Swimming 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

Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...

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Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...

events were contested, six for men and five for women. The competitions were held from Saturday August 6, 1932 to Saturday August 13, 1932. There was a total of 128 participants from 20 countries competing.

Medal table

1	5	5	2	12
2	5	2	3	10
3	1	1	0	2
4	0	2	0	2
5	0	1	0	1
6	0	0	2	2
7	0	0	1	1
	0	0	1	1
	0	0	1	1
	0	0	1	1

Total	11	11	11	33

Men's events

100 m freestyle
400 m freestyle
1500 m freestyle
100 m backstroke
200 m breaststroke
4×200 m freestyle relay	Yasuji Miyazaki Yasuji Miyazaki was a Japanese swimmer. He competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics. There, he won two gold medals, in the 100 m freestyle event and 4x200 m freestyle relay event.-External links:... Hisakichi Toyoda Hisakichi Toyoda was a Japanese swimmer who competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics. There he won the gold medal in the 4x200 m freestyle relay event. He was born in Yamaguchi, Japan, and is the grandfather of three-time Olympian Kenji Watanabe.-References:... Takashi Yokoyama Takashi Yokoyama (swimmer) Takashi Yokoyama was a Japanese swimmer. He competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics. There, he won a gold medal in the 4x200 m freestyle relay event.-External links:... Masanori Yusa Masanori Yusa was a Japanese freestyle swimmer. He won gold medals for the Men's 4×200 m freestyle relay in the 1932 Summer Olympics and 1936 Summer Olympics...	Frank Booth Frank Booth (swimmer) Frank Ewen Booth was an American swimmer who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.In the 1932 Olympics he won a silver medal in the 4x200 m freestyle relay event.He died in Laguna Beach, California.... George Fissler George Fissler George Robert Fissler was an American swimmer who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.In the 1932 Olympics he won a silver medal in the 4x200 m freestyle relay event.-External links:... Maiola Kalili Maiola Kalili Maiola Kalili was an American swimmer who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.In the 1932 Olympics he won a silver medal in the 4x200 m freestyle relay event.... Manuella Kalili Manuella Kalili Manuella Kalili was an American swimmer who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.In the 1932 Olympics he won a silver medal in the 4x200 m freestyle relay event. he was also fourth in the 100 m freestyle event.He was the younger brother of Maiola Kalili.-External links:...	István Bárány István Bárány István Bárány was a Hungarian swimmer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics, 1928 Summer Olympics and 1932 Summer Olympics.... László Szabados László Szabados László Szabados was an Hungarian swimmer who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.In the 1932 Olympics he won a bronze medal in the 4×200 m freestyle relay event.-References:... András Székely András Székely András Székely was an Hungarian swimmer who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.In the 1932 Olympics he won a bronze medal in the 4×200 m freestyle relay event. He also was fifth in his semifinal of 100 m freestyle event and did not advance.Székely died in a Nazi forced labor... András Wanié András Wanié András Wanié was a Hungarian swimmer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics and 1932 Summer Olympics.He was born in Szeged and died in Sacramento, California, United States....

Women's events

100 m freestyle
400 m freestyle
100 m backstroke
200 m breaststroke
4×100 m freestyle relay	Helen Johns Helen Johns (swimmer) Helen Eileen Johns was an American swimmer who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.... Helene Madison Helene Madison Helene Madison was an American swimmer. She won three gold medals in freestyle at the 1932 Summer Olympic Games, becoming, along with Romeo Neri of Italy, the most successful athlete there. She was born in Madison, Wisconsin.In sixteen months in 1930 and 1931, she broke sixteen world records in... Josephine McKim Josephine McKim Josephine Eveline McKim was a champion American swimmer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics and 1932 Summer Olympics.... Eleanor Saville Eleanor Garatti Eleanor A. Garatti was an American swimmer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics and 1932 Summer Olympics.She died in Orinda, California....	Corrie Laddé Corrie Laddé Cornelia "Corrie" Laddé was a Dutch swimmer who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.In the 1932 Olympics she won a silver medal in the 4x100 m freestyle relay event... Willy den Ouden Willy den Ouden Willemijntje "Willy" den Ouden was a freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands, who held the world record for the 100 m freestyle swimming for nearly 23 years, from 1933 to 1956.... Puck Oversloot Puck Oversloot Maria Petronella "Puck" Oversloot was Dutch swimmer who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.In the 1932 Olympics she won a silver medal in the 4x100 m freestyle relay event... Maria Vierdag Maria Vierdag Maria "Rie" Vierdag was a Dutch swimmer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics, 1928 Summer Olympics and 1932 Summer Olympics....	Joyce Cooper Valerie Davies Edna Hughes Edna Hughes Edna Tildesley Hughes was an English swimmer who competed for Great Britain in the 1932 Summer Olympics and 1936 Summer Olympics.She was born in Walsall and died in Ceredigion.... Helen Varcoe Helen Varcoe Helen Gradwell Varcoe was an English swimmer from Croydon, who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.In the 1932 Olympics she won bronze medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay event....

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