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Didrikson set four world records, winning two gold medals and one silver medal in track and field in the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] In the 80-meter hurdles, she equaled the world record of 11.8 seconds in her opening heat.
In 1975, Alex Karras portrayed George Zaharias in the TV movie Babe, (opposite his future wife, actress Susan Clark), which told the story of Didrikson, who won two gold medals in track and field at the 1932 Olympics and returned to become a champion golfer, her battles to be accepted as a woman in a man's sports world, and her fight against ...
The women's high jump event at the 1932 Olympic Games took place August 7. [1] When world record holder and returning silver medalist Lien Gisolf failed at 1.60, the medalists were determined. Eva Dawes made the next height but was unable to make 1.62m leaving her with the bronze medal.
August 3, 1932 (heats) August 4, 1932 (final) Medalists; Babe Didrikson
The 1932 United States Olympic trials for track and field were held on July 15 and July 16, 1932 and decided the United States team for the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. The trials for men and women were held separately; men competed in Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California , while women competed in Dyche Stadium in Evanston, Illinois .
Babe Didrikson: High jump — 1.65 Annette Rogers — 1.58 6 Jean Shiley — 1.65 Lillian Copeland: Discus throw — 40.58 OR: Margaret Jenkins — 30.22 9 Ruth Osburn — 40.12 Babe Didrikson: Javelin throw — 43.69 OR: Nan Gindele — 37.95 5 Gloria Russell — 36.74 6
In 1932, soon after winning three medals at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, track star Mildred "Babe" Didrikson appeared in an automobile advertisement, and the Brundage-led AAU quickly suspended her amateur status. Didrikson objected that she had not been paid and that regardless, the rules for maintaining amateur status were overcomplex.
Shiley tied with Babe Didrikson in the trials for the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. In the games, both cleared 5 ft 5 + 1 ⁄ 4 in (1.657 m) and failed at 5 ft 6 in (1.676 m). In the jump-off, they tied again at a world record height of 5 ft 5 + 3 ⁄ 4 in (1.670 m); however, Shiley was awarded the gold medal, as Didrikson's Western roll ...