Art competitions at the 1932 Summer Olympics explained

Art competitions were held as part of the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. Medals were awarded in five categories (architecture, literature, music, painting, and sculpture), for works inspired by sport-related themes.^[1]

Art competitions were part of the Olympic program from 1912 to 1948, but were discontinued due to concerns about amateurism and professionalism. Since 1952, a non-competitive art and cultural festival has been associated with each game.^[2]

Architecture

Architectural design	Design for a ""	Design for the Payne Whitney Gymnasium, New Haven, Connecticut	Design for a "" in the Sport Park of Breslau
Town planning	Design for a Sports and Recreation Centre with Stadium, for the City of Liverpool	Design for a Stadium and Public Park	Design for a "Marathon Park"

Literature

Literature

"Am Kangehenzonga"

"The Argonauts"

none awarded

Music

Music

none awarded

"Into a New Life" symphonic march

none awarded

Painting

Paintings	"At the Seaside of Arild"	"Struggle"	none awarded
Watercolors and drawings	"Rodeo"	"Jackknife"	"Horseman"
Prints	"Leg Scissors"	"" ("Skier")	""

Sculpture

Statues	"The Knockdown"	"Wrestling"	"Odysseus"
Medals and reliefs	"Sport Sculpture II"	"Lindbergh Medal"	"Shield of the Athletes"

Medal table

At the time, medals were awarded to these artists, but art competitions are no longer regarded as official Olympic events by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). These events do not appear in the IOC medal database,^[3] and these totals are not included in the IOC's medal table for the 1932 Games.^[4]

Events summary

Architecture

Designs for Town Planning

The following architects took part:^[5]

Rank	Name	Country
1
2
3
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC

Architectural Designs

The following architects took part:^[6]

Rank	Name	Country
1
2
3

Further entries

The following architects took part:^[7]

Name Country Fritz De Boever Deryck

Name Country Ernst Gerlach Pál Vágó Szabolcs Horváth

Literature

The following writers took part:^[8]

Rank	Name	Country
1
2
3	Not awarded
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC	Anders Lundin
AC
AC	Jack Sterrett

Music

The following composers took part:^[9]

Rank Name Country 1 Not awarded 2 3 Not awarded AC AC Abelardo Cuevas Cuba AC Lenva Cuba AC Rogelio Pazquez Cuba AC AC AC AC AC AC AC AC

Rank Name Country AC Monaco AC AC AC AC AC AC AC AC AC AC AC Mabel Fossler AC J. B. Gaskell AC AC Nana King

Rank Name Country AC AC Marjorie Lewis AC AC AC AC Grace Nelson AC Fred Pacheco AC AC AC AC Elise Swanson AC AC Ladislav Kohout AC

Painting

Drawings and water colours

The following painters took part:^[10]

Rank Name Country 1 2 3 AC Marcel Prévost AC AC AC Luxembourg Graphic arts The following painters took part:^[11] Rank Name Country 1 2 3 AC AC AC AC Paintings The following painters took part:^[12] Rank Name Country 1 2 3 Not awarded AC Guatemala AC AC AC AC Unknown event The following painters took part:^[13] Name Country Hélène Gérard Suzanne Christophe Dumortier Wauters Luxembourg Name Country George Jacobs Isamu Toyofuji Jay Maddox Luxembourg Name Country Tomotari Sakurai Toru Arai Yoshitaro Sato Sculpture Medals and Reliefs The following sculptors took part:^[14] Rank Name Country 1 2 3 Statues The following sculptors took part:^[15] Rank Name Country 1 2 3 AC AC AC AC AC AC AC Unknown event The following sculptors took part:^[16] Name Country Anna Van Nuffel Daemers Arthur Dominique Eiichi Kawasaki Name Country Kyushichi Miyajima Luxembourg Name Country René Daemen Valère De Moer Unknown event The following artists also took part, but the exact event is unknown:^[17] Name Country Peru Peru Romania El Salvador Venezuela Bulgaria Bulgaria Turkey Sources Book: The Games of the Xth Olympiad Los Angeles 1932 . Xth Olympiade Committee of the Games of Los Angeles, U.S.A. 1932 . 1933 . 748–765 . PDF . 2008-03-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080410231532/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1932/1932s.pdf . 10 April 2008 . dead . Web site: Olympic Art Competition 1932 . Olympic Games Museum . Wagner, Juergen . 2008-03-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080501135344/http://www.olympic-museum.de/art/1932.htm . 1 May 2008 . dead . In Search of the Lost Champions of the Olympic Art Contests . Kramer . Bernhard . Journal of Olympic History . 12 . 2 . May 2004 . 29–34 . PDF . 2008-03-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20080410082301/http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/JOH/JOHv12n2/johv12n2m.pdf. 10 April 2008 . live.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Art Competitions at the 1932 Summer Olympics . Olympedia . 30 July 2020 .
2. News: Kurt Kohlstedt: Pentathlon of the Muses . 27 December 2021 . . December 21, 2021.
3. Web site: Athletes . Olympics.
4. Web site: 1928 . Los Angeles 1932 - Medal Table . https://web.archive.org/web/20080912232334/http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/table_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1932 . Sep 12, 2008 . Olympic Games.
5. Web site: Art Competitions at the 1932 Summer Olympics: Architecture, Designs For Town Planning, Open . Olympedia . 30 July 2020.
6. Web site: Art Competitions at the 1932 Summer Olympics: Architecture, Architectural Designs, Open . Olympedia . 31 July 2020.
7. Web site: Art Competitions at the 1932 Summer Olympics: Architecture, Further Entries, Open . Olympedia . 31 July 2020.
8. Web site: Art Competitions at the 1932 Summer Olympics: Literature, Open . Olympedia . 31 July 2020.
9. Web site: Art Competitions at the 1932 Summer Olympics: Music, Open . Olympedia . 1 August 2020.
10. Web site: Art Competitions at the 1932 Summer Olympics: Painting, Drawings And Water Colors, Open . Olympedia . 2 August 2020.
11. Web site: Art Competitions at the 1932 Summer Olympics: Painting, Graphic Arts, Open . Olympedia . 2 August 2020.
12. Web site: Art Competitions at the 1932 Summer Olympics: Painting, Paintings, Open . Olympedia . 2 August 2020.
13. Web site: Art Competitions at the 1932 Summer Olympics: Painting, Unknown Event, Open . Olympedia . 2 August 2020.
14. Web site: Art Competitions at the 1932 Summer Olympics: Sculpturing, Medals And Reliefs, Open . 8 August 2020.
15. Web site: Art Competitions at the 1932 Summer Olympics: Sculpturing, Statues, Open . 8 August 2020.
16. Web site: Art Competitions at the 1932 Summer Olympics: Sculpturing, Unknown Event, Open . Olympedia . 8 August 2020.
17. Web site: Art Competitions at the 1932 Summer Olympics: Unknown Event, Open . 10 August 2020.