Swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics

Swimming at the Games of the X Olympiad
Venue	LA84 Foundation/John C. Argue Swim Stadium
Dates	6–13 August 1932
No. of events	11
Competitors	128 from 20 nations

At the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, eleven swimming events were contested, six for men and five for women. The competitions were held from Saturday, August 6, to Saturday, August 13, 1932. There was a total of 128 participants from 20 countries competing.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan (JPN)	5	5	2	12
2	United States (USA)	5	2	3	10
3	Australia (AUS)	1	1	0	2
4	Netherlands (NED)	0	2	0	2
5	France (FRA)	0	1	0	1
6	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	2	2
7	Denmark (DEN)	0	0	1	1
	Hungary (HUN)	0	0	1	1
	Philippines (PHI)	0	0	1	1
	South Africa (RSA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		11	11	11	33

Medal summary

Men's events

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
100 m freestyle	Yasuji Miyazaki  Japan	Tatsugo Kawaishi  Japan	Albert Schwartz  United States
400 m freestyle	Buster Crabbe  United States	Jean Taris  France	Tsutomu Ōyokota  Japan
1500 m freestyle	Kusuo Kitamura  Japan	Shozo Makino  Japan	Jim Cristy  United States
100 m backstroke	Masaji Kiyokawa  Japan	Toshio Irie  Japan	Kentaro Kawatsu  Japan
200 m breaststroke	Yoshiyuki Tsuruta  Japan	Reizo Koike  Japan	Teófilo Yldefonso  Philippines
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	Japan (JPN) Yasuji Miyazaki Hisakichi Toyoda Takashi Yokoyama Masanori Yusa	United States (USA) Frank Booth George Fissler Maiola Kalili Manuella Kalili	Hungary (HUN) István Bárány László Szabados András Székely András Wanié

Women's events

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
100 m freestyle	Helene Madison  United States	Willy den Ouden  Netherlands	Eleanor Saville  United States
400 m freestyle	Helene Madison  United States	Lenore Kight  United States	Jenny Maakal  South Africa
100 m backstroke	Eleanor Holm  United States	Bonnie Mealing  Australia	Valerie Davies  Great Britain
200 m breaststroke	Clare Dennis  Australia	Hideko Maehata  Japan	Else Jacobsen  Denmark
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	United States (USA) Helen Johns Helene Madison Josephine McKim Eleanor Saville	Netherlands (NED) Corrie Laddé Willy den Ouden Puck Oversloot Maria Vierdag	Great Britain (GBR) Joyce Cooper Valerie Davies Edna Hughes Helen Varcoe

Participating nations

128 swimmers from 20 nations competed.

Argentina (5)  Australia (5)  Brazil (8)  Canada (14)  Denmark (2)  Finland (1)  France (5)  Germany (2)  Great Britain (13)  Hungary (5)

India (1)  Italy (2)  Japan (23)  Mexico (3)  Netherlands (5)  Norway (1)  Philippines (3)  South Africa (1)  Sweden (2)  United States (27)

External links

• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 26 January 2007.