1932 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Decathlon (Men)

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Olympic rings
LA Memorial Coliseum Entrance.JPG
sport athletics
discipline Decathlon
gender Men
Attendees 15 athletes from 10 countries
Competition location Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Competition phase 5th / 6th August 1932
Medalist
gold medal Jim Bausch ( USA ) United States 48United States 
Silver medal Akilles Järvinen ( FIN ) FinlandFinland 
Bronze medal Wolrad Eberle ( DEU ) German EmpireGerman Empire 

The men's decathlon at the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles was played on August 5 and 6, 1932 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum . 15 athletes took part.

The Olympic champion was the American Jim Bausch ahead of the Finn Akilles Järvinen and the German Wolrad Eberle .

Existing records

Conducting the competition

The decathlon was carried out according to the same rules as today. The ten disciplines took place over two days. On August 5th there was the 100-meter run , the long jump , the shot put , the high jump and the 400-meter run . On August 6th, the 110-meter hurdles , the discus throw , the pole vault , the javelin and the final 1500-meter run followed . The underlying table of points was from 1920.

Attendees

15 athletes from ten countries took part in the Olympic competition:

Surname nation
Péter Bácsalmási Hungary 1918Hungary Hungary
Jim Bausch United States 48United States United States
Héctor Berra ArgentinaArgentina Argentina
Wilson Charles United States 48United States United States
Clyde Coffman United States 48United States United States
Jānis Dimza LatviaLatvia Latvia
Wolrad Eberle German EmpireGerman Empire German Empire
Harry Hart South Africa 1928South African Union South African Union
Akilles Jarvinen FinlandFinland Finland
Zygmunt Siedlecki Poland 1928Second Polish Republic Poland
Hans-Heinrich Sievert German EmpireGerman Empire German Empire
Bob Tisdall Ireland 1922Irish Free State Irish Free State
Erwin Wegner German EmpireGerman Empire German Empire
Carlos Woebcken Brazil 1889Brazil Brazil
Paavo Yrjölä FinlandFinland Finland

Disciplines

100 meter run

The discipline was carried out in five runs.

Classification
space Surname time Points
01 Berra 11.1 s 881.0
01 Järvinen 11.1 s 881.0
03 Charles 11.2 s 857.2
04th Coffman 11.3 s 833.4
04th Dimza 11.3 s 833.46
04th Tisdall 11.3 s 833.4
07th Eberle 11.4 s 809.6
07th Sievert 11.4 s 809.6
07th Wegner 11.4 s 809.6
10 Siedlecki 11.6 s 762.0
11 Bulk 11.7 s 738.2
11 Hard 11.7 s 738.2
13 Yrjölä 11.8 s 714.4
14th Bácsalmási 12.0 s 666.8
DNF Woebcken 0

Long jump

The Brazilian Carlos Woebcken did not take part in the second discipline.

Wilson Charles succeeded with 7.24 m, the longest ever jump in the decathlon at the Olympic Games. Jānis Dimza, Héctor Berra and Akilles Järvinen also surpassed the old record, while Hans-Heinrich Sievert set the previously existing decathlon best in the long jump.

Classification
space Surname Expanse Points
01 Charles 7.24 m 911.80
02 Dimza 7.22 m 906.90
03 Berra 7.14 m 887.30
04th Järvinen 7.00 m 853.00
04th Sievert 6.97 m 845.65
06th Bulk 6.95 m 840.75
07th Coffman 6.77 m 796.65
07th Eberle 6.77 m 796.65
9 Bácsalmási 6.71 m 781.95
10 Tisdall 6.60 m 755.00
11 Yrölä 6.59 m 752.55
12 Siedlecki 6.49 m 728.05
13 Wegner 6.41 m 708.45
14th Hard 6.14 m 642.30
Intermediate result
space Surname Points
01 Charles 1769.00
02 Berra 1768.30
03 Dimza 1740.30
04th Järvinen 1734.00
05 Sievert 1655.25
06th Coffman 1630.05
07th Eberle 1606.25
08th Tisdall 1588.40
09 Bulk 1578.95
10 Wegner 1518.05
11 Siedlecki 1490.05
12 Yrjölä 1466.95
13 Bácsalmási 1448.75
14th Hard 1380.50

Shot put

The Argentine Héctor Berra did not compete in the third discipline.

With 15.32 m, Jim Bausch achieved the longest shot ever in the decathlon at the Olympic Games. Hans-Heinrich Sievert and Jānis Dimza also surpassed the old record.

Classification
space Surname Expanse Points
01 Bulk 15.32 m 998.0
02 Sievert 14.50 m 916.0
03 Dimza 14.33 m 899.0
04th Yrjölä 13.68 m 834.0
05 Siedlecki 13.56 m 822.0
06th Hard 13.31 m 797.0
07th Eberle 13.22 m 788.0
08th Järvinen 13.11 m 777.0
09 Tisdall 12.58 m 724.0
10 Charles 12.56 m 722.0
11 Bácsalmási 11.90 m 656.0
12 Coffman 11.86 m 652.0
13 Wegner 11.70 m 636.0
Intermediate result
space Surname Points
01 Dimza 2639.30
02 Bulk 2576.95
03 Sievert 2571.25
04th Järvinen 2511.00
05 Charles 2491.00
06th Eberle 2394.25
07th Tisdall 2312.40
08th Siedlecki 2312.05
09 Yrjölä 2300.95
10 Coffman 2282.05
11 Hard 2177.50
12 Wegner 2154.05
13 Bácsalmási 2104.75

high jump

Classification
space Surname height Points
01 Charles 1.85 m 888
02 Dimza 1.78 m 790
02 Sievert 1.78 m 790
04th Järvinen 1.75 m 748
04th Yrjölä 1.75 m 748
06th Bácsalmási 1.70 m 678
06th Bulk 1.70 m 678
06th Coffman 1.70 m 678
06th Siedlecki 1.70 m 678
10 Eberle 1.65 m 608
10 Hard 1.65 m 608
10 Tisdall 1.65 m 608
10 Wegner 1.65 m 608
Intermediate result
space Surname Points
01 Dimza 3429.30
02 Charles 3379.00
03 Sievert 3361.25
04th Järvinen 3259.00
05 Bulk 3254.95
06th Yrjölä 3048.95
07th Eberle 3002.25
08th Siedlecki 2990.05
09 Coffman 2960.05
10 Tisdall 2920.40
11 Hard 2785.50
12 Bácsalmási 2782.75
13 Wegner 2762.05

400 meter run

Irishman Bob Tisdall won the 400 meters and finished eighth in the end.

Robert Tisdall achieved the fastest time ever run at the Olympic Games in the decathlon with 49.0 seconds.

Classification
space Surname time Points
01 Tisdall 49.0 s 969.92
02 Järvinen 50.6 s 909.76
03 Eberle 50.8 s 902.24
03 Charles 51.2 s 887.20
05 Wegner 51.6 s 872.16
06th Coffman 51.8 s 864.64
07th Yrjölä 52.6 s 834.56
08th Sievert 53.6 s 796.96
09 Bácsalmási 53.8 s 789.44
09 Siedlecki 53.8 s 789.44
11 Bulk 54.2 s 774.40
12 Dimza 54.8 s 751.84
13 Hard 57.2 s 661.60
Intermediate result
space Surname Points
01 Charles 4266.20
02 Dimza 4181.14
03 Järvinen 4168.76
04th Sievert 4158.21
05 Bulk 4029.35
06th Eberle 3904.49
07th Tisdall 3890.32
08th Yrjölä 3883.51
09 Coffman 3824.69
10 Siedlecki 3779.49
11 Wegner 3634.21
12 Bácsalmási 3572.19
13 Hard 3447.10

110 meter hurdles

The competition was held in five runs.

Erwin Wegner achieved the fastest time ever run at the Olympic Games in a decathlon with 15.4 s. Robert Tisdall was also faster than the old record.

Classification
space Surname time Points
01 Wegner 15.4 s 962.0
02 Tisdall 15.5 s 952.5
03 Hard 15.6 s 943.0
04th Järvinen 15.7 s 933.5
05 Sievert 16.1 s 895.5
06th Bulk 16.2 s 886.0
06th Charles 16.2 s 886.0
08th Dimza 16.4 s 867.0
09 Eberle 16.7 s 838.5
10 Siedlecki 17.0 s 810.0
10 Yrjölä 17.0 s 810.0
12 Bácsalmási 17.7 s 743.5
13 Coffman 17.8 s 734.0
Intermediate result
space Surname Points
01 Charles 5152.20
02 Järvinen 5102.26
03 Sievert 5053.71
04th Dimza 5048.14
05 Bulk 4915.35
06th Tisdall 4842.82
07th Eberle 4742.99
08th Yrjölä 4693.51
09 Wegner 4596.21
10 Siedlecki 4589.49
11 Coffman 4558.69
12 Hard 4390.10
13 Bácsalmási 4315.69

Discus throw

With 44.58 m, Jim Bausch achieved the best distance ever at the Olympic Games in a decathlon. Hans-Heinrich Sievert was also able to surpass the old record.

Classification
space Surname Expanse Points
01 Bulk 44.58 m 976.06
02 Sievert 44.54 m 974.54
03 Bácsalmási 41.45 m 857.12
04th Eberle 41.34 m 852.94
05 Yrjölä 40.77 m 831.28
06th Dimza 40.76 m 830.90
07th Hard 40.62 m 825.58
08th Siedlecki 39.05 m 765.92
09 Charles 38.71 m 753.00
10 Järvinen 36.80 m 680.42
11 Coffman 34.40 m 589.22
12 Tisdall 33.31 m 547.80
13 Wegner 33.26 m 545.90
Intermediate result
space Surname Points
01 Sievert 6028.25
02 Charles 5905.20
03 Bulk 5891.41
04th Dimza 5879.04
05 Järvinen 5782.68
06th Eberle 5595.93
07th Yrjölä 5524.79
08th Tisdall 5390.62
09 Siedlecki 5355.41
10 Hard 5215.68
11 Bácsalmási 5172.81
12 Coffman 5147.91
13 Wegner 5142.11

Pole vault

At 4.00 m, Jim Bausch and Clyde Coffman achieved the best ever Olympic decathlon height.

Classification
space Surname height Points
01 Bulk 4.00 m 1027
01 Coffman 4.00 m 1027
03 Järvinen 3.60 m 811
04th Bácsalmási 3.50 m 757
04th Dimza 3.50 m 757
04th Eberle 3.50 m 757
07th Charles 3.40 m 703
08th Sievert 3.20 m 595
08th Tisdall 3.20 m 595
10 Hard 3.10 m 541
10 Wegner 3.10 m 541
10 Yrjölä 3.10 m 541
13 Siedlecki 3.00 m 487
Intermediate result
space Surname Points
01 Bulk 6918.41
02 Dimza 6636.04
03 Sievert 6623.25
04th Charles 6608.20
05 Järvinen 6593.68
06th Eberle 6352.93
07th Coffman 6174.91
08th Yrjölä 6065.79
09 Tisdall 5985.62
10 Bácsalmási 5929.81
11 Siedlecki 5842.41
12 Hard 5756.68
13 Wegner 5683.11

Javelin throw

The 1928 Olympic champion Paavo Yrjölä (FIN) finished sixth in the final score.

The Latvian Jānis Dimza and the Pole Zygmunt Siedlecki did not compete in the ninth discipline.

With 61.91 m, Jim Bausch achieved the best distance ever at the Olympic Games in a decathlon.

Classification
space Surname Expanse Points
01 Bulk 61.91 m 1025.025
02 Järvinen 61.00 m 1,000,000
03 Eberle 57.49 m 903.475
04th Yrjölä 56.12 m 865,800
05 Sievert 53.91 m 805.025
06th Wegner 53.83 m 802.825
07th Hard 50.49 m 710.975
08th Coffman 48.88 m 666,700
09 Bácsalmási 48.59 m 658.725
10 Charles 47.72 m 634,800
11 Tisdall 45.26 m 567.150
Intermediate result
space Surname Points
01 Bulk 7943,435
02 Järvinen 7593,680
03 Sievert 7428.275
04th Eberle 7256,405
05 Charles 7243,000
06th Yrjölä 6931,590
07th Coffman 6842,610
08th Bácsalmási 6588,535
09 Tisdall 6552.770
10 Wegner 6485,935
11 Hard 6467.655

1500 meter run

The discipline was carried out in two runs.

Classification
space Surname time Points
01 Eberle 4: 34.4 min 774.4
01 Tisdall 4: 34.4 min 774.4
03 Yrjölä 4: 37.4 min 756.4
04th Charles 4: 39.8 min 742.0
05 Järvinen 4: 47.0 min 698.8
06th Wegner 4: 47.8 min 694.0
07th Coffman 4: 48.0 min 692.8
08th Bulk 5: 17.0 min 518.8
09 Sievert 5: 18.0 min 512.8
10 Bácsalmási 5: 34.6 min 413.2
11 Hard 5: 48.2 min 331.6
Akilles Järvinen (FIN) won the silver medal like in 1928 .

Bottom line

space Surname nation Points - official rating Points - 1985 rating
1 Jim Bausch United States 48United States United States 8462,235 WR 6736
2 Akilles Jarvinen FinlandFinland Finland 8292,480 6879
3 Wolrad Eberle German EmpireGerman Empire German Empire 8030,805 6623
4th Wilson Charles United States 48United States United States 7985,000 6718
5 Hans-Heinrich Sievert German EmpireGerman Empire German Empire 7941.075 6515
6th Paavo Yrjölä FinlandFinland Finland 7687.990 6385
7th Clyde Coffman United States 48United States United States 7534,410 6265
8th Bob Tisdall Ireland 1922Irish Free State Irish Free State 7327.170 6398
9 Erwin Wegner German EmpireGerman Empire German Empire 7179.935 6189
10 Peter Bácsalmási Hungary 1918Hungary Hungary 7001.735 5788
11 Harry Hart South Africa 1928South African Union South African Union 6799.255 5697

Date: 5th / 6th August 1932

As in 1928 in Amsterdam , the Finn Akilles Järvinen, brother of the javelin Olympic champion Matti Järvinen , won the silver medal. With excellent jumping and throwing performance on the second day, the American Jim Bausch had overtaken the Finn. Both athletes were better with their results than the previous world record set by Akilles Järvinen in 1930. Third was the German champion Wolrad Eberle, who also increased to over 8000 points. The 1928 Olympic champion, Paavo Yrjölä, came in sixth this time.

The rating table from 1920 was used to determine the points.

For a better classification of the performance, the points converted according to the current rating system from 1985 are also given. According to this table, which is valid today, Järvinen would have been the Olympic champion. But these comparisons are only indicative, because the different standards of the time must apply as a basis. This is most noticeable in the pole vault , where people jumped with completely different poles than they do today.

literature

  • Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, pp. 244f

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896–1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, p. 245
  2. SportsReference decathlon (100 m) (Eng.)
  3. SportsReference decathlon (long jump)
  4. SportsReference decathlon (shot put)
  5. SportsReference decathlon (400 m) (Eng.)
  6. SportsReference decathlon (110 m hurdles)
  7. SportsReference decathlon (discus throw)
  8. SportsReference decathlon (pole vault) (Eng.)
  9. SportsReference decathlon (javelin) (Eng.)
  10. SportsReference decathlon (1500 m) (Eng.)