The , officially known as the '''III Olympic Winter Games''', were celebrated in
1932 in
Lake Placid, New York ,
United States . The games opened on
February 4 ,
1932 . The 1932 Winter Olympic Games were going to be in Big Pines, CA (near
Wrightwood, CA and
Mountain High , CA) due to Alf Engen's world record, on then, the world's largest ski jump, but due to poor snow conditions the games moved to Lake Placid.
- Irving Jaffee won the 5,000m and the 10,000m Speedskating beating previous champion and world record holder Ivar Ballangrud in the 10,000m by 5 yards.
- The USA win the medal tally with a total accumilation of 6 gold medals, 4 silver medals and 2 bronze medals with a total of 12 medals.
Medals were awarded in 14 events in 4 sports (7 disciplines). The Games also included events in three
Demonstration Sport s.
Athletes from 17 nations competed in these Games, down from 25 nations at the previous Games in 1928.
Argentina ,
Estonia ,
Latvia ,
Lithuania ,
Luxembourg ,
Mexico , the
Netherlands , and
Yugoslavia did not send athletes to Lake Placid.
See Also: 1932 Winter Olympics medal count
