1932 Winter Olympics

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III Olympic Winter Games
Host city	Lake Placid, New York, United States
Nations participating	17
Athletes participating	251 (231 men, 22 women)
Events	14 in 4 sports
Opening ceremony	February 4, 1932
Closing ceremony	February 15, 1932
Officially opened by	Franklin D. Roosevelt
Athlete's Oath	Jack Shea
Stadium	Speedskating Oval

The 1932 Winter Olympics, officially known as the III Olympic Winter Games, were held in 1932 in Lake Placid, New York, United States. The games opened on February 4, 1932. The 1932 Winter Olympic Games were going to be in Big Pines, CA (near Wrightwood, CA and Mountain High, CA) due to Alf Engen's world record, on then, the world's largest ski jump, but due to poor snow conditions the games moved to Lake Placid.

Contents 1 Highlights 2 Events 2.1 Demonstration sports 3 Participating nations 4 Medal count 5 External links 6 External reference

[edit] Highlights

• Irving Jaffee won the 5,000m and the 10,000m speedskating beating previous champion and world record holder Ivar Ballangrud in the 10,000m by 5 yards.
• The USA win the games with a total accumilation of 6 gold medals, 4 silver medals and 2 bronze medals with a total of 12 medals.

[edit] Events

Medals were awarded in 14 events in 4 sports (7 disciplines). The Games also included events in three demonstration sports.

• Bobsleigh
• Figure skating
• Ice hockey
• Nordic skiing
  • Cross-country skiing
  • Nordic combined
  • Ski jumping
• Speed skating

[edit] Demonstration sports

• Curling
• Sled dog race
• Speed skating (women)

[edit] Participating nations

Athletes from 17 nations competed in these Games, down from 25 nations at the previous Games in 1928. Argentina, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, and Yugoslavia did not send athletes to Lake Placid.

Austria Belgium Canada Czechoslovakia Finland France Germany Great Britain Hungary

Italy Japan Norway Poland Romania Sweden Switzerland United States

[edit] Medal count

Main article: 1932 Winter Olympics medal count

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (host nation)	6	4	2	12
2	Norway	3	4	3	10
3	Canada	1	1	5	7
4	Sweden	1	2	0	3
5	Finland	1	1	1	3
6	Austria	1	1	0	2
7	France	1	0	0	1
8	Switzerland	0	1	0	1
9	Germany	0	0	2	2
10	Hungary	0	0	1	1

[edit] External links

• Lake Placid Olympic Authority

[edit] External reference

• III Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 1932, 1932 (digitized version)

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