New Zealand at the 1932 Summer Olympics

New Zealand at the
1932 Summer Olympics
New Zealand at the; 1932 Summer Olympics
IOC code	NZL
NOC	New Zealand Olympic and British Empire Games Association
Website	www.olympic.org.nz
in Los Angeles
Competitors	21 in 4 sports
Flag bearer	Jack Macdonald (rower)
Medals; Ranked 22nd	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
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Other related appearances
	Australasia (1908–1912)

New Zealand competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. The team of 21 was New Zealand's largest to date and comprised 11 rowers, six athletes, three boxers, and one cyclist. The officials were manager ^[1] of Dunedin,^[2] boxing and athletic coach W. J. Heenan, and rowing coach Clarrie Healey.^[3]

An innovation was the daily one-hour radio report on the Olympics for New Zealand and Australia by the film actress from New Zealand, Nola Luxford.

Medallists[]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Bob Stiles Rangi Thompson	Rowing	Men's coxless pair	13 August

Athletics[]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank^[i]	Result	Rank^[ii]	Result	Rank^[iii]	Result	Rank
Stuart Black	Men's 200 m	23.1	3 Q	22.0	5	Did not advance
Stuart Black	Men's 400 m	49.9	4	Did not advance
Allan Elliot	Men's 100 m	10.8	2 Q	10.9	3 Q	11.0	5	Did not advance
Allan Elliot	Men's 200 m	22.2	2 Q	21.8	3 Q	21.9	5	Did not advance
Don Evans	Men's 800 m	1:56.6	4	N/A				Did not advance
Thelma Kench	Women's 100 m	12.4	3 Q	N/A			6	Did not advance
Jack Lovelock	Men's 1500 m	3:58.0	1 Q	N/A				3:57.8	7
Billy Savidan	Men's 5000 m	15.08.2	5 Q	N/A				14:49.6	4
Billy Savidan	Men's 10,000 m	N/A						31:09.0	4

^ Ranks given are within the heat
^ Ranks given are within the quarterfinal
^ Ranks given are within the semifinal

Boxing[]

Name	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
Name	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Bob Purdie	Men's lightweight	Bianchini (ITA) L	Did not advance			9T
Harold Thomas	Men's welterweight	Fabbroni (ITA) L	Did not advance			9T
Bert Lowe	Men's middleweight	Bernlöhr (GER) L	Did not advance			9T

Cycling[]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Ron Foubister	Men's individual road race	2:38:42.4	23

Rowing[]

1932 Summer Olympics New Zealand rowers

In 1932, seven rowing events were held, and New Zealand entered three boats: a coxless pair, a coxed four, and a coxed eight.^[4] The competition was for men only; women would first row at the 1976 Summer Olympics.^[5] The eight included the first two Māori Olympians, Jack Macdonald and Lawrence Woodgate-Jackson.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Bob Stiles Rangi Thompson	Coxless pair	7:50.2	2 R	8:11.4	2 Q	8:02.4
Noel Pope Somers Cox Charles Saunders John Solomon Delmont Gullery (cox)	Coxed four	7:19.6	3 R	7:38.2	1 Q	7:32.4	4
George Cooke Bert Sandos Bob Stiles Jack Macdonald Lawrence Jackson Rangi Thompson Charles Saunders John Solomon Delmont Gullery (cox)	Eight	6:38.2	4 R	6:52.2	2	Did not advance

References[]

^ "Obituary". The Evening Post. CXXXII (126). 24 November 1941. p. 8. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
^ "Olympic Games Team". The New Zealand Herald. LXIX (21172). 3 May 1932. p. 6. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
^ "Clarrie Healey". Whanganui District Council. Archived from the original on 24 September 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "New Zealand Rowing at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
^ "Rowing at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2016.

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[4] Ranks given are within the heat

[5] Ranks given are within the quarterfinal

[6] Ranks given are within the semifinal

[1] "Obituary". The Evening Post. CXXXII (126). 24 November 1941. p. 8. Retrieved 31 January 2017.

[2] "Olympic Games Team". The New Zealand Herald. LXIX (21172). 3 May 1932. p. 6. Retrieved 31 January 2017.

[3] "Clarrie Healey". Whanganui District Council. Archived from the original on 24 September 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2016.

[7] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "New Zealand Rowing at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2016.

[8] "Rowing at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2016.

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v t 1932 New Zealand Olympic team
Athletics	Stuart Black Allan Elliot Don Evans Thelma Kench Jack Lovelock Billy Savidan
Boxing	Bert Lowe Bob Purdie Harold Thomas
Cycling	Ron Foubister
Rowing	George Cooke Somers Cox Delmont Gullery Lawrence Jackson Jack Macdonald Noel Pope Bert Sandos Charles Saunders John Solomon Cyril Stiles Rangi Thompson
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