United States at the 1932 Summer Olympics

United States at the
1932 Summer Olympics
United States at the; 1932 Summer Olympics
	Flag of the United States
IOC code	USA
NOC	United States Olympic Committee
in Los Angeles
Competitors	474 (400 men and 74 women) in 17 sports
Flag bearer	Morgan Taylor
Medals; Ranked 1st	Gold 41 Silver 32 Bronze 30 Total 103
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
	1906 Intercalated Games

The United States was the host nation for the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. 474 competitors, 400 men and 74 women, took part in 122 events in 17 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Eddie Tolan	Athletics	Men's 100 m	August 1
Gold	Eddie Tolan	Athletics	Men's 200 m	August 1
Gold	Bill Carr	Athletics	Men's 400 m	August 5
Gold	George Saling	Athletics	Men's 110 m hurdles	August 3
Gold	Hector Dyer, Bob Kiesel, Emmett Toppino, Frank Wykoff	Athletics	Men's 4 × 100 m relay	August 7
Gold	Ed Ablowich, Bill Carr, Ivan Fuqua, Karl Warner	Athletics	Men's 4 × 400 m relay	August 7
Gold	Ed Gordon	Athletics	Men's long jump	August 2
Gold	Bill Miller	Athletics	Men's pole vault	August 3
Gold	Leo Sexton	Athletics	Men's shot put	July 31
Gold	John Anderson	Athletics	Men's discus throw	August 3
Gold	James Bausch	Athletics	Men's decathlon	August 6
Gold	Babe Didrikson	Athletics	Women's 80 m hurdles	August 4
Gold	Babe Didrikson	Athletics	Women's javelin throw	July 31
Gold	Mary Carew, Evelyn Furtsch, Annette Rogers, Wilhelmina von Bremen	Athletics	Women's 4 × 100 m relay	August 7
Gold	Jean Shiley	Athletics	Women's high jump	August 7
Gold	Lillian Copeland	Athletics	Women's discus throw	August 2
Gold	Edward Flynn	Boxing	Men's welterweight	August 13
Gold	Carmen Barth	Boxing	Men's middleweight	August 13
Gold	Michael Galitzen	Diving	Men's 3 m springboard	August 8
Gold	Harold Smith	Diving	Men's 10 m platform	August 13
Gold	Georgia Coleman	Diving	Women's 3 m springboard	August 10
Gold	Dorothy Poynton	Diving	Women's 10 m platform	August 12
Gold	Edwin Argo, Harry Chamberlin, Earl Foster Thomson	Equestrian	Team eventing	August 13
Gold	Dallas Bixler	Gymnastics	Men's horizontal bar	August 11
Gold	George Roth	Gymnastics	Men's Indian clubs	August 9
Gold	George Gulack	Gymnastics	Men's rings	August 12
Gold	Raymond Bass	Gymnastics	Men's rope climbing	August 10
Gold	Rowland Wolfe	Gymnastics	Men's tumbling	August 10
Gold	William Gilmore, Ken Myers	Rowing	Men's double sculls	August 13
Gold	Edward Jennings, Charles Kieffer, Joseph Schauers	Rowing	Men's coxed pair	August 13
Gold	James Blair, Charles Chandler, David Dunlap, Norris Graham, Duncan Gregg, Winslow Hall, Burton Jastram, Edwin Salisbury, Harold Tower	Rowing	Men's eight	August 13
Gold	Gilbert Gray, Andrew Libano	Sailing	Star class	August 12
Gold	John Biby, Alphonse Burnand, Kenneth Carey, , Owen Churchill, William Cooper, Pierpont Davis, Carl Dorsey, John Huettner, Richard Moore, Alan Morgan, Robert Sutton, Thomas Webster	Sailing	8 m class	August 12
Gold	Buster Crabbe	Swimming	Men's 400 m freestyle	August 10
Gold	Helene Madison	Swimming	Women's 100 m freestyle	August 8
Gold	Helene Madison	Swimming	Women's 400 m freestyle	August 11
Gold	Eleanor Holm	Swimming	Women's 100 m backstroke	August 11
Gold	Helen Johns, Helene Madison, Josephine McKim, Eleanor Saville	Swimming	Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay	August 12
Gold	Robert Pearce	Wrestling	Men's freestyle bantamweight	August 3
Gold	Jack van Bebber	Wrestling	Men's freestyle welterweight	August 3
Gold	Peter Mehringer	Wrestling	Men's freestyle light heavyweight	August 3
Silver	Ralph Metcalfe	Athletics	Men's 100 m	August 1
Silver	George Simpson	Athletics	Men's 200 m	August 1
Silver	Ben Eastman	Athletics	Men's 400 m	August 5
Silver	Ralph Hill	Athletics	Men's 5000 m	August 5
Silver	Percy Beard	Athletics	Men's 110 m hurdles	August 3
Silver	Glenn Hardin	Athletics	Men's 400 m hurdles	August 1
Silver	Lambert Redd	Athletics	Men's long jump	August 2
Silver	Bob Van Osdel	Athletics	Men's high jump	July 31
Silver	Harlow Rothert	Athletics	Men's shot put	July 31
Silver	Henri LaBorde	Athletics	Men's discus throw	August 3
Silver	Evelyne Hall	Athletics	Women's 80 m hurdles	August 4
Silver	Babe Didrikson	Athletics	Women's high jump	August 7
Silver	Ruth Osburn	Athletics	Women's discus throw	August 2
Silver	Harold Smith	Diving	Men's 3 m springboard	August 8
Silver	Michael Galitzen	Diving	Men's 10 m platform	August 13
Silver	Katherine Rawls	Diving	Women's 3 m springboard	August 10
Silver	Georgia Coleman	Diving	Women's 10 m platform	August 12
Silver	Earl Foster Thomson	Equestrian	Individual eventing	August 13
Silver	Harry Chamberlin	Equestrian	Individual jumping	August 14
Silver	Joseph Levis	Fencing	Men's foil	August 4
Silver	Frank Cumiskey, Frank Haubold, Al Jochim, Fred Meyer, Michael Schuler	Gymnastics	Men's team all-around	August 10
Silver	Philip Erenberg	Gymnastics	Men's Indian clubs	August 9
Silver	Bill Denton	Gymnastics	Men's rings	August 12
Silver	William Galbraith	Gymnastics	Men's rope climbing	August 10
Silver	Ed Gross	Gymnastics	Men's tumbling	August 10
Silver	Al Jochim	Gymnastics	Men's vault	August 10
Silver	William Miller	Rowing	Men's single sculls	August 13
Silver	Temple Ashbrook, Robert Carlson, Frederic Conant, Emmett Davis, Donald Wills Douglas, Jr., Charles Smith	Sailing	6 m class	August 12
Silver	Frank Booth, George Fissler, Maiola Kalili, Manuella Kalili	Swimming	Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay	August 9
Silver	Lenore Kight	Swimming	Women's 400 m freestyle	August 11
Silver	Edgar Nemir	Wrestling	Men's freestyle featherweight	August 3
Silver	Jack Riley	Wrestling	Men's freestyle heavyweight	August 3
Bronze	Ralph Metcalfe	Athletics	Men's 200 m	August 1
Bronze	Morgan Taylor	Athletics	Men's 400 m hurdles	August 1
Bronze	Joe McCluskey	Athletics	Men's 3000 m steeplechase	August 2
Bronze	George Jefferson	Athletics	Men's pole vault	August 3
Bronze	Peter Zaremba	Athletics	Men's hammer throw	August 1
Bronze	Wilhelmina von Bremen	Athletics	Women's 100 m	August 2
Bronze	Louis Salica	Boxing	Men's flyweight	August 13
Bronze	Nathan Bor	Boxing	Men's lightweight	August 13
Bronze	Frederick Feary	Boxing	Men's heavyweight	August 13
Bronze	Richard Degener	Diving	Men's 3 m springboard	August 8
Bronze	Frank Kurtz	Diving	Men's 10 m platform	August 13
Bronze	Jane Fauntz	Diving	Women's 3 m springboard	August 10
Bronze	Marion Roper	Diving	Women's 10 m platform	August 12
Bronze	Hiram Tuttle	Equestrian	Individual dressage	August 10
Bronze	Isaac Kitts, Alvin Moore, Hiram Tuttle	Equestrian	Team dressage	August 10
Bronze	George Calnan, Miguel de Capriles, Gustave Marinius Heiss, Tracy Jaeckel, Frank Righeimer, Curtis Shears	Fencing	Men's team épée	August 7
Bronze	Hugh Alessandroni, George Calnan, Dernell Every, Joseph Levis, Frank Righeimer, Richard Steere	Fencing	Men's team foil	August 1
Bronze	United States men's national field hockey team William Boddington Harold Brewster Roy Coffin Amos Deacon Horace Disston Samuel Ewing James Gentle Henry Greer Lawrence Knapp David McMullin Leonard O'Brien Charles Sheaffer Frederick Wolters Warren Ingersoll	Field hockey		August 11
Bronze	William Kuhlemeier	Gymnastics	Men's Indian clubs	August 9
Bronze	Frank Haubold	Gymnastics	Men's pommel horse	August 11
Bronze	Thomas Connolly	Gymnastics	Men's rope climbing	August 10
Bronze	William Herrmann	Gymnastics	Men's tumbling	August 10
Bronze	Ed Carmichael	Gymnastics	Men's vault	August 10
Bronze	Richard Mayo	Modern pentathlon		August 6
Bronze	Albert Schwartz	Swimming	Men's 100 m freestyle	August 7
Bronze	Jim Cristy	Swimming	Men's 1500 m freestyle	August 13
Bronze	Eleanor Saville	Swimming	Women's 100 m freestyle	August 8
Bronze	United States men's national water polo team Austin Clapp Philip Daubenspeck Charles Finn Duke Kahanamoku Charles McCallister Wally O'Connor Tex Robertson Cal Strong Herbert Wildman	Water polo		August 13
Bronze	Tony Terlazzo	Weightlifting	Men's 60 kg	July 31
Bronze	Henry Duey	Weightlifting	Men's 82.5 kg	July 30

Athletics

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ralph Metcalfe	100 m	11.0	1 Q	10.77	1 Q	10.65	1 Q	10.38 WR
George Simpson		10.9	1 Q	10.74	1 Q	10.70	2 Q	10.53	4
Eddie Tolan		10.9	1 Q	10.53 OR	1 Q	10.81	1 Q	10.38 WR
Ralph Metcalfe	200 m	22.9	2 Q	21.5 OR	1 Q	21.5	1 Q	21.5
George Simpson		29.0	3 Q	21.5	2 Q	21.5	2 Q	21.4
Eddie Tolan		22.0	2 Q	21.5	1 Q	21.7	3 Q	21.12 OR
Bill Carr	400 m	48.8	1 Q	48.4	1 Q	47.2 OR	1 Q	46.28 WR
Ben Eastman		49.0	1 Q	48.8	1 Q	47.6	1 Q	46.50
James Gordon		50.6	1 Q	48.6	1 Q	48.2	3 Q	48.2	5
Edwin Genung	800 m	1:54.8	1 Q	—				1:51.7	4
Chuck Hornbostel		1:52.4	1 Q	—				1:52.7	6
Edwin Turner		1:54.0	3 Q	—				1:52.5	5
Frank Crowley	1500 m	4:00.0	4 Q	—				3:58.1	8
Glenn Cunningham		3:55.8	1 Q	—				3:53.4	4
Norwood Hallowell		3:58.1	2 Q	—				3:55.0	6
Daniel Dean	5000 m	15:19.6	7 Q	—				15:08.5	8
Ralph Hill		14:59.6	1 Q	—				14:30.0
Paul Rekers		15:34.6	2 Q	—				Did not finish
Lou Gregory	10000 m	—						Did not finish
Tom Ottey		—						Did not finish
Eino Pentti		—						Did not finish
Percy Beard	110 m hurdles	14.7	1 Q	—		14.6	1 Q	14.69
Jack Keller		14.9	1 Q	—		14.5 OR	1 Q	14.81	4
George Saling		15.0	2 Q	—		14.4	1 Q	14.57
Glenn Hardin	400 m hurdles	55.0	3 Q	—		52.8 OR	1 Q	51.85 WR ^[a]
Joe Healey		54.2	1 Q	—		53.2	4	Did not advance
Morgan Taylor		55.8	1 Q	—		52.9	2 Q	51.96
Glen Dawson	3000 m steeplechase	9:15.0	3 Q	—				10:58.0	6
Joe McCluskey		9:14.8	2 Q	—				10:46.2
Walter Pritchard		9:19.2	2 Q	—				11:04.5	8
Hector Dyer Bob Kiesel Emmett Toppino Frank Wykoff	4 × 100 m relay	40.61 WR	1 Q	—				40.10 WR
Ed Ablowich Bill Carr Ivan Fuqua Karl Warner	4 × 400 m relay	3:11.8 WR	1 Q	—				3:08.14 WR
James Henigan	Marathon	—						Did not finish
Albert Michelsen		—						2:39:38	7
Hans Oldag		—						2:47:26	11
Bill Chisholm	50 km walk	—						5:51:00	9
Ernest Crosbie		—						5:28:02	8
Harry Hinkel		—						Did not finish

^a Bob Tisdall from Ireland won the gold medal in the 400 metres hurdles event, but Tisdall's time was rejected as a world record as he knocked over the last hurdle, as per the rules of the time; Hardin was therefore credited as world record holder.

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Dick Barber	Long jump	—		7.39	5
Ed Gordon		—		7.64
Lambert Redd		—		7.60
Sid Bowman	Triple jump	—		14.87	7
Sol Furth		—		14.88	6
Rolland Romero		—		14.85	8
Corny Johnson	High jump	—		1.97	4
George Spitz		—		1.85	9
Bob Van Osdel		—		1.97
Bill Graber	Pole vault	—		4.150	4
George Jefferson		—		4.200
Bill Miller		—		4.315 OR
Nelson Gray	Shot put	—		15.460	5
Harlow Rothert		—		15.675
Leo Sexton		—		16.005 OR
John Anderson	Discus throw	—		49.49 OR
Paul Jessup		—		45.25	8
Henri LaBorde		—		48.47
Lee Bartlett	Javelin throw	—		64.46	5
Kenneth Churchill		—		63.24	6
Malcolm Metcalf		—		61.89	7
Frank Conner	Hammer throw	—		No mark
Grant McDougall		—		49.12	5
Peter Zaremba		—		50.33

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
James Bausch	Result	11.7	6.95	15.32	1.70	54.2	16.2	44.58	4.00	61.91	5:17.0	6735 WR
James Bausch	Points	663	802	809	670	626	684	758	617	767	466	6735 WR
Wilson Charles	Result	11.2	7.24	12.56	1.85	51.2	16.2	38.71	3.40	47.72	4:39.8	6716	4
Wilson Charles	Points	765	871	640	670	754	684	638	456	555	682	6716	4
Clyde Coffman	Result	11.3	6.77	11.86	1.70	51.8	17.8	34.40	4.00	48.88	4:48.0	6265	7
Clyde Coffman	Points	744	760	598	544	727	520	552	617	572	631	6265	7

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ethel Harrington	100 m	12.7	5	—		Did not advance
Wilhelmina von Bremen		12.3	2 Q	—		12.1	2 Q	12.0
Elizabeth Wilde		12.4	1 Q	—		12.4	2 Q	12.3	6
Babe Didrikson	80 m hurdles	11.8 WR	1	—				11.7 WR
Evelyne Hall		12.0	1	—				11.7
Simone Schaller		11.8	2	—				11.8	4
Mary Carew Evelyn Furtsch Annette Rogers Wilhelmina von Bremen	4 × 100 m relay	—						47.0 WR

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Babe Didrikson	High jump	—		1.65
Annette Rogers		—		1.58	6
Jean Shiley		—		1.65
Lillian Copeland	Discus throw	—		40.58 OR
Margaret Jenkins		—		30.22	9
Ruth Osburn		—		40.12
Babe Didrikson	Javelin throw	—		43.69 OR
Nan Gindele		—		37.95	5
Gloria Russell		—		36.74	6

Boxing

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Louis Salica	Flyweight	Callura (CAN) W	Spannagel (GER) W	Énekes (HUN) L	Bronze medal bout Pardoe (GBR) W
Joseph Lang	Bantamweight	Tirado (MEX) W	Pereyra (ARG) W	Ziglarski (GER) L	Bronze medal bout Villanueva (PHI) L	4
John Hines	Featherweight	Araico (MEX) W	Carlsson (SWE) L	Did not advance
Nathan Bor	Lightweight	Mizler (GBR) W	Bye	Ahlqvist (SWE) L	Bronze medal bout Bianchini (ITA) W
Edward Flynn	Welterweight	Sardella (ARG) W	Barton (RSA) W	McCleave (GBR) W	Campe (GER) W
Carmen Barth	Middleweight	Bye	Cruz (MEX) W	Peirce (RSA) W	Azar (ARG) W
John Miler	Light heavyweight	—	Murphy (IRL) L	Did not advance
Frederick Feary	Heavyweight	—	Bye	Rovati (ITA) L	Bronze medal bout Maughan (CAN) W

Cycling

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Frank Connell	Individual road race	2:37:20.4	17
Otto Luedeke		2:40:59.2	26
Henry O'Brien, Jr.		2:33:36.0	11
John Sinibaldi		2:44:01.2	29
Frank Connell Otto Luedeke Henry O'Brien, Jr.	Team road race	7:51:55.6	6
Bernard Mammes	1000 m time trial	1:18.0	8

Track

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Bobby Thomas	Sprint		3	13.1	1 Q	van Egmond (NED) L	Did not advance
Royden Ingham Frank Testa	Tandem				3	—	Did not advance

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank
Harold Ade Russell Allen Ruggero Berti Eddie Testa	Team pursuit	5:17.4	5	Did not advance

Diving

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Richard Degener	3 m springboard	151.82
Michael Galitzen		161.38
Harold Smith		158.54
Michael Galitzen	10 m platform	124.28
Frank Kurtz		121.98
Harold Smith		124.80

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Georgia Coleman	3 m springboard	87.52
Jane Fauntz		82.12
Katherine Rawls		82.56
Georgia Coleman	10 m platform	35.56
Dorothy Poynton-Hill		40.26
Marion Roper		35.22

Equestrian

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank
Isaac Kitts	American Lady	Individual	846.25	6
Alvin Moore	Water Pat		829.00	7
Hiram Tuttle	Olympic		901.50
Isaac Kitts Alvin Moore Hiram Tuttle	See above	Team	2,576.75

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping		Total
Athlete	Horse	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Total	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Eddie Argo	Honolulu Tomboy	Individual	333.000	2	907.5	1240.5	8	299.25	1	1539.250	8
Harry Chamberlin	Pleasant Smiles		340.333	1	1107.5	1447.833	4	240.00	=7	1687.833	4
Earl Foster Thomson	Jenny Camp		300.000	6	1271.0	1571.0	1	240.00	=7	1811.000
Eddie Argo Harry Chamberlin Earl Foster Thomson	See above	Team	973.333	1	3286.00	4259.333	1	779.250	1	5038.083

Jumping

The team event was declared void as no nation completed the course with three riders.

Athlete	Horse	Event	Penalties	Rank
William Bradford	Joe Aleshire	Individual	24.0	4
Harry Chamberlin	Show Girl		12.0
John W. Wofford	Babe Wartham		Did not finish

Fencing

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
George Calnan	Individual épée	12	5 Q	11	3 Q	12	7
Harold Corbin		4	9	Did not advance
Gustave Heiss		8	4 Q	8	7	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Round 1			Semifinals			Final
Athlete	Event	MW	ML	Rank	MW	ML	Rank	MW	ML	Rank
George Calnan Miguel de Capriles Gustave Heiss Tracy Jaeckel Frank Righeimer Curtis Shears	Team épée	1	0	1 Q	1	0	1 Q	1	2
Dernell Every	Individual foil	3	2	=4 Q	2	6	8	Did not advance
Joseph Levis		5	2	3 Q	4	3	5 Q	6	3
Theodore Lorber		2	6	7	Did not advance
Hugh Alessandroni George Calnan Dernell Every Joseph Levis Frank Righeimer Richard Steere	Team foil	1	0	2 Q	—			2	1
Norman Armitage	Individual sabre	4	2	3 Q	3	4	4 Q	3	6	9
Peter Bruder		3	3	5 Q	3	4	5 Q	Retired
John Huffman		4	4	6 Q	6	2	3 Q	5	4	6
Norman Armitage Peter Bruder Ralph Faulkner John Huffman Nickolas Muray Harold Van Buskirk	Team sabre	Bye			—			0	3	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Round 1			Final
Athlete	Event	MW	ML	Rank	MW	ML	Rank
Muriel Guggolz	Individual foil	1	6	7	Did not advance
Marion Lloyd		4	3	4 Q	2	7	8
Dorothy Locke		3	5	6	Did not advance

Field hockey

Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
India	2	2	0	35	2	+33	2
Japan	2	1	1	10	13	−3	1
United States (H)	2	0	2	3	33	−30	0

Source: Sports Reference
(H) Hosts

August 8, 1932

United States	2 – 9	Japan

Umpires:
Charles Newham (IND)
P. Gupta (IND)

August 11, 1932

India	24 – 1	United States

Umpires:
Charles Newham (IND)
T. M. Spence (GBR)

Gymnastics

Artistic

For the team event, the four best total individual scores determined the team's final score. To calculate total individual scores, results from all events with the exception of the pommel horse were added and divided by two, with the quotient added to the pommel horse score. Individual scores still counted for the individual all-around competition.

Team

Athlete	Event	Final
		Apparatus					Total	Rank
		PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Frank Cumiskey	Team	55.9	46.8	26.525	50.0	52.3	129.025	—
Frank Haubold		56.9	46.9	25.725	56.0	53.8	132.525	—
Al Jochim		48.4	47.2	26.775	55.9	53.1	129.075	—
Fred Meyer		56.8	44.3	27.55	52.9	54.2	131.650	—
Michael Schuler		42.8	41.7	20.975	54.3	49.1	114.925	—
Total		—					522.275

Individual

Apparatus and all-around events received separate scores.

Athlete	Event	Final
		Apparatus					Total	Rank
		PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Richard Bishop	Rings	—					55.4	4
Dallas Bixler	Horizontal bar	—					55.0
Ed Carmichael	Vault	—					52.6
Frank Cumiskey	All-around	55.9	46.8	26.525	50.0	52.3	129.025	11
	Floor	—					24.8	14
	Pommel horse	—					54.7	4
Bill Denton	Rings	—					55.8
Marcel Gleyre	Vault	—					52.4	5
George Gulack	Rings	—					56.9
Frank Haubold	All-around	56.9	46.9	25.725	56.0	53.8	132.525	6
	Floor	—					27.0	=4
	Pommel horse	—					55.7
	Parallel bars	—					50.7	11
Al Jochim	All-around	48.4	47.2	26.775	55.9	53.1	129.075	10
	Floor	—					26.4	=7
	Pommel horse	—					51.2	6
	Vault	—					53.3
	Parallel bars	—					52.4	6
	Horizontal bar	—					24.1	10
Fred Meyer	All-around	56.8	44.3	27.55	52.9	54.2	131.650	8
Fred Meyer	Floor	—					25.3	=12
Michael Schuler	All-around	42.8	41.7	20.975	54.3	49.1	114.925	17
	Floor	—					24.3	16
	Parallel bars	—					51.8	9
	Horizontal bar	—					46.7	6

Indian clubs

Athlete	Event	Points
Philip Erenberg	Indian clubs	26.7
William Kuhlemeier		25.9
George Roth		26.9

Rope climbing

Athlete	Event	Trials			Final
Athlete	Event	1st time	2nd time	3rd time	Time	Rank
Raymond Bass	Rope climbing	6.7	6.8	6.9	6.7
Thomas F. Connolly		7.1	7.0	7.2	7.0
William Galbraith		7.0	6.8	7.0	6.8

Tumbling

Athlete	Event	Exercises			Final
Athlete	Event	1st exercise	2nd exercise	Points	Rank
Ed Gross	Tumbling	27.6	28.4	56.0
William Herrmann		26.6	28.5	55.1
Rowland Wolfe		28.3	28.4	56.7

Modern pentathlon

Athlete	Fencing (épée one touch)		Swimming (300 m freestyle)		Riding (cross-country)			Shooting (10 m air pistol)		Running (4000 m)		Total points	Final rank
Athlete	Results (W–D–L)	Rank	Time	Rank	Penalties	Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Time	Rank	Total points	Final rank
Brookner Brady	11–3–9	12	4:37.9	3	100	8:50.6	5	174	20	17:33.6	16	56	11
Clayton Mansfield	14–1–8	=7	4:54.0	6	90	9:09.4	13	182	16	17:41.4	18	60.5	13
Richard Mayo	14–3–6	=4	5:17.4	14	100	8:10.2	2	197	1	17:37.2	17	38.5

Rowing

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
William Miller	Single sculls	7:29.2	2	8:05.8	1 Q	7:45.2
William Gilmore Ken Myers	Double sculls	7:14.6	1 Q	Bye		7:17.4
Eugene Clark Thomas Clark	Coxless pair	8:03.2	3	8:23.0	4	Did not advance
Edward Jennings Charles Kieffer Joseph Schauers	Coxed pair	—				8:25.8
Edgar Johnson George Mattson John McCosker Thomas Pierie	Coxless four	7:19.4	2	7:18.4	2 Q	7:14.2	4
Charles Drueding Francis English Harry Grossmiller Thomas Mack, Jr. Edward Marshall	Coxed four	7:06.6	2	7:14.6	3	Did not advance
James Blair Charles Chandler David Dunlap Norris Graham Duncan Gregg Winslow Hall Burton Jastram Edwin Salisbury Harold Tower	Eight	6:29.0	1 Q	Bye		6:37.6

Sailing

Athlete	Event	Race											Total points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total points	Final rank
Charles Lyon Joseph Jessop	Snowbird	9	9	4	0	4	5	9	6	5	11	4	66	7
Gilbert Gray Andrew Libano	Star	7	5	7	7	7	6	7	—				46
Temple Ashbrook Robert Carlson Frederic Conant Emmett Davis Charles Smith Donald Wills Douglas, Jr.	6 Metre	2	2	2	2	2	2	—					12
John Biby Alphonse Burnand Kenneth Carey Owen Churchill William Cooper Pierpont Davis Carl Dorsey John Huettner Richard Moore Alan Morgan Robert Sutton Thomas Webster	8 Metre	2	2	2	2	—							8

Shooting

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Round 3		Round 4		Round 5		Round 6		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Thomas Carr	25 m rapid fire pistol	18	12	5	12	Did not advance
Ernest Tippin		16	16	Did not advance
Luther Roberts		18	12	6	7	5	7	Did not advance
William Harding	50 m rifle, prone	—												292	6
Edward Shumaker		—												288	=13
Rom Stanifer		—												287	15

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Manuella Kalili	100 m freestyle	59.6	1 Q	59.3	3 Q	59.2	4
Albert Schwartz		59.6	2 Q	59.2	3 Q	58.8
Raymond Thompson		1:02.0	2 Q	59.3	2 Q	59.5	6
Buster Crabbe	400 m freestyle	4:59.8	1 Q	4:52.7	1 Q	4:48.4 OR
James Gilhula	400 m freestyle	4:53.3	2 Q	4:55.4	4	Did not advance
Buster Crabbe	1500 m freestyle	20:01.0	2 Q	19:51.8	2 Q	20:02.7	5
Jim Cristy		19:58.4	1 Q	20:06.9	3 Q	19:39.5
Ralph Flanagan		20:06.0	1 Q	20:03.7	5	Did not advance
Gordon Chalmers	100 m backstroke	1:17.2	2 Q	1:11.6	4	Did not advance
Robert Kerber		1:13.0	2 Q	1:13.0	3 Q	1:12.8	6
Dan Zehr		1:09.9	1 Q	1:11.6	2 Q	1:10.9	4
Basil Francis	200 m breaststroke	2:57.2	4	Did not advance
Edwin Moles		2:56.8	4	Did not advance
John Paulson		3:00.1	4	Did not advance
Frank Booth George Fissler Maiola Kalili Manuella Kalili	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	—				9:10.5

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Helene Madison	100 m freestyle	1:08.9 OR	1 Q	1:09.9	1 Q	1:06.8 OR
Josephine McKim		1:09.3	2 Q	1:08.8	3 Q	1:09.3	4
Eleanor Saville		1:08.5 OR	1 Q	1:08.8	2 Q	1:08.2
Norene Forbes	400 m freestyle	5:57.8	2 Q	6:22.1	3 Q	6:06.0	6
Lenore Kight		5:40.9 OR	1 Q	5:50.8	1 Q	5:28.6
Helene Madison		5:44.5	1 Q	5:48.7	1 Q	5:28.5 WR
Eleanor Holm	100 m backstroke	—		1:18.3 OR	1 Q	1:19.4
Joan McSheehy	100 m backstroke	—		1:22.5	2 Q	1:23.2	5
Jane Cadwell	100 m backstroke	—		3:20.0	3 q	3:18.2	7
Ann Govednik		—		3:15.9	2 Q	3:16.0	6
Margaret Hoffman		—		3:14.7	2 Q	3:11.8	5
Helen Johns Helene Madison Josephine McKim Eleanor Saville	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	—				4:38.0 WR

Water polo

No.	Name	Pos.	Date of birth	Club
1	Herbert Wildman	GK	September 6, 1912	Los Angeles Athletic Club
2	Cal Strong	B	August 12, 1907	Los Angeles Athletic Club
3	Charles Finn	B	July 28, 1897	Los Angeles Athletic Club
4	Charles McCallister	B	October 14, 1903	Los Angeles Athletic Club
5	Philip Daubenspeck	F	October 28, 1905	Los Angeles Athletic Club
6	Austin Clapp	F	September 8, 1910	Los Angeles Athletic Club
7	Wally O'Connor	F	August 25, 1903	Los Angeles Athletic Club
	Tex Robertson

Head coach: Frank Rivas

Results

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	Hungary (HUN)	3	3	0	0	31	2	+29	6
	Germany (GER)	3	1	1	1	16	10	+6	3
	United States (USA)	3	1	1	1	14	11	+3	3
4	Japan (JPN)	3	0	0	3	0	38	−38	0
DSQ	Brazil (BRA)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0^[a]

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Brazil were ejected from the competition after their players assaulted referee Bela Komjadi and other officials following the end of their match against Germany, resulting in the entire team being arrested. Their two matches were annulled.^[2]

United States

6–1

Brazil

Referees:
W. G. Emery (GBR)

Japan

0–10

United States

Referees:
A. Delahaye (BEL)

Germany

4–4

United States

Referees:
A. Delahaye (BEL)

Hungary

7–0

United States

Referees:
A. Delahaye (BEL)

Weightlifting

Athlete	Event	Clean & Press		Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Richard Bachtell	Men's −60 kg	70	6	80	5	102.5	=6	252.5	6
Tony Terlazzo	Men's −60 kg	82.5	=2	85	3	112.5	=3	280
Arnie Sundberg	Men's −67.5 kg	77.5	6	90	=3	117.5	5	285	5
Walter Zagurski	Men's −67.5 kg	82.5	=4	90	=4	112.5	6	285	6
Stanley Kratkowski	Men's −75 kg	82.5	6	102.5	=5	120	=5	335	5
Sam Termine	Men's −75 kg	87.5	5	105	=3	NM	7	192.5	7
Henry Duey	Men's −82.5 kg	92.5	4	105	3	132.5	=2	330
Bill Good	Men's −82.5 kg	95	3	97.5	4	130	4	322.5	4
Albert Manger	Men's +82.5 kg	100	4	92.5	5	122.5	5	315	5
Howard Turbyfill	Men's +82.5 kg	77.5	6	95	5	132.5	5	305	6

Wrestling

Key:

F - Fall.
D - Decision

Freestyle

Wrestlers who accumulated 5 "bad points" were eliminated. Points were given as follows: 1 point for victories short of a fall and 3 points for every loss.

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Final	Points	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Points	Rank
Robert Pearce	–56 kg	Zombori (HUN) W ^D	Depuychaffray (FRA) W ^D	Reid (GBR) W ^D	—	Jaskari (FIN) W ^D	4
Edgar Nemir	–61 kg	Schack (DEN) W ^D	Rowland (CAN) W ^F	H. Pihlajamäki (FIN) L ^D	Taylor (GBR) W ^F	Bye	4
Marvin Clodfelter	–66 kg	K. Pihlajamäki (FIN) W ^D	Klarén (SWE) L ^F	Kárpáti (HUN) W ^F Rematch Kárpáti (HUN) W ^D	Did not advance		5	=4
Jack van Bebber	–72 kg	López (MEX) W ^F	Jensen (DEN) W ^D	MacDonald (CAN) W ^D	Bye	Leino (FIN) W ^D	3
Robert Hess	–79 kg	Bye	Tunyogi (HUN) L ^D	Luukko (FIN) W ^F	—	Johansson (SWE) L ^F	6	4
Peter Mehringer	–87 kg	Sjöstedt (SWE) W ^F	Madison (CAN) W ^F	—		Scarf (AUS) W ^D	1
Jack Riley	+87 kg	Richthoff (SWE) L ^D	Bye	—		Hirschl (AUT) W ^F	3

Art competitions

References

^ "United States at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
^ Encyclopedia of the Modern Olympic Movement, John E. Findling, Kimberly D. Pelle, Greenwood Publishing group, 2004

[table_hth_BRA0.58846005964487-3] Brazil were ejected from the competition after their players assaulted referee Bela Komjadi and other officials following the end of their match against Germany, resulting in the entire team being arrested. Their two matches were annulled.^[2]

[sports-reference-1] "United States at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2010-05-03.

[2] Encyclopedia of the Modern Olympic Movement, John E. Findling, Kimberly D. Pelle, Greenwood Publishing group, 2004

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