The 1932 Winter Olympics, officially known as the III Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1932 in Lake Placid, New York. The Games opened on February 4 and closed on February 15. It was the 1st Winter Olympics held in the United States.
Bidding[]
Voting[]
| Voting results for the 1932 Winter Olympic Games | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City | Country | Round 1 | ||||
| Lake Placid | United States | Unanimous | ||||
| Bear Mountain | United States | |||||
| Denver | United States | |||||
| Duluth | United States | |||||
| Lake Tahoe | United States | |||||
| Minneapolis | United States | |||||
| Montreal | Canada | |||||
| Oslo | Norway | |||||
| Yosemite Valley | United States | |||||
Highlights[]
- The Games were opened by New York Governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Roosevelt was elected President of the United States later the same year.
- Irving Jaffee won the 5,000 m (3.1 mi.) and the 10,000 m (6.2 mi.) speed skating gold medals, beating previous champion and world record holder Ivar Ballangrud in the 10,000 m by 4.5 m (5 yards), mainly because the favorites were unaccustomed to the common start.
- The USA won the medal tally with a total of 12 medals (6 gold, 4 silver, and 2 bronze).
- Seventeen countries participated.
Events[]
A WPA poster,
advertising the bobsled run
Medals were awarded in 14 events in 5 sports (7 disciplines).
These were the last Winter Olympics without Alpine skiing, which was added in 1936.
Venues[]
- Main article: Venues of the 1932 Winter Olympics
- Intervales Ski-Hill - Nordic combined (ski jumping), Ski jumping
- Lake Placid - Cross-country skiing, Nordic combined (cross-country skiing)
- Mt. Van Hoevenberg Bob-Run - Bobsleigh
- Olympic Arena - Figure skating, Ice hockey
- Olympic Stadium - Ice hockey, Speed skating
Participating nations[]
The Olympic Bobsled run from the air
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.
Medal table[]
| Rank | Country | 
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Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 2 | Norway | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | Sweden | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Canada | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 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 |
References[]
- III Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 1932, 1932 The official report.
External links[]
| Preceded by Amsterdam 1928 |
Olympics 1932 |
Succeeded by Los Angeles 1932 |
| Preceded by St. Moritz 1928 |
Winter Olympics 1932 |
Succeeded by Garmish-Partenkirchen 1936 |