Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon

The men's decathlon event at the 1932 Olympic Games took place between August 5 & August 6. Points are listed by the scoring table from 1912 which were used to determine the winner. Adjusted points are points using the 1985 scoring table. The official Olympic results shows both results, but medal winners were determined by the 1912 scoring table.

Results

100 metres Rank Athlete Country Time Points Adjusted Points Notes 1T Akilles Järvinen 11.1 881.0 786 1T Héctor Berra 11.1 881.0 786 3 Wilson Charles 11.2 857.2 765 4T Clyde Coffman 11.3 833.4 744 4T Bob Tisdall 11.3 833.4 744 4T Jānis Dimza 11.3 833.4 744 7T Wolrad Eberle 11.4 809.6 723 7T Hans-Heinrich Sievert 11.4 809.6 723 7T Erwin Wegner 11.4 809.6 723 10 Zygmunt Siedlecki 11.6 762.0 683 11T Jim Bausch 11.7 738.2 663 11T Harry Hart 11.7 738.2 663 13 Paavo Yrjölä 11.8 714.4 643 14 Péter Bácsalmási 12.0 666.8 605 - Carlos Woebcken - 0.0 - DNF

Long jump

Rank Athlete Country Distance Points Adjusted Points Notes 1 Wilson Charles 7.24 911.80 871 OB 2 Jānis Dimza 7.22 906.90 866 3 Héctor Berra 7.14 887.30 847 4 Akilles Järvinen 7.00 853.00 814 5 Hans-Heinrich Sievert 6.97 845.65 807 6 Jim Bausch 6.95 840.75 802 7T Wolrad Eberle 6.77 796.65 760 7T Clyde Coffman 6.77 796.65 760 9 Péter Bácsalmási 6.71 781.95 746 10 Bob Tisdall 6.60 755.00 720 11 Paavo Yrjölä 6.59 752.55 718 12 Zygmunt Siedlecki 6.49 728.05 695 13 Erwin Wegner 6.41 708.45 677 14 Harry Hart 6.14 642.30 617

Shot put Rank Athlete Country Distance Points Adjusted Points Notes 1 Jim Bausch 15.32 998 809 OB 2 Hans-Heinrich Sievert 14.50 916 759 3 Jānis Dimza 14.33 899 749 4 Paavo Yrjölä 13.68 834 709 5 Zygmunt Siedlecki 13.56 822 701 6 Harry Hart 13.31 797 686 7 Wolrad Eberle 13.22 788 681 8 Akilles Järvinen 13.11 777 674 9 Bob Tisdall 12.58 724 642 10 Wilson Charles 12.56 722 640 11 Péter Bácsalmási 11.90 656 600 12 Clyde Coffman 11.86 652 598 13 Erwin Wegner 11.70 636 588

High jump

Rank Athlete Country Height Points Adjusted Points Notes 1 Wilson Charles 1.85 888 670 2T Hans-Heinrich Sievert 1.78 790 610 2T Jānis Dimza 1.78 790 610 4T Akilles Järvinen 1.75 748 585 4T Paavo Yrjölä 1.75 748 585 6T Jim Bausch 1.70 678 544 6T Clyde Coffman 1.70 678 544 6T Péter Bácsalmási 1.70 678 544 6T Zygmunt Siedlecki 1.70 678 544 10T Wolrad Eberle 1.65 608 504 10T Bob Tisdall 1.65 608 504 10T Erwin Wegner 1.65 608 504 10T Harry Hart 1.65 608 504

400 metres

Rank Athlete Country Time Points Adjusted Points Notes 1 Bob Tisdall 49.0 969.92 855 OB 2 Akilles Järvinen 50.6 909.76 781 3 Wolrad Eberle 50.8 902.24 772 4 Wilson Charles 51.2 887.20 754 5 Erwin Wegner 51.6 872.16 736 6 Clyde Coffman 51.8 864.64 727 7 Paavo Yrjölä 52.6 834.56 693 8 Hans-Heinrich Sievert 53.6 796.96 650 9T Péter Bácsalmási 53.8 789.44 642 9T Zygmunt Siedlecki 53.8 789.44 642 11 Jim Bausch 54.2 774.40 626 12 Jānis Dimza 54.8 751.84 601 13 Harry Hart 57.2 661.60 508

110 metre hurdles

Rank Athlete Country Time Points Adjusted Points Notes 1 Erwin Wegner 15.4 962.0 774 OB 2 Bob Tisdall 15.5 952.5 762 3 Harry Hart 15.6 943.0 751 4 Akilles Järvinen 15.7 933.5 740 5 Hans-Heinrich Sievert 16.1 895.5 695 6T Jim Bausch 16.2 886.0 684 6T Wilson Charles 16.2 886.0 684 8 Jānis Dimza 16.4 867.0 662 9 Wolrad Eberle 16.7 838.5 631 10T Paavo Yrjölä 17.0 810.0 599 10T Zygmunt Siedlecki 17.0 810.0 599 12 Péter Bácsalmási 17.7 743.5 530 13 Clyde Coffman 17.8 734.0 520

Discus throw

Rank Athlete Country Distance Points Adjusted Points Notes 1 Jim Bausch 44.58 976.06 758 OB 2 Hans-Heinrich Sievert 44.54 974.54 757 3 Péter Bácsalmási 41.45 857.12 694 4 Wolrad Eberle 41.34 852.94 692 5 Paavo Yrjölä 40.77 831.28 680 6 Jānis Dimza 40.76 830.90 680 7 Harry Hart 40.62 825.58 677 8 Zygmunt Siedlecki 39.05 765.92 645 9 Wilson Charles 38.71 753.00 638 10 Akilles Järvinen 36.80 680.42 600 11 Clyde Coffman 34.40 589.22 552 12 Bob Tisdall 33.31 547.80 530 13 Erwin Wegner 33.26 545.90 529

Pole vault

Rank Athlete Country Height Points Adjusted Points Notes 1 Jim Bausch 4.00 1027 617 OB 1T Clyde Coffman 4.00 1027 617 OB 3 Akilles Järvinen 3.60 811 509 4T Wolrad Eberle 3.50 757 482 4T Péter Bácsalmási 3.50 757 482 4T Jānis Dimza 3.50 757 482 7 Wilson Charles 3.40 703 456 8T Hans-Heinrich Sievert 3.20 595 406 8T Bob Tisdall 3.20 595 406 10T Paavo Yrjölä 3.10 541 381 10T Erwin Wegner 3.10 541 381 10T Harry Hart 3.10 541 381 13 Zygmunt Siedlecki 3.00 487 357

Javelin throw

Rank Athlete Country Distance Points Adjusted Points Notes 1 Jim Bausch 61.91 1025.025 767 OB 2 Akilles Järvinen 61.00 1000.000 753 3 Wolrad Eberle 57.49 903.475 700 4 Paavo Yrjölä 56.12 865.800 680 5 Hans-Heinrich Sievert 53.91 805.025 647 6 Erwin Wegner 53.83 802.825 645 7 Harry Hart 50.49 710.975 596 8 Clyde Coffman 48.88 666.700 572 9 Péter Bácsalmási 48.59 658.725 568 10 Wilson Charles 47.72 634.800 555 11 Bob Tisdall 45.26 567.150 519

1500 metres

Rank Athlete Country Time Points Adjusted Points Notes 1= Wolrad Eberle 4:34.4 774.4 716 1= Bob Tisdall 4:34.4 774.4 716 3 Paavo Yrjölä 4:37.4 756.4 697 4 Wilson Charles 4:39.8 742.0 682 5 Akilles Järvinen 4:47.0 698.8 637 6 Erwin Wegner 4:47.8 694 632 7 Clyde Coffman 4:48.0 692.8 631 8 Jim Bausch 5:17.0 518.8 466 9 Hans-Heinrich Sievert 5:18.0 512.8 461 10 Péter Bácsalmási 5:34.6 413.2 377 11 Harry Hart 5:48.2 331.6 314

Final standings

Rank Athlete Country Points Adjusted Points Notes Jim Bausch 8462.235 6735 WR Akilles Järvinen 8292.480 6879 Wolrad Eberle 8030.805 6661 4 Wilson Charles 7985.00 6716 5 Hans-Heinrich Sievert 7941.075 6515 6 Paavo Yrjölä 7687.990 6385 7 Clyde Coffman 7534.410 6265 8 Bob Tisdall 7327.170 6398 9 Erwin Wegner 7179.935 6189 10 Péter Bácsalmási 7001.735 5788 11 Harry Hart 6799.255 5697 - Jānis Dimza DNF - Zygmunt Siedlecki DNF - Héctor Berra DNF - Carlos Woebcken DNF

Key: WR = World Record, DNF = Did not finish, OB = Olympic best in decathlon

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