# United States at the 1932 Winter Olympics

The United States of America (USA) was the host nation for the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York.

## Medalists

The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Jack Shea | Speed skating | 500 meters | February 4 |
| Gold | Irving Jaffee | Speed skating | 5000 meters | February 4 |
| Gold | Jack Shea | Speed skating | 1500 meters | February 5 |
| Gold | Irving Jaffee | Speed skating | 10,000 meters | February 8 |
| Gold | Curtis Stevens Hubert Stevens | Bobsleigh | Two-man | February 9 |
| Gold | Eddie Eagan Billy Fiske Clifford Grey Jay O'Brien | Bobsleigh | Four-man | February 15 |
| Silver | Eddie Murphy | Speed skating | 5000 meters | February 4 |
| Silver | Sherwin Badger Beatrix Loughran | Figure skating | Pairs | February 12 |
| Silver | United States men's national ice hockey team Osborne AndersonJohnny BentJohn ChaseJohn CookmanDouglas EverettFranklin FarrelJoseph FitzgeraldEdwin FrazierJohn GarrisonGerard HallockRobert LivingstonFrancis NelsonWinthrop PalmerGordon Smith | Ice hockey | Men's tournament | February 13 |
| Silver | Percy Bryant Henry Homburger Edmund Horton Paul Stevens | Bobsleigh | Four-man | February 15 |
| Bronze | John Heaton Robert Minton | Bobsleigh | Two-man | February 9 |
| Bronze | Maribel Vinson | Figure skating | Women's singles | February 10 |
Medals by sport :
| Sport | | | | Total |
| Speed skating | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Bobsleigh | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Figure skating | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Ice hockey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
Medals by date :
| Day | Date | | | | Total |
| 1 | February 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | February 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | February 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | February 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | February 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | February 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | February 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | February 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
Multiple medalists :
| Name | Sport | | | | Total |
| Irving Jaffee | Speed skating | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jack Shea | Speed skating | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |

## Bobsleigh

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Two-man | 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 | Four-man | 2:01.77 | 2 | 2:01.09 | 2 | 1:58.56 | 3 | 1:54.28 | 1 | 7:55.70 | |

## Cross-country skiing

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Erling Andersen | 18 km | 1:58:13 | 42 |
| Rolf Monsen | 18 km | 1:42:36 | 33 |
| Richard Parsons | 18 km | 1:40:08 | 28 |
| Olle Zetterstrom | 18 km | 1:38:26 | 23 |
| Nils Backstrom | 50 km | 5:25:40 | 19 |
| Nort Billings | 50 km | DNF | DNF |
| Richard Parsons | 50 km | 5:13:59 | 15 |
| Robert Reid | 50 km | 5:26:06 | 20 |

## Figure skating

Men
| Athlete | Event | CF | FS | Total | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Rank | Rank | Places | Points | Rank |
| Gail Borden | Singles | 7 | 9 | 54 | 2110.8 | 8 |
| James Madden | Singles | 8 | 7 | 52 | 2049.6 | 7 |
| William Nagle | Singles | 12 | 10 | 77 | 1884.8 | 11 |
| Roger Turner | Singles | 5 | 6 | 40 | 2297.6 | 6 |
Women
| Athlete | Event | CF | FS | Total | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Rank | Rank | Places | Points | Rank |
| Margaret Bennett | Singles | 12 | 8 | 75 | 1826.8 | 11 |
| Suzanne Davis | Singles | 10 | 14 | 83 | 1780.4 | 12 |
| Maribel Vinson | Singles | 3 | 3 | 23 | 2158.8 | |
| Louise Weigel | Singles | 14 | 13 | 92 | 1769.4 | 14 |
Mixed
| Athlete | Event | Points | Score | Rank |
| Beatrix Loughran Sherwin Badger | Pairs | 16 | 77.5 | |
| Gertrude Meredith Joseph Savage | Pairs | 49 | 59.8 | 7 |

## Ice hockey

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 |

## Nordic combined

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 | Cross-country | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Individual | 1:44:14 | 160.50 | 45.0 | 56.0 | 193.7 | 354.20 | 16 |
| John Ericksen | Individual | 1:54:58 | 115.50 | 49.5 | 54.0 | 200.8 | 316.30 | 25 |
| Rolf Monsen | Individual | 1:42:36 | 167.40 | 54.0 | 52.0 | 201.9 | 369.30 | 9 |

## Ski jumping

| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Normal hill | 53.0 | 52.0 (fall) | 31 | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| Caspar Oimoen | Normal hill | 63.0 | 104.7 | 7 | 67.5 | 112.0 | 2 | 216.7 | 5 |
| John Steele | Normal hill | 55.0 | 98.0 | 14 | 56.0 | 97.6 | 16 | 195.6 | 15 |

## Speed skating

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Rank Time | Rank Time |
| John Farrell | 500 m | 2 Q | 6 |
| Ray Murray | 500 m | 3 | Did not advance |
| Allan Potts | 500 m | 3 | Did not advance |
| Jack Shea | 500 m | 2 Q | 43.4 OR |
| Lloyd Guenther | 1500 m | 6 | Did not advance |
| Ray Murray | 1500 m | 1 Q 2:29.9 | 5 |
| Jack Shea | 1500 m | 1 Q 2:58.0 | 2:57.5 |
| Herb Taylor | 1500 m | 1 Q 2:49.3 | 6 |
| Irving Jaffee | 5000 m | 1 Q 9:52.0 | 9:40.8 |
| Eddie Murphy | 5000 m | 2 Q | |
| Carl Springer | 5000 m | 6 | Did not advance |
| Herb Taylor | 5000 m | 2 Q | 4 |
| Valentine Bialas | 10,000 m | 3 Q | 5 |
| Irving Jaffee | 10,000 m | 1 Q 18:05.4 | 19:13.6 |
| Edwin Wedge | 10,000 m | 4 Q | 4 |
| Eddie Schroeder | 10,000 m | 4 Q | 8 |