Swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics

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At the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, 11 swimming events were contested, six for men and five for women.

Contents 1 Medal summary 1.1 Men's events 1.2 Women's events 2 Medal table 3 References

[edit] Medal summary

[edit] Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Yasuji Miyazaki Japan (JPN)	58.2	Tatsugo Kawaishi Japan (JPN)	58.6	Albert Schwartz United States (USA)	58.8
400 m freestyle	Buster Crabbe United States (USA)	4:48.4	Jean Taris France (FRA)	4:48.5	Tsutomu Oyokota Japan (JPN)	4:52.3
1500 m freestyle	Kusuo Kitamura Japan (JPN)	19:12.4	Shozo Makino Japan (JPN)	19:14.1	James Cristy United States (USA)	19:39.5
100 m backstroke	Masaji Kiyokawa Japan (JPN)	1:08.6	Toshio Irie Japan (JPN)	1:09.8	Kentaro Kawatsu Japan (JPN)	1:10.0
200 m breaststroke	Tsuruta Yoshiyuki Japan (JPN)	2:45.4	Reizo Koike Japan (JPN)	2:46.6	Teofilo Yldefonso Philippines (PHI)	2:47.1
4×200 m freestyle relay	Japan (JPN) Hisakichi Toyoda Masanori Yusa Yasuji Miyazaki Takashi Yokoyama	8:58.4	United States (USA) George Fissler Frank Booth Manuella Kalili Maiola Kalili	9:10.5	Hungary (HUN) András Wanié András Székely István Bárány László Szabados	9:31.4

[edit] Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Helene Madison United States (USA)	1:06.8	Willy den Ouden Netherlands (NED)	1:07.8	Eleanor Saville United States (USA)	1:09.3
400 m freestyle	Helene Madison United States (USA)	5:28.5	Lenore Kight United States (USA)	5:28.6	Jenny Maakal South Africa (RSA)	5:47.3
100 m backstroke	Eleanor Holm United States (USA)	1:19.4	Bonnie Mealing Australia (AUS)	1:21.3	Elizabeth Davies Great Britain (GBR)	1:22.5
200 m breaststroke	Clare Dennis Australia (AUS)	3:06.3	Hideko Maehata Japan (JPN)	3:06.4	Else Jacobsen Denmark (DEN)	3:07.1
4×100 m freestyle relay	United States (USA) Helen Johns Eleanor Saville Josephine McKim Helene Madison	4:38.0	Netherlands (NED) Willy den Ouden Puck Oversloot Corrie Laddé Maria Vierdag	4:47.5	Great Britain (GBR) Margaret Cooper Elizabeth Davies Edna Hughes Helen Varcoe	4:52.4

[edit] Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan (JPN)	5	5	2	12
2	United States (USA)	5	2	3	10
3	Australia (AUS)	1	1	0	2
4	Netherlands (NED)	0	2	0	2
5	France (FRA)	0	1	0	1
6	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	2	2
7	Denmark (DEN)	0	0	1	1
	Hungary (HUN)	0	0	1	1
	Philippines (PHI)	0	0	1	1
	South Africa (RSA)	0	0	1	1

[edit] References

• Olympic Medal Winners. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 2007-01-26.

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