1932 Winter Olympics

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, United States. The games opened on February 4, 1932.

1932 was to be the end of the Winter Olympics but due the huge success of Lake Placid the Winter Games are still with us.

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

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

Demonstration sports

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

Venues

• Bobsleigh track

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.

Medal count

1	(host nation)	6	4	2	12
2		3	4	3	10
3		1	1	5	7
4		1	2	0	3
5		1	1	1	3
6		1	1	0	2
7		1	0	0	1
8		0	1	0	1
9		0	0	2	2
10		0	0	1	1

External links

• Lake Placid Olympic Authority
• The program of the 1932 Lake Placid Winter Olympics

External reference

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