. Overall, 14 events in 7 disciplines were contested.
The Olympic program remained similar to previous Winter Olympics, with only a few exceptions. Both men and women competed in these Games.Official Report of the 1932 Olympic Games, pp. 26, 213–223. Warm weather forced officials to hold the four-man bobsleigh competition two days after the closing ceremonies, which had been conducted on February 13.Official Report of the 1932 Olympic Games, p. 263.
A total of 87 athletes won medals. Athletes from the United States earned the most medals during the Games, winning 12 medals, half of which were gold. Athletes from Norway and Canada won the second and third most medals, with 10 and 7 respectively. Athletes from 10 participating NOCs won at least one medal; 7 won at least one gold medal.
Sonja Henie of Norway won her second consecutive gold medal in the ladies' individual figure skating competition. Andrée Brunet and Pierre Brunet of France won their third consecutive medal in pairs figure skating, having won bronze in Chamonix before golds in St. Moritz and Lake Placid. In the men's event, Austrian figure skater Karl Schäfer beat out three-time Olympic champion Gillis Grafström of Sweden. American Edward Eagan became the first athlete to win medals at both Summer and Winter Olympics; he had won a gold medal in light heavyweight boxing at the 1920 Summer Olympics and took home a gold in the four-man bobsleigh at Lake Placid. Although other athletes since have earned medals in both Summer and Winter Olympics, Eagan remains the only person to have won gold medals in both.
Bobsleigh
A number of athletes may have served as alternates for the various teams in the bobsleigh events, although there is disagreement among sources as to whether they should be considered medal winners. They are listed in the International Olympic Committee's medalist database as having won medals for teams on which they were alternates. However, while they do appear in the Official Report of the 1932 Olympic Games on pages which list members of the teams, their names are not mentioned in the pages that list winners of the events. This list only includes those athletes who were listed in the Official Report as winners of the events.Official Report of the 1932 Olympic Games, pp. 245–246. Two-manUSA IHubert StevensCurtis StevensSwitzerland IIReto CapadruttOscar GeierUSA IIJohn HeatonRobert Minton Four-man USA IBilly FiskeEdward EaganClifford GreyJay O'Brien USA IIHenry HomburgerPercy BryantFrancis StevensEdmund Horton Germany IHanns KilianMax LudwigHans MehlhornSebastian Huber
Cross-country skiing
18 km 50 km
Figure skating
Men's singles Ladies' singlesPairsAndrée BrunetPierre BrunetBeatrix LoughranSherwin BadgerEmília RotterLászló Szollás
Ice hockey
Men's teamWilliam CockburnClifford CrowleyAlbert DuncansonGeorge GarbuttRoy HenkelVic LindquistNorman MalloyWalter MonsonKenneth MooreRomeo RiversHack SimpsonHugh SutherlandStanley WagnerAlston WiseOsborne AndersonJohnny BentJohn ChaseJohn CookmanDouglas EverettFranklin FarrelJoseph FitzgeraldEdwin FrazierJohn GarrisonGerard HallockRobert LivingstonFrancis NelsonWinthrop PalmerGordon SmithRudi BallAlfred HeinrichErich HerkerGustav JaeneckeWerner KorffWalter LeinweberErich RömerMartin SchröttleMarquardt SlevogtGeorg Strobl
Nordic combined
Men's individual
Ski jumping
Men's individual
Speed skating
500 metres 1500 metres 5000 metres 10000 metres
Statistics
Multiple medalists Athletes who won multiple medals during the 1932 Winter Olympics are listed below. Athlete Nation SportGoldSilverBronze TotalSpeed skating 2 0 0 2Speed skating 2 0 0 2Cross-country skiing 1 0 1 2Speed skating 0 1 1 2Speed skating 0 0 2 2
See also 1932 Winter Olympics medal table
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