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.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's 100m details |
Eddie Tolan![]() |
Ralph Metcalfe![]() |
Arthur Jonath![]() |
Men's 200m details |
Eddie Tolan![]() |
George Simpson![]() |
Ralph Metcalfe![]() |
Men's 400m details |
Bill Carr![]() |
Ben Eastman![]() |
Alex Wilson![]() |
Men's 800m details |
Tommy Hampson![]() |
Alex Wilson![]() |
Phil Edwards![]() |
Men's 1500m details |
Luigi Beccali![]() |
Jerry Cornes![]() |
Phil Edwards![]() |
Men's 5000m details |
Lauri Lehtinen![]() |
Ralph Hill![]() |
Lauri Virtanen![]() |
Men's 10000m details |
Janusz Kusociński![]() |
Volmari Iso-Hollo![]() |
Lauri Virtanen![]() |
Men's 110m hurdles details |
George Saling![]() |
Percy Beard![]() |
Donald Finlay![]() |
Men's 400m hurdles details |
Bob Tisdall![]() |
Glenn Hardin![]() |
Morgan Taylor![]() |
Men's 3000m steeplechase details |
Volmari Iso-Hollo![]() |
Thomas Evenson![]() |
Joe McCluskey![]() |
Men's 4 × 100 m relay details |
![]() Bob Kiesel Hector Dyer Emmett Toppino Frank Wykoff |
![]() Friedrich Hendrix Erich Borchmeyer Arthur Jonath Helmut Körnig |
![]() Giuseppe Castelli Gabriele Salviati Ruggero Maregatti Edgardo Toetti |
Men's 4 × 400 m relay details |
![]() Ivan Fuqua Ed Ablowich Karl Warner Bill Carr |
![]() Crew Stoneley Tommy Hampson David Burghley Godfrey Rampling |
![]() James Ball Ray Lewis Phil Edwards Alex Wilson |
Men's 50 km walk details |
Tommy Green![]() |
Jānis Daliņš![]() |
Ugo Frigerio![]() |
Men's marathon details |
Juan Carlos Zabala![]() |
Sam Ferris![]() |
Armas Toivonen![]() |
Men's long jump details |
Ed Gordon![]() |
Lambert Redd![]() |
Chuhei Nambu![]() |
Men's triple jump details |
Chuhei Nambu![]() |
Erik Svensson![]() |
Kenkichi Oshima![]() |
Men's high jump details |
Duncan McNaughton![]() |
Bob Van Osdel![]() |
Simeon Toribio![]() |
Men's pole vault details |
Bill Miller![]() |
Shuhei Nishida![]() |
George Jefferson![]() |
Men's shot put details |
Leo Sexton![]() |
Harlow Rothert![]() |
František Douda![]() |
Men's discus throw details |
John Anderson![]() |
Henri LaBorde![]() |
Paul Winter![]() |
Men's hammer throw details |
Pat O'Callaghan![]() |
Ville Pörhölä![]() |
Peter Zaremba![]() |
Men's javelin throw details |
Matti Järvinen![]() |
Matti Sippala![]() |
Eino Penttilä![]() |
Men's decathlon details |
James Bausch![]() |
Akilles Järvinen![]() |
Wolrad Eberle![]() |
Women's 100m details |
Stanisława Walasiewicz![]() |
Hilda Strike![]() |
Wilhelmina von Bremen![]() |
Women's 4 × 100 m relay details |
![]() Mary Carew Evelyn Furtsch Annette Rogers Wilhelmina von Bremen |
![]() Mary Frizzell Mildred Fizzell Lillian Palmer Hilda Strike |
![]() Nellie Halstead Eileen Hiscock Gwendoline Porter Violet Webb |
Women's 80m hurdles details |
Babe Didrikson![]() |
Evelyne Hall![]() |
Marjorie Clark![]() |
Women's high jump details |
Jean Shiley![]() |
Babe Didrikson![]() |
Eva Dawes![]() |
Women's discus throw details |
Lillian Copeland![]() |
Ruth Osburn![]() |
Jadwiga Wajs![]() |
Women's javelin throw details |
Babe Didrikson![]() |
Ellen Braumüller![]() |
Tilly Fleischer![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Flyweight (-50.8 kg / 112 lb) details |
István Énekes![]() |
Francisco Cabañas![]() |
Louis Salica![]() |
Bantamweight (-53.5 kg / 118 lb) details |
Horace Gwynne![]() |
Hans Ziglarski![]() |
José Villanueva![]() |
Featherweight (-57.2 kg / 126 lb) details |
Carmelo Robledo![]() |
Josef Schleinkofer![]() |
Allan Carlsson![]() |
Lightweight (-61.2 kg / 135 lb) details |
Lawrence Stevens![]() |
Thure Ahlqvist![]() |
Nathan Bor![]() |
Welterweight (-66.7 kg / 147 lb) details |
Edward Flynn![]() |
Erich Campe![]() |
Bruno Ahlberg![]() |
Middleweight (-72.6 kg / 160 lb) details |
Carmen Barth![]() |
Amado Azar![]() |
Ernest Peirce![]() |
Light heavyweight (-79.4 kg / 175 lb) details |
David Carstens![]() |
Gino Rossi![]() |
Peter Jørgensen![]() |
Heavyweight (over 79.4 kg/175 lb) details |
Santiago Lovell![]() |
Luigi Rovati![]() |
Frederick Feary![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Individual time trial details |
Attilio Pavesi![]() |
Guglielmo Segato![]() |
Bernhard Britz![]() |
Team time trial details |
![]() Giuseppe Olmo Attilio Pavesi Guglielmo Segato |
![]() Henry Leo Nielsen Frode Sørensen |
![]() Arne Berg Bernhard Britz Sven Höglund |
1000m time trial details |
Dunc Gray![]() |
Jacobus van Egmond![]() |
Charles Rampelberg![]() |
Sprint details |
Jacobus van Egmond![]() |
Louis Chaillot![]() |
Bruno Pellizzari![]() |
Tandem details |
![]() Louis Chaillot Maurice Perrin |
![]() Ernest Chambers Stanley Chambers |
![]() Harald Christensen Willy Gervin |
Team pursuit details |
![]() Paolo Pedretti Nino Borsari Marco Cimatti Alberto Ghilardi |
![]() Henri Mouillefarine Paul Chocque Amédée Fournier René Legrèves |
![]() Frank Southall William Harvell Charles Holland Ernest Johnson |
Men
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
3 metre springboard details |
Michael Galitzen![]() |
Harold Smith![]() |
Richard Degener![]() |
10 metre platform details |
Harold Smith![]() |
Michael Galitzen![]() |
Frank Kurtz![]() |
Women
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
3 metre springboard details |
Georgia Coleman![]() |
Katherine Rawls![]() |
Jane Fauntz![]() |
10 metre platform details |
Dorothy Poynton![]() |
Georgia Coleman![]() |
Marion Roper![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Individual dressage details |
Xavier Lesage and Taine![]() |
Charles Marion and Linon![]() |
Hiram Tuttle and Olympic![]() |
Team dressage details |
![]() Xavier Lesage and Taine Charles Marion and Linon André Jousseaume and Sorelta |
![]() Bertil Sandström and Kreta Thomas Byström and Gulliver Gustaf Adolf Boltenstern, Jr. and Ingo |
![]() Hiram Tuttle and Olympic Isaac Kitts and American Lady Alvin Moore and Water Pat |
Individual eventing details |
Charles Pahud de Mortanges and Ferdinand![]() |
Earl Foster Thomson and Jenny Camp![]() |
Clarence von Rosen, Jr. and Sunnyside Maid![]() |
Team eventing details |
![]() Earl Foster Thomson and Jenny Camp Harry Chamberlin and Pleasant Smiles Edwin Argo and Honolulu Tomboy |
![]() Charles Pahud de Mortanges and Marcroix Karel Schummelketel and Duiveltje Aernout van Lennep and Henk |
No Bronze awarded |
Individual jumping details |
Takeichi Nishi and Uranus![]() |
Harry Chamberlin and Show Girl![]() |
Clarence von Rosen, Jr. and Empire![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Men's épée details |
Giancarlo Cornaggia Medici![]() |
Georges Buchard![]() |
Carlo Agostoni![]() |
Men's team épée details |
![]() Fernand Jourdant Bernard Schmetz Georges Tainturier Georges Buchard Jean Piot Philippe Cattiau |
![]() Saverio Ragno Giancarlo Cornaggia Medici Franco Riccardi Carlo Agostoni Renzo Minoli |
![]() George Charles Calnan Gustave Marinius Heiss Frank Stahl Jr. Righeimer Tracy Jaeckel Curtis Charles Shears Miguel Angel De Capriles |
Men's foil details |
Gustavo Marzi![]() |
Joseph L. Levis![]() |
Giulio Gaudini![]() |
Men's team foil details |
![]() Edward Gardère René Bondoux René Bougnol René Lemoine Philippe Cattiau Jean Piot |
![]() Giulio Gaudini Gustavo Marzi Ugo Pignotti Gioachino Guaragna Rodolfo Terlizzi Giorgio Pessina |
![]() George Charles Calnan Richard Clarke Steere Joseph L. Levis Dernell Every Hugh Vincent Alessandroni Frank Stahl Jr. Righeimer |
Men's sabre details |
György Piller![]() |
Giulio Gaudini![]() |
Endre Kabos![]() |
Men's team sabre details |
![]() Endre Kabos Attila Petschauer Ernő Nagy Gyula Glykais György Piller Aladár Gerevich |
![]() Gustavo Marzi Giulio Gaudini Renato Anselmi Emilio Salafia Arturo De Vecchi Ugo Pignotti |
![]() Tadeusz Friedrich Marian Suski Władysław Dobrowolski Władysław Segda Leszek Lubicz Adam Papée |
Women's foil details |
Ellen Preis![]() |
Judy Guinness![]() |
Erna Bogen![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Men's tournament details |
![]() 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 |
![]() Shunkichi Hamada Junzo Inohara Sadayoshi Kobayashi Haruhiko Kon Kenichi Konishi Hiroshi Nagata Eiichi Nakamura Yoshio Sakai Katsumi Shibata Akio Sohda Toshio Usami |
![]() 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 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
All-Around, Individual details |
Romeo Neri![]() |
István Pelle![]() |
Heikki Savolainen![]() |
All-Around, Team details |
![]() Oreste Capuzzo Savino Guglielmetti Mario Lertora Romeo Neri Franco Tognini |
![]() Frank Haubold Frank Cumiskey Al Jochim Fred Meyer Michael Schuler |
![]() Mauri Nyberg-Noroma Ilmari Pakarinen Heikki Savolainen Einari Teräsvirta Martti Uosikkinen |
Floor details |
István Pelle![]() |
Georges Miez![]() |
Mario Lertora![]() |
Horizontal bar details |
Dallas Bixler![]() |
Heikki Savolainen![]() |
Einari Teräsvirta![]() |
Indian clubs details |
George Roth![]() |
Philip Erenberg![]() |
William Kuhlemeier![]() |
Parallel bars details |
Romeo Neri![]() |
István Pelle![]() |
Heikki Savolainen![]() |
Pommel horse details |
István Pelle![]() |
Omero Bonoli![]() |
Frank Haubold![]() |
Rings details |
George Gulack![]() |
Bill Denton![]() |
Giovanni Lattuada![]() |
Rope climbing details |
Raymond Bass![]() |
William Galbraith![]() |
Thomas Connolly![]() |
Tumbling details |
Rowland Wolfe![]() |
Edwin Gross![]() |
William Herrmann![]() |
Vault details |
Savino Guglielmetti![]() |
Al Jochim![]() |
Ed Carmichael![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Men's details |
Johan Gabriel Oxenstierna![]() |
Bo Lindman![]() |
Richard Mayo![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Snowbird details |
Jacques Lebrun![]() |
Bob Maas![]() |
Santiago Amat![]() |
Star details |
![]() Jupiter Gilbert Gray Andrew Libano |
![]() Joy George Colin Ratsey Peter Jaffe |
![]() Swedisk Star Gunnar Asther Daniel Sundén-Cullberg |
6 metre details |
![]() Bissbi Tore Holm Martin Hindorff Olle Åkerlund Åke Bergqvist |
![]() Gallant Robert Carlson Temple Ashbrook Frederic Conant Charles Smith Donald Wills Douglas, Jr. Emmett Davis |
![]() Caprice Philip Rogers Gerald Wilson Gardner Boultbee Kenneth Glass |
8 metre details |
![]() 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 |
![]() Santa Maria Ernest Cribb Harry Jones Peter Gordon Hubert Wallace Ronald Maitland George Gyles |
none awarded |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
25 metre rapid fire pistol details |
Renzo Morigi![]() |
Heinz Hax![]() |
Domenico Matteucci![]() |
50 metre rifle prone details |
Bertil Rönnmark![]() |
Gustavo Huet![]() |
Zoltán Soós-Hradetzky![]() |
Men
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
100 m freestyle details |
Yasuji Miyazaki![]() |
Tatsugo Kawaishi![]() |
Albert Schwartz![]() |
400 m freestyle details |
Buster Crabbe![]() |
Jean Taris![]() |
Tsutomu Ōyokota![]() |
1500 m freestyle details |
Kusuo Kitamura![]() |
Shozo Makino![]() |
Jim Cristy![]() |
100 m backstroke details |
Masaji Kiyokawa![]() |
Toshio Irie![]() |
Kentaro Kawatsu![]() |
200 m breaststroke details |
Yoshiyuki Tsuruta![]() |
Reizo Koike![]() |
Teófilo Yldefonso![]() |
4 × 200 m freestyle relay details |
![]() Yasuji Miyazaki Hisakichi Toyoda Takashi Yokoyama Masanori Yusa |
![]() Frank Booth George Fissler Maiola Kalili Manuella Kalili |
![]() István Bárány László Szabados András Székely András Wanié |
Women
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
100 m freestyle details |
Helene Madison![]() |
Willy den Ouden![]() |
Eleanor Saville![]() |
400 m freestyle details |
Helene Madison![]() |
Lenore Kight![]() |
Jenny Maakal![]() |
100 m backstroke details |
Eleanor Holm![]() |
Bonnie Mealing![]() |
Valerie Davies![]() |
200 m breaststroke details |
Clare Dennis![]() |
Hideko Maehata![]() |
Else Jacobsen![]() |
4 × 100 m freestyle relay details |
![]() Helen Johns Helene Madison Josephine McKim Eleanor Saville |
![]() Corrie Laddé Willy den Ouden Puck Oversloot Maria Vierdag |
![]() Joyce Cooper Valerie Davies Edna Hughes Helen Varcoe |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Men's tournament details |
![]() István Barta György Bródy Olivér Halassy Márton Homonnai Sándor Ivády Alajos Keserű Ferenc Keserű János Németh Miklós Sárkány József Vértesy |
![]() Emil Benecke Otto Cordes Hans Eckstein Fritz Gunst Erich Rademacher Joachim Rademacher Hans Schulze Heiko Schwartz |
![]() Austin Clapp Philip Daubenspeck Charles Finn Charles McCallister Wally O'Connor Cal Strong Herbert Wildman |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Featherweight –60 kg details |
Raymond Suvigny![]() |
Hans Wölpert![]() |
Anthony Terlazzo![]() |
Lightweight –67.5 kg details |
René Duverger![]() |
Hans Haas![]() |
Gastone Pierini![]() |
Middleweight –75 kg details |
Rudolf Ismayr![]() |
Carlo Galimberti![]() |
Karl Hipfinger![]() |
Light-heavyweight –82.5 kg details |
Louis Hostin![]() |
Svend Olsen![]() |
Henry Duey![]() |
Heavyweight +82.5 kg details |
Jaroslav Skobla![]() |
Václav Pšenička![]() |
Josef Straßberger![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Bantamweight (- 56 kg) details |
Jakob Brendel![]() |
Marcello Nizzola![]() |
Louis François![]() |
Featherweight (- 61 kg) details |
Giovanni Gozzi![]() |
Wolfgang Ehrl![]() |
Lauri Koskela![]() |
Lightweight (- 66 kg) details |
Eric Malmberg![]() |
Abraham Kurland![]() |
Eduard Sperling![]() |
Welterweight (- 72 kg) details |
Ivar Johansson![]() |
Väinö Kajander![]() |
Ercole Gallegati![]() |
Middleweight (- 79 kg) details |
Väinö Kokkinen![]() |
Jean Földeák![]() |
Axel Cadier![]() |
Light Heavyweight (- 87 kg) details |
Rudolf Svensson![]() |
Onni Pellinen![]() |
Mario Gruppioni![]() |
Heavyweight (+ 87 kg) details |
Carl Westergren![]() |
Josef Urban![]() |
Nikolaus Hirschl![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Bantamweight (- 56 kg) details |
Robert Pearce![]() |
Ödön Zombori![]() |
Aatos Jaskari![]() |
Featherweight (- 61 kg) details |
Hermanni Pihlajamäki![]() |
Edgar Nemir![]() |
Einar Karlsson![]() |
Lightweight (- 66 kg) details |
Charles Pacôme![]() |
Károly Kárpáti![]() |
Gustaf Klarén![]() |
Welterweight (- 72 kg) details |
Jack van Bebber![]() |
Daniel MacDonald![]() |
Eino Leino![]() |
Middleweight (- 79 kg) details |
Ivar Johansson![]() |
Kyösti Luukko![]() |
József Tunyogi![]() |
Light Heavyweight (- 87 kg) details |
Peter Mehringer![]() |
Thure Sjöstedt![]() |
Eddie Scarf![]() |
Heavyweight (+ 87 kg) details |
Johan Richthoff![]() |
Jack Riley![]() |
Nikolaus Hirschl![]() |
Athletes who won multiple medals during the 1932 Winter Olympics are listed below.
Athlete | Nation | Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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Summer Olympic Games | |
Winter Olympic Games |
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