1932 Summer Olympics - Definition and Overview

The Games of the X Olympiad were held in 1932 in Los Angeles, United States. No other cities made a bid to host these Olympics.

Highlights

• Held during a worldwide economic crisis, many nations or athletes were unable to pay the trip to Los Angeles, and less than half of the number of participants from Amsterdam showed up.
• An Olympic Village was built for the first time, occupied by the male athletes.
• Babe Didrikson wins two gold medals in the javelin throw and the hurdles event, and only loses a third in the high jump because her jumping technique is ruled inferior and is placed second.
• In field hockey, only three nations take part. The host nation loses 1-24 to India and 2-9 to Japan but wins a bronze medal anyway.
• Finnish star Paavo Nurmi is barred from competing in the Olympic for being a professional.
• Eddie Tolan wins both the 100 and 200 m sprint events.
• Helene Madison wins three gold medals in swimming, while the Japanese upset the men's events and take all but one title.

Medals awarded

See the medal winners, ordered by sport:

Medal count

Top medal-collecting nations:
(for the full table, see 1932 Summer Olympics medal count)

1932 Summer Olympics medal count
Pos	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States of America	41	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

See also

• International Olympic Committee
• WikiProject Sports Olympics
• IOC country codes

External link

• IOC Site on 1932 Summer Olympics (http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1932)