At the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, 29 athletics events were contested. It was the first time the 50 kilometres race walk appeared in the athletic program at the Games. This was the second time women's events in athletics were included in the Olympic Games program and the first time that women competed in the javelin throw and 80m hurdles at the Olympics. There was a total of 386 participants from 34 countries competing.
The athletics events took place at Los Angeles Olympic Stadium, now the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
Medal summary
Men 100 metres 10.3 10.3 10.4 200 metres 21.2 21.4 21.5 400 metres 46.2 46.4 47.4 800 metres 1:49.7 1:49.9 1:51.5 1500 metres 3:51.2 3:52.6 3:52.8 5000 metres 14:30.0 14:30.0 14:44.0 10,000 metres 30:11.4 30:12.6 30:35.0 110 metres hurdles 14.6 14.7 14.8 400 metres hurdles 51.8 51.9 52.0 3000 metres steeplechaseThe Men's 3000 Metres Steeplechase event at the 1932 Summer Olympics was 3460 metres due to an error in lap counting – the runners did an extra lap of the track. 10:33.4 10:46.0 10:46.2 4 × 100 metres relay Bob KieselHector DyerEmmett ToppinoFrank Wykoff40.0 Friedrich HendrixErich BorchmeyerArthur JonathHelmut Körnig40.9 Giuseppe CastelliGabriele SalviatiRuggero MaregattiEdgardo Toetti41.2 4 × 400 metres relay Ivan FuquaEd AblowichKarl WarnerBill Carr3:08.2 Crew StoneleyTommy HampsonDavid BurghleyGodfrey Rampling3:11.2 James BallRay LewisPhil EdwardsAlex Wilson3:12.8 Marathon 2:31:36 2:31:55 2:32:12 50 kilometres walk 4:50:10 4:57:20 4:59:06 High jump 1.97 m 1.97 m 1.97 m Pole vault 4.315 m 4.30 m 4.20 m Long jump 7.64 m 7.60 m 7.45 m Triple jump 15.72 m 15.32 m 15.12 m Shot put 16.00 m 15.67 m 15.61 m Discus throw 49.49 m 48.47 m 47.85 m Hammer throw 53.92 m 52.27 m 50.33 m Javelin throw 72.71 m 69.80 m 68.70 m Decathlon 8462.23 8292.48 8030.80
Women 100 metres 11.9 11.9 12.0 80 metres hurdles 11.7 11.7 11.8 4 × 100 metres relay Mary CarewEvelyn FurtschAnnette RogersWilhelmina von Bremen47.0 Mary FrizzelMildred FizzellLillian PalmerHilda Strike47.0 Nellie HalsteadEileen HiscockGwendoline PorterViolet Webb47.6 High jump 1.65 m 1.65 m 1.60 m Discus throw 40.58 m 40.12 m 38.74 m Javelin throw 43.69 m 43.50 m 43.01 m
Participating Nations
Records broken Of the 29 events competed new Olympic records were set in all but three: men's long jump, high jump and hammer throw. World records were set in 10 events.
Men's world records Event Date Round Name Nationality Result 400 metres 5 August Final Bill Carr 46.2 800 metres 2 August Final Tommy Hampson 1:49.8 4 × 100 metres relay 7 August Final Bob KieselHector DyerEmmett ToppinoFrank Wykoff 40.0 4 × 400 metres relay 7 August Final Ivan FuquaEd AblowichKarl WarnerBill Carr 3:08.2 Triple jump 4 August Final Chuhei Nambu 15.72 m Decathlon 6 August Final James Bausch 8462.235
Women's world records Event Date Round Name Nationality Result 100 metres 1 August Heats Stanisława Walasiewicz 11.9 80 metres hurdles 4 August Final Babe Didrikson 11.7 Evelyne Hall 4 × 100 metres relay 7 August Final Mary CarewEvelyn FurtschAnnette RogersWilhelmina von Bremen 47.0 Mary FrizzelMildred FizzellLillian PalmerHilda Strike High jump 7 August Final Jean Shiley 1.65 m Babe Didrikson
References
External links International Olympic Committee results database 1932 Summer Olympics results: athletics, from https://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-03-09. Official report