Gymnastics at the 1932 Summer Olympics

At the 1932 Summer Olympics
1932 Summer Olympics
The 1932 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the X Olympiad, was a major world wide multi-athletic event which was celebrated in 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States. No other cities made a bid to host these Olympics. Held during the worldwide Great Depression, many nations...

in Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California

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, eleven events in gymnastics
Gymnastics
Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and balance. Internationally, all of the gymnastic sports are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique with each country having its own national governing body...

were contested, all for men only. The competitions were held from Monday, August 8, 1932 to Friday, August 12, 1932.

Medal summary

All-Around, Individual
All-Around, Team	Oreste Capuzzo Oreste Capuzzo -Biography:Oreste Capuzzo was an Italian gymnast. He was born in Rivarolo and died in Genoa. He began competing in Milan in 1920. who won gold at "Vault" in 1932. He also competed in the 1936 Olympics.... Savino Guglielmetti Savino Guglielmetti Savino Guglielmetti was an Italian gymnast.He was born and died in Milan.He began competing in Milan in 1920. who won gold at "Vault" in 1932. He also competed in the 1936 and 1948 Olympics. He was "Italian National All-Around Champion" in 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, and 1939... Mario Lertora Mario Lertora Mario Lertora was an Italian artistic gymnast who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics, in the 1928 Summer Olympics, and in the 1932 Summer Olympics.He was born and died in Genoa.... Romeo Neri Romeo Neri Romeo Neri was an Italian gymnast from Rimini, and three times Olympic Champion. He won three gold medals at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, becoming, along with Helene Madison of United States, the most successful athlete there. He previously obtained a silver medal in the 1928 Summer... Franco Tognini	Frank Haubold Frank Cumiskey Al Jochim Al Jochim Alfred A. Jochim was an American gymnast.He won two Silver medals in the Gymnastics at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.-External links:... Fred Meyer Michael Schuler	Mauri Nyberg-Noroma Mauri Nyberg-Noroma Mauri Nyberg-Noroma was a Finnish gymnast.He won three Olympic medals for Finland. He took part in his first Olympics in 1928 in Amsterdam but did not medal. He came joint sixth after a fifth place in the rings and seventh on the pommel horse and parallel bars... Ilmari Pakarinen Heikki Savolainen Einari Teräsvirta Einari Teräsvirta Einari Teräsvirta was a Finnish gymnast, Olympic Champion and well-known architect -Olympics:... Martti Uosikkinen
Floor
Horizontal bar
Indian clubs
Parallel bars
Pommel horse
Rings
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Tumbling Tumbling (gymnastics) In gymnastics, tumbling, also known as power tumbling is an acrobatic sporting discipline which combines some of the skills of artistic gymnastics on the floor with those of trampolining. It is practised on a 25 metre long spring track...
Vault

Participating nations

A total of 46 gymnasts from seven nations competed at the Los Angeles Games:

Medal table

1	5	6	5	16
2	4	1	2	7
3	2	2	0	4
4	0	1	4	5
5	0	1	0	1
Total	11	11	11	33

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