1932 Summer Olympics / Participant (Australia)

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Australia took part in the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles , USA . Because of the global economic crisis , only twelve athletes could take part in the games.

One innovation, however, was that the New Zealand actress Nola Luxford reported every day in a one-hour radio report in Australia and New Zealand about the Olympic Games.

Medalist

The Australian Olympic team at the 1932 Summer Olympics in front of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

gold

Surname	sport	competition
Edgar Gray	Cycling	1000 meter time trial
Clare Dennis	swim	Women 200 meters chest
Henry Pearce	rowing	One

silver

Surname	sport	competition
Bonnie Mealing	swim	Women 100 meters back

bronze

Surname	sport	competition
Edward Scarf	Wrestling	Light heavyweight

Participants by sport

Art competitions

• James Quinn

athletics

Men

• George Golding

  400 m: 6th place

  400 m hurdles: eliminated in the semifinals

• Bill Barwick

  1500 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Alex Hillhouse

  5000 m: 10th place

Women

• Eileen Wearne

  100 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

Cycling

• Edgar Gray

  Rail sprint: 4th place

  Track 1000 meters time trial: gold

Wrestling

• Edward Scarf

  Light Heavyweight: Bronze

rowing

• Henry Pearce

  One:

swim

Men

• Noel Ryan

  100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  400 m freestyle: eliminated in the semi-finals

  1500 m freestyle: 4th place

• Andrew Charlton

  400 m freestyle: 6th place

  1500 m freestyle: eliminated in the semi-finals

Women

• Frances Bult

  100 m freestyle: 5th place

  400 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Clare Dennis

  200 m chest: gold

• Bonnie Mealing

  100 m back: silver

Web links

• Australian Olympic team from 1932 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )