The
United States
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was the host nation for the
1932 Summer Olympics
The 1932 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the X Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1932) were an international multi-sport event held from July 30 to August 14, 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States. The Games were held duri ...
in
Los Angeles, California
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. 474 competitors, 400 men and 74 women, took part in 122 events in 17 sports.
Medalists
Athletics
;Men
;Track & road events
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Bob Tisdall
Robert Morton Newburgh Tisdall (16 May 1907 in Nuwara Eliya, Ceylon ''now'' Sri Lanka – 27 July 2004 in Nambour, Queensland, Australia) was an Irish athlete who won a gold medal in the 400-metre hurdles at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los ...
from
Ireland
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won the gold medal in the 400 metres hurdles event, but Tisdall's time was rejected as a world record as he knocked over the last hurdle, as per the rules of the time; Hardin was therefore credited as world record holder.
;Field events
;Combined events –
Decathlon
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;Women
;Track & road events
;Field events
Boxing
Cycling
Road
Track
;Sprint
;Pursuit
Diving
;Men
;Women
Equestrian
Dressage
Eventing
Jumping
The team event was declared void as no nation completed the course with three riders.
Fencing
;Men
;Women
Field hockey
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William Boddington
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Harold Brewster (GK)
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Roy Coffin
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Amos Deacon
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Horace Disston
Horace Cumberland Disston (January 7, 1906 – September 30, 1982) was an American field hockey player who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics and 1936 Summer Olympics.
He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and died in Camden, Maine.
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Samuel Ewing
Samuel Evans Ewing, Jr. (July 27, 1906 – April 6, 1981) was an American field hockey player who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics and 1936 Summer Olympics.
He was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania and died in Delray Beach, Florida. ...
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James Gentle
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Youth
Born outside Boston in Brookline, Massachusetts, Gentl ...
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Henry Greer
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Lawrence Knapp
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David McMullin
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Leonard O'Brien
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Charles Sheaffer
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Frederick Wolters
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Warren Ingersoll
Gymnastics
Artistic
For the team event, the four best total individual scores determined the team's final score. To calculate total individual scores, results from all events with the exception of the pommel horse were added and divided by two, with the quotient added to the pommel horse score. Individual scores still counted for the individual all-around competition.
;Team
;Individual
Apparatus and all-around events received separate scores.
Indian clubs
Rope climbing
Tumbling
Modern pentathlon
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Swimming
;Men
;Women
Water polo
::Head coach:
Frank Rivas
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* Frank (surname)
* Franks (surname)
* Franks, a medieval Germanic people
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Curre ...
;Results
Weightlifting
Wrestling
;Freestyle
Wrestlers who accumulated 5 "bad points" were eliminated. Points were given as follows: 1 point for victories short of a
fall
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and 3 points for every loss.
Art competitions
References
{{Top Summer Olympics medal-winning nations
Nations at the 1932 Summer Olympics
1932
Events January
* January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel.
* January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932), Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort ...
Oly
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* Oly, informal name for Olympia, Washington, United States
* OLY (: ), postnominals granted to participants in the Olympics
People with the name
* Oly (born 1992), American singer-songwriter and musician
* Oly Hicks (born 1968) ...
1932 in California
1932 in sports in California