List of 1932 Summer Olympics medal winners explained

The 1932 Summer Olympics, referred to by the International Olympic Committee as the Games of the X Olympiad, were held in Los Angeles, California, United States, from July 30 through August 14, 1932.

A total of individual athletes won medals. Athletes from the United States were the most successful, winning 103 medals during the games, 41 of which were gold. Italy and Finland, won the second and third most medals, with 36 and 25 respectively. France finished third in the gold medal count (behind Italy and the United States) having achieved 10 golds in their haul of 19 medals.

Medals were awarded in a total of 116 events across 16 sports. In addition, American football and lacrosse were held as demonstration events.

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Men's 100m
Men's 200m
Men's 400m
Men's 800m
Men's 1500m
Men's 5000m
Men's 10000m
Men's 110m hurdles
Men's 400m hurdles
Men's 3000m steeplechase
Men's 4 × 100 m relay

Bob Kiesel
Hector Dyer
Emmett Toppino
Frank Wykoff

Friedrich Hendrix
Erich Borchmeyer
Arthur Jonath
Helmut Körnig

Giuseppe Castelli
Gabriele Salviati
Ruggero Maregatti
Edgardo Toetti
Men's 4 × 400 m relay

Ivan Fuqua
Ed Ablowich
Karl Warner
Bill Carr

Crew Stoneley
Tommy Hampson
David Burghley
Godfrey Rampling

James Ball
Ray Lewis
Phil Edwards
Alex Wilson
Men's 50 km walk
Men's marathon
Men's long jump
Men's triple jump
Men's high jump
Men's pole vault
Men's shot put
Men's discus throw
Men's hammer throw
Men's javelin throw
Men's decathlon
Women's 100m
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Women's 4 × 100 m relay

Mary Carew
Evelyn Furtsch
Annette Rogers
Wilhelmina von Bremen

Mary Frizzell
Mildred Fizzell
Lillian Palmer
Hilda Strike

Nellie Halstead
Eileen Hiscock
Gwendoline Porter
Violet Webb
Women's 80m hurdles
Women's high jump
Women's discus throw
Women's javelin throw

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Flyweight
(-50.8 kg / 112 lb)
Bantamweight
(-53.5 kg / 118 lb)
Featherweight
(-57.2 kg / 126 lb)
Lightweight
(-61.2 kg / 135 lb)
Welterweight
(-66.7 kg / 147 lb)
Middleweight
(-72.6 kg / 160 lb)
Light heavyweight
(-79.4 kg / 175 lb)
Heavyweight
(over 79.4 kg/175 lb)

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Individual time trial
Team time trial

Giuseppe Olmo
Attilio Pavesi
Guglielmo Segato

Henry
Leo Nielsen
Frode Sørensen

Arne Berg
Bernhard Britz
Sven Höglund
1000m time trial
Sprint
Tandem

Louis Chaillot
Maurice Perrin

Ernest Chambers
Stanley Chambers

Harald Christensen
Willy Gervin
Team pursuit

Paolo Pedretti
Nino Borsari
Marco Cimatti
Alberto Ghilardi

Henri Mouillefarine
Paul Chocque
Amédée Fournier
René Legrèves

Frank Southall
William Harvell
Charles Holland
Ernest Johnson

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 1932 Summer Olympics. Men

3 metre springboard
10 metre platform

Women

3 metre springboard
10 metre platform

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Individual dressage
Team dressage

Xavier Lesage and Taine
Charles Marion and Linon
André Jousseaume and Sorelta

Bertil Sandström and Kreta
Thomas Byström and Gulliver
Gustaf Adolf Boltenstern, Jr. and Ingo

Hiram Tuttle and Olympic
Isaac Kitts and American Lady
Alvin Moore and Water Pat
Individual eventing
Team eventing

Earl Foster Thomson and Jenny Camp
Harry Chamberlin and Pleasant Smiles
Edwin Argo and Honolulu Tomboy

Charles Pahud de Mortanges and Marcroix
Karel Schummelketel and Duiveltje
Aernout van Lennep and Henk
No Bronze awarded
Individual jumping

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Men's épée
Men's team épée

Fernand Jourdant
Bernard Schmetz
Georges Tainturier
Georges Buchard
Jean Piot
Philippe Cattiau

Saverio Ragno
Giancarlo Cornaggia Medici
Franco Riccardi
Carlo Agostoni
Renzo Minoli

George Charles Calnan
Gustave Marinius Heiss
Frank Stahl Jr. Righeimer
Tracy Jaeckel
Curtis Charles Shears
Miguel Angel De Capriles
Men's foil
Men's team foil

Edward Gardère
René Bondoux
René Bougnol
René Lemoine
Philippe Cattiau
Jean Piot

Giulio Gaudini
Gustavo Marzi
Ugo Pignotti
Gioachino Guaragna
Rodolfo Terlizzi
Giorgio Pessina

George Charles Calnan
Richard Clarke Steere
Joseph L. Levis
Dernell Every
Hugh Vincent Alessandroni
Frank Stahl Jr. Righeimer
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre

Endre Kabos
Attila Petschauer
Ernő Nagy
Gyula Glykais
György Piller
Aladár Gerevich

Gustavo Marzi
Giulio Gaudini
Renato Anselmi
Emilio Salafia
Arturo De Vecchi
Ugo Pignotti

Tadeusz Friedrich
Marian Suski
Władysław Dobrowolski
Władysław Segda
Leszek Lubicz
Adam Papée
Women's foil

Field hockey

See main article: Field hockey at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Men's tournament

Richard Allen
Muhammad Aslam
Lal Bokhari
Frank Brewin
Richard Carr
Dhyan Chand
Leslie Hammond
Arthur Hind
Sayed Jaffar
Masud Minhas
Broome Pinniger
Gurmit Singh Kullar
Roop Singh
William Sullivan
Carlyle Tapsell

Shunkichi Hamada
Junzo Inohara
Sadayoshi Kobayashi
Haruhiko Kon
Kenichi Konishi
Hiroshi Nagata
Eiichi Nakamura
Yoshio Sakai
Katsumi Shibata
Akio Sohda
Toshio Usami

William Boddington
Harold Brewster
Roy Coffin
Amos Deacon
Horace Disston
Samuel Ewing
James Gentle
Henry Greer
Lawrence Knapp
David McMullin
Leonard O'Brien
Charles Sheaffer
Frederick Wolters

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

All-Around, Individual
All-Around, Team

Oreste Capuzzo
Savino Guglielmetti
Mario Lertora
Romeo Neri
Franco Tognini

Frank Haubold
Frank Cumiskey
Al Jochim
Fred Meyer
Michael Schuler

Mauri Nyberg-Noroma
Ilmari Pakarinen
Heikki Savolainen
Einari Teräsvirta
Martti Uosikkinen
Floor
Horizontal bar
Indian clubs
Parallel bars
Pommel horse
Rings
Rope climbing
Tumbling
Vault

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

single sculls
double sculls

Ken Myers
William Gilmore

Herbert Buhtz
Gerhard Boetzelen

Charles Pratt
Noël de Mille
coxless pairs

Lewis Clive
Hugh Edwards

Cyril Stiles
Rangi Thompson

Henryk Budziński
Jan Mikołajczak
coxed pairs

Joseph Schauers
Charles Kieffer
Edward Jennings

Jerzy Braun
Janusz Ślązak
Jerzy Skolimowski

Anselme Brusa
André Giriat
Pierre Brunet
coxless four

John Badcock
Hugh Edwards
Jack Beresford
Rowland George

Karl Aletter
Ernst Gaber
Walter Flinsch
Hans Maier

Antonio Ghiardello
Francesco Cossu
Giliante D'Este
Antonio Garzoni Provenzani
coxed four

Hans Eller
Horst Hoeck
Walter Meyer
Joachim Spremberg
Carlheinz Neumann

Bruno Vattovaz
Giovanni Plazzer
Riccardo Divora
Bruno Parovel
Guerrino Scher

Jerzy Braun
Janusz Ślązak
Stanisław Urban
Edward Kobyliński
Jerzy Skolimowski
eight

Edwin Salisbury
James Blair
Duncan Gregg
David Dunlap
Burton Jastram
Charles Chandler
Harold Tower
Winslow Hall
Norris Graham

Vittorio Cioni
Mario Balleri
Renato Bracci
Dino Barsotti
Roberto Vestrini
Guglielmo Del Bimbo
Enrico Garzelli
Renato Barbieri
Cesare Milani

Earl Eastwood
Joseph Harris
Stanley Stanyar
Harry Fry
Cedric Liddell
William Thoburn
Don Boal
Albert Taylor
Les MacDonald

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Snowbird
Star

Jupiter
Gilbert Gray
Andrew Libano

Joy
George Colin Ratsey
Peter Jaffe

Swedisk Star
Gunnar Asther
Daniel Sundén-Cullberg
6 metre
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Bissbi
Tore Holm
Martin Hindorff
Olle Åkerlund
Åke Bergqvist
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Gallant
Robert Carlson
Temple Ashbrook
Frederic Conant
Charles Smith
Donald Wills Douglas, Jr.
Emmett Davis
valign=top
Caprice
Philip Rogers
Gerald Wilson
Gardner Boultbee
Kenneth Glass
8 metre
valign=top
Angelita
John Biby
William Cooper
Carl Dorsey
Owen Churchill
Robert Sutton
Pierpont Davis
Alan Morgan
Alphonse Burnand
Thomas Webster
John Huettner
Richard Moore
Kenneth Carey
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Santa Maria
Ernest Cribb
Harry Jones
Peter Gordon
Hubert Wallace
Ronald Maitland
George Gyles
none awarded

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

25 metre rapid fire pistol
50 metre rifle prone

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Men

100 m freestyle
400 m freestyle
1500 m freestyle
100 m backstroke
200 m breaststroke
freestyle relay

Yasuji Miyazaki
Hisakichi Toyoda
Takashi Yokoyama
Masanori Yusa

Frank Booth
George Fissler
Maiola Kalili
Manuella Kalili

István Bárány
László Szabados
András Székely
András Wanié

Women

100 m freestyle
400 m freestyle
100 m backstroke
200 m breaststroke
freestyle relay

Helen Johns
Helene Madison
Josephine McKim
Eleanor Saville

Corrie Laddé
Willy den Ouden
Puck Oversloot
Maria Vierdag

Joyce Cooper
Valerie Davies
Edna Hughes
Helen Varcoe

Water polo

See main article: Water polo at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Men's tournament

István Barta
György Bródy
Olivér Halassy
Márton Homonnai
Sándor Ivády
Alajos Keserű
Ferenc Keserű
János Németh
Miklós Sárkány
József Vértesy

Emil Benecke
Otto Cordes
Hans Eckstein
Fritz Gunst
Erich Rademacher
Joachim Rademacher
Hans Schulze
Heiko Schwartz

Austin Clapp
Philip Daubenspeck
Charles Finn
Charles McCallister
Wally O'Connor
Cal Strong
Herbert Wildman

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Featherweight
–60 kg
Lightweight
–67.5 kg
Middleweight
–75 kg
Light-heavyweight
–82.5 kg
Heavyweight
+82.5 kg

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Greco-Roman

Bantamweight
(- 56 kg)
Featherweight
(- 61 kg)
Lightweight
(- 66 kg)
Welterweight
(- 72 kg)
Middleweight
(- 79 kg)
Light Heavyweight
(- 87 kg)
Heavyweight
(+ 87 kg)

Freestyle

Bantamweight
(- 56 kg)
Featherweight
(- 61 kg)
Lightweight
(- 66 kg)
Welterweight
(- 72 kg)
Middleweight
(- 79 kg)
Light Heavyweight
(- 87 kg)
Heavyweight
(+ 87 kg)

Statistics

Medal leaders

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

See also