The figure skating competitions at the III Winter Olympic Games were held from February 8 to February 12, 1932 in Lake Placid on artificial ice at the rink of the Olympic arena . Athletes competed in three disciplines: men's and women's single skating and in pairs .
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Medals
Overall Medal Score
| A place | A country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | Austria | one | one | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Norway | one | 0 | 0 | one |
| France | one | 0 | 0 | one | |
| four | USA | 0 | one | one | 2 |
| five | Sweden | 0 | one | 0 | one |
| 6 | Canada | 0 | 0 | one | one |
| Hungary | 0 | 0 | one | one | |
| Total | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
Medalists
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's single skating the details | Karl Schaefer Austria | Yillis Grafstrom Sweden | Bad wilson Canada |
| Women's single skating the details | Sonya Henie Norway | Fritz Burger Austria | Marybel Vinson USA |
| Pair skating the details | France Andre Brunet Pierre Brunet | USA Beatrix Logran Sherwin Bagger | Hungary Emilia Rotter Laszlo Sallash |
Country Representation
In total, 39 figure skaters (18 men and 21 women) from 13 countries took part in the Olympics (the number of figure skaters per country is shown in brackets):
- Austria (2)
- Belgium (1)
- Hungary (4)
- United Kingdom (4)
- Germany (1)
- Canada (6)
- Norway (1)
- United States (12)
- Czechoslovakia (1)
- Finland (1)
- France (2)
- Sweden (2)
- Japan (2)
Facts
- A record number of sports delegations from 13 countries took part in figure skating competitions at the III Olympic Games.
- The youngest figure skater at the 1932 Olympics was Cecilia College from the UK, serving as a single, she was 11 years old at the time and 73 days old.
- The oldest figure skater at the 1932 Olympics was Joseph Savage from the United States , competing in pair skating with Gertrude Meredith , he was 52 years and 267 days old.
- For the first time, figure skaters from Asia took part in the Olympic Games.
- At the III Winter Olympic Games, sports delegations from Hungary and the UK consisted only of figure skaters.
- At the III Winter Olympic Games, in addition to men, a sports delegation from Austria included one woman, and she won a silver medal in figure skating.
- At the III Winter Olympics, the youngest Olympic athlete in the entire history of the Winter Olympics , Cecilia College , which was a little more than 11 years old at the time of the Olympics, skaterist played for the UK made its debut on the international stage [1] .
Notes
- Ines Hines, James R. Figure Skating: A History. - University of Illinois Press, 2006. - ISBN 0-252-07286-3 .
Links
- Results on V. Solovyov's site (rus.)
- Results in the men's single skating on eskatefans.com (English)
- Results in women's single skating on eskatefans.com (inaccessible link) (English)
- Results in pair skating on eskatefans.com (inaccessible link) (English)