Editing 1932 Winter Olympics

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{{Infobox Olympic games|1932|Winter|Olympics|
| image       = 1932 Winter Olympics logo.svg
| image_size  = 170
| host_city   = [[Lake Placid, New York]], United States
| nations     = 17
| athletes    = 252 (231 men, 21 women)
| events      = 14 in 4 [[Olympic sports|sports]] (7 disciplines)
| opening     = February 4, 1932
| closing     = February 13, 1932
| opened_by   = [[Governor of New York|Governor]] [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]
| stadium     = [[James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink|Olympic Stadium Lake Placid]]
| winter_prev = [[1928 Winter Olympics|St. Moritz 1928]]
| winter_next = [[1936 Winter Olympics|Garmisch 1936]]
| summer_prev = [[1928 Summer Olympics|Amsterdam 1928]]
| summer_next = [[1932 Summer Olympics|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 Winter Olympics|1980]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hines |first=James R. |title=Historical Dictionary of Figure Skating |date=2011 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-6859-5 |location=Lanham, Maryland |page=xxiii}}</ref>

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]].<ref name ="skiing">{{cite web | url=https://skiinghistory.org/news/lake-placid-1932 | title=How the Olympics Came to a Sleepy Adirondack Village |author=Lund, Morten|publisher=International Skiing History Association | date=January 21, 2014 | access-date=March 19, 2017 }}</ref>  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, California|Wrightwood]] and [[Big Pines, California|Big Pines]], California.  The world's largest ski jump at the time was constructed in Big Pines for the event,<ref name="OCR1">{{cite web | url=http://www.ocregister.com/articles/resort-156783-mountain-high.html | title=Mountain High makeover |author=Strege, Dave|publisher=[[Orange County Register]] | date=August 21, 2013 | access-date=August 17, 2016 }}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Prof says Olympic podiums have Canadian connection|last=Ogilvie|first=Claire|date=October 18, 2006|newspaper=[[The Province]]|location=Vancouver, British Columbia|page=25|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-province-barney-2006/129824314/}}</ref>

==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.<ref name=Podium> Martin, D. E., Martin, D. A., & Gynn, R. W. (2000). The olympic marathon. Human Kinetics. p. 146. </ref><ref 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".</ref> Speed skater Jack Shea became the first Olympic champion to receive a gold medal on the podium.<ref name ="Podium-two">{{cite web | url=https://www.olympic.org/news/1932-the-podium-makes-its-olympic-debut | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804141633/https://www.olympic.org/news/1932-the-podium-makes-its-olympic-debut | url-status=dead | archive-date=August 4, 2020 | title=1932: THE PODIUM MAKES ITS OLYMPIC DEBUT |author=IOC| date=October 20, 2017 | access-date=July 19, 2020}}</ref> 
* [[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.<ref name ="100 Greatest">Greenspan, Bud, ''100 Greatest Moments in Olympic History,'' General Publishing Group, Inc., 1995, pp. 88</ref>
* [[Irving Jaffee]] won the {{convert|5000|m|mi|abbr=on}} and the {{convert|10000|m|mi|abbr=on}} [[speed skating]] gold medals, beating previous champion and world record holder [[Ivar Ballangrud]] in the 10,000 m by {{convert|4.5|m|0|abbr=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 Summer Olympics|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.<ref name ="SI The Olympics">Johnson, William Oscar, ''The Olympics: A History of the Games,'' Oxmoor House, Inc., 1993, pp. 60-61.</ref> 
*[[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 propagandist{{clarify|date=August 2021}} on the Swiss team, was also injured and left unconscious for five minutes after a crash during a practice run.<ref name ="Speed Kings"> King, D. (2015). Speed Kings: The 1932 Winter Olympics and the Fastest Men in the World.</ref>
* The [[United States at the 1932 Winter Olympics|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 Winter Olympics medal table|2010 Games in Vancouver]], and the only time the United States won the most gold medals.
* Seventeen countries participated.

==Events==
[[File:Olympic Bobsled Run Lake Placid2.jpg|thumb|right|A [[Works Progress Administration|WPA]] poster,<br />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).
*{{GamesSport|Bobsleigh|Events=2}}
*{{GamesSport|Ice hockey|Events=1}}
*[[Ice Skating|Skating]]
**{{GamesSport|Figure skating|Events=3}}
**{{GamesSport|Speed skating|Events=4}}
*{{GamesSport|Nordic skiing}}
**{{GamesSport|Cross-country skiing|Events=2}}
**{{GamesSport|Nordic combined|Events=1}}
**{{GamesSport|Ski jumping|Events=1}}

===Demonstration sports===
The Games also included events in three [[demonstration sport]]s.
* [[Curling at the 1932 Winter Olympics|Curling]]
* [[Sled dog race at the 1932 Winter Olympics|Sled dog race]]
* [[Speed skating at the 1932 Winter Olympics|Speed skating]] (women)

==Venues==
[[File:File BobsleighrunLP.JPG|thumb|The Olympic Bobsled run from the air]]
{{Main|Venues of the 1932 Winter Olympics}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" width=780px
!width=40%|Venue
!class="unsortable" width=45%|Sports
!width=10%|Capacity
!class="unsortable"| Ref.
|-
|| [[Lake Placid Olympic Ski Jumping Complex|Intervales Ski-Hill]] || [[Nordic combined at the 1932 Winter Olympics|Nordic combined]] (ski jumping), [[Ski jumping at the 1932 Winter Olympics|Ski jumping]] ||align="right"|9,200
| align=center|<ref name=jump>[http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1932/1932w.pdf 1932 Winter Olympics official report.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080410085042/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1932/1932w.pdf |date=April 10, 2008 }} pp. 141-4. Accessed 12 October 2010.</ref>
|-
|| [[Lake Placid, New York|Lake Placid]] || [[Cross-country skiing at the 1932 Winter Olympics|Cross-country skiing]], Nordic combined (cross-country skiing) || align="right"|Not listed.
| align=center|<ref name=xc>[http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1932/1932w.pdf 1932 Winter Olympics official report.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080410085042/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1932/1932w.pdf |date=April 10, 2008 }} pp. 145-6, 199. Accessed 12 October 2010.</ref>
|-
|| [[Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run|Mt. Van Hoevenberg Bob-Run]] || [[Bobsleigh at the 1932 Winter Olympics|Bobsleigh]] || align="right"|12,500
| align=center|<ref name=bob>[http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1932/1932w.pdf 1932 Winter Olympic Games official report.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080410085042/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1932/1932w.pdf |date=April 10, 2008 }} pp. 30, 39-41, 50-1, 141, 157-66. Accessed 12 October 2010.</ref>
|-
|| [[Herb Brooks Arena|Olympic Arena]] || [[Figure skating at the 1932 Winter Olympics|Figure skating]], [[Ice hockey at the 1932 Winter Olympics|Ice hockey]] (final) || align="right"|3,360
| align=center|<ref name=arena>[http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1932/1932w.pdf 1932 Winter Olympics official report.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080410085042/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1932/1932w.pdf |date=April 10, 2008 }} pp. 141, 150-57. Accessed 12 October 2010.</ref>
|-
|| [[James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink|Olympic Stadium]] || Ice hockey, [[Speed skating at the 1932 Winter Olympics|Speed skating]] || align="right"|7,475
| align=center|<ref name=stadium>[http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1932/1932w.pdf 1932 Winter Olympics official report.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080410085042/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1932/1932w.pdf |date=April 10, 2008 }} pp. 141, 147-50. Accessed 12 October 2010.</ref>
|-
|}

==Participating nations==
[[File:1932 Winter Olympics countries.png|thumb|Participating nations map.]]
Athletes from 17 nations competed in these Games, down from 25 nations at the previous Games in 1928.  [[Argentina at the Winter Olympics|Argentina]], [[Estonia at the Winter Olympics|Estonia]], [[Latvia at the Winter Olympics|Latvia]], [[Lithuania at the Winter Olympics|Lithuania]], [[Luxembourg at the Winter Olympics|Luxembourg]], [[Mexico at the Winter Olympics|Mexico]], [[Netherlands at the Winter Olympics|the Netherlands]], and [[Yugoslavia at the Winter Olympics|Yugoslavia]] did not send athletes to Lake Placid.

{| class="wikitable collapsible" style="width:100%;"
|-
! Participating [[:Category:Nations at the 1932 Winter Olympics|National Olympic Committees]]
|-
|
{{div col|colwidth=18em}}
* {{flagIOC|AUT|1932 Winter|7}}
* {{flagIOC|BEL|1932 Winter|5}}
* {{flagIOC|CAN|1932 Winter|42}}
* {{flagIOC|TCH|1932 Winter|6}}
* {{flagIOC|FIN|1932 Winter|7}}
* {{flagIOC|FRA|1932 Winter|8}}
* {{flagIOC|GER|1932 Winter|20}}
* {{flagIOC|GBR|1932 Winter|4}}
* {{flagIOC|HUN|1932 Winter|4}}
* {{flagIOC|ITA|1932 Winter|12}}
* {{flagIOC|JPN|1932 Winter|16}}
* {{flagIOC|NOR|1932 Winter|19}}
* {{flagIOC|POL|1932 Winter|15}}
* {{flagIOC|ROU|1932 Winter|4}}
* {{flagIOC|SWE|1932 Winter|12}}
* {{flagIOC|SUI|1932 Winter|7}}
* {{flagIOC|USA|1932 Winter|64}} '''(host)'''
{{div col end}}
|}

===Number of athletes by National Olympic Committees===
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed sortable" style="border:0;"
|- 
! [[List of IOC country codes|IOC Letter Code]]
! Country
! Athletes
|-
| USA || {{flagIOC|USA|1932 Winter}} ||align=center| 64
|-
| CAN || {{flagIOC|CAN|1932 Winter}} ||align=center| 42
|-
| GER || {{flagIOC|GER|1932 Winter}} ||align=center| 20
|-
| NOR || {{flagIOC|NOR|1932 Winter}} ||align=center| 19
|-
| JPN || {{flagIOC|JPN|1932 Winter}} ||align=center| 16
|-
| POL || {{flagIOC|POL|1932 Winter}} ||align=center| 15
|-
| ITA || {{flagIOC|ITA|1932 Winter}} ||align=center| 12
|-
| SWE || {{flagIOC|SWE|1932 Winter}} ||align=center| 12
|-
| FRA || {{flagIOC|FRA|1932 Winter}} ||align=center| 8
|-
| AUT || {{flagIOC|AUT|1932 Winter}} ||align=center| 7
|-
| FIN || {{flagIOC|FIN|1932 Winter}} ||align=center| 7
|-
| SUI || {{flagIOC|SUI|1932 Winter}} ||align=center| 7
|-
| TCH || {{flagIOC|TCH|1932 Winter}} ||align=center| 6
|-
| GBR || {{flagIOC|GBR|1932 Winter}} ||align=center| 4
|-
| HUN || {{flagIOC|HUN|1932 Winter}} ||align=center| 4
|-
| ROM || {{flagIOC|ROM|1932 Winter}} ||align=center| 4
|-
| BEL || {{flagIOC|BEL|1932 Winter}} ||align=center| 5
|- class="sortbottom"
|colspan=2; style="text-align:right; border:0px; background:#fff;"| '''Total''' ||style="text-align:center; border:0px; background:#fff;"| '''252'''
|-
|}

==Medal count==
[[File:III Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 2c 1932 issue U.S. stamp.jpg|thumb|right|III Olympic Winter Games U.S. commemorative stamp (1932)]]
[[File:Valmari Toikka, Veli Saarinen, Väinö Liikkanen and Martti Lappalainen 1932.jpg|thumb|right|Finnish skiers: [[Valmari Toikka]], [[Veli Saarinen]], [[Väinö Liikkanen]] and [[Martti Lappalainen]]]]
{{Main|1932 Winter Olympics medal table}}
{{legend|#ccccff|Host country|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
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 | gold_USA = 6 | silver_USA = 4 | bronze_USA = 2 | host_USA = yes 
 | gold_NOR = 3 | silver_NOR = 4 | bronze_NOR = 3
 | gold_SWE = 1 | silver_SWE = 2 | bronze_SWE = 0
 | gold_CAN = 1 | silver_CAN = 1 | bronze_CAN = 5
 | gold_FIN = 1 | silver_FIN = 1 | bronze_FIN = 1
 | gold_AUT = 1 | silver_AUT = 1 | bronze_AUT = 0
 | gold_FRA = 1 | silver_FRA = 0 | bronze_FRA = 0
 | gold_SUI = 0 | silver_SUI = 1 | bronze_SUI = 0
 | gold_GER = 0 | silver_GER = 0 | bronze_GER = 2
 | gold_HUN = 0 | silver_HUN = 0 | bronze_HUN = 1
}}

===Podium sweeps===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Date
!Sport
!Event
!NOC
!Gold
!Silver
!Bronze
|-
|11 February
|[[Nordic combined at the 1932 Winter Olympics|Nordic combined]] 
|[[Nordic combined at the 1932 Winter Olympics|Individual]]
|{{flagIOC|NOR|1932 Winter}}
|[[Johan Grøttumsbråten]]
|[[Ole Stenen]]
|[[Hans Vinjarengen]]
|-
|12 February
|[[Ski jumping at the 1932 Winter Olympics|Ski jumping]] 
|[[Ski jumping at the 1932 Winter Olympics|Normal hill]]
|{{flagIOC|NOR|1932 Winter}}
|[[Birger Ruud]]
|[[Hans Beck (ski jumper)|Hans Beck]]
|[[Kaare Wahlberg]]
|}

==See also==
{{IOC seealso|games=1932 Winter Olympics }}

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
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* {{IOC games|games=1932 Winter Olympics }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080410085042/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1932/1932w.pdf ''III Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 1932'', 1932] The official report.
* [http://www.orda.org Lake Placid Olympic Authority]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080704194144/http://www.marcolympics.org/jeux/1932/winter/index.php The program of the 1932 Lake Placid Winter Olympics]

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