List of 1932 Summer Olympics medal winners

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The 1932 Summer Olympics, referred to by the International Olympic Committee as the Games of the X Olympiad, were held in Los Angeles, California, United States, from July 30 through August 14, 1932.

A total of individual athletes won medals. Athletes from the United States were the most successful, winning 103 medals during the games, 41 of which were gold. Italy and Finland, won the second and third most medals, with 36 and 25 respectively. France finished third in the gold medal count (behind Italy and the United States) having achieved 10 golds in their haul of 19 medals.

Medals were awarded in a total of 116 events across 16 sports. In addition, American football and lacrosse were held as demonstration events.

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's 100m
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Eddie Tolan
 United States
Ralph Metcalfe
 United States
Arthur Jonath
 Germany
Men's 200m
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Eddie Tolan
 United States
George Simpson
 United States
Ralph Metcalfe
 United States
Men's 400m
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Bill Carr
 United States
Ben Eastman
 United States
Alex Wilson
 Canada
Men's 800m
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Tommy Hampson
 Great Britain
Alex Wilson
 Canada
Phil Edwards
 Canada
Men's 1500m
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Luigi Beccali
 Italy
Jerry Cornes
 Great Britain
Phil Edwards
 Canada
Men's 5000m
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Lauri Lehtinen
 Finland
Ralph Hill
 United States
Lauri Virtanen
 Finland
Men's 10000m
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Janusz Kusociński
 Poland
Volmari Iso-Hollo
 Finland
Lauri Virtanen
 Finland
Men's 110m hurdles
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George Saling
 United States
Percy Beard
 United States
Donald Finlay
 Great Britain
Men's 400m hurdles
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Bob Tisdall
 Ireland
Glenn Hardin
 United States
Morgan Taylor
 United States
Men's 3000m steeplechase
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Volmari Iso-Hollo
 Finland
Thomas Evenson
 Great Britain
Joe McCluskey
 United States
Men's 4 × 100 m relay
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 United States
Bob Kiesel
Hector Dyer
Emmett Toppino
Frank Wykoff
 Germany
Friedrich Hendrix
Erich Borchmeyer
Arthur Jonath
Helmut Körnig
 Italy
Giuseppe Castelli
Gabriele Salviati
Ruggero Maregatti
Edgardo Toetti
Men's 4 × 400 m relay
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 United States
Ivan Fuqua
Ed Ablowich
Karl Warner
Bill Carr
 Great Britain
Crew Stoneley
Tommy Hampson
David Burghley
Godfrey Rampling
 Canada
James Ball
Ray Lewis
Phil Edwards
Alex Wilson
Men's 50 km walk
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Tommy Green
 Great Britain
Jānis Daliņš
 Latvia
Ugo Frigerio
 Italy
Men's marathon
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Juan Carlos Zabala
 Argentina
Sam Ferris
 Great Britain
Armas Toivonen
 Finland
Men's long jump
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Ed Gordon
 United States
Lambert Redd
 United States
Chuhei Nambu
 Japan
Men's triple jump
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Chuhei Nambu
 Japan
Erik Svensson
 Sweden
Kenkichi Oshima
 Japan
Men's high jump
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Duncan McNaughton
 Canada
Bob Van Osdel
 United States
Simeon Toribio
 Philippines
Men's pole vault
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Bill Miller
 United States
Shuhei Nishida
 Japan
George Jefferson
 United States
Men's shot put
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Leo Sexton
 United States
Harlow Rothert
 United States
František Douda
 Czechoslovakia
Men's discus throw
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John Anderson
 United States
Henri LaBorde
 United States
Paul Winter
 France
Men's hammer throw
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Pat O'Callaghan
 Ireland
Ville Pörhölä
 Finland
Peter Zaremba
 United States
Men's javelin throw
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Matti Järvinen
 Finland
Matti Sippala
 Finland
Eino Penttilä
 Finland
Men's decathlon
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James Bausch
 United States
Akilles Järvinen
 Finland
Wolrad Eberle
 Germany
Women's 100m
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Stanisława Walasiewicz
 Poland *
Hilda Strike
 Canada
Wilhelmina von Bremen
 United States
Women's 4 × 100 m relay
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 United States
Mary Carew
Evelyn Furtsch
Annette Rogers
Wilhelmina von Bremen
 Canada
Mary Frizzell
Mildred Fizzell
Lillian Palmer
Hilda Strike
 Great Britain
Nellie Halstead
Eileen Hiscock
Gwendoline Porter
Violet Webb
Women's 80m hurdles
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Babe Didrikson
 United States
Evelyne Hall
 United States
Marjorie Clark
 South Africa
Women's high jump
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Jean Shiley
 United States
Babe Didrikson
 United States
Eva Dawes
 Canada
Women's discus throw
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Lillian Copeland
 United States
Ruth Osburn
 United States
Jadwiga Wajs
 Poland
Women's javelin throw
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Babe Didrikson
 United States
Ellen Braumüller
 Germany
Tilly Fleischer
 Germany

Boxing

Cycling

Diving

Equestrian

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual dressage
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Xavier Lesage and Taine
 France
Charles Marion and Linon
 France
Hiram Tuttle and Olympic
 United States
Team dressage
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 France
Xavier Lesage and Taine
Charles Marion and Linon
André Jousseaume and Sorelta
 Sweden
Bertil Sandström and Kreta
Thomas Byström and Gulliver
Gustaf Adolf Boltenstern, Jr. and Ingo
 United States
Hiram Tuttle and Olympic
Isaac Kitts and American Lady
Alvin Moore and Water Pat
Individual eventing
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Charles Pahud de Mortanges and Ferdinand
 Netherlands
Earl Foster Thomson and Jenny Camp
 United States
Clarence von Rosen, Jr. and Sunnyside Maid
 Sweden
Team eventing
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 United States
Earl Foster Thomson and Jenny Camp
Harry Chamberlin and Pleasant Smiles
Edwin Argo and Honolulu Tomboy
 Netherlands
Charles Pahud de Mortanges and Marcroix
Karel Schummelketel and Duiveltje
Aernout van Lennep and Henk
No Bronze awarded
Individual jumping
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Takeichi Nishi and Uranus
 Japan
Harry Chamberlin and Show Girl
 United States
Clarence von Rosen, Jr. and Empire
 Sweden
  • Note:The scheduled team jumping event was declared void as no nation completed the course with three riders

Fencing

Field hockey

Gymnastics

Modern pentathlon

Rowing

Event Gold Silver Bronze
single sculls
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Bobby Pearce
 Australia
William Miller
 United States
Guillermo Douglas
 Uruguay
double sculls
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 United States
Ken Myers
William Gilmore
 Germany
Herbert Buhtz
Gerhard Boetzelen
 Canada
Charles Pratt
Noël de Mille
coxless pairs
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 Great Britain
Lewis Clive
Hugh Edwards
 New Zealand
Cyril Stiles
Rangi Thompson
 Poland
Henryk Budziński
Jan Mikołajczak
coxed pairs
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 United States
Joseph Schauers
Charles Kieffer
Edward Jennings
 Poland
Jerzy Braun
Janusz Ślązak
Jerzy Skolimowski
 France
Anselme Brusa
André Giriat
Pierre Brunet
coxless four
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 Great Britain
John Badcock
Hugh Edwards
Jack Beresford
Rowland George
 Germany
Karl Aletter
Ernst Gaber
Walter Flinsch
Hans Maier
 Italy
Antonio Ghiardello
Francesco Cossu
Giliante D'Este
Antonio Garzoni Provenzani
coxed four
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 Germany
Hans Eller
Horst Hoeck
Walter Meyer
Joachim Spremberg
Carlheinz Neumann
 Italy
Bruno Vattovaz
Giovanni Plazzer
Riccardo Divora
Bruno Parovel
Guerrino Scher
 Poland
Jerzy Braun
Janusz Ślązak
Stanisław Urban
Edward Kobyliński
Jerzy Skolimowski
eight
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 United States
Edwin Salisbury
James Blair
Duncan Gregg
David Dunlap
Burton Jastram
Charles Chandler
Harold Tower
Winslow Hall
Norris Graham
 Italy
Vittorio Cioni
Mario Balleri
Renato Bracci
Dino Barsotti
Roberto Vestrini
Guglielmo Del Bimbo
Enrico Garzelli
Renato Barbieri
Cesare Milani
 Canada
Earl Eastwood
Joseph Harris
Stanley Stanyar
Harry Fry
Cedric Liddell
William Thoburn
Don Boal
Albert Taylor
Les MacDonald

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m freestyle
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Yasuji Miyazaki
 Japan
Tatsugo Kawaishi
 Japan
Albert Schwartz
 United States
400 m freestyle
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Buster Crabbe
 United States
Jean Taris
 France
Tsutomu Ōyokota
 Japan
1500 m freestyle
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Kusuo Kitamura
 Japan
Shozo Makino
 Japan
Jim Cristy
 United States
100 m backstroke
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Masaji Kiyokawa
 Japan
Toshio Irie
 Japan
Kentaro Kawatsu
 Japan
200 m breaststroke
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Yoshiyuki Tsuruta
 Japan
Reizo Koike
 Japan
Teófilo Yldefonso
 Philippines
4 × 200 m freestyle relay
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 Japan
Yasuji Miyazaki
Hisakichi Toyoda
Takashi Yokoyama
Masanori Yusa
 United States
Frank Booth
George Fissler
Maiola Kalili
Manuella Kalili
 Hungary
István Bárány
László Szabados
András Székely
András Wanié

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m freestyle
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Helene Madison
 United States
Willy den Ouden
 Netherlands
Eleanor Saville
 United States
400 m freestyle
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Helene Madison
 United States
Lenore Kight
 United States
Jenny Maakal
 South Africa
100 m backstroke
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Eleanor Holm
 United States
Bonnie Mealing
 Australia
Valerie Davies
 Great Britain
200 m breaststroke
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Clare Dennis
 Australia
Hideko Maehata
 Japan
Else Jacobsen
 Denmark
4 × 100 m freestyle relay
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 United States
Helen Johns
Helene Madison
Josephine McKim
Eleanor Saville
 Netherlands
Corrie Laddé
Willy den Ouden
Puck Oversloot
Maria Vierdag
 Great Britain
Joyce Cooper
Valerie Davies
Edna Hughes
Helen Varcoe

Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Greco-Roman

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Bantamweight
(- 56 kg) details
Jakob Brendel
 Germany
Marcello Nizzola
 Italy
Louis François
 France
Featherweight
(- 61 kg) details
Giovanni Gozzi
 Italy
Wolfgang Ehrl
 Germany
Lauri Koskela
 Finland
Lightweight
(- 66 kg) details
Eric Malmberg
 Sweden
Abraham Kurland
 Denmark
Eduard Sperling
 Germany
Welterweight
(- 72 kg) details
Ivar Johansson
 Sweden
Väinö Kajander
 Finland
Ercole Gallegati
 Italy
Middleweight
(- 79 kg) details
Väinö Kokkinen
 Finland
Jean Földeák
 Germany
Axel Cadier
 Sweden
Light Heavyweight
(- 87 kg) details
Rudolf Svensson
 Sweden
Onni Pellinen
 Finland
Mario Gruppioni
 Italy
Heavyweight
(+ 87 kg) details
Carl Westergren
 Sweden
Josef Urban
 Czechoslovakia
Nikolaus Hirschl
 Austria

Freestyle

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Bantamweight
(- 56 kg) details
Robert Pearce
 United States
Ödön Zombori
 Hungary
Aatos Jaskari
 Finland
Featherweight
(- 61 kg) details
Hermanni Pihlajamäki
 Finland
Edgar Nemir
 United States
Einar Karlsson
 Sweden
Lightweight
(- 66 kg) details
Charles Pacôme
 France
Károly Kárpáti
 Hungary
Gustaf Klarén
 Sweden
Welterweight
(- 72 kg) details
Jack van Bebber
 United States
Daniel MacDonald
 Canada
Eino Leino
 Finland
Middleweight
(- 79 kg) details
Ivar Johansson
 Sweden
Kyösti Luukko
 Finland
József Tunyogi
 Hungary
Light Heavyweight
(- 87 kg) details
Peter Mehringer
 United States
Thure Sjöstedt
 Sweden
Eddie Scarf
 Australia
Heavyweight
(+ 87 kg) details
Johan Richthoff
 Sweden
Jack Riley
 United States
Nikolaus Hirschl
 Austria

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