United States at the 1932 Summer Olympics
Sporting event delegation
The United States was the host nation for the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California . 474 competitors, 400 men and 74 women, took part in 122 events in 17 sports.[1] [2] [3]
Medalists
Medal
Name
Sport
Event
Date
Gold
Eddie Tolan
Athletics
Men's 100 m
August 1
Men's 200 m
August 1
Gold
Bill Carr
Athletics
Men's 400 m
August 5
Gold
George Saling
Athletics
Men's 110 m hurdles
August 3
Gold
Hector Dyer , Bob Kiesel ,Emmett Toppino , Frank Wykoff
Athletics
Men's 4 × 100 m relay
August 7
Gold
Ed Ablowich , Bill Carr ,Ivan Fuqua , Karl Warner
Athletics
Men's 4 × 400 m relay
August 7
Gold
Ed Gordon
Athletics
Men's long jump
August 2
Gold
Bill Miller
Athletics
Men's pole vault
August 3
Gold
Leo Sexton
Athletics
Men's shot put
July 31
Gold
John Anderson
Athletics
Men's discus throw
August 3
Gold
James Bausch
Athletics
Men's decathlon
August 6
Gold
Babe Didrikson
Athletics
Women's 80 m hurdles
August 4
Women's javelin throw
July 31
Gold
Mary Carew , Evelyn Furtsch ,Annette Rogers , Wilhelmina von Bremen
Athletics
Women's 4 × 100 m relay
August 7
Gold
Jean Shiley
Athletics
Women's high jump
August 7
Gold
Lillian Copeland
Athletics
Women's discus throw
August 2
Gold
Edward Flynn
Boxing
Men's welterweight
August 13
Gold
Carmen Barth
Boxing
Men's middleweight
August 13
Gold
Michael Galitzen
Diving
Men's 3 m springboard
August 8
Gold
Harold Smith
Diving
Men's 10 m platform
August 13
Gold
Georgia Coleman
Diving
Women's 3 m springboard
August 10
Gold
Dorothy Poynton
Diving
Women's 10 m platform
August 12
Gold
Edwin Argo , Harry Chamberlin ,Earl Foster Thomson
Equestrian
Team eventing
August 13
Gold
Dallas Bixler
Gymnastics
Men's horizontal bar
August 11
Gold
George Roth
Gymnastics
Men's Indian clubs
August 9
Gold
George Gulack
Gymnastics
Men's rings
August 12
Gold
Raymond Bass
Gymnastics
Men's rope climbing
August 10
Gold
Rowland Wolfe
Gymnastics
Men's tumbling
August 10
Gold
William Gilmore , Ken Myers
Rowing
Men's double sculls
August 13
Gold
Edward Jennings , Charles Kieffer , Joseph Schauers
Rowing
Men's coxed pair
August 13
Gold
James Blair , Charles Chandler , David Dunlap ,Norris Graham , Duncan Gregg , Winslow Hall ,Burton Jastram , Edwin Salisbury , Harold Tower
Rowing
Men's eight
August 13
Gold
Gilbert Gray , Andrew Libano
Sailing
Star class
August 12
Gold
John Biby , Alphonse Burnand , Kenneth Carey , , Owen Churchill , William Cooper , Pierpont Davis ,Carl Dorsey , John Huettner , Richard Moore ,Alan Morgan , Robert Sutton , Thomas Webster
Sailing
8 m class
August 12
Gold
Buster Crabbe
Swimming
Men's 400 m freestyle
August 10
Gold
Helene Madison
Swimming
Women's 100 m freestyle
August 8
Women's 400 m freestyle
August 11
Gold
Eleanor Holm
Swimming
Women's 100 m backstroke
August 11
Gold
Helen Johns , Helene Madison ,Josephine McKim , Eleanor Saville
Swimming
Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
August 12
Gold
Robert Pearce
Wrestling
Men's freestyle bantamweight
August 3
Gold
Jack van Bebber
Wrestling
Men's freestyle welterweight
August 3
Gold
Peter Mehringer
Wrestling
Men's freestyle light heavyweight
August 3
Silver
Ralph Metcalfe
Athletics
Men's 100 m
August 1
Silver
George Simpson
Athletics
Men's 200 m
August 1
Silver
Ben Eastman
Athletics
Men's 400 m
August 5
Silver
Ralph Hill
Athletics
Men's 5000 m
August 5
Silver
Percy Beard
Athletics
Men's 110 m hurdles
August 3
Silver
Glenn Hardin
Athletics
Men's 400 m hurdles
August 1
Silver
Lambert Redd
Athletics
Men's long jump
August 2
Silver
Bob Van Osdel
Athletics
Men's high jump
July 31
Silver
Harlow Rothert
Athletics
Men's shot put
July 31
Silver
Henri LaBorde
Athletics
Men's discus throw
August 3
Silver
Evelyne Hall
Athletics
Women's 80 m hurdles
August 4
Silver
Babe Didrikson
Athletics
Women's high jump
August 7
Silver
Ruth Osburn
Athletics
Women's discus throw
August 2
Silver
Harold Smith
Diving
Men's 3 m springboard
August 8
Silver
Michael Galitzen
Diving
Men's 10 m platform
August 13
Silver
Katherine Rawls
Diving
Women's 3 m springboard
August 10
Silver
Georgia Coleman
Diving
Women's 10 m platform
August 12
Silver
Earl Foster Thomson
Equestrian
Individual eventing
August 13
Silver
Harry Chamberlin
Equestrian
Individual jumping
August 14
Silver
Joseph Levis
Fencing
Men's foil
August 4
Silver
Frank Cumiskey , Frank Haubold , Al Jochim ,Fred Meyer , Michael Schuler
Gymnastics
Men's team all-around
August 10
Silver
Philip Erenberg
Gymnastics
Men's Indian clubs
August 9
Silver
Bill Denton
Gymnastics
Men's rings
August 12
Silver
William Galbraith
Gymnastics
Men's rope climbing
August 10
Silver
Ed Gross
Gymnastics
Men's tumbling
August 10
Silver
Al Jochim
Gymnastics
Men's vault
August 10
Silver
William Miller
Rowing
Men's single sculls
August 13
Silver
Temple Ashbrook , Robert Carlson ,Frederic Conant , Emmett Davis ,Donald Wills Douglas, Jr. , Charles Smith
Sailing
6 m class
August 12
Silver
Frank Booth , George Fissler ,Maiola Kalili , Manuella Kalili
Swimming
Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay
August 9
Silver
Lenore Kight
Swimming
Women's 400 m freestyle
August 11
Silver
Edgar Nemir
Wrestling
Men's freestyle featherweight
August 3
Silver
Jack Riley
Wrestling
Men's freestyle heavyweight
August 3
Bronze
Ralph Metcalfe
Athletics
Men's 200 m
August 1
Bronze
Morgan Taylor
Athletics
Men's 400 m hurdles
August 1
Bronze
Joe McCluskey
Athletics
Men's 3000 m steeplechase
August 2
Bronze
George Jefferson
Athletics
Men's pole vault
August 3
Bronze
Peter Zaremba
Athletics
Men's hammer throw
August 1
Bronze
Wilhelmina von Bremen
Athletics
Women's 100 m
August 2
Bronze
Louis Salica
Boxing
Men's flyweight
August 13
Bronze
Nathan Bor
Boxing
Men's lightweight
August 13
Bronze
Frederick Feary
Boxing
Men's heavyweight
August 13
Bronze
Richard Degener
Diving
Men's 3 m springboard
August 8
Bronze
Frank Kurtz
Diving
Men's 10 m platform
August 13
Bronze
Jane Fauntz
Diving
Women's 3 m springboard
August 10
Bronze
Marion Roper
Diving
Women's 10 m platform
August 12
Bronze
Hiram Tuttle
Equestrian
Individual dressage
August 10
Bronze
Isaac Kitts , Alvin Moore ,Hiram Tuttle
Equestrian
Team dressage
August 10
Bronze
George Calnan , Miguel de Capriles ,Gustave Marinius Heiss , Tracy Jaeckel ,Frank Righeimer , Curtis Shears
Fencing
Men's team épée
August 7
Bronze
Hugh Alessandroni , George Calnan , Dernell Every ,Joseph Levis , Frank Righeimer , Richard Steere
Fencing
Men's team foil
August 1
Bronze
United States men's national field hockey team
Field hockey
August 11
Bronze
William Kuhlemeier
Gymnastics
Men's Indian clubs
August 9
Bronze
Frank Haubold
Gymnastics
Men's pommel horse
August 11
Bronze
Thomas Connolly
Gymnastics
Men's rope climbing
August 10
Bronze
William Herrmann
Gymnastics
Men's tumbling
August 10
Bronze
Ed Carmichael
Gymnastics
Men's vault
August 10
Bronze
Richard Mayo
Modern pentathlon
August 6
Bronze
Albert Schwartz
Swimming
Men's 100 m freestyle
August 7
Bronze
Jim Cristy
Swimming
Men's 1500 m freestyle
August 13
Bronze
Eleanor Saville
Swimming
Women's 100 m freestyle
August 8
Bronze
United States men's national water polo team
Water polo
August 13
Bronze
Tony Terlazzo
Weightlifting
Men's 60 kg
July 31
Bronze
Henry Duey
Weightlifting
Men's 82.5 kg
July 30
Athletics
Key
Note –Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or , in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Men
Track & road events
a Bob Tisdall from Ireland won the gold medal in the 400 metres hurdles event, but Tisdall's time was rejected as a world record as he knocked over the last hurdle, as per the rules of the time; Hardin was therefore credited as world record holder.
Field events
Combined events – Decathlon
Athlete
Event
100 m
400 m
1500 m
Final
Rank
James Bausch
Result
11.7
6.95
15.32
1.70
54.2
16.2
44.58
4.00
61.91
5:17.0
6735 WR
Points
663
802
809
670
626
684
758
617
767
466
Wilson Charles
Result
11.2
7.24
12.56
1.85
51.2
16.2
38.71
3.40
47.72
4:39.8
6716
4
Points
765
871
640
670
754
684
638
456
555
682
Clyde Coffman
Result
11.3
6.77
11.86
1.70
51.8
17.8
34.40
4.00
48.88
4:48.0
6265
7
Points
744
760
598
544
727
520
552
617
572
631
Women
Track & road events
Field events
Boxing
Cycling
Road
Track
Sprint
Pursuit
Diving
Men
Women
Equestrian
Dressage
Eventing
Jumping
The team event was declared void as no nation completed the course with three riders.
Fencing
Men
Women
Field hockey
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
India
2
2
0
0
35
2
+33
2
Japan
2
1
0
1
10
13
−3
1
United States (H)
2
0
0
2
3
33
−30
0
Umpires: Charles Newham (IND) P. Gupta (IND)
Umpires: Charles Newham (IND) T. M. Spence (GBR)
Gymnastics
Artistic
For the team event, the four best total individual scores determined the team's final score. To calculate total individual scores, results from all events with the exception of the pommel horse were added and divided by two, with the quotient added to the pommel horse score. Individual scores still counted for the individual all-around competition.
Team
Individual
Apparatus and all-around events received separate scores.
Indian clubs
Rope climbing
Tumbling
Modern pentathlon
Athlete
Fencing(épée one touch)
Swimming(300 m freestyle)
Riding(cross-country)
Shooting(10 m air pistol)
Running(4000 m)
Total points
Final rank
Results (W–D–L)
Rank
Time
Rank
Penalties
Time
Rank
Points
Rank
Time
Rank
Brookner Brady
11–3–9
12
4:37.9
3
100
8:50.6
5
174
20
17:33.6
16
56
11
Clayton Mansfield
14–1–8
=7
4:54.0
6
90
9:09.4
13
182
16
17:41.4
18
60.5
13
Richard Mayo
14–3–6
=4
5:17.4
14
100
8:10.2
2
197
1
17:37.2
17
38.5
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Swimming
Men
Women
Water polo
Head coach: Frank Rivas
Results
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Hungary (HUN)
3
3
0
0
31
2
+29
6
Germany (GER)
3
1
1
1
16
10
+6
3
United States (USA)
3
1
1
1
14
11
+3
3
4
Japan (JPN)
3
0
0
3
0
38
−38
0
DSQ
Brazil (BRA)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0[a]
^ Brazil were ejected from the competition after their players assaulted referee Bela Komjadi and other officials following the end of their match against Germany, resulting in the entire team being arrested. Their two matches were annulled.[4]
Weightlifting
Wrestling
Freestyle
Wrestlers who accumulated 5 "bad points" were eliminated. Points were given as follows: 1 point for victories short of a fall and 3 points for every loss.
Art competitions
References