Games of the X Olympiad | |
Host city | Los Angeles, California, USA |
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Nations participating | 37 |
Athletes participating | 1,332 (1,206 men, 126 women) |
Events | 116 in 14 sports |
Opening ceremony | July 30 |
Closing ceremony | August 14 |
Officially opened by | Vice President Charles Curtis |
Athlete's Oath | George Calnan |
Stadium | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum |
The 1932 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the X Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States. No other cities made a bid to host these Olympics. Held during the worldwide Great Depression, many nations and athletes were unable to pay for the trip to Los Angeles. Fewer than half the participants of the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam returned to compete in 1932. U.S. President Herbert Hoover did not attend the Games, becoming the first sitting head of government not to appear at an Olympics hosted in that country.[1]
The organizing committee put no record of the finances of the Games in their report, though contemporary newspapers reported that the Games had made a profit of US$1,000,000.[1]
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See the medal winners, ordered by sport:
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A total of 37 nations were represented at the 1932 Games. Colombia and the Republic of China (with a single athlete) made their first appearance at the Olympic Games.
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These are the top ten nations that won medals at these Games.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States (host nation) | 600 | 32 | 30 | 103 |
2 | Italy | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 |
3 | France | 10 | 5 | 4 | 19 |
4 | Sweden | 9 | 5 | 9 | 23 |
5 | Japan | 7 | 7 | 4 | 18 |
6 | Hungary | 6 | 4 | 5 | 15 |
7 | Finland | 5 | 8 | 12 | 25 |
8 | Great Britain | 4 | 7 | 5 | 16 |
9 | Germany | 3 | 12 | 5 | 20 |
10 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Preceded by Amsterdam |
Summer Olympic Games Los Angeles X Olympiad (1932) |
Succeeded by Berlin |
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