The Games of the X Olympiad were held in 1932 in Los Angeles, United States. No other cities made a bid to host these Olympics.
Highlights
- Held during a worldwide economic crisis, many nations or athletes were unable to pay the trip to Los Angeles, and less than half of the number of participants from Amsterdam showed up.
- An Olympic Village was built for the first time, occupied by the male athletes.
- Babe Didrikson wins two gold medals in the javelin throw and the hurdles event, and only loses a third in the high jump because her jumping technique is ruled inferior and is placed second.
- In field hockey, only three nations take part. The host nation loses 1-24 to India and 2-9 to Japan but wins a bronze medal anyway.
- Finnish star Paavo Nurmi is barred from competing in the Olympic for being a professional.
- Eddie Tolan wins both the 100 and 200 m sprint events.
- Helene Madison wins three gold medals in swimming, while the Japanese upset the men's events and take all but one title.
Medals awarded
See the medal winners, ordered by sport:
- Athletics
- Boxing
- Cycling
- Diving
- Equestrianism
- Fencing
- Gymnastics
- Hockey
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- Modern Pentathlon
- Rowing
- Shooting
- Swimming
- Water Polo
- Weightlifting
- Wrestling
- Yachting
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Medal count
Top medal-collecting nations:
(for the full table, see 1932 Summer Olympics medal count)
See also
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