1932 Winter Olympics

III Olympic Winter Games

Host city	Lake Placid, New York, United States
Events	14 in 4 sports
Opening ceremony	February 4
Closing ceremony	February 15
Officially opened by	Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt
Athlete's Oath	Jack Shea
Olympic Torch	Wilt Chamberlain
Stadium	Lake Placid Speedskating Oval

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 and closed on February 15. It would be the first Winter Olympics held in the United States.

Highlights

• The Games were opened by New York Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt. Roosevelt was elected President of the United States later the same year.
• Irving Jaffee won the 5,000 m (3.1 mi.) and the 10,000 m (6.2 mi.) speedskating gold medals, beating previous champion and world record holder Ivar Ballangrud in the 10,000 m by 4.5 m (5 yards), mainly because the favourites were unaccustomed to the common start.
• The USA won the medal tally with a total of 12 medals (6 gold, 4 silver, and 2 bronze). Seventeen countries participated.

Events

A WPA poster,
advertising the bobsled run

Medals were awarded in 14 events in 5 sports (7 disciplines).

• Bobsleigh
• Figure skating
• Ice hockey
• Nordic skiing
  • Cross-country skiing
  • Nordic combined
  • Ski jumping
• Speed skating

Demonstration sports

The Games also included events in three demonstration sports.

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

These were the last Winter Olympics without Alpine skiing, which was added in 1936.

Venues

• Intervales Ski-Hill - Nordic combined (ski jumping), Ski jumping
• Lake Placid - Cross-country skiing, Nordic combined (cross-country skiing)
• Mt. Van Hoevenberg Bob-Run - Bobsleigh
• Olympic Arena - Figure skating, Ice hockey
• Olympic Stadium - Ice hockey, Speed skating

Participating nations

The Olympic Bobsled run from the air

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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (host nation)	8	6	5	19
2	Canada	4	4	7	15
3	Norway	3	4	3	10
4	Sweden	1	2	0	3
5	Finland	1	1	1	3
6	Austria	1	1	0	2
7	France	1	0	0	1
8	Switzerland	0	1	0	1
9	Germany	0	0	2	2
10	Hungary	0	0	1	1

See also

Olympics portal

• 1932 Summer Olympics
• Olympic games celebrated in the United States
  • 1904 Summer Olympics – St. Louis
  • 1932 Summer Olympics – Los Angeles
  • 1932 Winter Olympics – Lake Placid
  • 1960 Winter Olympics – Squaw Valley
  • 1980 Winter Olympics – Lake Placid
  • 1984 Summer Olympics – Los Angeles
  • 1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta
  • 2002 Winter Olympics – Salt Lake City

• Winter Olympic Games
• Olympic Games
• International Olympic Committee
• List of IOC country codes

References

• "Lake Placid 1932". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Olympic-Games/All-Past-Olympic-Games/Winter/Lake-Placid-1932. 
• "All the Medallists since 1896". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. http://www.olympic.org/en/content/All-Olympic-results-since-1896/?AthleteName=&Games=1333982&Country=&Sport=&TargetResults=true&resultsPageIPP=30. 
• III Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 1932, 1932 The official report.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: 1932 Winter Olympics

• "Lake Placid 1932". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Olympic-Games/All-Past-Olympic-Games/Winter/Lake-Placid-1932. 
• Lake Placid Olympic Authority
• The program of the 1932 Lake Placid Winter Olympics