Editing 1932 Summer Olympics (section)

==Highlights==
===Facilities and opening ceremony===
[[File:The Australian Olympic Team at the Olympic Stadium, Los Angeles, 1932 - photographer unknown.jpg|thumb|220px|The Australian Olympic Team at the Olympic Stadium, Los Angeles, 1932]]
[[File:Lauri Lehtinen and Ralph Hill 1932.jpg|thumb|[[Lauri Lehtinen]] (left) and [[Ralph Hill (runner)|Ralph Hill]] finishing the 5000 m race at the 1932 Olympics]]
[[Charles Curtis]] became the first and only [[Vice President of the United States|U.S. Vice President]] to inaugurate the [[Olympic Games]]. An [[Olympic Village]] was built for the first time and became a model for future games, in [[Baldwin Hills, Los Angeles|Baldwin Hills]], occupied by male athletes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.baldwinhills.info/olympicvillage.php|title=1932 Los Angeles Olympic Athlete's Village - Baldwin Hills- Baldwin Hills Information|access-date=July 22, 2019|archive-date=December 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208202059/http://www.baldwinhills.info/olympicvillage.php|url-status=live}}</ref> Female athletes were housed at the Chapman Park Hotel on [[Wilshire Boulevard]]. Tenth Street, a major thoroughfare in Los Angeles, was renamed [[Olympic Boulevard (Los Angeles)|Olympic Boulevard]] in honor of the Games of the Tenth Olympiad. The [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]] was known in 1932 as ''Olympic Stadium''.

The victory podium was used for the first time at the summer games (a podium was also used earlier in the year at the [[1932 Winter Olympics]] in Lake Placid).<ref name=NPS-LANDMARK>[http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1884&ResourceType=Structure Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071114222329/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1884&ResourceType=Structure |date=November 14, 2007 }}, National Landmarks Program, National Park Service, ''Accessed November 12, 2007.''</ref><ref name=Podium>Martin, D. E., Martin, D. A., & Gynn, R. W. (2000). The Olympic Marathon. Human Kinetics. p. 146.</ref>{{efn|name=IOC-LETTER|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".}} An [[Olympic mascot]], Scottish Terrier [[Smoky (Olympic mascot)|Smoky]], was featured for the first time in history, albeit unofficially. 

===Athletics and field events===
[[Babe Didrikson]] won two gold medals in the [[javelin throw|javelin]] and the hurdles event. She also competed in a jump-off for a gold in the high jump. Her technique in the jump-off was ruled illegal, leaving Didrikson with second place.

Finland's [[Paavo Nurmi#1932 Olympics and later career|Paavo Nurmi]] was suspended from competition by the [[International Association of Athletics Federations|IAAF]] for alleged violation of amateur rules. Finns charged that the Swedish officials had used devious tricks in their campaign against Nurmi's amateur status,<ref name="HS 2008">{{cite news | newspaper=[[Helsingin Sanomat]] | title=Finland and Sweden renew old rivalry on the athletics track this weekend | date=29 August 2008 | url=http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Finland+and+Sweden+renew+old+rivalry+on+the+athletics+track+this+weekend/1135239039050 | access-date=20 August 2012 | archive-date=June 11, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120611035901/http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Finland+and+Sweden+renew+old+rivalry+on+the+athletics+track+this+weekend/1135239039050 | url-status=dead }}</ref> and ceased all athletic relations with Sweden.<ref>{{cite news | first=Juhani | last=Jalava | newspaper=[[Turun Sanomat]] | title=1925–1935: Yleisurheilu sai Suomen liikkeelle | trans-title=1925–1935: Athletics got the Finnish launch | date=15 March 2005 | url=http://www.ts.fi/erikoissivut/ts+100/1905-2005/1074031520/19251935+Yleisurheilu+sai+Suomen+liikkeelle | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130213102100/http://www.ts.fi/erikoissivut/ts+100/1905-2005/1074031520/19251935+Yleisurheilu+sai+Suomen+liikkeelle | url-status=dead | archive-date=13 February 2013 | access-date=16 September 2012 | language=fi }}</ref> A year earlier, controversies on the track and in the press had led Finland to withdraw from the [[Finland-Sweden athletics international]].{{sfn|Raevuori|1997|p=289}} After Nurmi's suspension, Finland did not agree to return to the event until 1939.<ref name="HS 2008"/>

[[Eddie Tolan]] won both the 100 m and 200 m sprint events. Poland's [[Stanisława Walasiewicz]] won the gold medal in the women's 100 m; she also won the silver medal in the event four years later. After her death in 1980, it was discovered that she was [[intersex]] and would have been ineligible to participate under modern rules.

Due to an official's error, the [[Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase|3,000 m steeplechase]] went for 3,460 m, or one extra lap.<ref>{{cite web|last=Lynch|first=Steven|title=What was unusual about the 3000-metre steeplechase final at the 1932 Olympics?|url=http://www.espn.co.uk/espn/sport/story/117592.html|work=www.espn.co.uk|access-date=June 25, 2012|archive-date=June 1, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120601195527/http://www.espn.co.uk/espn/sport/story/117592.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Several women's events debuted at these games, among them the [[Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Women's 80 metres hurdles|80 meters hurdles]] and [[Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw|javelin throw]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/results/58121|work=Olympedia|title=80 metres Hurdles, Women|access-date=December 27, 2020|archive-date=October 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029034222/https://www.olympedia.org/results/58121|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/results/58142|work=Olympedia|title=Javelin Throw, Women|access-date=December 27, 2020|archive-date=March 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304181319/https://www.olympedia.org/results/58142|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Babe Didrikson]] won both events and also competed in the [[Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump|high jump]] where she was controversially denied gold, leaving her with silver.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/results/58128|title=High Jump, Women|work=Olympedia|access-date=December 27, 2020|archive-date=March 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210318045819/https://www.olympedia.org/results/58128|url-status=live}}</ref> As women, unlike men, were only allowed to enter a maximum of three events, Didrikson could not compete in the discus throw, long jump, and relay where she would have likely medaled based on her prior results. Had the 200 meters and pentathlon been contested at these games (they debuted in 1964), Didrikson would have won them easily based on her performances prior to the Olympics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/editions/10|title=1932 Summer Olympics|work=Olympedia|access-date=December 27, 2020|archive-date=September 7, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240907021155/https://www.olympedia.org/editions/10|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Team sports===
In [[field hockey]], only three nations took part. The host nation lost both matches, 1–24 to India and 2–9 to Japan, but still won a bronze medal.

===Gymnastics===
[[Romeo Neri]] won three gold medals in gymnastics. Although women's team gymnastics debuted in the [[Gymnastics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Women's artistic team all-around|previous Olympics]], the event was not held in these games; however, there were women gymnasts who traveled to Los Angeles and participated in exhibition events at the 1932 games.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Games of the Xth Olympiad Los Angeles 1932 Official Report |publisher=Xth Olympiade Committee of the Games of Los Angeles, U.S.A. 1932, Ltd. |pages=653–670 |url=https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll8/id/8040/rec/13 |format=PDF |access-date=2019-10-30 |archive-date=December 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231210225222/https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll8/id/8040/rec/13 |url-status=live }}</ref> 

===Swimming===
[[Helene Madison]] won three gold medals in swimming, while the Japanese upset the men's events and took all but one title. [[Kusuo Kitamura]] won the gold medal in the men's 1500 meter freestyle swimming race. He was and continues to be the youngest ever male swimmer to win a gold medal at the Olympic Games.

===Equestrian===
[[Takeichi Nishi]] (Baron Nishi) was the gold medalist with his horse Uranus in the equestrian [[Equestrian at the 1932 Summer Olympics|show jumping individual event]]. Nishi's gold medal is Japan's only gold medal in the equestrian event to this day.  Nishi died in 1945 as an officer stationed in the defense of the island of [[Battle of Iwo Jima|Iwo Jima]], and as such is an important character in [[Clint Eastwood]]'s film, ''[[Letters from Iwo Jima]]''.

===Cycling===
[[Dunc Gray]] won Australia's first cycling gold medal; he set a world record of 1m 13s in the 1000 [[Track time trial|time trial]]. The [[Dunc Gray Velodrome]], built for the [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney Olympic Games]], was named after him.