Sled dog race at the 1932 Winter Olympics

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A sled dog race was included as a demonstration event at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid. 5 contestants from Canada and 7 contestants from the United States competed. The event, run under the rules of the New England Sled Dog Club, ran twice over a 25.1 mile (40.5 km) long course. With six dogs per sled, each sled took off at three minute intervals, and intermediate times were given to the mushers at 4 miles (6.44km), 10.6 miles (17.06 km), and 22.46 miles (36.14km).

Place Driver Race #1 Race #2 Total
1 Canada Emile St. Godard (CAN) 2:12:05.0 2:11:07.5 4:23:12.5
2 United States Leonhard Seppala (USA) 2:13:34.3 2:17:27.5 4:31:01.8
3 Canada Shorty Russick (CAN) 2:26:22.4 2:21:22.2 4:47:44.6
4 Canada Harry Wheeler (CAN) 2:33:19.1 2:29:35.0 5:02:54.1
5 United States Roger Haines (USA) 2:34:56.0 2:31:31.3 5:06:27.3
6 Canada Raymond Pouliot (CAN) 2:53:14.3 2:52:21.5 5:45:35.8
7 Canada Jack Defalco (CAN) 2:53:49.5 2:55:50.1 5:49:39.6
8 United States Stuart Belknap (USA) 2:57:14.0 2:57:08.5 5:54:22.5
9 United States Henry Murphy (USA) 2:42:49.4 3:15:24.1 5:58:13.5
10 United States Dexter Sears (USA) 3:00:21.7 3:01:49.5 6:02:11.2
11 United States Norman D. Vaughan (USA) 3:24:10.0 3:49:46.0 7:13:56.0
12 United States Mrs. Milton Seeley (USA) 3:28:01.7 3:46:45.0 7:14:46.7

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