Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics
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 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 at the Olympics. There was a total of 386 participants from 34 countries competing.
Los Angeles Olympic Stadium
The athletics events took place at Los Angeles Olympic Stadium, now the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
Medal summary
Men
- The 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.
Women
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres |
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| 80 metres hurdles |
Babe Didrikson |
Evelyne Hall |
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| 4 × 100 metres relay |
Mary Carew Evelyn Furtsch Annette Rogers Wilhelmina von Bremen |
Mary Frizzel Mildred Fizzell Lillian Palmer Hilda Strike |
 Nellie Halstead Eileen Hiscock Gwendoline Porter Violet Webb |
| High jump |
Jean Shiley |
Babe Didrikson |
Eva Dawes |
| Discus throw |
Lillian Copeland |
Ruth Osburn |
Jadwiga Wajs |
| Javelin throw |
Babe Didrikson |
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Tilly Fleischer |
Record 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 Kiesel Hector Dyer Emmett Toppino Frank Wykoff | | 40.0 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | 7 August | Final | Ivan Fuqua Ed Ablowich Karl Warner Bill Carr | | 3:08.2 |
| Triple jump | 4 August | Final | Chuhei Nambu | .svg.png){kind=small} | 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 Carew Evelyn Furtsch Annette Rogers Wilhelmina von Bremen | | 47.0 |
| Mary Frizzel Mildred Fizzell Lillian Palmer Hilda Strike | | ||||
| High jump | 7 August | Final | Jean Shiley | | 1.65 m |
| Babe Didrikson | |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | 16 | 13 | 6 | 35 |
| 2 |  | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 |  | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 7 | | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | .svg.png){kind=small} | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 |  | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 11 |  | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 |  | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
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| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (16 nations) | 29 | 29 | 29 | 87 | |
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References
- International Olympic Committee results database
- 1932 Summer Olympics results: athletics, from https://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-03-09.
- Official report
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