The , officially known as the '''Games of the X Olympiad''', were held in
1932 in
Los Angeles ,
California ,
United States . No other cities made a bid to host these Olympics. Held during the worldwide
Great Depression , many nations and athletes were unable to pay for the trip to Los Angeles. Fewer than half the number of participants from the
1928 Summer Olympics in
Amsterdam competed in 1932.
- An Olympic Village was built for the first time, occupied by the male athletes. The village is now a part of the nearby University Of Southern California .
- The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum was known in 1932 as ''Olympic Stadium''.
- Tenth Street, a major throughfare in Los Angeles, was renamed Olympic Boulevard in honor of the Games.
- Babe Didrikson won two gold medals in the Javelin and the hurdles event, and competed in a jump-off for a third in the high jump. Her technique in the jump-off was ruled illegal, leaving Didrikson with second place.
- In Field Hockey , only three nations took part. The host nation lost 1-24 to India and 2-9 to Japan but still won a bronze medal.
- Poland 's Stanisława Walasiewicz won the gold medal in the women's 100 meters; she would also win the silver medal in the event four years later. After her death in 1980 , it was discovered that she was Intersex and would have been ineligible to particpate.
- Finnish star Paavo Nurmi was barred from competing in the Olympics for being a professional.
- Eddie Tolan won both the 100m and 200m sprint events.
- Helene Madison won three gold medals in Swimming , while the Japanese upset the men's events and take all but one title.
See the medal winners, ordered by sport:
(''Host nation in .'')
