Sports: 1932 Winter Olympics, Lake Placid
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| born on | 4 August 1932 at 10:00 (= 10:00 AM ) | ||||
| Place | Lake Placid, New York, 44n17, 73w59 | ||||
| Timezone | EDT h4w (is daylight saving time) | ||||
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| Astrology data |   11°57'   09°39 Asc. 29°11'
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Biography
United States-hosted international multi-sport event, officially known as the III Olympic Winter Games, held in Lake Placid, New York. The games opened on 4 February and closed on 15 February. Lake Placid hosted again in 1980.
The games were awarded to Lake Placid in part by the efforts of Godfrey Dewey, head of the Lake Placid Club and son of Melvil Dewey, inventor of the Dewey Decimal System.
The Games were opened at 10 AM on 4 February by Franklin D. Roosevelt, then the Governor of New York. He would be elected President of the United States nine months later.
The victory podium was used for the first time at the winter games. Speed skater Jack Shea became the first Olympic champion to receive a gold medal on the podium.
Billy Fiske (who would win his second gold medal at Lake Placid, having won his first at age 16 in the 1928 Winter Olympics), carried the flag for the United States in the opening ceremonies.
Seventeen countries participated. The USA won the medal tally with a total of 12 medals (6 gold, 4 silver, and 2 bronze). This was the only time the USA topped the medal tally at the Winter Olympics until the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver.
Relationships
- associate relationship with Evensen, Bernt (born 18 April 1905). Notes: Bronze medal, skating, Norway
- associate relationship with Gyssling, Georg (born 16 June 1893). Notes: 7th position, Four-man bobsleigh, Germany
- associate relationship with Henie, Sonja (born 8 April 1912). Notes: Gold medal, Ladies' individual skating, Norway
- associate relationship with Joly, Andrée (born 16 September 1901). Notes: Gold medal, Pair skating, France
- associate relationship with Roosevelt, Franklin D. (born 30 January 1882). Notes: Opened the Games
Source Notes
Sy Scholfield quotes from The Brooklyn Citizen (Brooklyn, New York), 3 February 1932, page 6, "Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt, of New York, will declare the games officially opened in the huge Olympic stadium at 10 a.m. [to-morrow]."
Categories
- Mundane : Sports : Sports contests (Winter Olympic Games)