Swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics

At the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, eleven swimming events were contested, six for men and five for women. The competitions were held from Saturday August 6, 1932 to Saturday August 13, 1932. There was a total of 128 participants from 20 countries competing.

Medal table

1	Japan (JPN)	5	5	2	12
2	United States (USA)	5	2	3	10
3	Australia (AUS)	1	1	0	2
4	Netherlands (NED)	0	2	0	2
5	France (FRA)	0	1	0	1
6	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	2	2
7	Denmark (DEN)	0	0	1	1
	Hungary (HUN)	0	0	1	1
	Philippines (PHI)	0	0	1	1
	South Africa (RSA)	0	0	1	1
Total		11	11	11	33

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
100 m freestyle	Yasuji Miyazaki  Japan	Tatsugo Kawaishi  Japan	Albert Schwartz  United States
400 m freestyle	Buster Crabbe  United States	Jean Taris  France	Tsutomu Ōyokota  Japan
1500 m freestyle	Kusuo Kitamura  Japan	Shozo Makino  Japan	Jim Cristy  United States
100 m backstroke	Masaji Kiyokawa  Japan	Toshio Irie  Japan	Kentaro Kawatsu  Japan
200 m breaststroke	Yoshiyuki Tsuruta  Japan	Reizo Koike  Japan	Teófilo Yldefonso  Philippines
4×200 m freestyle relay	Japan (JPN) Yasuji Miyazaki Hisakichi Toyoda Takashi Yokoyama Masanori Yusa	United States (USA) Frank Booth George Fissler Maiola Kalili Manuella Kalili	Hungary (HUN) István Bárány László Szabados András Székely András Wanié

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
100 m freestyle	Helene Madison  United States	Willy den Ouden  Netherlands	Eleanor Saville  United States
400 m freestyle	Helene Madison  United States	Lenore Kight  United States	Jenny Maakal  South Africa
100 m backstroke	Eleanor Holm  United States	Bonnie Mealing  Australia	Valerie Davies  Great Britain
200 m breaststroke	Clare Dennis  Australia	Hideko Maehata  Japan	Else Jacobsen  Denmark
4×100 m freestyle relay	United States (USA) Helen Johns Helene Madison Josephine McKim Eleanor Saville	Netherlands (NED) Corrie Laddé Willy den Ouden Puck Oversloot Maria Vierdag	Great Britain (GBR) Joyce Cooper Valerie Davies Edna Hughes Helen Varcoe

References

• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2007-01-26.