New Zealand at the 1932 Summer Olympics

New Zealand at the Olympic Games
Flag of New Zealand IOC code  NZL NOC New Zealand Olympic Committee Website www.olympic.org.nz
At the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles
Competitors	21 in 4 sports
Flag bearer	John Macdonald (rower)
Medals Rank: 22	Gold 0	Silver 1	Bronze 0	Total 1
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
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Winter Games
1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

The New Zealand rowing team at the 1932 Summer Olympics

New Zealand competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. The team of 21 was New Zealand's largest to date and comprised 11 rowers, 6 athletes, 3 boxers and 1 cyclist. The officials were: Manager, P N Rundle; Boxing and Athletic coach, W J Heenan; Rowing coach C A Healey.

An innovation was the daily one-hour radio report on the Olympics for New Zealand and Australia by the film actress from New Zealand, Nola Luxford.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
02 ! Silver	Cyril Stiles Fred Thompson	Rowing	Men's coxless pair	August 13

Results and competitors by event

Athletics

• Stuart Black
• Allan Elliot
• Cyril Evans
• Thelma Kench
• Jack Lovelock
• Billy Savidan

Boxing

• Bert Lowe
• Bob Purdie
• Harold Thomas

Cycling

• Ron Foubister

Rowing

• George Cooke
• Somers Cox
• Delmont Gullery (Coxswain)
• Laurie Jackson
• John Macdonald
• Noel Pope
• Bert Sandos
• Charles Saunders
• John Solomon
• Cyril Stiles
• Fred Thompson

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database