1932 Summer Olympics

Games of the X Olympiad

Host city Los Angeles, California, USA
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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Highlights

Nishi with Olympic steed, Uranus

Medals awarded

See the medal winners, ordered by sport:

  • Athletics
  • Boxing
  • Cycling
  • Diving
  • Equestrian
  • Fencing
  • Gymnastics
  • Hockey
  • Modern pentathlon
  • Rowing
  • Sailing
  • Shooting
  • Swimming
  • Water polo
  • Weightlifting
  • Wrestling

Demonstration sports

Participating nations

participants

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.

  • Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
  • Flag of Australia.svg Australia
  • Flag of Austria.svg Austria
  • Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
  • Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg Brazil
  • Flag of Canada 1921.svg Canada
  • Flag of the Republic of China.svg Republic of China
  • Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia
  • Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Czechoslovakia
  • Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
  • Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia
  • Flag of Finland.svg Finland
  • Flag of France.svg France
  • Flag of Germany (2-3).svg Germany
  • Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
  • Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg Greece
  • Flag of Haiti (civil).svg Haiti
  • Civil Ensign of Hungary.svg Hungary
  • India-Viceroy-1885.svg India
  • Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland
  • Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Italy
  • Flag of Japan - variant.svg Japan
  • Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia
  • Flag of Mexico (1917-1934).png Mexico
  • Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
  • Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
  • Flag of Norway.svg Norway
  • Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Philippines
  • Flag of Poland.svg Poland
  • Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal
  • Flag of South Africa 1928-1994.svg South Africa
  • Flag of the Second Spanish Republic.svg Spain
  • Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
  • Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland
  • US flag 48 stars.svg United States
  • Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay
  • Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (civil).svg Yugoslavia

Medal count

Main article: 1932 Summer Olympics medal count

These are the top ten nations that won medals at these Games.

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 US flag 48 stars.svg United States (host nation) 600 32 30 103
2 Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Italy 12 12 12 36
3 Flag of France.svg France 10 5 4 19
4 Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 9 5 9 23
5 Flag of Japan - variant.svg Japan 7 7 4 18
6 Civil Ensign of Hungary.svg Hungary 6 4 5 15
7 Flag of Finland.svg Finland 5 8 12 25
8 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 4 7 5 16
9 Flag of Germany (2-3).svg Germany 3 12 5 20
10 Flag of Australia.svg Australia 3 1 1 5

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Zarnowski, C. Frank (Summer 1992). "A Look at Olympic Costs". Citius, Altius, Fortius 1 (1): 16–32. http://www.aafla.org/SportsLibrary/JOH/JOHv1n1/JOHv1n1f.pdf. Retrieved on 2007-03-24. 
  2. 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Athlete's Village in the Baldwin Hills, Accessed November 12, 2007.
  3. Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, National Landmarks Program, National Park Service, Accessed November 12, 2007.

External links

Preceded by
Amsterdam
Summer Olympic Games
Los Angeles

X Olympiad (1932)
Succeeded by
Berlin