1932 Summer Olympics

The 1932 Summer Olympics, officially known as Games of the X Olympiad, were held in Los Angeles, United States.Sports Reference.com (SR/Olympics), "1932 Los Angeles Summer Games" ; retrieved 2012-7-24.

U.S. President Herbert Hoover did not attend the games. Despite this snub, the games were thought to be a success because the LA Olympics did not end up in debt.Zarnowski, C. Frank.  "A Look at Olympic Costs,"  Citius, Altius, Fortius (US). Summer 1992, Vol. 1, Issue 1, p. 21 [6 of 17 PDF]; retrieved 2012-7-24.

Los Angeles was the first to provide an athletes' "village".

Participating nations
A total of 37 nations sent athletes to compete at the Los Angeles games.Taking part in the games for the first time were Colombia and the Republic of China






































Related pages
 List of IOC country codes

References 

Other websites

 IOC page for the 1932 Summer Olympics

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