Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics
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At the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, 29 athletics events were contested, 23 for men and 6 for women. It was the first time the 50 km walk appeared in the men's athletics at the Games. This was only the second time women's events in athletics were included in the Olympic Games program and was the first time that the javelin became a women's Olympic event.
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[edit] Medal summary
[edit] Men's events
[edit] Women's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 100 metres |  Stanisława WalasiewiczPoland (POL) |
 Hilda StrikeCanada (CAN) |
 Wilhelmina von BremenUnited States (USA) |
| 80 metre hurdles | Babe Didrikson United States (USA) |
Evelyne Hall United States (USA) |
 Marjorie ClarkSouth Africa (RSA) |
| 4×100 metre relay | United States (USA) Mary Carew Evelyn Furtsch Annette Rogers Wilhelmina von Bremen |
Canada (CAN) Mary Frizzell Mildred Fizzell Lillian Palmer Hilda Strike |
 Great Britain (GBR)Nellie Halstead Eileen Hiscock Gwendoline Porter Violet Webb |
| High jump | Jean Shiley United States (USA) |
Babe Didrikson United States (USA) |
Eva Dawes Canada (CAN) |
| Discus throw | Lillian Copeland United States (USA) |
Ruth Osburn United States (USA) |
Jadwiga Wajsourna Poland (POL) |
| Javelin throw | Babe Didrikson United States (USA) |
 Ellen BraumüllerGermany (GER) |
Tilly Fleischer Germany (GER) |
[edit] Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States (USA) |
16 | 13 | 6 | 35 |
| 2 |  Finland (FIN) |
3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | Poland (POL) |
2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 |  Ireland (IRL) |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Great Britain (GBR) |
1 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | Canada (CAN) |
1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 7 |  Japan (JPN) |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 |  Italy (ITA) |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 |  Argentina (ARG) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Germany (GER) |
0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 11 |  Sweden (SWE) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Latvia (LAT) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 |  Czechoslovakia (TCH) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 France (FRA) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Philippines (PHI) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| South Africa (RSA) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
[edit] References
| Events at the 1932 Summer Olympics (Los Angeles) |
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| American football (demostration) • Athletics • Boxing • Cycling • Diving • Equestrian • Fencing • Gymnastics • Hockey • Lacrosse (demostration) • Modern pentathlon • Rowing • Sailing • Shooting • Swimming • Water polo • Weightlifting • Wrestling |
| Athletics at the Summer Olympics |  |
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| 1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 See also: List of Olympic medalists in athletics (men) and List of Olympic medalists in athletics (women) |
