1932 Summer 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:

• Athletics[?]
• Boxing[?]
• Cycling[?]
• Diving[?]
• Equestrianism[?]
• Fencing[?]
• Gymnastics[?]
• Hockey[?]
• Modern Pentathlon[?]
• Rowing[?]
• Shooting[?]
• Swimming[?]
• Water Polo[?]
• Weightlifting[?]
• Wrestling[?]
• Yachting[?]

Medal Count

References

Internal Links

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

External Links

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

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