List of 1932 Winter Olympics medal winners

A man and woman standing on an ice rink in figure skates and wearing matching sweaters
Sonja Henie of Norway and Karl Schäfer of Austria, the gold medal winners in ladies' and men's singles figure skating during the 1932 Olympic Games

The 1932 Winter Olympics, officially known as the III Olympic Winter Games,[1] were a winter multi-sport event held in Lake Placid, New York, United States, from February 4 to February 15, 1932. A total of 252 athletes representing 17 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in these Games. Overall, 14 events in 7 disciplines were contested.[2]

The Olympic program remained similar to previous Winter Olympics, with only a few exceptions: neither skeleton nor military patrol events were held; curling, which had appeared in the first Winter Olympic Games, was a non-medal demonstration sport in 1932, as were a sled dog race and women's speed skating.[2][3][4] Both men and women competed in these Games, although the only medal events women contested were the ladies' singles and pairs in figure skating.[5] Warm weather forced officials to hold the four-man bobsleigh competition two days after the closing ceremonies, which had been conducted on February 13.[6]

A total of 87 athletes won medals.[7] Athletes from the United States earned the most medals during the Games, winning 12 medals, half of which were gold. Athletes from Norway and Canada won the second and third most medals, with 10 and 7 respectively. Only four other nations—Sweden, Finland, Austria, and Germany—won medals in more than one event.[8] Athletes from 10 of the 17 participating NOCs won at least one medal; 7 won at least one gold medal.[8]

Sonja Henie of Norway won her second consecutive gold medal in the ladies' individual figure skating competition.[9] Andrée Brunet and Pierre Brunet of France won their third consecutive medal in pairs figure skating, having won bronze in Chamonix before golds in St. Moritz and Lake Placid.[10][11] In the men's event, Austrian figure skater Karl Schäfer beat out three-time Olympic champion Gillis Grafström of Sweden.[12] American Edward Eagan became the first athlete to win medals at both Summer and Winter Olympics; he had won a gold medal in light heavyweight boxing at the 1920 Summer Olympics and took home a gold in the four-man bobsleigh at Lake Placid. Although other athletes since have earned medals in both Summer and Winter Olympics, Eagan remains the only person to have won gold medals in both.[2][13]

Bobsleigh

Billy Fiske, gold medalist in the four-man bobsleigh event

A number of athletes may have served as alternates for the various teams in the bobsleigh events, although there is disagreement among sources as to whether they should be considered medal winners. They are listed in the International Olympic Committee's medalist database as having won medals for teams on which they were alternates.[14] However, while they do appear in the Official Report of the 1932 Olympic Games on pages which list members of the teams, their names are not mentioned in the pages that list winners of the events. This list only includes those athletes who were listed in the Official Report as winners of the events.[15]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Two-man
 United States (USA)[16]
USA I
Hubert Stevens
Curtis Stevens
 Switzerland (SUI)[17]
Switzerland II
Reto Capadrutt
Oscar Geier
 United States (USA)[16]
USA II
John Heaton
Robert Minton
Four-man
 United States (USA)[16]
USA I
Billy Fiske
Edward Eagan
Clifford Grey
Jay O'Brien
 United States (USA)[16]
USA II
Henry Homburger
Percy Bryant
Francis Stevens
Edmund Horton
 Germany (GER)[18]
Germany I
Hanns Kilian
Max Ludwig
Hans Mehlhorn
Sebastian Huber

Cross-country skiing

Event Gold Silver Bronze
18 km[19]
 Sven Utterström
Sweden (SWE)
 Axel Wikström
Sweden (SWE)
 Veli Saarinen
Finland (FIN)
50 km[20]
 Veli Saarinen
Finland (FIN)
 Väinö Liikkanen
Finland (FIN)
 Arne Rustadstuen
Norway (NOR)

Figure skating

A woman wearing a dress and gloves is skating on an ice rink
Maribel Vinson, bronze medal winner in ladies' singles at the 1932 Winter Olympics
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles[21]
 Karl Schäfer
Austria (AUT)
 Gillis Grafström
Sweden (SWE)
 Montgomery Wilson
Canada (CAN)
Ladies' singles[22]
 Sonja Henie
Norway (NOR)
 Fritzi Burger
Austria (AUT)
 Maribel Vinson
United States (USA)
Pairs
 France (FRA)[23]
Andrée Brunet
Pierre Brunet
 United States (USA)[24]
Beatrix Loughran
Sherwin Badger
 Hungary (HUN)[25]
Emília Rotter
László Szollás

Ice hockey

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's team
 Canada (CAN)[26]
William Cockburn
Clifford Crowley
Albert Duncanson
George Garbutt
Roy Henkel
Vic Lindquist
Norman Malloy
Walter Monson
Kenneth Moore
Romeo Rivers
Hack Simpson
Hugh Sutherland
Stanley Wagner
Alston Wise
 United States (USA)[27]
Osborne Anderson
Johnny Bent
John Chase
John Cookman
Douglas Everett
Franklin Farrel
Joseph Fitzgerald
Edwin Frazier
John Garrison
Gerard Hallock
Robert Livingston
Francis Nelson
Winthrop Palmer
Gordon Smith
 Germany (GER)[28]
Rudi Ball
Alfred Heinrich
Erich Herker
Gustav Jaenecke
Werner Korff
Walter Leinweber
Erich Römer
Martin Schröttle
Marquardt Slevogt
Georg Strobl

Nordic combined

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's individual[29]
 Johan Grøttumsbråten
Norway (NOR)
 Ole Stenen
Norway (NOR)
 Hans Vinjarengen
Norway (NOR)

Ski jumping

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's individual[30]
 Birger Ruud
Norway (NOR)
 Hans Beck
Norway (NOR)
 Kaare Wahlberg
Norway (NOR)

Speed skating

Event Gold Silver Bronze
500 metres[31]
 Jack Shea
United States (USA)
 Bernt Evensen
Norway (NOR)
 Alexander Hurd
Canada (CAN)
1500 metres[32]
 Jack Shea
United States (USA)
 Alexander Hurd
Canada (CAN)
 Willy Logan
Canada (CAN)
5000 metres[33]
 Irving Jaffee
United States (USA)
 Eddie Murphy
United States (USA)
 Willy Logan
Canada (CAN)
10000 metres[34]
 Irving Jaffee
United States (USA)
 Ivar Ballangrud
Norway (NOR)
 Frank Stack
Canada (CAN)

Statistics

Multiple medalists

Athletes who won multiple medals during the 1932 Winter Olympics are listed below.[7]

Athlete Nation Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Jaffee, IrvingIrving Jaffee  United States (USA) Speed skating 2 0 0 2
Shea, JohnJohn Shea  United States (USA) Speed skating 2 0 0 2
Saarinen, VeliVeli Saarinen  Finland (FIN) Cross-country skiing 1 0 1 2
Hurd, AlexanderAlexander Hurd  Canada (CAN) Speed skating 0 1 1 2
Logan, WillyWilly Logan  Canada (CAN) Speed skating 0 0 2 2

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