The 1932 Summer Olympics, referred to by the International Olympic Committee as the Games of the X Olympiad, were held in Los Angeles, California, United States, from July 30 through August 14, 1932.
A total of individual athletes won medals. Athletes from the United States were the most successful, winning 103 medals during the games, 41 of which were gold. Italy and Finland, won the second and third most medals, with 36 and 25 respectively. France finished third in the gold medal count (behind Italy and the United States) having achieved 10 golds in their haul of 19 medals.
Medals were awarded in a total of 116 events across 16 sports. In addition, American football and lacrosse were held as demonstration events.
Athletics
Men's 100m Men's 200m Men's 400m Men's 800m Men's 1500m Men's 5000m Men's 10000m Men's 110m hurdles Men's 400m hurdles Men's 3000m steeplechase Men's 4 × 100 m relay Bob KieselHector DyerEmmett ToppinoFrank Wykoff Friedrich HendrixErich BorchmeyerArthur JonathHelmut Körnig Giuseppe CastelliGabriele SalviatiRuggero MaregattiEdgardo Toetti Men's 4 × 400 m relay Ivan FuquaEd AblowichKarl WarnerBill Carr Crew StoneleyTommy HampsonDavid BurghleyGodfrey Rampling James BallRay LewisPhil EdwardsAlex Wilson Men's 50 km walk Men's marathon Men's long jump Men's triple jump Men's high jump Men's pole vault Men's shot put Men's discus throw Men's hammer throw Men's javelin throw Men's decathlon Women's 100m Women's 4 × 100 m relay Mary CarewEvelyn FurtschAnnette RogersWilhelmina von Bremen Mary FrizzellMildred FizzellLillian PalmerHilda Strike Nellie HalsteadEileen HiscockGwendoline PorterViolet Webb Women's 80m hurdles Women's high jump Women's discus throw Women's javelin throw
Boxing
Flyweight(-50.8 kg / 112 lb) Bantamweight(-53.5 kg / 118 lb) Featherweight(-57.2 kg / 126 lb) Lightweight(-61.2 kg / 135 lb) Welterweight(-66.7 kg / 147 lb) Middleweight(-72.6 kg / 160 lb) Light heavyweight(-79.4 kg / 175 lb) Heavyweight(over 79.4 kg/175 lb)
Cycling
Individual time trial Team time trial Giuseppe Olmo Attilio Pavesi Guglielmo Segato Henry Leo Nielsen Frode Sørensen Arne Berg Bernhard Britz Sven Höglund 1000m time trial Sprint Tandem Louis ChaillotMaurice Perrin Ernest ChambersStanley Chambers Harald ChristensenWilly Gervin Team pursuit Paolo PedrettiNino BorsariMarco CimattiAlberto Ghilardi Henri MouillefarinePaul ChocqueAmédée FournierRené Legrèves Frank SouthallWilliam HarvellCharles HollandErnest Johnson
Diving
Men 3 metre springboard 10 metre platform
Women 3 metre springboard10 metre platform
Equestrian
Individual dressage Team dressageXavier Lesage and Taine Charles Marion and Linon André Jousseaume and SoreltaBertil Sandström and Kreta Thomas Byström and Gulliver Gustaf Adolf Boltenstern, Jr. and IngoHiram Tuttle and Olympic Isaac Kitts and American Lady Alvin Moore and Water Pat Individual eventing Team eventing Earl Foster Thomson and Jenny Camp Harry Chamberlin and Pleasant Smiles Edwin Argo and Honolulu Tomboy Charles Pahud de Mortanges and Marcroix Karel Schummelketel and Duiveltje Aernout van Lennep and Henk No Bronze awarded Individual jumping Note:The scheduled team jumping event was declared void as no nation completed the course with three riders
Fencing
Men's épée Men's team épée Fernand JourdantBernard SchmetzGeorges TainturierGeorges BuchardJean PiotPhilippe CattiauSaverio RagnoGiancarlo Cornaggia MediciFranco RiccardiCarlo AgostoniRenzo MinoliGeorge Charles CalnanGustave Marinius HeissFrank Stahl Jr. RigheimerTracy JaeckelCurtis Charles ShearsMiguel Angel De Capriles Men's foil Men's team foilEdward GardèreRené BondouxRené BougnolRené LemoinePhilippe CattiauJean PiotGiulio GaudiniGustavo MarziUgo PignottiGioachino GuaragnaRodolfo TerlizziGiorgio PessinaGeorge Charles CalnanRichard Clarke SteereJoseph L. LevisDernell EveryHugh Vincent AlessandroniFrank Stahl Jr. Righeimer Men's sabre Men's team sabreEndre KabosAttila PetschauerErnő NagyGyula GlykaisGyörgy PillerAladár GerevichGustavo MarziGiulio GaudiniRenato AnselmiEmilio SalafiaArturo De VecchiUgo PignottiTadeusz FriedrichMarian SuskiWładysław DobrowolskiWładysław SegdaLeszek LubiczAdam Papée Women's foil
Field hockey
Men's tournamentRichard AllenMuhammad AslamLal BokhariFrank BrewinRichard CarrDhyan ChandLeslie HammondArthur HindSayed JaffarMasud MinhasBroome PinnigerGurmit Singh KullarRoop SinghWilliam SullivanCarlyle TapsellShunkichi HamadaJunzo InoharaSadayoshi KobayashiHaruhiko KonKenichi KonishiHiroshi NagataEiichi NakamuraYoshio SakaiKatsumi ShibataAkio SohdaToshio UsamiWilliam BoddingtonHarold BrewsterRoy CoffinAmos DeaconHorace DisstonSamuel EwingJames GentleHenry GreerLawrence KnappDavid McMullinLeonard O'BrienCharles SheafferFrederick Wolters
Gymnastics
All-Around, Individual All-Around, TeamOreste CapuzzoSavino GuglielmettiMario LertoraRomeo NeriFranco TogniniFrank HauboldFrank CumiskeyAl JochimFred MeyerMichael SchulerMauri Nyberg-NoromaIlmari PakarinenHeikki SavolainenEinari TeräsvirtaMartti Uosikkinen Floor Horizontal bar Indian clubs Parallel bars Pommel horse Rings Rope climbing Tumbling Vault
Modern pentathlon
Men's
Rowing
single scullsdouble scullsKen MyersWilliam GilmoreHerbert BuhtzGerhard BoetzelenCharles PrattNoël de Millecoxless pairsLewis CliveHugh EdwardsCyril StilesRangi ThompsonHenryk BudzińskiJan Mikołajczakcoxed pairsJoseph SchauersCharles KiefferEdward JenningsJerzy BraunJanusz ŚlązakJerzy SkolimowskiAnselme BrusaAndré GiriatPierre Brunetcoxless fourJohn BadcockHugh EdwardsJack BeresfordRowland GeorgeKarl AletterErnst GaberWalter FlinschHans MaierAntonio GhiardelloFrancesco CossuGiliante D'EsteAntonio Garzoni Provenzanicoxed fourHans EllerHorst HoeckWalter MeyerJoachim SprembergCarlheinz NeumannBruno VattovazGiovanni PlazzerRiccardo DivoraBruno ParovelGuerrino ScherJerzy BraunJanusz ŚlązakStanisław UrbanEdward KobylińskiJerzy SkolimowskieightEdwin SalisburyJames BlairDuncan GreggDavid DunlapBurton JastramCharles ChandlerHarold TowerWinslow HallNorris GrahamVittorio CioniMario BalleriRenato BracciDino BarsottiRoberto VestriniGuglielmo Del BimboEnrico GarzelliRenato BarbieriCesare MilaniEarl EastwoodJoseph HarrisStanley StanyarHarry FryCedric LiddellWilliam ThoburnDon BoalAlbert TaylorLes MacDonald
Sailing
Snowbird Star JupiterGilbert GrayAndrew LibanoJoyGeorge Colin RatseyPeter JaffeSwedisk StarGunnar AstherDaniel Sundén-Cullberg6 metre BissbiTore HolmMartin HindorffOlle ÅkerlundÅke BergqvistGallantRobert CarlsonTemple AshbrookFrederic ConantCharles SmithDonald Wills Douglas, Jr.Emmett DavisCapricePhilip RogersGerald WilsonGardner BoultbeeKenneth Glass8 metre AngelitaJohn BibyWilliam CooperCarl DorseyOwen ChurchillRobert SuttonPierpont DavisAlan MorganAlphonse BurnandThomas WebsterJohn HuettnerRichard MooreKenneth CareySanta MariaErnest CribbHarry JonesPeter GordonHubert WallaceRonald MaitlandGeorge Gylesnone awarded
Shooting
25 metre rapid fire pistol 50 metre rifle prone
Swimming
Men 100 m freestyle 400 m freestyle 1500 m freestyle 100 m backstroke 200 m breaststroke freestyle relay Yasuji MiyazakiHisakichi ToyodaTakashi YokoyamaMasanori Yusa Frank BoothGeorge FisslerMaiola KaliliManuella Kalili István BárányLászló SzabadosAndrás SzékelyAndrás Wanié
Women 100 m freestyle 400 m freestyle 100 m backstroke 200 m breaststroke freestyle relay Helen JohnsHelene MadisonJosephine McKimEleanor Saville Corrie LaddéWilly den OudenPuck OverslootMaria Vierdag Joyce CooperValerie DaviesEdna HughesHelen Varcoe
Water polo
Men's tournament István BartaGyörgy BródyOlivér HalassyMárton HomonnaiSándor IvádyAlajos KeserűFerenc KeserűJános NémethMiklós SárkányJózsef Vértesy Emil BeneckeOtto CordesHans EcksteinFritz GunstErich RademacherJoachim RademacherHans SchulzeHeiko Schwartz Austin ClappPhilip DaubenspeckCharles FinnCharles McCallisterWally O'ConnorCal StrongHerbert Wildman
Weightlifting
Featherweight–60 kg Lightweight–67.5 kg Middleweight–75 kg Light-heavyweight–82.5 kg Heavyweight+82.5 kg
Wrestling
Greco-Roman Bantamweight(- 56 kg) Featherweight(- 61 kg) Lightweight(- 66 kg) Welterweight(- 72 kg) Middleweight(- 79 kg) Light Heavyweight(- 87 kg) Heavyweight(+ 87 kg)
Freestyle Bantamweight (- 56 kg) Featherweight(- 61 kg) Lightweight(- 66 kg) Welterweight(- 72 kg) Middleweight(- 79 kg) Light Heavyweight(- 87 kg) Heavyweight(+ 87 kg)
Statistics
Medal leaders Athletes who won multiple medals during the 1932 Winter Olympics are listed below.
Athlete Nation SportGoldSilverBronze Total
See also 1932 Summer Olympics medal table
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