Los Angeles 1932
X edition of the Summer Olympics
30 July - 14 August 1932
Medal table
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STATISTICS
- Nations 37
- Athletes 1329 (1023 men; 126 women)
- Italian Athletes 102 (102 men; 0 women)
The Great Depression and the distance meant participation compared to European editions was somewhat reduced. However, the first Californian Games (there would be a second 52 years later) marked another important milestone in Olympic history. For the first time an Olympic Village to house the athletes was built. Italians (who reached Los Angeles on the liner Biancamano to New York and then crossed the United States by train) enjoyed their most successful Olympics ever finishing second, in terms of number of medals, just behind the hosts. One of medal winners was Luigi Beccali nicknamed "Ninà" in the 1,500 metres.
| Athlete | Medal | Sport |
|---|---|---|
| Luigi BECCALI | GOLD | Athletics 1500m |
| Attilio PAVESI | GOLD | Cycling Individual Time Trial |
| Giuseppe OLMO , Attilio PAVESI , Guglielmo SEGATO | GOLD | Cycling Team Time Trial |
| Nino BORSARI , Marco CIMATTI , Alberto GHILARDI , Paolo PEDRETTI | GOLD | Cycling Track Team Pursuit |
| Giancarlo CORNAGGIA-MEDICI | GOLD | Fencing Individual Epée |
| Gustavo MARZI | GOLD | Fencing Individual Foil |
| Romeo NERI | GOLD | Gymnastics Artistic Individual All-Around |
| Romeo NERI | GOLD | Gymnastics Artistic Parallel Bars |
| Oreste CAPUZZO , Savino GUGLIELMETTI , Mario LERTORA , Romeo NERI , Franco TOGNINI | GOLD | Gymnastics Artistic Team all-around |
| Savino GUGLIELMETTI | GOLD | Gymnastics Artistic Vault |
| Renzo MORIGI | GOLD | Pistol and Rifle 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol |
| Giovanni GOZZI | GOLD | Wrestling Greco Roman 61kg |
| Luigi ROVATI | SILVER | Boxing +91kg |
| Gino ROSSI | SILVER | Boxing 79,38kg |
| Guglielmo SEGATO | SILVER | Cycling Individual Time Trial |
| Giulio GAUDINI | SILVER | Fencing Individual Sabre |
| Carlo AGOSTONI , Giancarlo CORNAGGIA-MEDICI , Renzo MINOLI , Saverio RAGNO , Franco RICCARDI | SILVER | Fencing Team Epée |
| Gustavo MARZI | SILVER | Fencing Team Foil |
| Giulio GAUDINI , Gioacchino GUARAGNA , Giorgio PESSINA , Ugo PIGNOTTI , Rodolfo TERLIZZI | SILVER | Fencing Team Foil |
| Gustavo MARZI | SILVER | Fencing Team Sabre |
| Renato ANSELMI , Arturo DE VECCHI , Giulio GAUDINI , Ugo PIGNOTTI , Emilio SALAFIA | SILVER | Fencing Team Sabre |
| Omero BONOLI | SILVER | Gymnastics Artistic Pommel Horse |
| Riccardo DIVORA , Bruno PAROVEL , Giovanni PLAZZER , Giovanni SCHERL , Bruno VATTOVAZ | SILVER | Rowing Coxed Four |
| Mario BALLERI , Renato BARBIERI , Dino BARSOTTI , Renato BRACCI , Vittorio CIONI , Guglielmo DEL BIMBO , Enrico GARZELLI , Cesare MILANI , Roberto VESTRINI | SILVER | Rowing Eight (8+) |
| Carlo GALIMBERTI | SILVER | Weightlifting 75 kg |
| Marcello NIZZOLA | SILVER | Wrestling Greco Roman 56kg |
| Giuseppe CASTELLI , Ruggero MAREGATTI , Gabriele SALVIATI , Edgardo TOETTI | BRONZE | Athletics 4 x 100 m relay |
| Ugo FRIGERIO | BRONZE | Athletics 50 Km Race walk |
| Bruno PELLIZZARI | BRONZE | Cycling Sprint |
| Carlo AGOSTONI | BRONZE | Fencing Individual Epée |
| Giulio GAUDINI | BRONZE | Fencing Individual Foil |
| Mario LERTORA | BRONZE | Gymnastics Artistic Floor Exercise |
| Giovanni LATTUADA | BRONZE | Gymnastics Artistic Rings |
| Domenico MATTEUCCI | BRONZE | Pistol and Rifle 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol |
| Francesco COSSU , Giliante D'ESTE , Antonio GARZONI PROVENZANI , Antonio GHIARDELLO | BRONZE | Rowing Coxless Four (4-) |
| Gastone PIERINI | BRONZE | Weightlifting 67,5 kg |
| Ercole GALLEGATI | BRONZE | Wrestling Greco Roman 72kg |
| Mario GRUPPIONI | BRONZE | Wrestling Greco Roman 87kg |