United States at the 1932 Winter Olympics

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At the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid
Competitors	64 (58 men, 6 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Billy Fiske (bobsleigh)
Medals Rank: 1	Gold 6	Silver 4	Bronze 2	Total 12
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The United States was the host nation for the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
1 Gold	Stevens, CurtisCurtis Stevens Hubert Stevens	Bobsleigh	Two-man
1 Gold	Eagan, EddieEddie Eagan Billy Fiske Clifford Grey Jay O'Brien	Bobsleigh	Four-man
1 Gold	Shea, JackJack Shea	Speed skating	Men's 500 metres
1 Gold	Shea, JackJack Shea	Speed skating	Men's 1500 metres
1 Gold	Jaffee, IrvingIrving Jaffee	Speed skating	Men's 5000 metres
1 Gold	Jaffee, IrvingIrving Jaffee	Speed skating	Men's 10000 metres
2 Silver	Bryant, PercyPercy Bryant Henry Homburger Edmund Horton Paul Stevens	Bobsleigh	Four-man
2 Silver	Badger, SherwinSherwin Badger Beatrix Loughran	Figure skating	Pairs
2 Silver	United States men's national ice hockey team Osborne Anderson   Franklin Farrel   Robert Livingston John Bent   Joseph Fitzgerald   Francis Nelson John Chase   Edwin Frazier   Winthrop Palmer John Cookman   John Garrison   Gordon Smith Douglas Everett   Gerard Hallock	Ice hockey	Men's competition
2 Silver	Murphy, EddieEddie Murphy	Speed skating	Men's 5000 metres
3 Bronze	Heaton, JohnJohn Heaton Robert Minton	Bobsleigh	Two-man
3 Bronze	Vinson, MaribelMaribel Vinson	Figure skating	Ladies' singles

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1932 Winter Olympics

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
USA-1	Hubert Stevens Curtis Stevens	Two-man	2:13.10	3	2:04.27	1	1:59.69	1	1:57.68	1	8:14.74	01 !
USA-2	John Heaton Robert Minton	Two-man	2:15.02	4	2:07.51	3	2:04.29	3	2:02.33	3	8:29.15	03 !

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
USA-1	Billy Fiske Eddie Eagan Clifford Grey Jay O'Brien	Four-man	2:00.52	1	1:59.16	1	1:57.41	1	1:56.59	2	7:53.68	01 !
USA-2	Henry Homburger Percy Bryant Francis Stevens Edmund Horton	Four-man	2:01.77	2	2:01.09	2	1:58.56	3	1:54.28	1	7:55.70	02 !

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1932 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
18 km	Erling Andersen	1'58:13	42
	Rolf Monsen	1'42:36	33
	Richard Parsons	1'40:08	28
	Olle Zetterstrom	1'38:26	23
50 km	Nort Billings	DNF	–
	Robert Reid	5'26:06	20
	Nils Backstrom	5'25:40	19
	Richard Parsons	5'13:59	15

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1932 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	CF	FS	Places	Points	Final rank
William Nagle	Men's singles	12	10	77	1884.8	11
Gail Borden		7	9	54	2110.8	8
James Madden		8	7	52	2049.6	7
Roger Turner		5	6	40	2297.6	6

Women

Athlete	Event	CF	FS	Places	Points	Final rank
Louise Weigel	Women's singles	14	13	92	1769.4	14
Suzanne Davis		10	14	83	1780.4	12
Margaret Bennett		12	8	75	1826.8	11
Maribel Vinson		3	3	23	2158.8	03 !

Pairs

Athletes	Points	Score	Final rank
Gertrude Meredith Joseph Savage	49	59.8	7
Beatrix Loughran Sherwin Badger	16	77.5	02 !

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1932 Winter Olympics

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Canada	6	5	0	1	32	4
United States 02 !	6	4	1	1	27	5
Germany	6	2	4	0	7	26
Poland	6	0	6	0	3	34

4 Feb	United States	1:2 OT (0:0,0:1,1:0,0:0,0:1)	Canada
5 Feb	United States	4:1 (1:0,2:0,1:1)	Poland
7 Feb	United States	7:0 (3:0,2:0,2:0)	Germany
8 Feb	United States	5:0 (1:0,1:0,3:0)	Poland
10 Feb	United States	8:0 (2:0,2:0,4:0)	Germany
13 Feb	United States	2:2 OT (1:1,1:0,0:1,0:0,0:0,0:0)	Canada

Silver:

United States (USA) Osborne Anderson John Bent John Chase John Cookman Douglas Everett Franklin Farrel Joseph Fitzgerald Edwin Frazier John Garrison Gerard Hallock Robert Livingston Francis Nelson Winthrop Palmer Gordon Smith

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1932 Winter Olympics

Events:

• 18 km cross-country skiing
• normal hill ski jumping

The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event of cross-country skiing. Those results can be found above in this article in the cross-country skiing section. Some athlethes (but not all) entered in both the cross-country skiing and nordic combined event, their time on the 18 km was used for both events.

The ski jumping (normal hill) event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found in the table below.

Athlete	Event	Cross-country			Ski Jumping				Total
		Time	Points	Rank	Distance 1	Distance 2	Total points	Rank	Points	Rank
John Ericksen	Individual	1'54:58	115.50	27	49.5	54.0	200.8	10	316.30	25
Lloyd Ellingson		1'44:14	160.50	22	45.0	56.0	193.7	17	354.20	16
Rolf Monsen		1'42:36	167.40	17	54.0	52.0	201.9	7	369.30	9
Edward Blood		1'41:58	170.25	16	51.5	46.0	191.2	18	361.45	14

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1932 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2			Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Roy Mikkelsen	Normal hill	53.0	52.0 (fall)	31	DNF	–	–	DNF	–
Peder Falstad		56.0	96.1	18	62.5	103.4	12	199.5	13
John Steele		55.0	98.0	14	56.0	97.6	16	195.6	15
Caspar Oimoen		63.0	104.7	7	67.5	112.0	2	216.7	5

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1932 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Heat		Final
		Time	Position	Time	Position
500 m	Jack Shea	n/a	2 Q	43.4 OR	01 !
	Ray Murray	n/a	3	Did not advance
	Allan Potts	n/a	3	Did not advance
	John Farrell	n/a	2 Q	n/a	6
1500 m	Herb Taylor	2:49.3	1 Q	n/a	6
	Lloyd Guenther	n/a	6	Did not advance
	Jack Shea	2:58.0	1 Q	2:57.5	01 !
	Ray Murray	2:29.9	1 Q	n/a	5
5000m	Eddie Murphy	n/a	2 Q	n/a	02 !
	Irving Jaffee	9:52.0	1 Q	9:40.8	01 !
	Carl Springer	n/a	6	Did not advance
	Herb Taylor	n/a	2 Q	n/a	4
10,000 m	Edwin Wedge	n/a	4 Q	n/a	4
	Valentine Bialas	n/a	3 Q	n/a	5
	Eddie Schroeder	n/a	4 Q	n/a	8
	Irving Jaffee	18:05.4	1 Q	19:13.6	01 !

References

• (ed.) George Lattimer (1932) (PDF). Official Report III Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 1932. III Olympic Winter Games Committee. http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1932/1932w.pdf. Retrieved 2008-06-10. 
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp. Retrieved 2009-06-03. 
• Olympic Winter Games 1932, full results by sports-reference.com