List of 1932 Summer Olympics medal winners
The 1932 Summer Olympics, referred to by the International Olympic Committee as the Games of the X Olympiad, were held in Los Angeles, California, United States, from July 30 through August 14, 1932.
A total of individual athletes won medals. Athletes from the United States were the most successful, winning 103 medals during the games, 41 of which were gold. Italy and Finland, won the second and third most medals, with 36 and 25 respectively. France finished third in the gold medal count (behind Italy and the United States) having achieved 10 golds in their haul of 19 medals.
Medals were awarded in a total of 116 events across 16 sports. In addition, American football and lacrosse were held as demonstration events.
Athletics[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Men's 100m |
Eddie Tolan United States |
Ralph Metcalfe United States |
Arthur Jonath Germany |
Men's 200m |
Eddie Tolan United States |
George Simpson United States |
Ralph Metcalfe United States |
Men's 400m |
Bill Carr United States |
Ben Eastman United States |
Alex Wilson Canada |
Men's 800m |
Tommy Hampson Great Britain |
Alex Wilson Canada |
Phil Edwards Canada |
Men's 1500m |
Luigi Beccali Italy |
Jerry Cornes Great Britain |
Phil Edwards Canada |
Men's 5000m |
Lauri Lehtinen Finland |
Ralph Hill United States |
Lauri Virtanen Finland |
Men's 10000m |
Janusz Kusociński Poland |
Volmari Iso-Hollo Finland |
Lauri Virtanen Finland |
Men's 110m hurdles |
George Saling United States |
Percy Beard United States |
Donald Finlay Great Britain |
Men's 400m hurdles |
Bob Tisdall Ireland |
Glenn Hardin United States |
Morgan Taylor United States |
Men's 3000m steeplechase |
Volmari Iso-Hollo Finland |
Thomas Evenson Great Britain |
Joe McCluskey United States |
Men's 4 × 100 m relay |
United States (USA) Bob Kiesel Hector Dyer Emmett Toppino Frank Wykoff |
Germany (GER) Friedrich Hendrix Erich Borchmeyer Arthur Jonath Helmut Körnig |
Italy (ITA) Giuseppe Castelli Gabriele Salviati Ruggero Maregatti Edgardo Toetti |
Men's 4 × 400 m relay |
United States (USA) Ivan Fuqua Ed Ablowich Karl Warner Bill Carr |
Great Britain (GBR) Crew Stoneley Tommy Hampson David Burghley Godfrey Rampling |
Canada (CAN) James Ball Ray Lewis Phil Edwards Alex Wilson |
Men's 50 km walk |
Tommy Green Great Britain |
Jānis Daliņš Latvia |
Ugo Frigerio Italy |
Men's marathon |
Juan Carlos Zabala Argentina |
Sam Ferris Great Britain |
Armas Toivonen Finland |
Men's long jump |
Ed Gordon United States |
Lambert Redd United States |
Chuhei Nambu Japan |
Men's triple jump |
Chuhei Nambu Japan |
Erik Svensson Sweden |
Kenkichi Oshima Japan |
Men's high jump |
Duncan McNaughton Canada |
Bob Van Osdel United States |
Simeon Toribio Philippines |
Men's pole vault |
Bill Miller United States |
Shuhei Nishida Japan |
George Jefferson United States |
Men's shot put |
Leo Sexton United States |
Harlow Rothert United States |
František Douda Czechoslovakia |
Men's discus throw |
John Anderson United States |
Henri LaBorde United States |
Paul Winter France |
Men's hammer throw |
Pat O'Callaghan Ireland |
Ville Pörhölä Finland |
Peter Zaremba United States |
Men's javelin throw |
Matti Järvinen Finland |
Matti Sippala Finland |
Eino Penttilä Finland |
Men's decathlon |
James Bausch United States |
Akilles Järvinen Finland |
Wolrad Eberle Germany |
Women's 100m |
Stanisława Walasiewicz Poland * |
Hilda Strike Canada |
Wilhelmina von Bremen United States |
Women's 4 × 100 m relay |
United States (USA) Mary Carew Evelyn Furtsch Annette Rogers Wilhelmina von Bremen |
Canada (CAN) Mary Frizzell Mildred Fizzell Lillian Palmer Hilda Strike |
Great Britain (GBR) Nellie Halstead Eileen Hiscock Gwendoline Porter Violet Webb |
Women's 80m hurdles |
Babe Didrikson United States |
Evelyne Hall United States |
Marjorie Clark South Africa |
Women's high jump |
Jean Shiley United States |
Babe Didrikson United States |
Eva Dawes Canada |
Women's discus throw |
Lillian Copeland United States |
Ruth Osburn United States |
Jadwiga Wajs Poland |
Women's javelin throw |
Babe Didrikson United States |
Ellen Braumüller Germany |
Tilly Fleischer Germany |
Boxing[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Flyweight (-50.8 kg / 112 lb) |
István Énekes Hungary |
Francisco Cabañas Mexico |
Louis Salica United States |
Bantamweight (-53.5 kg / 118 lb) |
Horace Gwynne Canada |
Hans Ziglarski Germany |
Philippines |
Featherweight (-57.2 kg / 126 lb) |
Carmelo Robledo Argentina |
Josef Schleinkofer Germany |
Allan Carlsson Sweden |
Lightweight (-61.2 kg / 135 lb) |
Lawrence Stevens South Africa |
Thure Ahlqvist Sweden |
Nathan Bor United States |
Welterweight (-66.7 kg / 147 lb) |
Edward Flynn United States |
Erich Campe Germany |
Bruno Ahlberg Finland |
Middleweight (-72.6 kg / 160 lb) |
Carmen Barth United States |
Amado Azar Argentina |
Ernest Peirce South Africa |
Light heavyweight (-79.4 kg / 175 lb) |
David Carstens South Africa |
Gino Rossi Italy |
Peter Jørgensen Denmark |
Heavyweight (over 79.4 kg/175 lb) |
Santiago Lovell Argentina |
Luigi Rovati Italy |
Frederick Feary United States |
Cycling[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Individual time trial |
Attilio Pavesi Italy |
Guglielmo Segato Italy |
Bernhard Britz Sweden |
Team time trial |
Italy (ITA) Giuseppe Olmo Attilio Pavesi Guglielmo Segato |
Denmark (DEN) Henry Leo Nielsen Frode Sørensen |
Sweden (SWE) Arne Berg Bernhard Britz Sven Höglund |
1000m time trial |
Dunc Gray Australia |
Jacobus van Egmond Netherlands |
Charles Rampelberg France |
Sprint |
Jacobus van Egmond Netherlands |
Louis Chaillot France |
Bruno Pellizzari Italy |
Tandem |
France (FRA) Louis Chaillot Maurice Perrin |
Great Britain (GBR) Ernest Chambers Stanley Chambers |
Denmark (DEN) Harald Christensen Willy Gervin |
Team pursuit |
Italy (ITA) Paolo Pedretti Nino Borsari Marco Cimatti Alberto Ghilardi |
France (FRA) Henri Mouillefarine Paul Chocque Amédée Fournier René Legrèves |
Great Britain (GBR) Frank Southall William Harvell Charles Holland Ernest Johnson |
Diving[]
Men
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
3 metre springboard |
Michael Galitzen United States |
Harold Smith United States |
Richard Degener United States |
10 metre platform |
Harold Smith United States |
Michael Galitzen United States |
Frank Kurtz United States |
Women
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
3 metre springboard |
Georgia Coleman United States |
Katherine Rawls United States |
Jane Fauntz United States |
10 metre platform |
Dorothy Poynton United States |
Georgia Coleman United States |
Marion Roper United States |
Equestrian[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Individual dressage |
Xavier Lesage and Taine France |
Charles Marion and Linon France |
Hiram Tuttle and Olympic United States |
Team dressage |
France (FRA) Xavier Lesage and Taine Charles Marion and Linon André Jousseaume and Sorelta |
Sweden (SWE) Bertil Sandström and Kreta Thomas Byström and Gulliver Gustaf Adolf Boltenstern, Jr. and Ingo |
United States (USA) Hiram Tuttle and Olympic Isaac Kitts and American Lady Alvin Moore and Water Pat |
Individual eventing |
Charles Pahud de Mortanges and Ferdinand Netherlands |
Earl Foster Thomson and Jenny Camp United States |
Clarence von Rosen, Jr. and Sunnyside Maid Sweden |
Team eventing |
United States (USA) Earl Foster Thomson and Jenny Camp Harry Chamberlin and Pleasant Smiles Edwin Argo and Honolulu Tomboy |
Netherlands (NED) Charles Pahud de Mortanges and Marcroix Karel Schummelketel and Duiveltje Aernout van Lennep and Henk |
No Bronze awarded |
Individual jumping |
Takeichi Nishi and Uranus Japan |
Harry Chamberlin and Show Girl United States |
Clarence von Rosen, Jr. and Empire Sweden |
- Note:The scheduled team jumping event was declared void as no nation completed the course with three riders
Fencing[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Men's épée |
Giancarlo Cornaggia Medici Italy |
Georges Buchard France |
Carlo Agostoni Italy |
Men's team épée |
France (FRA) Fernand Jourdant Bernard Schmetz Georges Tainturier Georges Buchard Jean Piot Philippe Cattiau |
Italy (ITA) Saverio Ragno Giancarlo Cornaggia Medici Franco Riccardi Carlo Agostoni Renzo Minoli |
United States (USA) George Charles Calnan Gustave Marinius Heiss Frank Stahl Jr. Righeimer Tracy Jaeckel Curtis Charles Shears Miguel Angel De Capriles |
Men's foil |
Gustavo Marzi Italy |
Joseph L. Levis United States |
Giulio Gaudini Italy |
Men's team foil |
France (FRA) Edward Gardère René Bondoux René Bougnol René Lemoine Philippe Cattiau Jean Piot |
Italy (ITA) Giulio Gaudini Gustavo Marzi Ugo Pignotti Gioachino Guaragna Rodolfo Terlizzi Giorgio Pessina |
United States (USA) George Charles Calnan Richard Clarke Steere Joseph L. Levis Dernell Every Hugh Vincent Alessandroni Frank Stahl Jr. Righeimer |
Men's sabre |
György Piller Hungary |
Giulio Gaudini Italy |
Endre Kabos Hungary |
Men's team sabre |
Hungary (HUN) Endre Kabos Attila Petschauer Ernő Nagy Gyula Glykais György Piller Aladár Gerevich |
Italy (ITA) Gustavo Marzi Giulio Gaudini Renato Anselmi Emilio Salafia Arturo De Vecchi Ugo Pignotti |
Poland (POL) Tadeusz Friedrich Marian Suski Władysław Dobrowolski Władysław Segda Leszek Lubicz Adam Papée |
Women's foil |
Ellen Preis Austria |
Judy Guinness Great Britain |
Erna Bogen Hungary |
Field hockey[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Men's tournament |
India (IND) Richard Allen Muhammad Aslam Lal Bokhari Frank Brewin Richard Carr Dhyan Chand Leslie Hammond Arthur Hind Sayed Jaffar Masud Minhas Broome Pinniger Gurmit Singh Kullar Roop Singh William Sullivan Carlyle Tapsell |
Japan (JPN) Shunkichi Hamada Junzo Inohara Sadayoshi Kobayashi Haruhiko Kon Kenichi Konishi Hiroshi Nagata Eiichi Nakamura Yoshio Sakai Katsumi Shibata Akio Sohda Toshio Usami |
United States (USA) William Boddington Harold Brewster Roy Coffin Amos Deacon Horace Disston Samuel Ewing James Gentle Henry Greer Lawrence Knapp David McMullin Leonard O'Brien Charles Sheaffer Frederick Wolters |
Gymnastics[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
All-Around, Individual |
Romeo Neri Italy |
István Pelle Hungary |
Heikki Savolainen Finland |
All-Around, Team |
Italy (ITA) Oreste Capuzzo Savino Guglielmetti Mario Lertora Romeo Neri Franco Tognini |
United States (USA) Frank Haubold Frank Cumiskey Al Jochim Fred Meyer Michael Schuler |
Finland (FIN) Mauri Nyberg-Noroma Ilmari Pakarinen Heikki Savolainen Einari Teräsvirta Martti Uosikkinen |
Floor |
István Pelle Hungary |
Georges Miez Switzerland |
Mario Lertora Italy |
Horizontal bar |
Dallas Bixler United States |
Heikki Savolainen Finland |
Einari Teräsvirta Finland |
Indian clubs |
George Roth United States |
Philip Erenberg United States |
William Kuhlemeier United States |
Parallel bars |
Romeo Neri Italy |
István Pelle Hungary |
Heikki Savolainen Finland |
Pommel horse |
István Pelle Hungary |
Omero Bonoli Italy |
Frank Haubold United States |
Rings |
George Gulack United States |
Bill Denton United States |
Giovanni Lattuada Italy |
Rope climbing |
Raymond Bass United States |
William Galbraith United States |
Thomas Connolly United States |
Tumbling |
Rowland Wolfe United States |
Edwin Gross United States |
William Herrmann United States |
Vault |
Savino Guglielmetti Italy |
Al Jochim United States |
Ed Carmichael United States |
Modern pentathlon[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Men's |
Johan Gabriel Oxenstierna Sweden |
Bo Lindman Sweden |
United States |
Rowing[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
single sculls |
Bobby Pearce Australia |
William Miller United States |
Guillermo Douglas Uruguay |
double sculls |
United States (USA) Ken Myers William Gilmore |
Germany (GER) Herbert Buhtz Gerhard Boetzelen |
Canada (CAN) Charles Pratt Noël de Mille |
coxless pairs |
Great Britain (GBR) Lewis Clive Hugh Edwards |
New Zealand (NZL) Cyril Stiles Rangi Thompson |
Poland (POL) Henryk Budziński Jan Mikołajczak |
coxed pairs |
United States (USA) Joseph Schauers Charles Kieffer Edward Jennings |
Poland (POL) Jerzy Braun Janusz Ślązak Jerzy Skolimowski |
France (FRA) Anselme Brusa André Giriat Pierre Brunet |
coxless four |
Great Britain (GBR) John Badcock Hugh Edwards Jack Beresford Rowland George |
Germany (GER) Karl Aletter Ernst Gaber Walter Flinsch Hans Maier |
Italy (ITA) Antonio Ghiardello Francesco Cossu Giliante D'Este Antonio Garzoni Provenzani |
coxed four |
Germany (GER) Hans Eller Horst Hoeck Walter Meyer Joachim Spremberg Carlheinz Neumann |
Italy (ITA) Bruno Vattovaz Giovanni Plazzer Riccardo Divora Bruno Parovel Giovanni Scher |
Poland (POL) Jerzy Braun Janusz Ślązak Stanisław Urban Edward Kobyliński Jerzy Skolimowski |
eight |
United States (USA) Edwin Salisbury James Blair Duncan Gregg David Dunlap Burton Jastram Charles Chandler Harold Tower Winslow Hall Norris Graham |
Italy (ITA) Vittorio Cioni Mario Balleri Renato Bracci Dino Barsotti Roberto Vestrini Guglielmo Del Bimbo Enrico Garzelli Renato Barbieri Cesare Milani |
Canada (CAN) Earl Eastwood Joseph Harris Stanley Stanyar Harry Fry Cedric Liddell William Thoburn Don Boal Albert Taylor Les MacDonald |
Sailing[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Snowbird |
Jacques Lebrun France |
Bob Maas Netherlands |
Santiago Amat Spain |
Star |
United States (USA) Jupiter Gilbert Gray Andrew Libano |
Great Britain (GBR) Joy George Colin Ratsey Peter Jaffe |
Sweden (SWE) Swedisk Star Gunnar Asther Daniel Sundén-Cullberg |
6 metre |
Sweden (SWE) Bissbi Tore Holm Martin Hindorff Olle Åkerlund Åke Bergqvist |
United States (USA) Gallant Robert Carlson Temple Ashbrook Frederic Conant Charles Smith Donald Wills Douglas, Jr. Emmett Davis |
Canada (CAN) Caprice Philip Rogers Gerald Wilson Gardner Boultbee Kenneth Glass |
8 metre |
United States (USA) Angelita John Biby William Cooper Carl Dorsey Owen Churchill Robert Sutton Pierpont Davis Alan Morgan Alphonse Burnand Thomas Webster John Huettner Richard Moore Kenneth Carey |
Canada (CAN) Santa Maria Ernest Cribb Harry Jones Peter Gordon Hubert Wallace Ronald Maitland George Gyles |
none awarded |
Shooting[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
25 metre rapid fire pistol |
Renzo Morigi Italy |
Heinz Hax Germany |
Domenico Matteucci Italy |
50 metre rifle prone |
Bertil Rönnmark Sweden |
Gustavo Huet Mexico |
Zoltán Soós-Hradetzky Hungary |
Swimming[]
Men
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
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 |
Water polo[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Men's tournament |
Hungary (HUN) István Barta György Bródy Olivér Halassy Márton Homonnai Sándor Ivády Alajos Keserű Ferenc Keserű János Németh Miklós Sárkány József Vértesy |
Germany (GER) Emil Benecke Otto Cordes Hans Eckstein Fritz Gunst Erich Rademacher Joachim Rademacher Hans Schulze Heiko Schwartz |
United States (USA) Austin Clapp Philip Daubenspeck Charles Finn Charles McCallister Wally O'Connor Cal Strong Herbert Wildman |
Weightlifting[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Featherweight –60 kg |
Raymond Suvigny France |
Hans Wölpert Germany |
Anthony Terlazzo United States |
Lightweight –67.5 kg |
René Duverger France |
Hans Haas Austria |
Gastone Pierini Italy |
Middleweight –75 kg |
Rudolf Ismayr Germany |
Carlo Galimberti Italy |
Karl Hipfinger Austria |
Light-heavyweight –82.5 kg |
Louis Hostin France |
Svend Olsen Denmark |
Henry Duey United States |
Heavyweight +82.5 kg |
Jaroslav Skobla Czechoslovakia |
Václav Pšenička Czechoslovakia |
Josef Straßberger Germany |
Wrestling[]
Greco-Roman[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Bantamweight (- 56 kg) |
Jakob Brendel Germany |
Marcello Nizzola Italy |
Louis François France |
Featherweight (- 61 kg) |
Giovanni Gozzi Italy |
Wolfgang Ehrl Germany |
Lauri Koskela Finland |
Lightweight (- 66 kg) |
Eric Malmberg Sweden |
Abraham Kurland Denmark |
Eduard Sperling Germany |
Welterweight (- 72 kg) |
Ivar Johansson Sweden |
Väinö Kajander Finland |
Ercole Gallegati Italy |
Middleweight (- 79 kg) |
Väinö Kokkinen Finland |
Jean Földeák Germany |
Axel Cadier Sweden |
Light Heavyweight (- 87 kg) |
Rudolf Svensson Sweden |
Onni Pellinen Finland |
Mario Gruppioni Italy |
Heavyweight (+ 87 kg) |
Carl Westergren Sweden |
Josef Urban Czechoslovakia |
Nikolaus Hirschl Austria |
Freestyle[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Bantamweight (- 56 kg) |
Robert Pearce United States |
Ödön Zombori Hungary |
Aatos Jaskari Finland |
Featherweight (- 61 kg) |
Hermanni Pihlajamäki Finland |
Edgar Nemir United States |
Einar Karlsson Sweden |
Lightweight (- 66 kg) |
Charles Pacôme France |
Károly Kárpáti Hungary |
Gustaf Klarén Sweden |
Welterweight (- 72 kg) |
Jack van Bebber United States |
Daniel MacDonald Canada |
Eino Leino Finland |
Middleweight (- 79 kg) |
Ivar Johansson Sweden |
Kyösti Luukko Finland |
József Tunyogi Hungary |
Light Heavyweight (- 87 kg) |
Peter Mehringer United States |
Thure Sjöstedt Sweden |
Eddie Scarf Australia |
Heavyweight (+ 87 kg) |
Johan Richthoff Sweden |
Jack Riley United States |
Nikolaus Hirschl Austria |
Statistics[]
Medal leaders[]
Athletes who won multiple medals during the 1932 Winter Olympics are listed below.
Athlete | Nation | Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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See also[]
- 1932 Summer Olympics medal table
External links[]
- "Los Angeles 1932". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.
- 1932 Summer Olympics
- Lists of Summer Olympic medalists by year
- Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics