Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics
Los Angeles Olympic Stadium
| Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics  | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Track events | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | |||
| 400 m | men | |||
| 800 m | men | |||
| 1500 m | men | |||
| 5000 m | men | |||
| 10,000 m | men | |||
| 80 m hurdles | women | |||
| 110 m hurdles | men | |||
| 400 m hurdles | men | |||
| 3000 m steeple | men | |||
| 4×100 m relay | men | women | ||
| 4×400 m relay | men | |||
| Road events | ||||
| Marathon | men | |||
| 50 km walk | men | |||
| Field events | ||||
| Long jump | men | |||
| Triple jump | men | |||
| High jump | men | women | ||
| Pole vault | men | |||
| Shot put | men | |||
| Discus throw | men | women | ||
| Javelin throw | men | women | ||
| Hammer throw | men | |||
| Combined events | ||||
| Decathlon | men | |||
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 kilometres race 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 the first time that women competed in the javelin throw at the Olympics. There was a total of 386 participants from 34 countries competing.
Paavo Nurmi from Finland was suspended one week before the Games by the IAAF for accepting payments in excess of his expenses for an exhibition tour (i.e. for "professionalism").
The athletics events took place at Los Angeles Olympic Stadium, now the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
Medal summary
Men
- ↑ 460 metres over distance owing to error by lap-counting official.
Women
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres |
 Stanisława WalasiewiczPoland (POL) | 11.9 |  Hilda StrikeCanada (CAN) | 11.9 |  Wilhelmina von BremenUnited States (USA) | 12.0 |
| 80 metres hurdles |
Babe Didrikson United States (USA) | 11.7 | Evelyne Hall United States (USA) | 11.7 |  Marjorie ClarkSouth Africa (RSA) | 11.8 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay |
United States (USA) Mary Carew Evelyn Furtsch Annette Rogers Wilhelmina von Bremen | 47.0 | Canada (CAN) Mary Frizzel Mildred Fizzell Lillian Palmer Hilda Strike | 47.0 |  Great Britain (GBR)Nellie Halstead Eileen Hiscock Gwendoline Porter Violet Webb | 47.6 |
| High jump |
Jean Shiley United States (USA) | 1.65 m | Babe Didrikson United States (USA) | 1.65 m | Eva Dawes Canada (CAN) | 1.60 m |
| Discus throw |
Lillian Copeland United States (USA) | 40.58 m | Ruth Osburn United States (USA) | 40.12 m | Jadwiga Wajs Poland (POL) | 38.74 m |
| Javelin throw |
Babe Didrikson United States (USA) | 43.68 m | .svg.png){kind=small} Ellen BraumüllerGermany (GER) | 43.49 m | Tilly Fleischer Germany (GER) | 43.00 m |
Record broken
Of the 29 events competed new Olympic records were set in all but three: men's long jump, high jump and hammer throw. World records were set in 10 events.
Men's world records
| Event | Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 400 metres | 5 August | Final | Bill Carr | United States | 46.2 |
| 800 metres | 2 August | Final | Tommy Hampson | Great Britain | 1:49.8 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | 7 August | Final | Bob Kiesel Hector Dyer Emmett Toppino Frank Wykoff | United States | 40.0 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | 7 August | Final | Ivan Fuqua Edgar Ablowich Karl Warner Bill Carr | United States | 3:08.2 |
| Triple jump | 4 August | Final | Chuhei Nambu | .svg.png){kind=small} Japan | 15.72 m |
| Decathlon | 6 August | Final | James Bausch | United States | 8462.235 |
Women's world records
| Event | Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres | 1 August | Heats | Stanisława Walasiewicz | Poland | 11.9 |
| 80 metres hurdles | 4 August | Final | Babe Didrikson | United States | 11.7 |
| Evelyne Hall | United States | ||||
| 4 × 100 metres relay | 7 August | Final | Mary Carew Evelyn Furtsch Annette Rogers Wilhelmina von Bremen | United States | 47.0 |
| Mary Frizzel Mildred Fizzell Lillian Palmer Hilda Strike | Canada | ||||
| High jump | 7 August | Final | Jean Shiley | United States | 1.65 m |
| Babe Didrikson | United States |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States (USA) | 16 | 13 | 6 | 35 |
| 2 |  Finland (FIN) | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | Poland (POL) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 |  Ireland (IRL) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 7 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | .svg.png){kind=small} 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 | .svg.png){kind=small} Philippines (PHI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
References
- International Olympic Committee results database
- 1932 Summer Olympics results: athletics, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-03-09.
- Official report
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