At the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, 29 athletics events were contested, 23 for men and 6 for women. It was the first time the 50 km walk appeared in the men's athletics at the Games. This was only the second time women's events in athletics were included in the Olympic Games program and was the first time that the javelin throw became a women's Olympic event.
Paavo Nurmi from Finland was suspended one week before the Games by the IAAF for accepting payments in excess of his expenses for an exhibition tour (ie for "professionalism").
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Medal summary
Men's events
- ^ 460 metres over distance owing to error by lap-counting official.
Women's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres |  Stanisława WalasiewiczPoland (POL) * |
 Hilda StrikeCanada (CAN) |
 Wilhelmina von BremenUnited States (USA) |
| 80 metre hurdles | Babe Didrikson United States (USA) |
Evelyne Hall United States (USA) |
 Marjorie ClarkSouth Africa (RSA) |
| 4×100 metre relay | United States (USA) Mary Carew Evelyn Furtsch Annette Rogers Wilhelmina von Bremen |
Canada (CAN) Mary Frizzel Mildred Fizzell Lilian Palmer Hilda Strike |
 Great Britain (GBR)Nellie Halstead Eileen Hiscock Gwendoline Porter Violet Webb |
| High jump | Jean Shiley United States (USA) |
Babe Didrikson United States (USA) |
Eva Dawes Canada (CAN) |
| Discus throw | Lillian Copeland United States (USA) |
Ruth Osborn United States (USA) |
Jadwiga Wajs Poland (POL) |
| Javelin throw | Babe Didrikson United States (USA) |
 Ellen BraumüllerGermany (GER) |
Tilly Fleischer Germany (GER) |
- Later found to possess male genitalia bringing result into question
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States (USA) |
16 | 13 | 6 | 35 |
| 2 |  Finland (FIN) |
3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | Great Britain (GBR) |
2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | Poland (POL) |
2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 |  Ireland (IRL) |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Canada (CAN) |
1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 7 |  Japan (JPN) |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 |  Italy (ITA) |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 |  Argentina (ARG) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Germany (GER) |
0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 11 |  Sweden (SWE) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Latvia (LAT) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 |  Czechoslovakia (TCH) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 France (FRA) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Philippines (PHI) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| South Africa (RSA) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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