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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.
At the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, 29 athletics events were contested. It was the first time the 50 kilometres race walk appeared in the athletic program at the Games. This was the second time women's events in athletics were included in the Olympic Games program and the first time that women competed in the javelin throw and 80m ...
Eva Dawes made the next height but was unable to make 1.62m leaving her with the bronze medal. The two American jumpers Jean Shiley and Babe Didrikson jumped evenly through the rest of the competition. Both cleared a new world record of 1.65 m (5 ft 4 + 3 ⁄ 4 in) on their first attempt and then missed at 1.67 m (5 ft 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 in).
nb Note: Marion Jones was stripped of all her Olympic medals. In 2008 the Russian team of Evgeniya Polyakova, Aleksandra Fedoriva, Yulia Gushchina, and Yuliya Chermoshanskaya were initially awarded the gold medals. However, the medals were rescinded in 2016 following disqualification of Chermoshanskaya for use of performance-enhancing drugs. [7]
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 .
The selection of the host city for the 1932 Summer Olympics was made at the 23rd IOC Session in Rome, Italy, on April 9, 1923.Remarkably, the selection process consisted of a single bid, from Los Angeles’ Olympic Committee led by Billy May Garland, and as there were no bids from any other city, Los Angeles was selected by default to host the 1932 Games.
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
July 31, 1932: Competitors: 8 from 4 nations: Medalists; Babe Didrikson ... Key: OR = Olympic record References This page was last edited on 2 January 2025, at 22: ...