Los Angeles 1932 - Olympic Games Winners

Start:

30 Jul 1932

End:

14 Aug 1932

Countries:

Athletes:

1332

Sports:

Events:

117

City:

Los Angeles, USA

Los Angeles, California, USA, was the only candidate city for the 1932 Summer Olympic Games.
It was only the second time the Olympiad was held outside Europe, after the 1904 Olympics in St. Louis.
The 1932 Summer Olympics came during the global economic depression.
Los Angeles organizers staged the Games over 16 days. Further, it became the Olympic standard for all the next Games.

In 1932, the President of the USA, Herbert Hoover, was too busy campaigning for his re-election, so Vice-President Charles Curtis officially opened the Games of the 10th Olympiad at the renovated and enlarged 105,000-seat Coliseum stadium.
The Great Depression and the difficulty and cost of traveling to Los Angeles, California, reduced participation in 1932.
The introductions of these Games were a three-level podium for medal winners and the raising of the flags of the winning athletes' nations.
Italian gymnast Romeo NERI and American female swimmer Helene MADISON won three gold medals each.
Famous Finnish runner Paavo NURMI was banned for life on the eve of the Olympic Games for professionalism - he got payment for competing in Europe.