List of 1932 Summer Olympics medal winners

The 1932 Summer Olympics, referred to by the International Olympic Committee as the Games of the X Olympiad, were held in Los Angeles, California, United States, from July 30 through August 14, 1932.

A total of individual athletes won medals. Athletes from the United States were the most successful, winning 103 medals during the games, 41 of which were gold. Italy and Finland, won the second and third most medals, with 36 and 25 respectively. France finished third in the gold medal count (behind Italy and the United States) having achieved 10 golds in their haul of 19 medals.

Medals were awarded in a total of 116 events across 16 sports. In addition, American football and lacrosse were held as demonstration events.

Athletics

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's 100m
details
Eddie Tolan
 United States
Ralph Metcalfe
 United States
Arthur Jonath
 Germany
Men's 200m
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Eddie Tolan
 United States
George Simpson
 United States
Ralph Metcalfe
 United States
Men's 400m
details
Bill Carr
 United States
Ben Eastman
 United States
Alex Wilson
 Canada
Men's 800m
details
Tommy Hampson
 Great Britain
Alex Wilson
 Canada
Phil Edwards
 Canada
Men's 1500m
details
Luigi Beccali
 Italy
Jerry Cornes
 Great Britain
Phil Edwards
 Canada
Men's 5000m
details
Lauri Lehtinen
 Finland
Ralph Hill
 United States
Lauri Virtanen
 Finland
Men's 10000m
details
Janusz Kusociński
 Poland
Volmari Iso-Hollo
 Finland
Lauri Virtanen
 Finland
Men's 110m hurdles
details
George Saling
 United States
Percy Beard
 United States
Donald Finlay
 Great Britain
Men's 400m hurdles
details
Bob Tisdall
 Ireland
Glenn Hardin
 United States
Morgan Taylor
 United States
Men's 3000m steeplechase
details
Volmari Iso-Hollo
 Finland
Thomas Evenson
 Great Britain
Joe McCluskey
 United States
Men's 4 × 100 m relay
details
 United States (USA)
Bob Kiesel
Hector Dyer
Emmett Toppino
Frank Wykoff
 Germany (GER)
Friedrich Hendrix
Erich Borchmeyer
Arthur Jonath
Helmut Körnig
 Italy (ITA)
Giuseppe Castelli
Gabriele Salviati
Ruggero Maregatti
Edgardo Toetti
Men's 4 × 400 m relay
details
 United States (USA)
Ivan Fuqua
Ed Ablowich
Karl Warner
Bill Carr
 Great Britain (GBR)
Crew Stoneley
Tommy Hampson
David Burghley
Godfrey Rampling
 Canada (CAN)
James Ball
Ray Lewis
Phil Edwards
Alex Wilson
Men's 50 km walk
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Tommy Green
 Great Britain
Jānis Daliņš
 Latvia
Ugo Frigerio
 Italy
Men's marathon
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Juan Carlos Zabala
 Argentina
Sam Ferris
 Great Britain
Armas Toivonen
 Finland
Men's long jump
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Ed Gordon
 United States
Lambert Redd
 United States
Chuhei Nambu
 Japan
Men's triple jump
details
Chuhei Nambu
 Japan
Erik Svensson
 Sweden
Kenkichi Oshima
 Japan
Men's high jump
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Duncan McNaughton
 Canada
Bob Van Osdel
 United States
Simeon Toribio
 Philippines
Men's pole vault
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Bill Miller
 United States
Shuhei Nishida
 Japan
George Jefferson
 United States
Men's shot put
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Leo Sexton
 United States
Harlow Rothert
 United States
František Douda
 Czechoslovakia
Men's discus throw
details
John Anderson
 United States
Henri LaBorde
 United States
Paul Winter
 France
Men's hammer throw
details
Pat O'Callaghan
 Ireland
Ville Pörhölä
 Finland
Peter Zaremba
 United States
Men's javelin throw
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Matti Järvinen
 Finland
Matti Sippala
 Finland
Eino Penttilä
 Finland
Men's decathlon
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James Bausch
 United States
Akilles Järvinen
 Finland
Wolrad Eberle
 Germany
Women's 100m
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Stanisława Walasiewicz
 Poland *
Hilda Strike
 Canada
Wilhelmina von Bremen
 United States
Women's 4 × 100 m relay
details
 United States (USA)
Mary Carew
Evelyn Furtsch
Annette Rogers
Wilhelmina von Bremen
 Canada (CAN)
Mary Frizzell
Mildred Fizzell
Lillian Palmer
Hilda Strike
 Great Britain (GBR)
Nellie Halstead
Eileen Hiscock
Gwendoline Porter
Violet Webb
Women's 80m hurdles
details
Babe Didrikson
 United States
Evelyne Hall
 United States
Marjorie Clark
 South Africa
Women's high jump
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Jean Shiley
 United States
Babe Didrikson
 United States
Eva Dawes
 Canada
Women's discus throw
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Lillian Copeland
 United States
Ruth Osburn
 United States
Jadwiga Wajs
 Poland
Women's javelin throw
details
Babe Didrikson
 United States
Ellen Braumüller
 Germany
Tilly Fleischer
 Germany

Boxing

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Flyweight
(-50.8 kg / 112 lb)
details
István Énekes
 Hungary
Francisco Cabañas
 Mexico
Louis Salica
 United States
Bantamweight
(-53.5 kg / 118 lb)
details
Horace Gwynne
 Canada
Hans Ziglarski
 Germany
José Villanueva
 Philippines
Featherweight
(-57.2 kg / 126 lb)
details
Carmelo Robledo
 Argentina
Josef Schleinkofer
 Germany
Allan Carlsson
 Sweden
Lightweight
(-61.2 kg / 135 lb)
details
Lawrence Stevens
 South Africa
Thure Ahlqvist
 Sweden
Nathan Bor
 United States
Welterweight
(-66.7 kg / 147 lb)
details
Edward Flynn
 United States
Erich Campe
 Germany
Bruno Ahlberg
 Finland
Middleweight
(-72.6 kg / 160 lb)
details
Carmen Barth
 United States
Amado Azar
 Argentina
Ernest Peirce
 South Africa
Light heavyweight
(-79.4 kg / 175 lb)
details
David Carstens
 South Africa
Gino Rossi
 Italy
Peter Jørgensen
 Denmark
Heavyweight
(over 79.4 kg/175 lb)
details
Santiago Lovell
 Argentina
Luigi Rovati
 Italy
Frederick Feary
 United States

Cycling

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual time trial
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Attilio Pavesi
 Italy
Guglielmo Segato
 Italy
Bernhard Britz
 Sweden
Team time trial
details
 Italy (ITA)
Giuseppe Olmo
Attilio Pavesi
Guglielmo Segato
 Denmark (DEN)
Henry
Leo Nielsen
Frode Sørensen
 Sweden (SWE)
Arne Berg
Bernhard Britz
Sven Höglund
1000m time trial
details
Dunc Gray
 Australia
Jacobus van Egmond
 Netherlands
Charles Rampelberg
 France
Sprint
details
Jacobus van Egmond
 Netherlands
Louis Chaillot
 France
Bruno Pellizzari
 Italy
Tandem
details
 France (FRA)
Louis Chaillot
Maurice Perrin
 Great Britain (GBR)
Ernest Chambers
Stanley Chambers
 Denmark (DEN)
Harald Christensen
Willy Gervin
Team pursuit
details
 Italy (ITA)
Paolo Pedretti
Nino Borsari
Marco Cimatti
Alberto Ghilardi
 France (FRA)
Henri Mouillefarine
Paul Chocque
Amédée Fournier
René Legrèves
 Great Britain (GBR)
Frank Southall
William Harvell
Charles Holland
Ernest Johnson

Diving

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
3 metre springboard
details
Michael Galitzen
 United States
Harold Smith
 United States
Richard Degener
 United States
10 metre platform
details
Harold Smith
 United States
Michael Galitzen
 United States
Frank Kurtz
 United States

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
3 metre springboard
details
Georgia Coleman
 United States
Katherine Rawls
 United States
Jane Fauntz
 United States
10 metre platform
details
Dorothy Poynton
 United States
Georgia Coleman
 United States
Marion Roper
 United States

Equestrian

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual dressage
details
Xavier Lesage and Taine
 France
Charles Marion and Linon
 France
Hiram Tuttle and Olympic
 United States
Team dressage
details
 France (FRA)
Xavier Lesage and Taine
Charles Marion and Linon
André Jousseaume and Sorelta
 Sweden (SWE)
Bertil Sandström and Kreta
Thomas Byström and Gulliver
Gustaf Adolf Boltenstern, Jr. and Ingo
 United States (USA)
Hiram Tuttle and Olympic
Isaac Kitts and American Lady
Alvin Moore and Water Pat
Individual eventing
details
Charles Pahud de Mortanges and Ferdinand
 Netherlands
Earl Foster Thomson and Jenny Camp
 United States
Clarence von Rosen, Jr. and Sunnyside Maid
 Sweden
Team eventing
details
 United States (USA)
Earl Foster Thomson and Jenny Camp
Harry Chamberlin and Pleasant Smiles
Edwin Argo and Honolulu Tomboy
 Netherlands (NED)
Charles Pahud de Mortanges and Marcroix
Karel Schummelketel and Duiveltje
Aernout van Lennep and Henk
No Bronze awarded
Individual jumping
details
Takeichi Nishi and Uranus
 Japan
Harry Chamberlin and Show Girl
 United States
Clarence von Rosen, Jr. and Empire
 Sweden
  • Note:The scheduled team jumping event was declared void as no nation completed the course with three riders

Fencing

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's épée
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Giancarlo Cornaggia Medici
 Italy
Georges Buchard
 France
Carlo Agostoni
 Italy
Men's team épée
details
 France (FRA)
Fernand Jourdant
Bernard Schmetz
Georges Tainturier
Georges Buchard
Jean Piot
Philippe Cattiau
 Italy (ITA)
Saverio Ragno
Giancarlo Cornaggia Medici
Franco Riccardi
Carlo Agostoni
Renzo Minoli
 United States (USA)
George Charles Calnan
Gustave Marinius Heiss
Frank Stahl Jr. Righeimer
Tracy Jaeckel
Curtis Charles Shears
Miguel Angel De Capriles
Men's foil
details
Gustavo Marzi
 Italy
Joseph L. Levis
 United States
Giulio Gaudini
 Italy
Men's team foil
details
 France (FRA)
Edward Gardère
René Bondoux
René Bougnol
René Lemoine
Philippe Cattiau
Jean Piot
 Italy (ITA)
Giulio Gaudini
Gustavo Marzi
Ugo Pignotti
Gioachino Guaragna
Rodolfo Terlizzi
Giorgio Pessina
 United States (USA)
George Charles Calnan
Richard Clarke Steere
Joseph L. Levis
Dernell Every
Hugh Vincent Alessandroni
Frank Stahl Jr. Righeimer
Men's sabre
details
György Piller
 Hungary
Giulio Gaudini
 Italy
Endre Kabos
 Hungary
Men's team sabre
details
 Hungary (HUN)
Endre Kabos
Attila Petschauer
Ernő Nagy
Gyula Glykais
György Piller
Aladár Gerevich
 Italy (ITA)
Gustavo Marzi
Giulio Gaudini
Renato Anselmi
Emilio Salafia
Arturo De Vecchi
Ugo Pignotti
 Poland (POL)
Tadeusz Friedrich
Marian Suski
Władysław Dobrowolski
Władysław Segda
Leszek Lubicz
Adam Papée
Women's foil
details
Ellen Preis
 Austria
Judy Guinness
 Great Britain
Erna Bogen
 Hungary

Field hockey

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tournament
details
 India (IND)
Richard Allen
Muhammad Aslam
Lal Bokhari
Frank Brewin
Richard Carr
Dhyan Chand
Leslie Hammond
Arthur Hind
Sayed Jaffar
Masud Minhas
Broome Pinniger
Gurmit Singh Kullar
Roop Singh
William Sullivan
Carlyle Tapsell
 Japan (JPN)
Shunkichi Hamada
Junzo Inohara
Sadayoshi Kobayashi
Haruhiko Kon
Kenichi Konishi
Hiroshi Nagata
Eiichi Nakamura
Yoshio Sakai
Katsumi Shibata
Akio Sohda
Toshio Usami
 United States (USA)
William Boddington
Harold Brewster
Roy Coffin
Amos Deacon
Horace Disston
Samuel Ewing
James Gentle
Henry Greer
Lawrence Knapp
David McMullin
Leonard O'Brien
Charles Sheaffer
Frederick Wolters

Gymnastics

Event Gold Silver Bronze
All-Around, Individual
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Romeo Neri
 Italy
István Pelle
 Hungary
Heikki Savolainen
 Finland
All-Around, Team
details
 Italy (ITA)
Oreste Capuzzo
Savino Guglielmetti
Mario Lertora
Romeo Neri
Franco Tognini
 United States (USA)
Frank Haubold
Frank Cumiskey
Al Jochim
Fred Meyer
Michael Schuler
 Finland (FIN)
Mauri Nyberg-Noroma
Ilmari Pakarinen
Heikki Savolainen
Einari Teräsvirta
Martti Uosikkinen
Floor
details
István Pelle
 Hungary
Georges Miez
 Switzerland
Mario Lertora
 Italy
Horizontal bar
details
Dallas Bixler
 United States
Heikki Savolainen
 Finland
Einari Teräsvirta
 Finland
Indian clubs
details
George Roth
 United States
Philip Erenberg
 United States
William Kuhlemeier
 United States
Parallel bars
details
Romeo Neri
 Italy
István Pelle
 Hungary
Heikki Savolainen
 Finland
Pommel horse
details
István Pelle
 Hungary
Omero Bonoli
 Italy
Frank Haubold
 United States
Rings
details
George Gulack
 United States
Bill Denton
 United States
Giovanni Lattuada
 Italy
Rope climbing
details
Raymond Bass
 United States
William Galbraith
 United States
Thomas F. Connolly
 United States
Tumbling
details
Rowland Wolfe
 United States
Ed Gross
 United States
William Herrmann
 United States
Vault
details
Savino Guglielmetti
 Italy
Al Jochim
 United States
Ed Carmichael
 United States

Modern pentathlon

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's
details
Johan Gabriel Oxenstierna
 Sweden
Bo Lindman
 Sweden
Richard Mayo
 United States

Rowing

Event Gold Silver Bronze
single sculls
details
Bobby Pearce
 Australia
William Miller
 United States
Guillermo Douglas
 Uruguay
double sculls
details
 United States (USA)
Ken Myers
William Gilmore
 Germany (GER)
Herbert Buhtz
Gerhard Boetzelen
 Canada (CAN)
Charles Pratt
Noël de Mille
coxless pairs
details
 Great Britain (GBR)
Lewis Clive
Hugh Edwards
 New Zealand (NZL)
Cyril Stiles
Rangi Thompson
 Poland (POL)
Henryk Budziński
Jan Mikołajczak
coxed pairs
details
 United States (USA)
Joseph Schauers
Charles Kieffer
Edward Jennings
 Poland (POL)
Jerzy Braun
Janusz Ślązak
Jerzy Skolimowski
 France (FRA)
Anselme Brusa
André Giriat
Pierre Brunet
coxless four
details
 Great Britain (GBR)
John Badcock
Hugh Edwards
Jack Beresford
Rowland George
 Germany (GER)
Karl Aletter
Ernst Gaber
Walter Flinsch
Hans Maier
 Italy (ITA)
Antonio Ghiardello
Francesco Cossu
Giliante D'Este
Antonio Garzoni Provenzani
coxed four
details
 Germany (GER)
Hans Eller
Horst Hoeck
Walter Meyer
Joachim Spremberg
Carlheinz Neumann
 Italy (ITA)
Bruno Vattovaz
Giovanni Plazzer
Riccardo Divora
Bruno Parovel
Guerrino Scher
 Poland (POL)
Jerzy Braun
Janusz Ślązak
Stanisław Urban
Edward Kobyliński
Jerzy Skolimowski
eight
details
 United States (USA)
Edwin Salisbury
James Blair
Duncan Gregg
David Dunlap
Burton Jastram
Charles Chandler
Harold Tower
Winslow Hall
Norris Graham
 Italy (ITA)
Vittorio Cioni
Mario Balleri
Renato Bracci
Dino Barsotti
Roberto Vestrini
Guglielmo Del Bimbo
Enrico Garzelli
Renato Barbieri
Cesare Milani
 Canada (CAN)
Earl Eastwood
Joseph Harris
Stanley Stanyar
Harry Fry
Cedric Liddell
William Thoburn
Don Boal
Albert Taylor
Les MacDonald

Sailing

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Snowbird
details
Jacques Lebrun
 France
Bob Maas
 Netherlands
Santiago Amat
 Spain
Star
details
 United States (USA)
Jupiter
Gilbert Gray
Andrew Libano
 Great Britain (GBR)
Joy
George Colin Ratsey
Peter Jaffe
 Sweden (SWE)
Swedisk Star
Gunnar Asther
Daniel Sundén-Cullberg
6 metre
details
 Sweden (SWE)
Bissbi
Tore Holm
Martin Hindorff
Olle Åkerlund
Åke Bergqvist
 United States (USA)
Gallant
Robert Carlson
Temple Ashbrook
Frederic Conant
Charles Smith
Donald Wills Douglas, Jr.
Emmett Davis
 Canada (CAN)
Caprice
Philip Rogers
Gerald Wilson
Gardner Boultbee
Kenneth Glass
8 metre
details
 United States (USA)
Angelita
John Biby
William Cooper
Carl Dorsey
Owen Churchill
Robert Sutton
Pierpont Davis
Alan Morgan
Alphonse Burnand
Thomas Webster
John Huettner
Richard Moore
Kenneth Carey
 Canada (CAN)
Santa Maria
Ernest Cribb
Harry Jones
Peter Gordon
Hubert Wallace
Ronald Maitland
George Gyles
none awarded

Shooting

Event Gold Silver Bronze
25 metre rapid fire pistol
details
Renzo Morigi
 Italy
Heinz Hax
 Germany
Domenico Matteucci
 Italy
50 metre rifle prone
details
Bertil Rönnmark
 Sweden
Gustavo Huet
 Mexico
Zoltán Soós-Hradetzky
 Hungary

Swimming

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m freestyle
details
Yasuji Miyazaki
 Japan
Tatsugo Kawaishi
 Japan
Albert Schwartz
 United States
400 m freestyle
details
Buster Crabbe
 United States
Jean Taris
 France
Tsutomu Ōyokota
 Japan
1500 m freestyle
details
Kusuo Kitamura
 Japan
Shozo Makino
 Japan
Jim Cristy
 United States
100 m backstroke
details
Masaji Kiyokawa
 Japan
Toshio Irie
 Japan
Kentaro Kawatsu
 Japan
200 m breaststroke
details
Yoshiyuki Tsuruta
 Japan
Reizo Koike
 Japan
Teófilo Yldefonso
 Philippines
4 × 200 m freestyle relay
details
 Japan (JPN)
Yasuji Miyazaki
Hisakichi Toyoda
Takashi Yokoyama
Masanori Yusa
 United States (USA)
Frank Booth
George Fissler
Maiola Kalili
Manuella Kalili
 Hungary (HUN)
István Bárány
László Szabados
András Székely
András Wanié

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m freestyle
details
Helene Madison
 United States
Willy den Ouden
 Netherlands
Eleanor Saville
 United States
400 m freestyle
details
Helene Madison
 United States
Lenore Kight
 United States
Jenny Maakal
 South Africa
100 m backstroke
details
Eleanor Holm
 United States
Bonnie Mealing
 Australia
Valerie Davies
 Great Britain
200 m breaststroke
details
Clare Dennis
 Australia
Hideko Maehata
 Japan
Else Jacobsen
 Denmark
4 × 100 m freestyle relay
details
 United States (USA)
Helen Johns
Helene Madison
Josephine McKim
Eleanor Saville
 Netherlands (NED)
Corrie Laddé
Willy den Ouden
Puck Oversloot
Maria Vierdag
 Great Britain (GBR)
Joyce Cooper
Valerie Davies
Edna Hughes
Helen Varcoe

Water polo

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tournament
details
 Hungary (HUN)
István Barta
György Bródy
Olivér Halassy
Márton Homonnai
Sándor Ivády
Alajos Keserű
Ferenc Keserű
János Németh
Miklós Sárkány
József Vértesy
 Germany (GER)
Emil Benecke
Otto Cordes
Hans Eckstein
Fritz Gunst
Erich Rademacher
Joachim Rademacher
Hans Schulze
Heiko Schwartz
 United States (USA)
Austin Clapp
Philip Daubenspeck
Charles Finn
Charles McCallister
Wally O'Connor
Cal Strong
Herbert Wildman

Weightlifting

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Featherweight
–60 kg details
Raymond Suvigny
 France
Hans Wölpert
 Germany
Anthony Terlazzo
 United States
Lightweight
–67.5 kg details
René Duverger
 France
Hans Haas
 Austria
Gastone Pierini
 Italy
Middleweight
–75 kg details
Rudolf Ismayr
 Germany
Carlo Galimberti
 Italy
Karl Hipfinger
 Austria
Light-heavyweight
–82.5 kg details
Louis Hostin
 France
Svend Olsen
 Denmark
Henry Duey
 United States
Heavyweight
+82.5 kg details
Jaroslav Skobla
 Czechoslovakia
Václav Pšenička
 Czechoslovakia
Josef Straßberger
 Germany

Wrestling

Greco-Roman

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Bantamweight
(- 56 kg) details
Jakob Brendel
 Germany
Marcello Nizzola
 Italy
Louis François
 France
Featherweight
(- 61 kg) details
Giovanni Gozzi
 Italy
Wolfgang Ehrl
 Germany
Lauri Koskela
 Finland
Lightweight
(- 66 kg) details
Eric Malmberg
 Sweden
Abraham Kurland
 Denmark
Eduard Sperling
 Germany
Welterweight
(- 72 kg) details
Ivar Johansson
 Sweden
Väinö Kajander
 Finland
Ercole Gallegati
 Italy
Middleweight
(- 79 kg) details
Väinö Kokkinen
 Finland
Jean Földeák
 Germany
Axel Cadier
 Sweden
Light Heavyweight
(- 87 kg) details
Rudolf Svensson
 Sweden
Onni Pellinen
 Finland
Mario Gruppioni
 Italy
Heavyweight
(+ 87 kg) details
Carl Westergren
 Sweden
Josef Urban
 Czechoslovakia
Nikolaus Hirschl
 Austria

Freestyle

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Bantamweight
(- 56 kg) details
Robert Pearce
 United States
Ödön Zombori
 Hungary
Aatos Jaskari
 Finland
Featherweight
(- 61 kg) details
Hermanni Pihlajamäki
 Finland
Edgar Nemir
 United States
Einar Karlsson
 Sweden
Lightweight
(- 66 kg) details
Charles Pacôme
 France
Károly Kárpáti
 Hungary
Gustaf Klarén
 Sweden
Welterweight
(- 72 kg) details
Jack van Bebber
 United States
Daniel MacDonald
 Canada
Eino Leino
 Finland
Middleweight
(- 79 kg) details
Ivar Johansson
 Sweden
Kyösti Luukko
 Finland
József Tunyogi
 Hungary
Light Heavyweight
(- 87 kg) details
Peter Mehringer
 United States
Thure Sjöstedt
 Sweden
Eddie Scarf
 Australia
Heavyweight
(+ 87 kg) details
Johan Richthoff
 Sweden
Jack Riley
 United States
Nikolaus Hirschl
 Austria

Statistics

Medal leaders

Athletes who won multiple medals during the 1932 Winter Olympics are listed below.

Athlete Nation Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total

See also

  • "Los Angeles 1932". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.