Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics
Event Date Round Name Nationality Result
400 metres 5 August Final Bill Carr United States 46.2
800 metres 2 August Final Tommy Hampson Great Britain 1:49.8
4 × 100 metres relay 7 August Final Bob Kiesel Hector Dyer Emmett Toppino Frank Wykoff United States 40.0
4 × 400 metres relay 7 August Final Ivan Fuqua Edgar Ablowich Karl Warner Bill Carr United States 3:08.2
Triple jump 4 August Final Chuhei Nambu Japan 15.72 m
Decathlon 6 August Final James Bausch United States 8462.235
Record broken -- Men 's world records
At the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, 29 athletics events were contested, 23 for men and 6 for women. It was the first time the 50 kilometres race walk appeared in the athletic program at the Games. This was the second time women's events in athletics were included in the Olympic Games program and the first time that women competed in the javelin throw at the Olympics. There was a total of 386 participants from 34 countries competing. The athletics events took place at Los Angeles Olympic Stadium, now the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.