1932 Summer Olympics

The 1932 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the X Olympiad, was a major world wide multi-athletic event which was celebrated 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 participants of the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam returned to comp... More

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Duration:

  • 15 days (Jul 30, 1932 — Aug 14, 1932)

Number Of Nations:

  • 37

Number Of Athletes:

  • 1,408

Also known as:

  • Games of the X Olympiad

Event

Duration:

  • 15 days (Jul 30, 1932 — Aug 14, 1932)

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Summer Olympic Games Events

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Host City

Los Angeles

Los Angeles (/lɒs ˈændʒələs/ loss-AN-jə-ləs; Spanish: [los ˈaŋxeles], which is written Los Ángeles; British pronounciation /lɒs ˈændʒəliːz/ loss-AN-jə-leez) with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in the state of California, and the second most...

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