1932 Summer Olympics / Participant (China)

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The Republic of China first took part in the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles with an athlete in 1932. He fought for medals or at least a good placement in two running disciplines.

The Chinese National Olympic Committee , recognized as NOK in 1922 (recognized as NOK according to another source only in 1931), was founded in 1921 as the National Amateur Athletic Federation and was invited to participate in the 1932 world competitions. The chairman of the Chinese NOK, C. Wang (also Wang Zhenting), appointed to the IOC as the second Asian member after the Japanese Kanō Jigorō , was personally present in Los Angeles. A total of six people were able to see the nations marching in for the opening ceremony, including the flag bearer .

The Chinese participant

Liu Changchun

Liu Changchun , also spelled Cheng-Chun Liu (some Asian countries name the surname first) and referred to as "China's only son", competed in the 100 m and 200 m races . 32 runners took part in the 100 m competition, Liu did not make it into the semifinals with a time of 11.5  seconds , he was fourth in his starter group in the second preliminary run and was eliminated.

25 runners started for the 200 m competition, there were seven preliminary runs, from each of which three athletes advanced. The report reports the following about the preliminary runs: “It is strictly according to the program, although 15 reports are not fulfilled. Even have five races to the death, even zuckeln three leisurely over the web, once the share is just two. "In the group of five, in the second forward, also had to Liu Chen-Chun fighting beside him started the American George Simpson , the Englishman Ernest Page , the Czechoslovak Andrej Engl and the Indians Bunoo Sutton . Here Cheng-Chun finished fourth and was also eliminated. However, he kept the connection over a distance of 170 m, only then did he fall back. The winner in this preliminary run, the American Ralph Metcalfe , finally won the bronze medal in this discipline.

literature

• Olympia 1932. The X. Olympic Games in Los Angeles 1932 , Verlag Philipp Reemtsma, Hamburg, 1932.
• John Grasso, Bill Mallon, Jeroen Heijmans: Historical Dictionary of the Olympic Movement on books.google.de.
• Robert Edelman , Wayne Wilson (Eds.): The Oxford Handbook of Sports. History , Oxford University Press, 2017.

Web links

• Official (complete) Olympic report of the IOC on the OSS 1932 : Xth Olympiad Los Angeles 1932 (English), 840 pp.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Oxford Handbook , pp. 246ff.
2. ↑ Report , pp. 17 and 354.
3. ↑ see also China and the Olympic Games : a delegation with six people.
4. ↑ Report , p. 410.
5. ↑ Off. Olympiareport , p. 417.
6. ↑ ^{a b c} Olympia 1932 . Reemtsma, 1932, pp. 18/19.
7. ↑ Off. Olympiareport , p. 421.