The United States was the host nation for the 1932 Summer OlympicsinLos Angeles, California. 474 competitors, 400 men and 74 women, took part in 122 events in 17 sports.[1][2][3]
| United States at the 1932 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | USA |
| NOC | United States Olympic Committee |
| inLos Angeles | |
| Competitors | 474 (400 men and 74 women) in 17 sports |
| Flag bearer | Morgan Taylor |
| Medals Ranked 1st |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
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| Other related appearances | |
| 1906 Intercalated Games | |
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Ralph Metcalfe | 100 m | 11.0 | 1Q | 10.77 | 1Q | 10.65 | 1Q | 10.38 WR | 
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| George Simpson | 10.9 | 1Q | 10.74 | 1Q | 10.70 | 2Q | 10.53 | 4 | |
| Eddie Tolan | 10.9 | 1Q | 10.53 OR | 1Q | 10.81 | 1Q | 10.38 WR | 
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| Ralph Metcalfe | 200 m | 22.9 | 2Q | 21.5 OR | 1Q | 21.5 | 1Q | 21.5 | 
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| George Simpson | 29.0 | 3Q | 21.5 | 2Q | 21.5 | 2Q | 21.4 |
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| Eddie Tolan | 22.0 | 2Q | 21.5 | 1Q | 21.7 | 3Q | 21.12 OR |
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| Bill Carr | 400 m | 48.8 | 1Q | 48.4 | 1Q | 47.2 OR | 1Q | 46.28 WR |
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| Ben Eastman | 49.0 | 1Q | 48.8 | 1Q | 47.6 | 1Q | 46.50 |
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| James Gordon | 50.6 | 1Q | 48.6 | 1Q | 48.2 | 3Q | 48.2 | 5 | |
| Edwin Genung | 800 m | 1:54.8 | 1Q | — | 1:51.7 | 4 | |||
| Chuck Hornbostel | 1:52.4 | 1Q | — | 1:52.7 | 6 | ||||
| Edwin Turner | 1:54.0 | 3Q | — | 1:52.5 | 5 | ||||
| Frank Crowley | 1500 m | 4:00.0 | 4Q | — | 3:58.1 | 8 | |||
| Glenn Cunningham | 3:55.8 | 1Q | — | 3:53.4 | 4 | ||||
| Norwood Hallowell | 3:58.1 | 2Q | — | 3:55.0 | 6 | ||||
| Daniel Dean | 5000 m | 15:19.6 | 7Q | — | 15:08.5 | 8 | |||
| Ralph Hill | 14:59.6 | 1Q | — | 14:30.0 |
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| Paul Rekers | 15:34.6 | 2Q | — | Did not finish | |||||
| Lou Gregory | 10000 m | — | Did not finish | ||||||
| Tom Ottey | — | Did not finish | |||||||
| Eino Pentti | — | Did not finish | |||||||
| Percy Beard | 110 m hurdles | 14.7 | 1Q | — | 14.6 | 1Q | 14.69 |
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| Jack Keller | 14.9 | 1Q | — | 14.5 OR | 1Q | 14.81 | 4 | ||
| George Saling | 15.0 | 2Q | — | 14.4 | 1Q | 14.57 |
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| Glenn Hardin | 400 m hurdles | 55.0 | 3Q | — | 52.8 OR | 1Q | 51.85 WR [a] |
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| Joe Healey | 54.2 | 1Q | — | 53.2 | 4 | Did not advance | |||
| Morgan Taylor | 55.8 | 1Q | — | 52.9 | 2Q | 51.96 |
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| Glen Dawson | 3000 m steeplechase | 9:15.0 | 3Q | — | 10:58.0 | 6 | |||
| Joe McCluskey | 9:14.8 | 2Q | — | 10:46.2 |
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| Walter Pritchard | 9:19.2 | 2Q | — | 11:04.5 | 8 | ||||
| Hector Dyer Bob Kiesel Emmett Toppino Frank Wykoff |
4 × 100 m relay | 40.61 WR | 1Q | — | 40.10 WR |
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| Ed Ablowich Bill Carr Ivan Fuqua Karl Warner |
4 × 400 m relay | 3:11.8 WR | 1Q | — | 3:08.14 WR |
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| James Henigan | Marathon | — | Did not finish | ||||||
| Albert Michelsen | — | 2:39:38 | 7 | ||||||
| Hans Oldag | — | 2:47:26 | 11 | ||||||
| Bill Chisholm | 50 km walk | — | 5:51:00 | 9 | |||||
| Ernest Crosbie | — | 5:28:02 | 8 | ||||||
| Harry Hinkel | — | Did not finish | |||||||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
| Dick Barber | Long jump | — | 7.39 | 5 | |
| Ed Gordon | — | 7.64 |
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| Lambert Redd | — | 7.60 |
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| Sid Bowman | Triple jump | — | 14.87 | 7 | |
| Sol Furth | — | 14.88 | 6 | ||
| Rolland Romero | — | 14.85 | 8 | ||
| Corny Johnson | High jump | — | 1.97 | 4 | |
| George Spitz | — | 1.85 | 9 | ||
| Bob Van Osdel | — | 1.97 |
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| Bill Graber | Pole vault | — | 4.150 | 4 | |
| George Jefferson | — | 4.200 |
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| Bill Miller | — | 4.315 OR |
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| Nelson Gray | Shot put | — | 15.460 | 5 | |
| Harlow Rothert | — | 15.675 |
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| Leo Sexton | — | 16.005 OR |
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| John Anderson | Discus throw | — | 49.49 OR |
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| Paul Jessup | — | 45.25 | 8 | ||
| Henri LaBorde | — | 48.47 |
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| Lee Bartlett | Javelin throw | — | 64.46 | 5 | |
| Kenneth Churchill | — | 63.24 | 6 | ||
| Malcolm Metcalf | — | 61.89 | 7 | ||
| Frank Conner | Hammer throw | — | No mark | ||
| Grant McDougall | — | 49.12 | 5 | ||
| Peter Zaremba | — | 50.33 |
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| Athlete | Event | 100 m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400 m | 110H | DT | PV | JT | 1500 m | Final | Rank |
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| James Bausch | Result | 11.7 | 6.95 | 15.32 | 1.70 | 54.2 | 16.2 | 44.58 | 4.00 | 61.91 | 5:17.0 | 6735 WR |
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| Points | 663 | 802 | 809 | 670 | 626 | 684 | 758 | 617 | 767 | 466 | |||
| Wilson Charles | Result | 11.2 | 7.24 | 12.56 | 1.85 | 51.2 | 16.2 | 38.71 | 3.40 | 47.72 | 4:39.8 | 6716 | 4 |
| Points | 765 | 871 | 640 | 670 | 754 | 684 | 638 | 456 | 555 | 682 | |||
| Clyde Coffman | Result | 11.3 | 6.77 | 11.86 | 1.70 | 51.8 | 17.8 | 34.40 | 4.00 | 48.88 | 4:48.0 | 6265 | 7 |
| Points | 744 | 760 | 598 | 544 | 727 | 520 | 552 | 617 | 572 | 631 |
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Ethel Harrington | 100 m | 12.7 | 5 | — | Did not advance | ||||
| Wilhelmina von Bremen | 12.3 | 2Q | — | 12.1 | 2Q | 12.0 |
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| Elizabeth Wilde | 12.4 | 1Q | — | 12.4 | 2Q | 12.3 | 6 | ||
| Babe Didrikson | 80 m hurdles | 11.8 WR | 1 | — | 11.7 WR |
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| Evelyne Hall | 12.0 | 1 | — | 11.7 |
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| Simone Schaller | 11.8 | 2 | — | 11.8 | 4 | ||||
| Mary Carew Evelyn Furtsch Annette Rogers Wilhelmina von Bremen |
4 × 100 m relay | — | 47.0 WR |
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| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
| Babe Didrikson | High jump | — | 1.65 |
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| Annette Rogers | — | 1.58 | 6 | ||
| Jean Shiley | — | 1.65 |
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| Lillian Copeland | Discus throw | — | 40.58 OR |
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| Margaret Jenkins | — | 30.22 | 9 | ||
| Ruth Osburn | — | 40.12 |
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| Babe Didrikson | Javelin throw | — | 43.69 OR |
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| Nan Gindele | — | 37.95 | 5 | ||
| Gloria Russell | — | 36.74 | 6 | ||
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
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| Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
| Louis Salica | Flyweight |  Callura (CAN)W |
 Spannagel (GER)W |
 Énekes (HUN)L |
Bronze medal bout Pardoe (GBR)W |
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| Joseph Lang | Bantamweight |  Tirado (MEX)W |
 Pereyra (ARG)W |
Ziglarski (GER) L |
Bronze medal bout Villanueva (PHI)L |
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| John Hines | Featherweight | Araico (MEX) W |
 Carlsson (SWE)L |
Did not advance | ||
| Nathan Bor | Lightweight | Mizler (GBR) W |
Bye | Ahlqvist (SWE) L |
Bronze medal bout Bianchini (ITA)W |
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| Edward Flynn | Welterweight | Sardella (ARG) W |
 Barton (RSA)W |
McCleave (GBR) W |
Campe (GER) W |
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| Carmen Barth | Middleweight | Bye | Cruz (MEX) W |
Peirce (RSA) W |
Azar (ARG) W |
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| John Miler | Light heavyweight | — |  Murphy (IRL)L |
Did not advance | ||
| Frederick Feary | Heavyweight | — | Bye | Rovati (ITA) L |
Bronze medal bout Maughan (CAN) W |
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| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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| Frank Connell | Individual road race | 2:37:20.4 | 17 |
| Otto Luedeke | 2:40:59.2 | 26 | |
| Henry O'Brien, Jr. | 2:33:36.0 | 11 | |
| John Sinibaldi | 2:44:01.2 | 29 | |
| Frank Connell Otto Luedeke Henry O'Brien, Jr. |
Team road race | 7:51:55.6 | 6 |
| Bernard Mammes | 1000 m time trial | 1:18.0 | 8 |
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||
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| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) |
Opposition Time Speed (km/h) |
Opposition Time Speed (km/h) |
Rank | |||
| Bobby Thomas | Sprint | 3 | 13.1 | 1Q |  van Egmond (NED)L |
Did not advance | ||||
| Royden Ingham Frank Testa |
Tandem | 3 | — | Did not advance | ||||||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Semifinals | Final | |||
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| Time | Rank | Opponent Results |
Rank | Opponent Results |
Rank | ||
| Harold Ade Russell Allen Ruggero Berti Eddie Testa |
Team pursuit | 5:17.4 | 5 | Did not advance | |||
| Athlete | Event | Final | |
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| Points | Rank | ||
| Richard Degener | 3 m springboard | 151.82 |
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| Michael Galitzen | 161.38 |
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| Harold Smith | 158.54 |
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| Michael Galitzen | 10 m platform | 124.28 |
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| Frank Kurtz | 121.98 |
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| Harold Smith | 124.80 |
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| Athlete | Event | Final | |
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| Points | Rank | ||
| Georgia Coleman | 3 m springboard | 87.52 |
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| Jane Fauntz | 82.12 |
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| Katherine Rawls | 82.56 |
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| Georgia Coleman | 10 m platform | 35.56 |
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| Dorothy Poynton-Hill | 40.26 |
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| Marion Roper | 35.22 |
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| Athlete | Horse | Event | Score | Rank |
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| Isaac Kitts | American Lady | Individual | 846.25 | 6 |
| Alvin Moore | Water Pat | 829.00 | 7 | |
| Hiram Tuttle | Olympic | 901.50 |
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| Isaac Kitts Alvin Moore Hiram Tuttle |
See above | Team | 2,576.75 |
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| Athlete | Horse | Event | Dressage | Cross-country | Jumping | Total | |||||
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| Points | Rank | Points | Total | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | |||
| Eddie Argo | Honolulu Tomboy | Individual | 333.000 | 2 | 907.5 | 1240.5 | 8 | 299.25 | 1 | 1539.250 | 8 |
| Harry Chamberlin | Pleasant Smiles | 340.333 | 1 | 1107.5 | 1447.833 | 4 | 240.00 | =7 | 1687.833 | 4 | |
| Earl Foster Thomson | Jenny Camp | 300.000 | 6 | 1271.0 | 1571.0 | 1 | 240.00 | =7 | 1811.000 |
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| Eddie Argo Harry Chamberlin Earl Foster Thomson |
See above | Team | 973.333 | 1 | 3286.00 | 4259.333 | 1 | 779.250 | 1 | 5038.083 |
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The team event was declared void as no nation completed the course with three riders.
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Penalties | Rank |
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| William Bradford | Joe Aleshire | Individual | 24.0 | 4 |
| Harry Chamberlin | Show Girl | 12.0 |
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| John W. Wofford | Babe Wartham | Did not finish | ||
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Semifinals | Final | |||
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| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| George Calnan | Individual épée | 12 | 5Q | 11 | 3Q | 12 | 7 |
| Harold Corbin | 4 | 9 | Did not advance | ||||
| Gustave Heiss | 8 | 4Q | 8 | 7 | Did not advance | ||
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Semifinals | Final | ||||||
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| MW | ML | Rank | MW | ML | Rank | MW | ML | Rank | ||
| George Calnan Miguel de Capriles Gustave Heiss Tracy Jaeckel Frank Righeimer Curtis Shears |
Team épée | 1 | 0 | 1Q | 1 | 0 | 1Q | 1 | 2 |
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| Dernell Every | Individual foil | 3 | 2 | =4 Q | 2 | 6 | 8 | Did not advance | ||
| Joseph Levis | 5 | 2 | 3Q | 4 | 3 | 5Q | 6 | 3 |
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| Theodore Lorber | 2 | 6 | 7 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Hugh Alessandroni George Calnan Dernell Every Joseph Levis Frank Righeimer Richard Steere |
Team foil | 1 | 0 | 2Q | — | 2 | 1 |
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| Norman Armitage | Individual sabre | 4 | 2 | 3Q | 3 | 4 | 4Q | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| Peter Bruder | 3 | 3 | 5Q | 3 | 4 | 5Q | Retired | |||
| John Huffman | 4 | 4 | 6Q | 6 | 2 | 3Q | 5 | 4 | 6 | |
| Norman Armitage Peter Bruder Ralph Faulkner John Huffman Nickolas Muray Harold Van Buskirk |
Team sabre | Bye | — | 0 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Final | ||||
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| MW | ML | Rank | MW | ML | Rank | ||
| Muriel Guggolz | Individual foil | 1 | 6 | 7 | Did not advance | ||
| Marion Lloyd | 4 | 3 | 4Q | 2 | 7 | 8 | |
| Dorothy Locke | 3 | 5 | 6 | Did not advance | |||
| Pos | Team
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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 India
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2 | +33 | 2 |
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 Japan
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 1 |
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 United States (H)
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 33 | −30 | 0 |
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For the team event, the four best total individual scores determined the team's final score. To calculate total individual scores, results from all events with the exception of the pommel horse were added and divided by two, with the quotient added to the pommel horse score. Individual scores still counted for the individual all-around competition.
| Athlete | Event | Final | ||||||
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| Apparatus | Total | Rank | ||||||
| PH | R | V | PB | HB | ||||
| Frank Cumiskey | Team | 55.9 | 46.8 | 26.525 | 50.0 | 52.3 | 129.025 | — |
| Frank Haubold | 56.9 | 46.9 | 25.725 | 56.0 | 53.8 | 132.525 | — | |
| Al Jochim | 48.4 | 47.2 | 26.775 | 55.9 | 53.1 | 129.075 | — | |
| Fred Meyer | 56.8 | 44.3 | 27.55 | 52.9 | 54.2 | 131.650 | — | |
| Michael Schuler | 42.8 | 41.7 | 20.975 | 54.3 | 49.1 | 114.925 | — | |
| Total | — | 522.275 |
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Apparatus and all-around events received separate scores.
| Athlete | Event | Final | ||||||
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| Apparatus | Total | Rank | ||||||
| PH | R | V | PB | HB | ||||
| Richard Bishop | Rings | — | 55.4 | 4 | ||||
| Dallas Bixler | Horizontal bar | — | 55.0 |
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| Ed Carmichael | Vault | — | 52.6 |
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| Frank Cumiskey | All-around | 55.9 | 46.8 | 26.525 | 50.0 | 52.3 | 129.025 | 11 |
| Floor | — | 24.8 | 14 | |||||
| Pommel horse | — | 54.7 | 4 | |||||
| Bill Denton | Rings | — | 55.8 |
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| Marcel Gleyre | Vault | — | 52.4 | 5 | ||||
| George Gulack | Rings | — | 56.9 |
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| Frank Haubold | All-around | 56.9 | 46.9 | 25.725 | 56.0 | 53.8 | 132.525 | 6 |
| Floor | — | 27.0 | =4 | |||||
| Pommel horse | — | 55.7 |
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| Parallel bars | — | 50.7 | 11 | |||||
| Al Jochim | All-around | 48.4 | 47.2 | 26.775 | 55.9 | 53.1 | 129.075 | 10 |
| Floor | — | 26.4 | =7 | |||||
| Pommel horse | — | 51.2 | 6 | |||||
| Vault | — | 53.3 |
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| Parallel bars | — | 52.4 | 6 | |||||
| Horizontal bar | — | 24.1 | 10 | |||||
| Fred Meyer | All-around | 56.8 | 44.3 | 27.55 | 52.9 | 54.2 | 131.650 | 8 |
| Floor | — | 25.3 | =12 | |||||
| Michael Schuler | All-around | 42.8 | 41.7 | 20.975 | 54.3 | 49.1 | 114.925 | 17 |
| Floor | — | 24.3 | 16 | |||||
| Parallel bars | — | 51.8 | 9 | |||||
| Horizontal bar | — | 46.7 | 6 | |||||
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank |
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| Philip Erenberg | Indian clubs | 26.7 |
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| William Kuhlemeier | 25.9 |
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| George Roth | 26.9 |
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| Athlete | Event | Trials | Final | |||
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| 1st time | 2nd time | 3rd time | Time | Rank | ||
| Raymond Bass | Rope climbing | 6.7 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 6.7 |
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| Thomas F. Connolly | 7.1 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 7.0 |
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| William Galbraith | 7.0 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 6.8 |
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| Athlete | Event | Exercises | Final | |||
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| 1st exercise | 2nd exercise | Points | Rank | |||
| Ed Gross | Tumbling | 27.6 | 28.4 | 56.0 |
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| William Herrmann | 26.6 | 28.5 | 55.1 |
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| Rowland Wolfe | 28.3 | 28.4 | 56.7 |
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| Athlete | Fencing (épée one touch) |
Swimming (300 m freestyle) |
Riding (cross-country) |
Shooting (10 m air pistol) |
Running (4000 m) |
Total points | Final rank | ||||||
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| Results (W–D–L) |
Rank | Time | Rank | Penalties | Time | Rank | Points | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| Brookner Brady | 11–3–9 | 12 | 4:37.9 | 3 | 100 | 8:50.6 | 5 | 174 | 20 | 17:33.6 | 16 | 56 | 11 |
| Clayton Mansfield | 14–1–8 | =7 | 4:54.0 | 6 | 90 | 9:09.4 | 13 | 182 | 16 | 17:41.4 | 18 | 60.5 | 13 |
| Richard Mayo | 14–3–6 | =4 | 5:17.4 | 14 | 100 | 8:10.2 | 2 | 197 | 1 | 17:37.2 | 17 | 38.5 |
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| Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Final | |||
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| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| William Miller | Single sculls | 7:29.2 | 2 | 8:05.8 | 1Q | 7:45.2 |
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| William Gilmore Ken Myers |
Double sculls | 7:14.6 | 1Q | Bye | 7:17.4 |
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| Eugene Clark Thomas Clark |
Coxless pair | 8:03.2 | 3 | 8:23.0 | 4 | Did not advance | |
| Edward Jennings Charles Kieffer Joseph Schauers |
Coxed pair | — | 8:25.8 |
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| Edgar Johnson George Mattson John McCosker Thomas Pierie |
Coxless four | 7:19.4 | 2 | 7:18.4 | 2Q | 7:14.2 | 4 |
| Charles Drueding Francis English Harry Grossmiller Thomas Mack, Jr. Edward Marshall |
Coxed four | 7:06.6 | 2 | 7:14.6 | 3 | Did not advance | |
| James Blair Charles Chandler David Dunlap Norris Graham Duncan Gregg Winslow Hall Burton Jastram Edwin Salisbury Harold Tower |
Eight | 6:29.0 | 1Q | Bye | 6:37.6 |
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| Athlete | Event | Race | Total points | Final rank | ||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| Charles Lyon Joseph Jessop |
Snowbird | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 66 | 7 |
| Gilbert Gray Andrew Libano |
Star | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | — | 46 |
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| Temple Ashbrook Robert Carlson Frederic Conant Emmett Davis Charles Smith Donald Wills Douglas, Jr. |
6 Metre | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 12 |
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| John Biby Alphonse Burnand Kenneth Carey Owen Churchill William Cooper Pierpont Davis Carl Dorsey John Huettner Richard Moore Alan Morgan Robert Sutton Thomas Webster |
8 Metre | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 8 |
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| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Final | |||||||
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| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Thomas Carr | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 18 | 12 | 5 | 12 | Did not advance | |||||||||
| Ernest Tippin | 16 | 16 | Did not advance | ||||||||||||
| Luther Roberts | 18 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | Did not advance | ||||||||
| William Harding | 50 m rifle, prone | — | 292 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Edward Shumaker | — | 288 | =13 | ||||||||||||
| Rom Stanifer | — | 287 | 15 | ||||||||||||
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Manuella Kalili | 100 m freestyle | 59.6 | 1Q | 59.3 | 3Q | 59.2 | 4 |
| Albert Schwartz | 59.6 | 2Q | 59.2 | 3Q | 58.8 |
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| Raymond Thompson | 1:02.0 | 2Q | 59.3 | 2Q | 59.5 | 6 | |
| Buster Crabbe | 400 m freestyle | 4:59.8 | 1Q | 4:52.7 | 1Q | 4:48.4 OR |
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| James Gilhula | 4:53.3 | 2Q | 4:55.4 | 4 | Did not advance | ||
| Buster Crabbe | 1500 m freestyle | 20:01.0 | 2Q | 19:51.8 | 2Q | 20:02.7 | 5 |
| Jim Cristy | 19:58.4 | 1Q | 20:06.9 | 3Q | 19:39.5 |
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| Ralph Flanagan | 20:06.0 | 1Q | 20:03.7 | 5 | Did not advance | ||
| Gordon Chalmers | 100 m backstroke | 1:17.2 | 2Q | 1:11.6 | 4 | Did not advance | |
| Robert Kerber | 1:13.0 | 2Q | 1:13.0 | 3Q | 1:12.8 | 6 | |
| Dan Zehr | 1:09.9 | 1Q | 1:11.6 | 2Q | 1:10.9 | 4 | |
| Basil Francis | 200 m breaststroke | 2:57.2 | 4 | Did not advance | |||
| Edwin Moles | 2:56.8 | 4 | Did not advance | ||||
| John Paulson | 3:00.1 | 4 | Did not advance | ||||
| Frank Booth George Fissler Maiola Kalili Manuella Kalili |
4 × 200 m freestyle relay | — | 9:10.5 |
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| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Helene Madison | 100 m freestyle | 1:08.9 OR | 1Q | 1:09.9 | 1Q | 1:06.8 OR |
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| Josephine McKim | 1:09.3 | 2Q | 1:08.8 | 3Q | 1:09.3 | 4 | |
| Eleanor Saville | 1:08.5 OR | 1Q | 1:08.8 | 2Q | 1:08.2 |
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| Norene Forbes | 400 m freestyle | 5:57.8 | 2Q | 6:22.1 | 3Q | 6:06.0 | 6 |
| Lenore Kight | 5:40.9 OR | 1Q | 5:50.8 | 1Q | 5:28.6 |
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| Helene Madison | 5:44.5 | 1Q | 5:48.7 | 1Q | 5:28.5 WR |
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| Eleanor Holm | 100 m backstroke | — | 1:18.3 OR | 1Q | 1:19.4 |
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| Joan McSheehy | — | 1:22.5 | 2Q | 1:23.2 | 5 | ||
| Jane Cadwell | 100 m backstroke | — | 3:20.0 | 3q | 3:18.2 | 7 | |
| Ann Govednik | — | 3:15.9 | 2Q | 3:16.0 | 6 | ||
| Margaret Hoffman | — | 3:14.7 | 2Q | 3:11.8 | 5 | ||
| Helen Johns Helene Madison Josephine McKim Eleanor Saville |
4 × 100 m freestyle relay | — | 4:38.0 WR |
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| No. | Name | Pos. | Date of birth | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Herbert Wildman | GK | September 6, 1912 |  Los Angeles Athletic Club
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| 2 | Cal Strong | B | August 12, 1907 | Los Angeles Athletic Club
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| 3 | Charles Finn | B | July 28, 1897 | Los Angeles Athletic Club
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| 4 | Charles McCallister | B | October 14, 1903 | Los Angeles Athletic Club
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| 5 | Philip Daubenspeck | F | October 28, 1905 | Los Angeles Athletic Club
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| 6 | Austin Clapp | F | September 8, 1910 | Los Angeles Athletic Club
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| 7 | Wally O'Connor | F | August 25, 1903 | Los Angeles Athletic Club
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| Tex Robertson |
| Pos | Team
|
Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
Hungary (HUN)
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 2 | +29 | 6 |
|
|
Germany (GER)
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 3 |
|
|
 United States (USA)
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 3 |
| 4 | Japan (JPN)
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 38 | −38 | 0 |
| DSQ |  Brazil (BRA)
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0[a] |
| United States
|
6–1 |  Brazil
|
Referees: W. G. Emery (GBR) |
Japan 
|
0–10 | United States
|
Referees: A. Delahaye (BEL) |
Germany 
|
4–4 | United States
|
Referees: A. Delahaye (BEL) |
Hungary 
|
7–0 | United States
|
Referees: A. Delahaye (BEL) |
| Athlete | Event | Clean & Press | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
| Richard Bachtell | Men's −60 kg | 70 | 6 | 80 | 5 | 102.5 | =6 | 252.5 | 6 |
| Tony Terlazzo | 82.5 | =2 | 85 | 3 | 112.5 | =3 | 280 |
| |
| Arnie Sundberg | Men's −67.5 kg | 77.5 | 6 | 90 | =3 | 117.5 | 5 | 285 | 5 |
| Walter Zagurski | 82.5 | =4 | 90 | =4 | 112.5 | 6 | 285 | 6 | |
| Stanley Kratkowski | Men's −75 kg | 82.5 | 6 | 102.5 | =5 | 120 | =5 | 335 | 5 |
| Sam Termine | 87.5 | 5 | 105 | =3 | NM | 7 | 192.5 | 7 | |
| Henry Duey | Men's −82.5 kg | 92.5 | 4 | 105 | 3 | 132.5 | =2 | 330 |
|
| Bill Good | 95 | 3 | 97.5 | 4 | 130 | 4 | 322.5 | 4 | |
| Albert Manger | Men's +82.5 kg | 100 | 4 | 92.5 | 5 | 122.5 | 5 | 315 | 5 |
| Howard Turbyfill | 77.5 | 6 | 95 | 5 | 132.5 | 5 | 305 | 6 | |
Key:
Wrestlers who accumulated 5 "bad points" were eliminated. Points were given as follows: 1 point for victories short of a fall and 3 points for every loss.
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Final | Points | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result | ||||
| Robert Pearce | –56 kg | Zombori (HUN) W D |
 Depuychaffray (FRA)W D |
Reid (GBR) W D |
— |  Jaskari (FIN)W D |
4 |
|
| Edgar Nemir | –61 kg |  Schack (DEN)W D |
Rowland (CAN) W F |
H. Pihlajamäki (FIN) L D |
Taylor (GBR) W F |
Bye | 4 |
|
| Marvin Clodfelter | –66 kg | K. Pihlajamäki (FIN) W D |
Klarén (SWE) L F |
Kárpáti (HUN) W F Rematch Kárpáti (HUN)W D |
Did not advance | 5 | =4 | |
| Jack van Bebber | –72 kg | López (MEX) W F |
Jensen (DEN) W D |
MacDonald (CAN) W D |
Bye | Leino (FIN) W D |
3 |
|
| Robert Hess | –79 kg | Bye | Tunyogi (HUN) L D |
Luukko (FIN) W F |
— | Johansson (SWE) L F |
6 | 4 |
| Peter Mehringer | –87 kg | Sjöstedt (SWE) W F |
Madison (CAN) W F |
— |  Scarf (AUS)W D |
1 |
| |
| Jack Riley | +87 kg | Richthoff (SWE) L D |
Bye | — |  Hirschl (AUT)W F |
3 |
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