Figure skating at the 1932 Winter Olympics

Figure skating at the III Winter Olympics
Type:	Olympic Games
Champions
Men's singles: Karl Schäfer
Ladies' singles: Sonja Henie
Pairs: Andrée Brunet / Pierre Brunet
Previous: 1928 Winter Olympics
Next: 1936 Winter Olympics

Figure skating

Figure skating at the 1932 Winter Olympics took place at the Olympic Center Arena in Lake Placid, New York. Three figure skating events were contested: men's singles, ladies' singles, and pair skating. The competitions were held from Monday, 8 February to Friday, 12 February 1932. It was the first time the events were held indoors.

Medal summary

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Karl Schäfer (AUT)	Gillis Grafström (SWE)	Montgomery Wilson (CAN)
Ladies' singles	Sonja Henie (NOR)	Fritzi Burger (AUT)	Maribel Vinson (USA)
Pair skating	Andrée Brunet and Pierre Brunet (FRA)	Beatrix Loughran and Sherwin Badger (USA)	Emília Rotter and László Szollás (HUN)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Austria	1	1	0	2
2	France	1	0	0	1
	Norway	1	0	0	1
4	United States	0	1	1	2
5	Sweden	0	1	0	1
6	Canada	0	0	1	1
	Hungary	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		3	3	3	9

Participating nations

Two figure skaters competed in both the singles and the pairs event.

A total of 39 figure skaters (18 men and 21 ladies) from 13 nations (men from ten nations and ladies from nine nations) competed at the Lake Placid Games:

•  Austria (2) (men 1, women 1)
•  Belgium (1) (men 0, women 1)
•  Canada (6) (men 2, women 4)
•  Czechoslovakia (1) (men 1, women 0)
•  Finland (1) (men 1, women 0)
•  France (2) (men 1, women 1)
•  Germany (1) (men 1, women 0)
•  Great Britain (4) (men 0, women 4)
•  Hungary (4) (men 2, women 2)
•  Japan (2) (men 2, women 0)
•  Norway (1) (men 0, women 1)
•  Sweden (2) (men 1, women 1)
•  United States (12) (men 6, women 6)

External links

• International Olympic Committee results database