| Noc: | NZL |
| Nocname: | New Zealand Olympic and British Empire Games Association |
| Games: | Summer Olympics |
| Year: | 1932 |
| Location: | Los Angeles |
| Competitors: | 21 |
| Sports: | 4 |
| Flagbearer: | Jack Macdonald (rower) |
| Rank: | 22 |
| Gold: | 0 |
| Silver: | 1 |
| Bronze: | 0 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| App Begin Year: | 1920 |
| See also: | (1908 · 1912) |
New Zealand competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. The team of 21 was New Zealand's largest to date and comprised 11 rowers, six athletes, three boxers, and one cyclist. The officials were manager Philip Rundle[1] of Dunedin,[2] boxing and athletic coach W. J. Heenan, and rowing coach Clarrie Healey.[3]
An innovation was the daily one-hour radio report on the Olympics for New Zealand and Australia by the film actress from New Zealand, Nola Luxford.
See main article: article and Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Stuart Black | align=left | Men's 200 m | 23.1 | 3 Q | 22.0 | 5 | did not advance | |||
| align=left | Men's 400 m | 49.9 | 4 | did not advance | |||||||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Allan Elliot | align=left | Men's 100 m | 10.8 | 2 Q | 10.9 | 3 Q | 11.0 | 5 | did not advance | |
| align=left | Men's 200 m | 22.2 | 2 Q | 21.8 | 3 Q | 21.9 | 5 | did not advance | |||
| align=left | Don Evans | align=left | Men's 800 m | 1:56.6 | 4 | did not advance | |||||
| align=left | Thelma Kench | align=left | Women's 100 m | 12.4 | 3 Q | 6 | did not advance | ||||
| align=left | Jack Lovelock | align=left | Men's 1500 m | 3:58.0 | 1 Q | 3:57.8 | 7 | ||||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Billy Savidan | align=left | Men's 5000 m | 15.08.2 | 5 Q | 14:49.6 | 4 | ||||
| align=left | Men's 10,000 m | 31:09.0 | 4 | ||||||||
See main article: article and Boxing at the 1932 Summer Olympics.
| Name | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | |||
| Bob Purdie | Men's lightweight | L | Did not advance | 9T | ||
| Harold Thomas | Men's welterweight | L | Did not advance | 9T | ||
| Bert Lowe | Men's middleweight | L | Did not advance | 9T |
See main article: article and Cycling at the 1932 Summer Olympics.
See main article: article and Rowing at the 1932 Summer Olympics.
See also: List of New Zealand rowers at the Summer Olympics.
In 1932, seven rowing events were held, and New Zealand entered three boats: a coxless pair, a coxed four, and an eight.[4] The competition was for men only; women would first row at the 1976 Summer Olympics.[5] The eight included the first two Māori Olympians, Jack Macdonald and Lawrence Woodgate-Jackson.