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Men: 100m
Date: 1 August 1932

Rank Name Nation Time
1 Eddie Tolan USA 10.3
2 Ralph Metcalfe USA 10.4
3 Arthur Jonath GER 10.5
4 George Simpson USA 10.6
5 Daniel Joubert RSA 10.6
6 Takayoshi Yoshioka JPN 10.7
Semi-finals
7 Carlos Bianchi ARG 10.8
7 Percy Williams CAN 11.0
Men: 200m
Date: 3 August 1932
Rank Name Nation Time
1 Eddie Tolan USA 21.2
2 George Simpson USA 21.4
3 Ralph Metcalfe USA 21.5
4 Arthur Jonath GER 21.5
5 Carlos Bianchi ARG 21.6
6 William Walters RSA 21.9
Semi-finals
7 Harold Wright CAN 21.8
7 Daniel Joubert RSA 21.7
Men: 400m
Date: 5 August 1932
Rank Name Nation Time
1 William Carr USA 46.2
2 Benjamin Eastman USA 46.5
3 Alexander Wilson CAN 47.4
4 William Walters RSA 48.2
5 James Gordon USA 48.2
6 George Golding AUS 48.8
Semi-finals
7 Borje Strandvall FIN 48.6
7 Godfrey Rampling GBR 48.0
Men: 800m
Date: 2 August 1932
Rank Name Nation Time
1 Thomas Hampson GBR 1:49.8
2 Alexander Wilson CAN 1:49.9
3 Philip Edwards CAN 1:51.5
4 Eddie Genung USA 1:51.7
5 Edwin Turner USA 1:52.5
6 Charles Hornbostel USA 1:52.7
7 John Powell GBR 1:53.1
8 Seraphin Martin FRA 1:53.6
Men: 1500m
Date: 4 August 1932
Rank Name Nation Time
1 Luigi Beccali ITA 3:51.2
2 John Cornes GBR 3:52.6
3 Philip Edwards CAN 3:52.8
4 Glenn Cunningham USA 3:53.4
5 Eric Ny SWE 3:54.6
6 Norwood Hallowell USA 3:55.0
7 Jack Lovelock NZL 3:55.6
8 Frank Crowley USA 3:56.6
Men: 5000m
Date: 5 August 1932
Rank Name Nation Time
1 Lauri Lehtinen FIN 14:30.0
2 Ralph Hill USA 14:30.0
3 Lauri "Lasse" Virtanen FIN 14:44.0
4 John Savidan NZL 14:49.6
5 Jean-Gunnar Lindgren SWE 14:54.7
6 Max Syring GER 14:59.0
7 James Burns GBR 15:04.0
8 Daniel Dean USA 15:08.5
Men: 10000m
Date: 31 July 1932
Rank Name Nation Time
1 Janusz Kusocinski POL 30:11.4
2 Volmari Iso-Hollo FIN 30:12.6
3 Lauri "Lasse" Virtanen FIN 30:35.0
4 John Savidan NZL 31:09.0
5 Max Syring GER 31:35.0
6 Jean-Gunnar Lindgren SWE 31:37.0
7 Juan Morales MEX 32:03.0
8 Clifford Bricker CAN
Men: 110m Hurdles
Date: 3 August 1932
Rank Name Nation Time
1 George Saling USA 14.6
2 Percy Beard USA 14.7
3 Donald Finlay GBR 14.8
4 Jack Keller USA 14.8
5 David (Lord) Burghley GBR 14.9
6 Willi Welscher GER
Semi-finals
7 Tatsuo Fujita JPN 14.8
7 Merwyn Sutton IND 14.9
Men: 400m Hurdles
Date: 1 August 1932
Rank Name Nation Time
1 Robert Tisdall IRL 51.8
2 Glenn Hardin USA 51.9
3 Morgan Taylor USA 52.0
4 David (Lord) Burghley GBR 52.1
5 Luigi Facelli ITA 53.0
6 Johan "Kell" Areskoug SWE 54.6
Semi-finals
7 Joseph Healey USA 53.2
7 George Golding AUS 53.1
Men: Steeplechase
Date: 6 August 1932
Rank Name Nation Time
1 Volmari Iso-Hollo FIN 10:33.4
2 Thomas Evenson GBR 10:46.0
3 Joseph McCluskey USA 10:46.2
4 Martti Matilainen FIN 10:52.4
5 George Bailey GBR 10:53.2
6 Glenn Dawson USA 10:58.0
7 Giuseppe Lippi ITA 11:04.0
8 Walter Pritchard USA 11:04.5
Men: 4x100m Relay
Date: 7 August 1932
Rank Name Nation Time
1 Robert Kiesel; Emmett Toppino; Hector Dyer; Frank Wykoff USA 40.0
2 Helmut Kornig; Walter Hendrix; Erich Borchmeyer; Arthur Jonath GER 40.9
3 Giuseppe Castelli; Luigi Facelli; Ruggero Maregatti; Edgardo Toetti ITA 41.2
4 Percy Williams; James Brown; Harold Wright; Birchall Pearson CAN 41.3
5 Takayoshi Yoshioka; Chuhei Nambu; Izuo Anno; Itaro Nakajima JPN 41.3
6 Donald Finlay; Stanley Fuller; Stanley Engelhart; Ernest Page GBR 41.8
Heats
7 Renos Frangoudis; Angelos Lambrou; Evangelos Moiropoulos; Khristos Mantikas GRE
8 Ronald Vernieux; Merwyn Sutton; Mehar Chand Dhawan; Richard Carr IND
Men: 4x400m Relay
Date: 7 August 1932
Rank Name Nation Time
1 Ivan Fuqua; Edgar Ablowich; Karl Warner; William Carr USA 3:08.2
2 Crew Stoneley; David (Lord) Burghley; Thomas Hampson; Godfrey Rampling GBR 3:11.2
3 Raymond Lewis; James Ball; Philip Edwards; Alexander Wilson CAN 3:12.8
4 Joachim Buchner; Walter Nehb; Adolf Metzner; Otto Peltzer GER 3:14.4
5 Itaro Nakajima; Iwao Masuda; Seikan Oki; Teichi Nishi JPN 3:14.6
6 Giacomo Carlini; Giovanni Turba; Mario De Negri; Luigi Facelli ITA 3:17.8
Heats
7 Ricardo Arguello; Jesus Moraila; Manuel Alvarez; Carlos de Anda MEX 3:23.4
Women: 100m
Date: 2 August 1932
Rank Name Nation Time
1 Stanislawa Walasiewicz POL 11.9
2 Hilda Strike CAN 11.9
3 Wilhelmina Von Bremen USA 12.0
4 Marie Dollinger GER 12.2
5 Eileen Hiscock GBR 12.3
6 Elizabeth Wilde USA 12.3
Semi-finals
7 Tollina Schuurman NED 12.4
7 Mary Vendervleit CAN
Women: 80m Hurdles
Date: 4 August 1932
Rank Name Nation Time
1 Mildred Didrikson USA 11.7
2 Evelyne Hall USA 11.7
3 Marjorie Clark RSA 11.8
4 Simone Schaller USA 11.9
5 Violet Webb GBR 11.9
6 Alda Wilson CAN 12.0
Heats
7 Betty Taylor CAN 12.0
7 Felicja Schabinska POL 12.3
Women: 4x100m Relay
Date: 7 August 1932
Rank Name Nation Time
1 Mary Carew; Evelyn Furtsch; Annette Rogers; Wilhelmina Von Bremen USA 47.0
2 Mildred Frizzell; Lillian Palmer; Mary Frizzell; Hilda Strike CAN 47.0
3 Eileen Hiscock; Gwendoline Alice Porter; Violet Webb; Nellie Halstead GBR 47.6
4 Johanna Dalmolen; Cornelia Aalten; Elisabeth du Mee; Tollina Schuurman NED 48.0
5 Mie Muraoka; Michi Nakanishi; Asa Dogura; Sumiko Watanabe JPN 48.9
6 Grete Heublein; Ellen Braumuller; Tilly Fleischer; Marie Dollinger GER
Men: Marathon
Date: 7 August 1932
Rank Name Nation Time
1 Juan Carlos Zabala ARG 2:31:36
2 Samuel Ferris GBR 2:31:55
3 Armas Toivonen FIN 2:32:12
4 Duncan McLeod Wright GBR 2:32:41
5 Seiichiro Tsuda JPN 2:35:42
6 Kim Eun-Bae KOR 2:37:28
7 Albert "Whitey" Michelsen USA 2:39:38
8 Oskar Heks TCH 2:41:35
Men: 50km Walk
Date: 3 August 1932
Rank Name Nation Time
1 Thomas Green GBR 4:50:10
2 Janis Dalins LAT 4:57:20
3 Ugo Frigerio ITA 4:59:06
4 Karl Hahnel GER 5:06:06
5 Ettore Rivolta ITA 5:07:39
6 Paul Sievert GER 5:16:41
7 Henri Quintric FRA 5:27:25
8 Ernest Crosbie USA 5:28:02
Men: High Jump
Date: 31 July 1932
Rank Name Nation Distance
1 Duncan McNaughton CAN 1.97m [6' 5 ½"]
2 Robert Van Osdel USA 1.97m [6' 5 ½"]
3 Simeon Toribio PHI 1.97m [6' 5 ½"]
4 Cornelius Johnson USA 1.97m [6' 5 ½"]
5 Ilmari Reinikka FIN 1.94m [6' 4 ½"]
6 Kazuo Kimura JPN 1.94m [6' 4 ½"]
7 Jerzy Plawczyk POL 1.90m [6' 2 ¾"]
7 Misao Ono JPN 1.90m [6' 2 ¾"]
Men: Pole Vault
Date: 3 August 1932
Rank Name Nation Distance
1 William Miller USA 4.32m [14' 2"]
2 Shuhei Nishida JPN 4.30m [14' 1 ¼"]
3 George Jefferson USA 4.20m [13' 9 ¼"]
4 William Graber USA 4.15m [13' 7 ½"]
5 Shizuo Mochizuki JPN 4.00m [13' 1 ½"]
6 Lucio de Castro BRA 3.90m [12' 9 ½"]
7 Peter Klentzos GRE 3.75m [12' 3 ¾"]
8 Carlos Nelli BRA
Men: Long Jump
Date: 2 August 1932
Rank Name Nation Distance
1 Edward Gordon USA 7.64m [25' ¾"]
2 Lambert Redd USA 7.60m [24' 11 ¼"]
3 Chuhei Nambu JPN 7.45m [24' 5 ¼"]
4 Eric Svensson SWE 7.41m [24' 3 ¾"]
5 Richard Barber USA 7.39m [24' 3"]
6 Naoto Tajima JPN 7.15m [23' 5 ½"]
7 Hector Berra ARG 6.66m [21' 10 ¼"]
8 Clovis Raposo BRA 6.43m [21' 1 ¼"]
Men: Triple Jump
Date: 4 August 1932
Rank Name Nation Distance
1 Chuhei Nambu JPN 15.72m [51' 7"]
2 Eric Svensson SWE 15.32m [50' 3 ¼"]
3 Kenkichi Oshima JPN 15.12m [49' 7 ¼"]
4 Eamon Fitzgerald IRL 15.01m [49' 3"]
5 Willem Peters NED 14.93m [48' 11 ¾"]
6 Sol Furth USA 14.88m [48' 9 ¾"]
7 Sidney Bowman USA 14.87m [48' 9 ½"]
8 Rolland Romero USA 14.85m [48' 8 ¾"]
Men: Shot Put
Date: 31 July 1932
Rank Name Nation Distance
1 Leo Sexton USA 16.00m [52' 6"]
2 Harlow Rothert USA 15.67m [51' 5"]
3 Frantisek Douda TCH 15.61m [51' 2 ½"]
4 Emil Hirschfeld GER 15.66m [51' 4 ½"]
5 Nelson Gray USA 15.46m [50' 8 ¾"]
6 Hans-Heinrich Sievert GER 15.07m [49' 5 ¼"]
7 Jozsef Daranyi HUN 14.67m [48' 1 ½"]
8 Jules Noel FRA 14.53m [47' 8"]
Men: Discus Throw
Date: 3 August 1932
Rank Name Nation Distance
1 John Anderson USA 49.49m [162' 4 ½"]
2 Henri LaBorde USA 48.47m [159' ¼"]
3 Paul Winter FRA 47.85m [156' 11 ¾"]
4 Jules Noel FRA 47.74m [156' 7 ½"]
5 Istvan Donogan HUN 47.07m [154' 5 ¼"]
6 Endre Madarasz HUN 46.52m [152' 7 ½"]
7 Kalevi Kotkas FIN 45.87m [150' 6"]
8 Paul Jessup USA 45.25m [148' 5 ½"]
Men: Hammer Throw
Date: 1 August 1932
Rank Name Nation Distance
1 Patrick O'Callaghan IRL 53.92m [176' 10 ¾"]
2 Ville Porhola FIN 52.27m [171' 5 ¾"]
3 Peter Zaremba USA 50.33m [165' 1 ½"]
4 Ossian Skiold SWE 49.25m [161' 7"]
5 Grant McDougall USA 49.12m [161' 1 ¾"]
6 Federico Kleger ARG 48.33m [158' 6 ¾"]
7 Gunnar Jansson SWE 47.79m [156' 9 ½"]
8 Armando Poggioli ITA 46.90m [153' 10 ½"]
Men: Javelin Throw
Date: 4 August 1932
Rank Name Nation Distance
1 Matti Jarvinen FIN 72.71m [238' 6 ½"]
2 Matti Sippala FIN 69.80m [229' 0"]
3 Eino Penttila FIN 68.70m [225' 4 ¾"]
4 Gottfried Weimann GER 68.18m [223' 8 ¼"]
5 Lee Bartlett USA 64.46m [211' 5 ¾"]
6 Kenneth Churchill USA 63.24m [207' 5 ¾"]
7 Malcolm Metcalf USA 61.89m [203' ½"]
8 Kohsaku Sumiyoshi JPN 61.14m [200' 7"]
Women: High Jump
Date: 7 August 1932
Rank Name Nation Distance
1 Jean Shiley USA 1.67m [5' 5 ¾"]
2 Mildred Didrikson USA 1.64m [5' 4 ½"]
3 Eva Dawes CAN 1.60m [5' 3"]
4 Carolina Anna Gisolf NED 1.58m [5' 2 ¼"]
5 Marjorie Clark RSA 1.58m [5' 2 ¼"]
6 Annette Rogers USA 1.58m [5' 2 ¼"]
7 Helma Notte GER 1.55m [5' 1"]
8 Yuriko Hirohashi JPN 1.49m [4' 10 ¾"]
Women: Discus Throw
Date: 2 August 1932
Rank Name Nation Distance
1 Lillian Copeland USA 40.58m [133' 1 ¾"]
2 Ruth Osburn USA 40.12m [131' 7 ½"]
3 Jadwiga Wajsowna POL 38.74m [127' 1 ¼"]
4 Tilly Fleischer GER 36.12m [118' 6"]
5 Grete Heublein GER 34.66m [113' 8 ½"]
6 Stanislawa Walasiewicz POL 33.60m [110' 2 ¾"]
7 Mitsue Ishizu JPN 33.52m [109' 11 ¾"]
8 Ellen Braumuller GER 33.15m [108' 9"]
Women: Javelin Throw
Date: 31 July 1932
Rank Name Nation Distance
1 Mildred Didrikson USA 43.68m [143' 3 ¾"]
2 Ellen Braumuller GER 43.49m [142' 8 ¼"]
3 Tilly Fleischer GER 43.00m [141' 1"]
4 Masako Shimpo JPN 39.07m [128' 2 ¼"]
5 Nan Gindele USA 37.95m [124' 6"]
6 Gloria Russell USA 36.73m [120' 6"]
7 Maria Uribe Jasso MEX 33.66m [110' 5 ¼"]
8 Mitsue Ishizu JPN 30.81m [101' 1"]
Men: Decathlon
Date: 5 August 1932 / 6 August 1932
Rank Name Nation Points
1 James Bausch USA 8462.23
2 Akilles Jarvinen FIN 8292.48
3 Wolrad Eberle GER 8030.80
4 Wilson Charles USA 7985.00
5 Hans-Heinrich Sievert GER 7941.07
6 Paavo Yrjola FIN 7688.09
7 Cliff Coffman USA 7534.41
8 Robert Tisdall IRL 7327.17