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was the host nation for the

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. 474 competitors, 400 men and 74 women, took part in 122 events in 17 sports.

Medalists

Athletics

;Men ;Track & road events *

Bob Tisdall Robert Morton Newburgh Tisdall (16 May 1907 in Nuwara Eliya, Ceylon – 27 July 2004 in Nambour, Queensland, Australia) was an Irish athlete who won a gold medal in the 400-metre hurdles at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Tisdall was ...

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won the gold medal in the 400 metres hurdles event, but Tisdall's time was rejected as a world record as he knocked over the last hurdle, as per the rules of the time; Hardin was therefore credited as world record holder. ;Field events ;Combined events –

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;Women ;Track & road events ;Field events

Boxing

Cycling

Road

Track

;Sprint ;Pursuit

Diving

;Men ;Women

Equestrian

Dressage

Eventing

Jumping

The team event was declared void as no nation completed the course with three riders.

Fencing

;Men ;Women

Field hockey

# William Boddington # Harold Brewster (GK) # Roy Coffin # Amos Deacon # Horace Disston # Samuel Ewing #

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# Henry Greer # Lawrence Knapp # David McMullin # Leonard O'Brien # Charles Sheaffer # Frederick Wolters # Warren Ingersoll

Gymnastics

Artistic

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. ;Team ;Individual Apparatus and all-around events received separate scores.

Indian clubs

Rope climbing

Tumbling

Modern pentathlon

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

;Men ;Women

Water polo

::Head coach:

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;Results

Weightlifting

Wrestling

;Freestyle Wrestlers who accumulated 5 "bad points" were eliminated. Points were given as follows: 1 point for victories short of a

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and 3 points for every loss.

Art competitions

References

{{Top Summer Olympics medal-winning nations Nations at the 1932 Summer Olympics

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