1932 Summer Olympics

Games of the X Olympiad
	Emblem of the 1932 Summer Olympics
Host city	Los Angeles, United States
Nations	37
Athletes	1,332 (1,206 men, 126 women)
Events	117 in 14 sports (20 disciplines)
Opening	July 30, 1932
Closing	August 14, 1932
Opened by	Vice President Charles Curtis
Stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
	Summer ← Amsterdam 1928 Berlin 1936 → Winter ← Lake Placid 1932 Garmisch 1936 →

The 1932 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the X Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1932) were an international multi-sport event held from July 30 to August 14, 1932, in Los Angeles, California, United States. The Games were held during the worldwide Great Depression, with some nations not traveling to Los Angeles; 37 nations competed, compared to the 46 in the 1928 Games in Amsterdam,^[a] and even then-U.S. President Herbert Hoover did not attend the Games.^[b] The organizing committee did not report the financial details of the Games, although contemporary newspapers claimed that the Games had made a profit of US$1,000,000.^[b]

^ "Factsheet - Opening Ceremony of the Games f the Olympiad" (PDF) (Press release). International Olympic Committee. September 13, 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 14, 2016. Retrieved December 22, 2018.
^ Zarnowski, C. Frank (Summer 1992). "A Look at Olympic Costs" (PDF). Citius, Altius, Fortius. 1 (1): 16–32. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 28, 2008. Retrieved March 24, 2007.

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[1] "Factsheet - Opening Ceremony of the Games f the Olympiad" (PDF) (Press release). International Olympic Committee. September 13, 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 14, 2016. Retrieved December 22, 2018.

[3] Zarnowski, C. Frank (Summer 1992). "A Look at Olympic Costs" (PDF). Citius, Altius, Fortius. 1 (1): 16–32. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 28, 2008. Retrieved March 24, 2007.

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