At the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, 29 athletics events were contested, 23 for men and 6 for women. It was the first time the 50 km walk appeared in the mens athletics at the Games. This was only the second time women's events in athletics were included in the Olympic Games program and was the first time that the javelin became a women's olympic event. The 1932 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the X Olympiad, were held in 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... A womens 400 metre hurdles race on a typical outdoor red rubber track. ... Mens 20 km walk during the 2005 World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki, Finland. ... Look up Javelin on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Javelin can refer to several things: For the spear-like object,used as a thrown weapon in ancient times see Javelin Ancient For the modern athletic discipline see Javelin throw. ...

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
100 metres	Eddie Tolan United States (USA)	Ralph Metcalfe Great Britain (GBR)	Arthur Jonath Germany (GER)
200 metres	Eddie Tolan United States (USA)	George Simpson United States (USA)	Ralph Metcalfe United States (USA)
400 metres	Bill Carr United States (USA)	Benjamin Eastman United States (USA)	Alexander Wilson Canada (CAN)
800 metres	Thomas Hampson Great Britain (GBR)	Alexander Wilson Canada (CAN)	Phil Edwards Canada (CAN)
1500 metres	Luigi Beccali Italy (ITA)	John Cornes Great Britain (GBR)	Phil Edwards Canada (CAN)
5000 metres	Lauri Lehtinen Finland (FIN)	Ralph Hill United States (USA)	Lauri Virtanen Finland (FIN)
10000 metres	Janusz Kusociński Poland (POL)	Volmari Iso-Hollo Finland (FIN)	Lauri Virtanen Finland (FIN)
110 metre hurdles	George Saling United States (USA)	Percy Beard United States (USA)	Donald Finlay Great Britain (GBR)
400 metre hurdles	Robert Tisdall Ireland (IRL)	Glenn Hardin United States (USA)	Frederick Morgan Taylor United States (USA)
3000 metre steeplechase	Volmari Iso-Hollo Finland (FIN)	Thomas Evenson Great Britain (GBR)	Joseph McCluskey United States (USA)
4×100 metre relay	United States (USA) Robert Kiesel Hector Dyer Emmett Toppino Frank Wykoff	Germany (GER) Fritz Hendrix Erich Borchmeyer Arthur Jonath Helmuth Körnig	Italy (ITA) Giuseppe Castelli Luigi Facelli Ruggero Maregatti Edgardo Toetti
4×400 metre relay	United States (USA) Ivan Fuqua Edgar Ablowich Karl Warner Bill Carr	Great Britain (GBR) Crew Stoneley Thomas Hampson David Burghley Godfrey Rampling	Canada (CAN) James Ball Ray Lewis Phil Edwards Alexander Wilson
Decathlon	James Bausch United States (USA)	Akilles Järvinen Finland (FIN)	Wolrad Eberle Germany (GER)
50km walk	Thomas Green Great Britain (GBR)	Jānis Daliņš Latvia (LAT)	Ugo Frigerio Italy (ITA)
Marathon	Juan Carlos Zabala Argentina (ARG)	Samuel Ferris Great Britain (GBR)	Armas Toivonen Finland (FIN)
Long jump	Ed Gordon United States (USA)	Charles Redd United States (USA)	Chuhei Nambu Japan (JPN)
Triple jump	Chuhei Nambu Japan (JPN)	Erik Svensson Sweden (SWE)	Kenkichi Oshima Japan (JPN)
High jump	Duncan McNaughton Canada (CAN)	Robert van Osdel United States (USA)	Simeon Toribio Philippines (PHI)
Pole vault	William Miller United States (USA)	Shuhei Nishida Japan (JPN)	George Jefferson United States (USA)
Shot put	Leo Sexton United States (USA)	Harlow Rothbert United States (USA)	František Douda Czechoslovakia (TCH)
Discus throw	John Anderson United States (USA)	Henri Labrorde United States (USA)	Paul Winter France (FRA)
Javelin throw	Matti Järvinen Finland (FIN)	Matti Sippala Finland (FIN)	Eino Penttilä Finland (FIN)
Hammer throw	Pat O'Callaghan Ireland (IRL)	Ville Pörhölä Finland (FIN)	Peter Zaremba United States (USA)

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Alex Wilson (December 1, 1905 - December 10, 1994) was a Canadian athlete who competed in both the 1928 Summer Olympics and the 1932 Summer Olympics. ... Image File history File links Canadian_Red_Ensign_1921. ... Philip Aron Edwards (September 13, 1907-September 6, 1971), dubbed the Man of Bronze, was a track-and-field athlete. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy_(1861-1946). ... Luigi Beccali (November 19, 1907 - August 29, 1990) was an Italian athlete, winner of 1500 m at the 1932 Summer Olympics. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Image File history File links Canadian_Red_Ensign_1921. ... Philip Aron Edwards (September 13, 1907-September 6, 1971), dubbed the Man of Bronze, was a track-and-field athlete. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Finland_(bordered). ... Lauri Aleksanteri Lehtinen (August 10, 1908 – December 4, 1973) was a Finnish athlete, winner of a controversial 5000 m at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. ... 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Percy Morris Beard (born January 26, 1908 in Hardinsburg, Kentucky, died March 27, 1990) was a former American athlete. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ireland. ... Image File history File links US_flag_48_stars. ... Glenn Foster Slats Hardin (July 1, 1910 - March 6, 1975) was an American athlete, winner of 400 m hurdles at the 1936 Summer Olympics. ... Image File history File links US_flag_48_stars. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Finland_(bordered). ... Volmari Fritijof Vomma Iso-Hollo (May 1, 1907 - June 23, 1969) was a Finnish athlete, winner of two gold medals in 3000 m steeplechase at the Olympic Games. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Image File history File links US_flag_48_stars. ... Image File history File links US_flag_48_stars. ... Robert A. Bob Kiesel (August 30, 1911 - August 6, 1993) was an American athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1932 Summer Olympics. ... Hector Monroe Hec Dyer (June 2, 1910 - May 19, 1990) was an American athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1932 Summer Olympics. ... Martin Emmett Toppino (July 1, 1909 - September 8, 1971) was an American athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1932 Summer Olympics. ... Frank Clifford Wykoff (October 29, 1909 - January 1, 1980) was an American athlete, triple gold medal winner in 4x100 m relay at the Olympic Games. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Arthur Jonath (September 9, 1909 - April 14, 1963) was a German athlete. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy_(1861-1946). ... Image File history File links US_flag_48_stars. ... Ivan William Fuqua (August 9, 1909 - January 14, 1994) was an American athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x400 m relay at the 1932 Summer Olympics. ... 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Ugo Frigerio was an Italian athlete who won the gold medal in both the 3 km Walk and 10 km Walk at the 1920 Summer Olympics. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Argentina. ... Juan Carlos Zabala (October 11, 1911 - January 24, 1983) was an Argentine athlete, winner of the marathon race at the 1932 Summer Olympics. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Finland_(bordered). ... Image File history File links US_flag_48_stars. ... Image File history File links US_flag_48_stars. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Japan_(bordered). ... Chuhei Nambu (May 27, 1904 - July 23, 1997) was a Japanese athlete. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Japan_(bordered). ... Chuhei Nambu (May 27, 1904 - July 23, 1997) was a Japanese athlete. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sweden. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Japan_(bordered). ... Image File history File links Canadian_Red_Ensign_1921. ... 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Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
100 metres	Stanisława Walasiewicz Poland (POL)	Hilda Strike Canada (CAN)	Wilhelmina von Bremen United States (USA)
80 metre hurdles	Babe Didrikson United States (USA)	Evelyne Hall United States (USA)	Marjorie Clark South Africa (RSA)
4×100 metre relay	United States (USA) Mary Carew Evelyn Furtsch Annette Rogers Wilhelmina von Bremen	Canada (CAN) Mary Frizzell Mildred Frizzell Lillian Palmer Hilda Strike	Great Britain (GBR) Nellie Halstead Eileen Hiscock Gwendoline Porter Violet Webb
High jump	Jean Shiley United States (USA)	Babe Didrikson United States (USA)	Eva Dawes Canada (CAN)
Discus throw	Lillian Copeland United States (USA)	Ruth Osburn United States (USA)	Jadwiga Wajsourna Poland (POL)
Javelin throw	Babe Didrikson United States (USA)	Ellen Braumüller Germany (GER)	Tilly Fleischer Germany (GER)

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Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	16	13	6	35
2	Finland	3	4	4	11
3	Poland	2	0	1	3
4	Ireland	2	0	0	2
5	Great Britain	1	4	2	8
6	Canada	1	3	5	9
7	Japan	1	1	2	4
8	Italy	1	0	2	3
9	Argentina	1	0	0	1
10	Germany	0	2	3	5
11	Sweden	0	1	0	1
	Latvia	0	1	0	1
13	Czechoslovakia	0	0	1	1
	France	0	0	1	1
	Philippines	0	0	1	1
	South Africa	0	0	1	1

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References

• International Olympic Committee results database