Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon explained

Event:	Men's decathlon
Games:	1932 Summer
Dates:	August 5 & August 6
Gold:	Jim Bausch
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Akilles Järvinen
Silvernoc:	FIN
Bronze:	Wolrad Eberle
Bronzenoc:	GER
Prev:	1928
Next:	1936

The men's decathlon event at the 1932 Olympic Games took place between August 5 & August 6.^[1] Points are listed by the scoring table from 1912 which were used to determine the winner. Adjusted points are points using the 1985 scoring table. The official Olympic results shows both results, but medal winners were determined by the 1912 scoring table.

Results

100 metres

Rank	Time	Points	Adjusted Points	Notes
1T	11.1	881.0	786
1T	11.1	881.0	786
3	11.2	857.2	765
4T	11.3	833.4	744
4T	11.3	833.4	744
4T	11.3	833.4	744
7T	11.4	809.6	723
7T	11.4	809.6	723
7T	11.4	809.6	723
10	11.6	762.0	683
11T	11.7	738.2	663
11T	11.7	738.2	663
13	11.8	714.4	643
14	12.0	666.8	605
-	-	0.0	-	DNF

Long jump

Rank	Distance	Points	Adjusted Points	Notes
1	7.24	911.80	871	OB
2	7.22	906.90	866
3	7.14	887.30	847
4	7.00	853.00	814
5	6.97	845.65	807
6	6.95	840.75	802
7T	6.77	796.65	760
7T	6.77	796.65	760
9	6.71	781.95	746
10	6.60	755.00	720
11	6.59	752.55	718
12	6.49	728.05	695
13	6.41	708.45	677
14	6.14	642.30	617

Shot put

Rank	Distance	Points	Adjusted Points	Notes
1	15.32	998	809	OB
2	14.50	916	759
3	14.33	899	749
4	13.68	834	709
5	13.56	822	701
6	13.31	797	686
7	13.22	788	681
8	13.11	777	674
9	12.58	724	642
10	12.56	722	640
11	11.90	656	600
12	11.86	652	598
13	11.70	636	588

High jump

Rank	Height	Points	Adjusted Points
1	1.85	888	670
2T	1.78	790	610
2T	1.78	790	610
4T	1.75	748	585
4T	1.75	748	585
6T	1.70	678	544
6T	1.70	678	544
6T	1.70	678	544
6T	1.70	678	544
10T	1.65	608	504
10T	1.65	608	504
10T	1.65	608	504
10T	1.65	608	504

400 metres

Rank	Time	Points	Adjusted Points	Notes
1	49.0	969.92	855	OB
2	50.6	909.76	781
3	50.8	902.24	772
4	51.2	887.20	754
5	51.6	872.16	736
6	51.8	864.64	727
7	52.6	834.56	693
8	53.6	796.96	650
9T	53.8	789.44	642
9T	53.8	789.44	642
11	54.2	774.40	626
12	54.8	751.84	601
13	57.2	661.60	508

110 metre hurdles

Rank	Time	Points	Adjusted Points	Notes
1	15.4	962.0	774	OB
2	15.5	952.5	762
3	15.6	943.0	751
4	15.7	933.5	740
5	16.1	895.5	695
6T	16.2	886.0	684
6T	16.2	886.0	684
8	16.4	867.0	662
9	16.7	838.5	631
10T	17.0	810.0	599
10T	17.0	810.0	599
12	17.7	743.5	530
13	17.8	734.0	520

Discus throw

Rank	Distance	Points	Adjusted Points	Notes
1	44.58	976.06	758	OB
2	44.54	974.54	757
3	41.45	857.12	694
4	41.34	852.94	692
5	40.77	831.28	680
6	40.76	830.90	680
7	40.62	825.58	677
8	39.05	765.92	645
9	38.71	753.00	638
10	36.80	680.42	600
11	34.40	589.22	552
12	33.31	547.80	530
13	33.26	545.90	529

Pole vault

Rank	Height	Points	Adjusted Points	Notes
1	4.00	1027	617	OB
1T	4.00	1027	617	OB
3	3.60	811	509
4T	3.50	757	482
4T	3.50	757	482
4T	3.50	757	482
7	3.40	703	456
8T	3.20	595	406
8T	3.20	595	406
10T	3.10	541	381
10T	3.10	541	381
10T	3.10	541	381
13	3.00	487	357

Javelin throw

Rank	Distance	Points	Adjusted Points	Notes
1	61.91	1025.025	767	OB
2	61.00	1000.000	753
3	57.49	903.475	700
4	56.12	865.800	680
5	53.91	805.025	647
6	53.83	802.825	645
7	50.49	710.975	596
8	48.88	666.700	572
9	48.59	658.725	568
10	47.72	634.800	555
11	45.26	567.150	519

1500 metres

Rank	Time	Points	Adjusted Points
1=	4:34.4	774.4	716
1=	4:34.4	774.4	716
3	4:37.4	756.4	697
4	4:39.8	742.0	682
5	4:47.0	698.8	637
6	4:47.8	694	632
7	4:48.0	692.8	631
8	5:17.0	518.8	466
9	5:18.0	512.8	461
10	5:34.6	413.2	377
11	5:48.2	331.6	314

Final standings

Rank	Points	Adjusted Points	Notes
	8462.235	6735	WR
	8292.480	6879
	8030.805	6661
4	7985.00	6716
5	7941.075	6515
6	7687.990	6385
7	7534.410	6265
8	7327.170	6398
9	7179.935	6189
10	7001.735	5788
11	6799.255	5697
-			DNF
-			DNF
-			DNF
-			DNF

Key: WR = World Record, DNF = Did not finish, OB = Olympic best

Notes and References

Web site: Athletics at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's Decathlon . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417175530/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1932/ATH/mens-decathlon.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 25 January 2018 . sports-reference.com.