| United States at the 1932 Winter Olympics | |
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| IOC code | USA |
| NOC | United States Olympic Committee |
| in Lake Placid | |
| Competitors | 64 (58 men, 6 women) in 7 sports |
| Flag bearer | Billy Fiske (bobsleigh) |
| Medals Ranked 1st |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
The United States of America (USA) was the host nation for the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York.
The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| John Heaton Robert Minton | Two-man | 2:15.02 | 4 | 2:07.51 | 3 | 2:04.29 | 3 | 2:02.33 | 3 | 8:29.15 |  |
| Hubert Stevens Curtis Stevens | 2:13.10 | 3 | 2:04.27 | 1 | 1:59.69 | 1 | 1:57.68 | 1 | 8:14.74 |  | |
| Billy Fiske Eddie Eagan Clifford Grey Jay O'Brien | Four-man | 2:00.52 | 1 | 1:59.16 | 1 | 1:57.41 | 1 | 1:56.59 | 2 | 7:53.68 | |
| Henry Homburger Percy Bryant Francis Stevens Edmund Horton | 2:01.77 | 2 | 2:01.09 | 2 | 1:58.56 | 3 | 1:54.28 | 1 | 7:55.70 |  | |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erling Andersen | 18 km | 1:58:13 | 42 |
| Rolf Monsen | 1:42:36 | 33 | |
| Richard Parsons | 1:40:08 | 28 | |
| Olle Zetterstrom | 1:38:26 | 23 | |
| Nils Backstrom | 50 km | 5:25:40 | 19 |
| Nort Billings | DNF | ||
| Richard Parsons | 5:13:59 | 15 | |
| Robert Reid | 5:26:06 | 20 | |
Men
| Athlete | Event | CF | FS | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Rank | Places | Points | Rank | ||
| Gail Borden | Singles | 7 | 9 | 54 | 2110.8 | 8 |
| James Madden | 8 | 7 | 52 | 2049.6 | 7 | |
| William Nagle | 12 | 10 | 77 | 1884.8 | 11 | |
| Roger Turner | 5 | 6 | 40 | 2297.6 | 6 | |
Women
| Athlete | Event | CF | FS | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Rank | Places | Points | Rank | ||
| Margaret Bennett | Singles | 12 | 8 | 75 | 1826.8 | 11 |
| Suzanne Davis | 10 | 14 | 83 | 1780.4 | 12 | |
| Maribel Vinson | 3 | 3 | 23 | 2158.8 | | |
| Louise Weigel | 14 | 13 | 92 | 1769.4 | 14 | |
Mixed
| Athlete | Event | Points | Score | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beatrix Loughran Sherwin Badger | Pairs | 16 | 77.5 | |
| Gertrude Meredith Joseph Savage | 49 | 59.8 | 7 |
Summary
| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States men | Men's tournament |  Canada L 1–2 OT |  Poland W 4–1 |  Germany W 7–0 | Poland W 5–0 | Germany W 8–0 | Canada T 2–2 OT | |
Roster
| Osborne Anderson |
| Johnny Bent |
| John Chase |
| John Cookman |
| Douglas Everett |
| Franklin Farrel |
| Joseph Fitzgerald |
| Edwin Frazier |
| John Garrison |
| Gerard Hallock |
| Robert Livingston |
| Francis Nelson |
| Winthrop Palmer |
| Gordon Smith |
Tournament
| Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 4 |
 United States | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 5 |
| Germany | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 26 |
| Poland | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 34 |
| 4 Feb | United States | 1:2 OT (0:0,0:1,1:0,0:0,0:1) | Canada |
| 5 Feb | United States | 4:1 (1:0,2:0,1:1) | Poland |
| 7 Feb | United States | 7:0 (3:0,2:0,2:0) | Germany |
| 8 Feb | United States | 5:0 (1:0,1:0,3:0) | Poland |
| 10 Feb | United States | 8:0 (2:0,2:0,4:0) | Germany |
| 13 Feb | United States | 2:2 OT (1:1,1:0,0:1,0:0,0:0,0:0) | Canada |
The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the 18 km race of cross-country skiing. Those results can be found above in this article in the cross-country skiing section. Some athletes (but not all) entered in both the cross-country skiing and Nordic combined event, their time on the 18 km was used for both events.
The ski jumping (normal hill) event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found in the table below.
| Athlete | Event | Cross-country | Ski Jumping | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Points | Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Points | Points | Rank | ||
| Edward Blood | Individual | 1:41:58 | 170.25 | 51.5 | 46.0 | 191.2 | 361.45 | 14 |
| Lloyd Ellingson | 1:44:14 | 160.50 | 45.0 | 56.0 | 193.7 | 354.20 | 16 | |
| John Ericksen | 1:54:58 | 115.50 | 49.5 | 54.0 | 200.8 | 316.30 | 25 | |
| Rolf Monsen | 1:42:36 | 167.40 | 54.0 | 52.0 | 201.9 | 369.30 | 9 | |
| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Peder Falstad | Normal hill | 56.0 | 96.1 | 18 | 62.5 | 103.4 | 12 | 199.5 | 13 |
| Roy Mikkelsen | 53.0 | 52.0 (fall) | 31 | DNF | |||||
| Caspar Oimoen | 63.0 | 104.7 | 7 | 67.5 | 112.0 | 2 | 216.7 | 5 | |
| John Steele | 55.0 | 98.0 | 14 | 56.0 | 97.6 | 16 | 195.6 | 15 | |
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank Time | Rank Time | ||
| John Farrell | 500 m | 2 Q | 6 |
| Ray Murray | 3 | Did not advance | |
| Allan Potts | 3 | Did not advance | |
| Jack Shea | 2 Q | 43.4 OR | |
| Lloyd Guenther | 1500 m | 6 | Did not advance |
| Ray Murray | 1 Q 2:29.9 | 5 | |
| Jack Shea | 1 Q 2:58.0 | 2:57.5 | |
| Herb Taylor | 1 Q 2:49.3 | 6 | |
| Irving Jaffee | 5000 m | 1 Q 9:52.0 | 9:40.8 |
| Eddie Murphy | 2 Q | | |
| Carl Springer | 6 | Did not advance | |
| Herb Taylor | 2 Q | 4 | |
| Valentine Bialas | 10,000 m | 3 Q | 5 |
| Irving Jaffee | 1 Q 18:05.4 | 19:13.6 | |
| Edwin Wedge | 4 Q | 4 | |
| Eddie Schroeder | 4 Q | 8 |
Canada competed at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States. Canada has competed at every Winter Olympic Games.
Finland competed at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France. Finnish athletes won a total of 11 medals. The majority of these were awarded in speed skating, to Clas Thunberg and Julius Skutnabb.
Switzerland competed at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France.
Norway competed at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Norway ranked first in the total medal count, as they had in the inaugural 1924 Games.
Austria competed at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States, February 4 to February 15. The team was composed of 7 athletes, consisting of 6 men and 1 women.
Italy competed at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.
Japan competed at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.
Norway competed at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.
Poland competed at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.
Athletes from Sweden competed in the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.
Switzerland competed at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.
Sweden competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
The United States competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
Norway competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
Austria competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
Switzerland competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
Finland competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
Athletes from the Kingdom of Yugoslavia competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Yugoslavia returned to the Winter Olympic Games after having missed the 1932 Winter Olympics.
Germany was the host nation for the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
Latvia competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. The nation returned to the Winter Games after having missed the 1932 Winter Olympics. These Games would be the last time that Latvia would compete at the Winter Games as an independent nation until the 1992 Winter Olympics. After the nation was annexed by the Soviet Union in 1940, Latvian athletes would compete at the Olympic Games as part of the USSR delegations.
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