Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics
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| Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics  |
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| Track events | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | |||
| 400 m | men | |||
| 800 m | men | |||
| 1500 m | men | |||
| 5000 m | men | |||
| 10,000 m | men | |||
| 80 m hurdles | women | |||
| 110 m hurdles | men | |||
| 400 m hurdles | men | |||
| 3000 m steeple | men | |||
| 4×100 m relay | men | women | ||
| 4×400 m relay | men | |||
| Road events | ||||
| Marathon | men | |||
| 50 km walk | men | |||
| Field events | ||||
| Long jump | men | |||
| Triple jump | men | |||
| High jump | men | women | ||
| Pole vault | men | |||
| Shot put | men | |||
| Discus throw | men | women | ||
| Javelin throw | men | women | ||
| Hammer throw | men | |||
| Combined events | ||||
| Decathlon | men | |||
At the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, 29 athletics events were contested, 23 for men and 6 for women. It was the first time the 50 kilometre walk appeared in the men's athletics at the Games. This was only the second time women's events in athletics were included in the Olympic Games program and was the first time that the javelin throw became a women's Olympic event. There was a total of 386 participants from 34 countries competing.
Paavo Nurmi from Finland was suspended one week before the Games by the IAAF for accepting payments in excess of his expenses for an exhibition tour (ie for "professionalism").
The athletics events took place at Los Angeles Olympic Stadium, now the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
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[edit] Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States (USA) |
16 | 13 | 6 | 35 |
| 2 |  Finland (FIN) |
3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 |  Great Britain (GBR) |
2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 |  Poland (POL) |
2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 |  Ireland (IRL) |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 |  Canada (CAN) |
1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 7 |  Japan (JPN) |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 |  Italy (ITA) |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 |  Argentina (ARG) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 |  Germany (GER) |
0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 11 |  Sweden (SWE) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Latvia (LAT) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 |  Philippines (PHI) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 France (FRA) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Czechoslovakia (TCH) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 South Africa (RSA) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
[edit] Medal summary
[edit] Men's events
[edit] Women's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres |
Stanisława Walasiewicz Poland (POL) |
Hilda Strike Canada (CAN) |
Wilhelmina von Bremen United States (USA) |
| 80 metres hurdles |
Babe Didrikson United States (USA) |
Evelyne Hall United States (USA) |
Marjorie Clark South Africa (RSA) |
| 4 × 100 metres relay |
United States (USA) Mary Carew Evelyn Furtsch Annette Rogers Wilhelmina von Bremen |
Canada (CAN) Mary Frizzel Mildred Fizzell Lillian Palmer Hilda Strike |
Great Britain (GBR) Nellie Halstead Eileen Hiscock Gwendoline Porter Violet Webb |
| High jump |
Jean Shiley United States (USA) |
Babe Didrikson United States (USA) |
Eva Dawes Canada (CAN) |
| Discus throw |
Lillian Copeland United States (USA) |
Ruth Osburn United States (USA) |
Jadwiga Wajs Poland (POL) |
| Javelin throw |
Babe Didrikson United States (USA) |
Ellen Braumüller Germany (GER) |
Tilly Fleischer Germany (GER) |
- ^ 460 metres over distance owing to error by lap-counting official.
[edit] References
- International Olympic Committee results database
- 1932 Summer Olympics results: athletics, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-03-09.
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