The 1932 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the X Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California, United States, from July 30 to August 14.[1][2] A total of 1,334 athletes representing 37 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated,[3] including Colombia and the Republic of China, who took part for the first time.[4][5] The games featured 117 events in 14 sports across 20 disciplines.[3][6][7]
Athletes representing 28 NOCs received at least one medal, with 19 NOCs winning at least one gold medal.[8] The United States won the most overall medals, with 110, and the most gold medals, with 44.[8] Latvia and Mexico won their first Summer Olympic medals of any kind.[9][10] Among individual participants, Italian fencer Giulio Gaudini (three silver, one bronze), Hungarian gymnast István Pelle (two gold, two silver), and Finnish gymnast Heikki Savolainen (one silver, three bronze) had the most total medals with four each.[11] Italian gymnast Romeo Neri and American swimmer Helene Madison tied for the most gold medals, with three each.[11]
Medal table
The medal table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is consistent with IOC conventional sorting in its published medal tables. The table uses the Olympic medal table sorting method. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won, where a nation is an entity represented by a NOC. The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals.[12][13] If teams are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by their IOC country code.[14]
* Host nation (United States)
| Rank | NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States (USA)* | 44 | 36 | 30 | 110 |
| 2 |  Italy (ITA) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 |
| 3 |  France (FRA) | 11 | 5 | 4 | 20 |
| 4 |  Sweden (SWE) | 10 | 5 | 9 | 24 |
| 5 |  Japan (JPN) | 7 | 7 | 4 | 18 |
| 6 |  Hungary (HUN) | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
| 7 |  Finland (FIN) | 5 | 8 | 12 | 25 |
| 8 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 5 | 7 | 5 | 17 |
| 9 |  Germany (GER) | 3 | 12 | 7 | 22 |
| 10 |  Poland (POL) | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 11 |  Australia (AUS) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 12 |  Argentina (ARG) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 |  Canada (CAN) | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 |
| 14 |  Netherlands (NED) | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 15 |  South Africa (RSA) | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 16 |  Ireland (IRL) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 |  Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 18 |  Austria (AUT) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 19 |  India (IND) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 |  Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 21 |  Mexico (MEX) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 22 |  Latvia (LAT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 25 |  Philippines (PHI) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 26 |  Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Uruguay (URU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (28 entries) | 123 | 125 | 120 | 368 | |
See also
- All-time Olympic Games medal table
- List of 1932 Summer Olympics medal winners
- 1932 Winter Olympics medal table
References
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- ^ a b "Los Angeles 1932 Summer Olympics – Athletes, Medals & Results". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on September 23, 2024. Retrieved February 20, 2025.
- ^ "Colombia – Profile". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on October 6, 2024. Retrieved December 30, 2024.
- ^ "China – Profile". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on October 6, 2024. Retrieved December 30, 2024.
- ^ "Los Angeles 1932". Australian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on October 7, 2024. Retrieved February 20, 2025.
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- ^ a b c "Los Angeles 1932 Olympic Medal Table – Gold, Silver & Bronze". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on December 4, 2024. Retrieved February 20, 2025.
- ^ "Latvia – Profile". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on October 6, 2024. Retrieved December 30, 2024.
- ^ "Mexico – Profile". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on December 4, 2024. Retrieved December 30, 2024.
- ^ a b "1932 Los Angeles Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved February 20, 2025.
- ^ Ostlere, Lawrence (August 11, 2024). "Olympic medal table: USA beat China to top spot at Paris 2024". The Independent. Archived from the original on August 12, 2024. Retrieved August 12, 2024.
- ^ Araton, Harvey (August 18, 2008). "A Medal Count That Adds Up To Little". The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 21, 2023. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
- ^ Cons, Roddy (August 10, 2024). "What happens if two countries are tied in the Olympic medal table? Tiebreaker rules explained". Diario AS. Archived from the original on August 11, 2024. Retrieved August 11, 2024.
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