1932 Winter Olympics

Multi-sport event in Lake Placid, New York, US June 2026 October 2013 December 2014 1932 Winter Olympics 1932 Winter Olympics logo.svg 170 Lake Placid, New York, United States 17 252 (231 men, 21 women) 14 in 4 sports (7 disciplines) February 4, 1932 February 13, 1932 Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt Olympic Stadium Lake Placid St. Moritz 1928 Garmisch 1936 Amsterdam 1928 Los Angeles 1932 The 1932 Winter Olympics, officially known as the III Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Lake Placid 1932, were a winter multi-sport event in the United States, held in Lake Placid, New York, United States. The games opened on February 4 and closed on February 13. It was the first time the Winter Games were held outside of Europe and the first of four Winter Olympics held in the United States; Lake Placid hosted again in 1980.Hines James R. Historical Dictionary of Figure Skating 2011 Scarecrow Press 978-0-8108-6859-5 Lanham, Maryland xxiii The games were awarded to Lake Placid in part by the efforts of Godfrey Dewey, head of the Lake Placid Club and son of Melvil Dewey, inventor of the Dewey Decimal System.https://skiinghistory.org/news/lake-placid-1932 How the Olympics Came to a Sleepy Adirondack Village Lund, Morten International Skiing History Association January 21, 2014 March 19, 2017 California also had a bid for the 1932 Winter Games. William May Garland, president of the California X Olympiad Association, wanted the games to take place in Wrightwood and Big Pines, California. The world's largest ski jump at the time was constructed in Big Pines for the event,http://www.ocregister.com/articles/resort-156783-mountain-high.html Mountain High makeover Strege, Dave Orange County Register August 21, 2013 August 17, 2016 but the games were ultimately awarded to Lake Placid. The practice of awarding Olympic medals at podium ceremonies was established at the 1932 Winter Olympics, based on pedestals used at the 1930 British Empire Games, as proposed by Melville Marks Robinson.Prof says Olympic podiums have Canadian connection Ogilvie Claire October 18, 2006 The Province Vancouver, British Columbia 25 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-province-barney-2006/129824314/ Highlights American company Coca-Cola became the official provider of that games' soft drinks and would remain so for all subsequent winter Olympics (as of 2024). The Games were opened by Franklin D. Roosevelt, then the Governor of New York. He would be elected President of the United States nine months later. The victory podium was used for the first time at the winter games. Martin, D. E., Martin, D. A., & Gynn, R. W. (2000). The olympic marathon. Human Kinetics. p. 146. In a letter dated May 1931, the IOC president, Count Henri de Baillet-Latour, advised the organizing committees of both summer and winter games that athletes should "stand on three pedestals, with the centre one higher than the two others." See Martin (2000) and Olympic.org article "1932: THE PODIUM MAKES ITS OLYMPIC DEBUT". Speed skater Jack Shea became the first Olympic champion to receive a gold medal on the podium.https://www.olympic.org/news/1932-the-podium-makes-its-olympic-debut https://web.archive.org/web/20200804141633/https://www.olympic.org/news/1932-the-podium-makes-its-olympic-debut dead August 4, 2020 1932: THE PODIUM MAKES ITS OLYMPIC DEBUT IOC October 20, 2017 July 19, 2020 Billy Fiske (who would win his second gold medal at Lake Placid, having won his first at 16 in the 1928 Winter Olympics), carried the flag for the United States in the opening ceremonies. A planner of a winter resort in Aspen, Colorado, he was killed in 1940 flying in the Battle of Britain. Sonja Henie won the second of three consecutive Olympic gold medals in figure skating. She also won gold in 1928 and 1936.Greenspan, Bud, 100 Greatest Moments in Olympic History, General Publishing Group, Inc., 1995, pp. 88 Irving Jaffee won the 5000 m mi on and the 10000 m mi on speed skating gold medals, beating previous champion and world record holder Ivar Ballangrud in the 10,000 m by 4.5 m 0 on. Eddie Eagan became the only Olympian to win gold medals at both the summer and winter games in different sports. He won gold in boxing in the 1920 Antwerp summer games and gold in bobsleigh at Lake Placid. The bobsleigh race was held two days after the games' closing ceremonies due to unseasonably warm weather in the region the week prior.Johnson, William Oscar, The Olympics: A History of the Games, Oxmoor House, Inc., 1993, pp. 60-61. Georg Gyssling, a member of the Nazi Party, joined a newly created four man bobsledding team after half the German team was injured in several violent crashes on Mount Van Hoevenberg. René Fonjallaz, a future Nazi propagandistAugust 2021 on the Swiss team, was also injured and left unconscious for five minutes after a crash during a practice run. King, D. (2015). Speed Kings: The 1932 Winter Olympics and the Fastest Men in the World. The United States topped the medal count with a total of 12 medals (6 gold, 4 silver, and 2 bronze). This was the only time the U.S. led the overall medal standings at the Winter Olympics until the 2010 Games in Vancouver, and the only time the United States won the most gold medals. Seventeen countries participated. Events thumb|right|A WPA poster,advertising the bobsled run|alt=A stylized image shows a four-man bobled running the bobsled track, with an observation tower and spectator viewing area on either side. At the top of the image are the flags of the United States, the Olympic movement, and France, and the bottom of the poster reads, "Olympic Bobsled Run Lake Placid, Up where winter calls to play, Operated by New York State Conservation Dept." Medals were awarded in 14 events contested in 4 sports (7 disciplines). Bobsleigh 2 Ice hockey 1 Skating Figure skating 3 Speed skating 4 Nordic skiing Cross-country skiing 2 Nordic combined 1 Ski jumping 1 Demonstration sports The Games also included events in three demonstration sports. Curling Sled dog race Speed skating (women) Venues thumb|The Olympic Bobsled run from the air Venues of the 1932 Winter Olympics VenueSportsCapacity Ref. Intervales Ski-Hill Nordic combined (ski jumping), Ski jumping 9,2001932 Winter Olympics official report. https://web.archive.org/web/20080410085042/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1932/1932w.pdf April 10, 2008 pp. 141-4. Accessed 12 October 2010. Lake Placid Cross-country skiing, Nordic combined (cross-country skiing) Not listed.1932 Winter Olympics official report. https://web.archive.org/web/20080410085042/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1932/1932w.pdf April 10, 2008 pp. 145-6, 199. Accessed 12 October 2010. Mt. Van Hoevenberg Bob-Run Bobsleigh 12,5001932 Winter Olympic Games official report. https://web.archive.org/web/20080410085042/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1932/1932w.pdf April 10, 2008 pp. 30, 39-41, 50-1, 141, 157-66. Accessed 12 October 2010. Olympic Arena Figure skating, Ice hockey (final) 3,3601932 Winter Olympics official report. https://web.archive.org/web/20080410085042/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1932/1932w.pdf April 10, 2008 pp. 141, 150-57. Accessed 12 October 2010. Olympic Stadium Ice hockey, Speed skating 7,4751932 Winter Olympics official report. https://web.archive.org/web/20080410085042/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1932/1932w.pdf April 10, 2008 pp. 141, 147-50. Accessed 12 October 2010. Participating nations thumb|Participating nations map. 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. Participating National Olympic Committees18em AUT 1932 Winter 7 BEL 1932 Winter 5 CAN 1932 Winter 42 TCH 1932 Winter 6 FIN 1932 Winter 7 FRA 1932 Winter 8 GER 1932 Winter 20 GBR 1932 Winter 4 HUN 1932 Winter 4 ITA 1932 Winter 12 JPN 1932 Winter 16 NOR 1932 Winter 19 POL 1932 Winter 15 ROU 1932 Winter 4 SWE 1932 Winter 12 SUI 1932 Winter 7 USA 1932 Winter 64 (host) Number of athletes by National Olympic Committees IOC Letter Code Country Athletes USA USA 1932 Winter 64 CAN CAN 1932 Winter 42 GER GER 1932 Winter 20 NOR NOR 1932 Winter 19 JPN JPN 1932 Winter 16 POL POL 1932 Winter 15 ITA ITA 1932 Winter 12 SWE SWE 1932 Winter 12 FRA FRA 1932 Winter 8 AUT AUT 1932 Winter 7 FIN FIN 1932 Winter 7 SUI SUI 1932 Winter 7 TCH TCH 1932 Winter 6 BEL BEL 1932 Winter 5 GBR GBR 1932 Winter 4 HUN HUN 1932 Winter 4 ROM ROM 1932 Winter 4 Total 252 Medal count thumb|right|III Olympic Winter Games U.S. commemorative stamp (1932) thumb|right|Finnish skiers: Valmari Toikka, Veli Saarinen, Väinö Liikkanen and Martti Lappalainen 1932 Winter Olympics medal table #ccccff Host country solid 1px #AAAAAA flagIOC 1932 Winter 6 4 2 yes 3 4 3 1 2 0 1 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 Podium sweeps +DateSportEventNOCGoldSilverBronze11 FebruaryNordic combined IndividualNOR 1932 WinterJohan GrøttumsbråtenOle StenenHans Vinjarengen12 FebruarySki jumping Normal hillNOR 1932 WinterBirger RuudHans BeckKaare Wahlberg See also 1932 Winter Olympics References 2 External links 1932 Winter Olympics III Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 1932, 1932 The official report. Lake Placid Olympic Authority The program of the 1932 Lake Placid Winter Olympics 44.285 -73.985 type:landmark_region:US title woly St. Moritz III Olympic Winter GamesLake Placid 1932 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Olympics United States Sports 1930s Category:Winter Olympics by year Category:Olympic Games in the United States Category:Winter multi-sport events in the United States Category:Olympic Games in New York (state) Olympics Olympics Olympics, Winter Olympics Category:February 1932 sports events in the United States