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42-624: (Redirected from Los Angeles Games ) Los Angeles Olympics may refer to three different Olympic Games held or to be held in Los Angeles: 1932 Summer Olympics , Games of the X Olympiad 1984 Summer Olympics , Games of the XXIII Olympiad 2028 Summer Olympics , Games of the XXXIV Olympiad See also [ edit ] Several unsuccessful bids by Los Angeles to host

84-508: A boulevard stretching westward from a tract of luxury homes he was developing in Westlake Park (today's MacArthur Park). His conditions for the donation of the 120 ft (37 m) wide by 1,200 ft (370 m) long strip of land along the 35 acres (14 ha) barley field he was subdividing were that it be named for him and that railroad lines and commercial or industrial trucking would be banned. The road first appeared on

126-524: A map under its present name in 1895. A historic apartment building on the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and South Kenmore Avenue, the Gaylord, carries his middle name. Wilshire Boulevard formerly ended at the MacArthur Park lake, but in 1934 a berm was built for it to cross and link up with the existing Orange Street (which ran from Figueroa to Alvarado) into downtown Los Angeles. Orange Street

168-589: A raised center median. The widest portion of the boulevard is located in the business district of central Westwood , where mobs of pedestrians crossing Wilshire at Westwood Boulevard must traverse ten lanes (including two left-turn pockets). According to a 1991 study by the Los Angeles Department of Transportation , this and the nearby intersection of Wilshire and Veteran are among the busiest in Los Angeles. The B and D subway lines of

210-577: A single bid, from Los Angeles’ Olympic Committee led by Billy May Garland , and as there were no bids from any other city, Los Angeles was selected by default to host the 1932 Games. Charles Curtis became the first and only U.S. Vice President to inaugurate the Olympic Games . An Olympic Village was built for the first time and became a model for future games, in Baldwin Hills , occupied by male athletes. Female athletes were housed at

252-570: Is at 707 Wilshire Boulevard in downtown Los Angeles. The stretch of the boulevard between Fairfax and Highland Avenues , known as the Miracle Mile , is home to many of Los Angeles's largest museums and cultural institutions. The area just to the east, between Highland Avenue and Wilton Place, is referred to as the Park Mile. Between Westwood and Holmby Hills, several tall glitzy condominium buildings overlook this part of Wilshire, which

294-469: Is expected to be completed in 2026. Phase 3 of the D Line extension, when fully completed, will extend to UCLA and Westwood/VA Hospital, and will follow Wilshire Boulevard for most of its route. That part will be completed in 2027 in time for the 2028 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, as the Westwood/UCLA station will serve multiple sporting venues. Phase four to downtown Santa Monica is still in

336-479: Is variously referred to as Millionaire's Mile, the Wilshire Corridor, and Condo Canyon. The Wilshire Corridor, located next to Century City , is one of Los Angeles's busiest districts, and contains many high-rise residential towers. The Fox and MGM studios are located in a series of skyscrapers, along with many historic Los Angeles hotels. Wilshire Boulevard is also the principal street of Koreatown ,

378-701: The 1984 Summer Olympics , the Coliseum and the Rose Bowl were used as venues . A total of 37 nations were represented at the 1932 Games. Colombia made its first appearance at the Olympic Games, and the Republic of China competed for the first time after its failed appearance at the 1924 Games . The nations that participated in the previous games in Amsterdam 1928 but was absent in Los Angeles 1932

420-487: The American Football League 's Chargers used the Coliseum as a venue in 1960 until their move to San Diego the following year. The Coliseum continues to host USC Trojans football games to this day, and also hosted UCLA Bruins football for a number of years. The Rams returned to the Coliseum for a span of four years from 2016 to 2019 while SoFi Stadium was being built. The track constructed in

462-623: The Games of the X Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1932 ) were an international multi-sport event held from July 30 to August 14, 1932, in Los Angeles , California, United States. The Games were held during the worldwide Great Depression , with some nations not traveling to Los Angeles as a result; 37 countries competed, compared to the 46 at the 1928 Games in Amsterdam , and even then-U.S. President Herbert Hoover did not attend

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504-714: The Los Angeles Metro Rail run along Wilshire Boulevard from just past the 7th Street/​Metro Center before serving the Westlake/​;MacArthur Park and Wilshire/​Vermont stations, where the D Line continues along Wilshire Boulevardto serve two stations at Wilshire/​Normandie and at Wilshire/Western in Koreatown , while the B Line branches off north along Vermont Avenue to eventually terminate in North Hollywood . The construction of

546-708: The Rose Bowl Game , and was the home of the Major League Soccer (MLS) Los Angeles Galaxy from 1996 to 2003. Elysian Park's shooting range was left intact for the LAPD to use. Sunset Fields Golf Club was renamed Brentwood Country Club in 1941 and is still in use as of 2010. All of the road courses were returned to public usage after the Olympics. The Olympic Auditorium continued to be of use for boxing and roller derby events until June 2005 when it

588-606: The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum , constructed in 1923, was used as the Olympic Stadium. The Olympic Auditorium was constructed in 1924 in preparation for Los Angeles being awarded the Games; it was modified to meet the specifications of the boxing, weightlifting, and wrestling federations. Long Beach Marine Stadium was created in 1925 when Alamitos Bay

630-454: The high jump where she was controversially denied gold, leaving her with silver. As women, unlike men, were only allowed to enter a maximum of three events, Didrikson could not compete in the discus throw, long jump, and relay where she would have likely medaled based on her prior results. Had the 200 meters and pentathlon been contested at these games (they debuted in 1964), Didrikson would have won them easily based on her performances prior to

672-640: The 1000 time trial . The Dunc Gray Velodrome , built for the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games , was named after him. 117 events in 20 disciplines, comprising 14 sports, were part of the Olympic program in 1932. In one of two Equestrian jumping events (team competitions) no medals were awarded. The number of events in each discipline is noted in parentheses. The Art competitions at the 1932 Summer Olympics awarded medals for works inspired by sport-related themes in five categories: architecture, literature, music, painting, and sculpture. Fifteen sports venues were used for

714-512: The 1870s as Nevada Avenue in Santa Monica, and in the 1880s as Orange Street between Westlake (now MacArthur) Park and downtown. Nevada and Orange were later renamed as parts of Wilshire. In 1895, Henry Gaylord Wilshire (1861–1927), a developer, publisher, and revolutionary who made and lost fortunes in real estate , farming , and gold mining , donated land to the City of Los Angeles for

756-475: The 1932 Summer Olympics. In order to control costs in the wake of the Great Depression , existing venues were used. They included two golf courses , two city parks , three public highways, and a city road. The Swimming Stadium was the only new venue constructed for these games. The Rose Bowl , constructed in 1921, was made into a temporary velodrome for track cycling events under the auspices of

798-462: The 1932 games. Helene Madison won three gold medals in swimming, while the Japanese upset the men's events and took all but one title. Kusuo Kitamura won the gold medal in the men's 1500 meter freestyle swimming race. He was and continues to be the youngest ever male swimmer to win a gold medal at the Olympic Games. Takeichi Nishi (Baron Nishi) was the gold medalist with his horse Uranus in

840-484: The 2nd 1959 MLB All-Star Game and games 3, 4 & 5 of the 1959 World Series . When Dodger Stadium was completed in 1962 , the Dodgers moved there where they have been since. The National Football League (NFL) Los Angeles Rams used the Coliseum as its host stadium from 1946 to 1979 when it moved to Anaheim , located southeast of Los Angeles. It also hosted what became known as Super Bowl I in 1967. Even

882-654: The Chapman Park Hotel on Wilshire Boulevard . Tenth Street, a major thoroughfare in Los Angeles, was renamed Olympic Boulevard in honor of the Games of the Tenth Olympiad. The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum was known in 1932 as Olympic Stadium . The victory podium was used for the first time at the summer games (a podium was also used earlier in the year at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid). An Olympic mascot , Scottish Terrier Smoky ,

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924-634: The Coliseum in 1932, was intended to be a temporary structure. Riverside Drive, Los Angeles Avenue, Vineyard Avenue, and the Pacific Coast Highway were common driving routes in California at the time of the 1932 Games. The Coliseum was the first (& temporary) Los Angeles home for the National League (NL) Dodgers baseball team when it moved from Brooklyn, New York before the 1958 season . The following year, it hosted

966-454: The Games. The organizing committee did not report the financial details of the Games, although contemporary newspapers stated that the Games had made a profit of US$ 1 million (equivalent to US$ 18.19 million in 2023) . The selection of the host city for the 1932 Summer Olympics was made at the 23rd IOC Session in Rome , Italy, on April 9, 1923. Remarkably, the selection process consisted of

1008-497: The La Brea pits in today's Miracle Mile section of Wilshire Blvd, back to their settlement on the coast. This road was later used by Spanish explorers and settlers, calling it El Camino Viejo ('The Old Road'). The route that ultimately became Wilshire crossed the original pueblo of Los Angeles and five of the original Spanish land grants, or ranchos . Wilshire was pieced together from various streets over several decades. It began in

1050-426: The Olympics. In field hockey , only three nations took part. The host nation lost both matches, 1–24 to India and 2–9 to Japan, but still won a bronze medal. Romeo Neri won three gold medals in gymnastics. Although women's team gymnastics debuted in the previous Olympics , the event was not held in these games; however, there were women gymnasts who traveled to Los Angeles and participated in exhibition events at

1092-590: The Rose Bowl was given to the Tournament of Roses Association upon completion of the 1932 Games. The Bowl was expanded between 1932 and the 1984 Summer Olympics three times, increasing its capacity from 83,000 in 1931 to 104,594 in 1972. It hosted Super Bowl XI in 1977, where the Oakland Raiders defeated the Minnesota Vikings 32–14. It is the current home of UCLA Bruins football and

1134-514: The Summer Olympics Los Angeles bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games 2028 Summer Paralympics [REDACTED] [REDACTED] List of sports-related pages with the same or similar names This article includes a list of sports-related pages with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific sport article referred you to this page, you may wish to change

1176-584: The Swedish officials had used devious tricks in their campaign against Nurmi's amateur status, and ceased all athletic relations with Sweden. A year earlier, controversies on the track and in the press had led Finland to withdraw from the Finland-Sweden athletics international . After Nurmi's suspension, Finland did not agree to return to the event until 1939. Eddie Tolan won both the 100 m and 200 m sprint events. Poland's Stanisława Walasiewicz won

1218-465: The equestrian show jumping individual event . Nishi's gold medal is Japan's only gold medal in the equestrian event to this day. Nishi died in 1945 as an officer stationed in the defense of the island of Iwo Jima , and as such is an important character in Clint Eastwood 's film, Letters from Iwo Jima . Dunc Gray won Australia's first cycling gold medal; he set a world record of 1m 13s in

1260-473: The future D Line Extension along Wilshire Boulevard commenced in November 2014. The construction timeline would see the project from the existing Wilshire/Western station to the planned Wilshire/La Cienega station on the corner of Wilshire and La Cienega Boulevard, to be completed by 2025. The second phase got officially under way on February 23, 2018 from Wilshire/La Cienega to Century City Station, and it

1302-485: The gold medal in the women's 100 m; she also won the silver medal in the event four years later. After her death in 1980, it was discovered that she was intersex and would have been ineligible to participate under modern rules. Due to an official's error, the 3,000 m steeplechase went for 3,460 m, or one extra lap. Several women's events debuted at these games, among them the 80 meters hurdles and javelin throw . Babe Didrikson won both events and also competed in

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1344-547: The largest Tongva village in the area, then known as Yaanga , which eventually became Union Station, to the Pacific Ocean. From the founding of Los Angeles through nearly all of the 1800s, Wilshire Boulevard was known as "Calle de los Indios." Before the Spanish settlements of Los Angeles, much of the length of Wilshire Boulevard can be traced back to the indigenous Tongva people who used it to bring back tar from

1386-446: The link to point directly to the intended sport article, if one exists. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Los_Angeles_Olympics&oldid=1240049762 " Category : Set index articles on sports Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles 1932 Summer Olympics The 1932 Summer Olympics (officially

1428-497: The planning stages and has no funding. Metro Local Line 20, Metro Rapid Line 720, and Santa Monica Transit Line 2 operate along Wilshire Boulevard. Due to the high ridership of line 720, 60-foot (18 m) NABI & New Flyer articulated buses are used on this route, and bus lanes are in place along some segments of the line. The aging sections of Wilshire Boulevard in the city of Los Angeles are notorious for their giant potholes . Wilshire Boulevard runs through or near

1470-580: The post-1956 skyscrapers in Los Angeles are located along Wilshire; for example, the Wilshire Grand Center , the tallest building in California, sits at the intersection of Figueroa Street . One Wilshire , built in 1966 at the junction of Wilshire and Grand, is said to be "the main hub of the internet for the entire Pacific Rim" because so many telecommunications companies rent space there. Aon Center , Los Angeles' third-largest tower,

1512-478: The site of many of Los Angeles' oldest buildings and skyscrapers. Koreatown and Mid-Wilshire are among Los Angeles's most densely populated districts. Wilshire Boulevard originated as one of the central pathways constructed by the Tongva tribes residing in the region prior to the exploration of the conquistadores. At the time of the founding of Los Angeles, Wilshire Boulevard was one of the main arteries connecting

1554-601: Was Bulgaria , Chile , Egypt , Lithuania , Luxembourg , Malta , Monaco , Panama , Rhodesia and Romania . At the time, Australia and New Zealand were dominions of the British Empire . India was also part of the British Empire, but was not a dominion. With the Statute of Westminster 1931 Ireland , Canada and South Africa are recognized as sovereign states in their own right. The whole statute

1596-489: Was applied to the three countries without the need for any acts of ratification. Philippines was an unincorporated territory and commonwealth of the United States . These are the top ten nations that won medals at the 1932 Games. Wilshire Boulevard Wilshire Boulevard is densely developed throughout most of its span, connecting five of Los Angeles's major business districts and Beverly Hills. Many of

1638-587: Was bought to be used as a megachurch. Los Angeles Harbor continues to be a major sea port in the Western United States, employing 919,000 people and generating US$ 39.1 billion in annual wages and tax revenues as of 2007. The Riveria Country Club continues to host golf events, hosting the 1948 U.S. Open and the PGA Championship in 1983 and 1995 . The Swim Stadium was renovated in 2003 and continues to be in use as of 2010. For

1680-615: Was dredged, then further dredged seven years later in time for the 1932 Games. Elysian Park , the oldest city park in Los Angeles, was founded in 1886, and has been part of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) training academy since 1925. The Riviera Country Club opened in 1926 as the Los Angeles Athletic Club Golf Course and was renamed Riviera by the time of the 1932 Games. The Swimming Stadium, constructed adjacent to

1722-471: Was featured for the first time in history, albeit unofficially. Babe Didrikson won two gold medals in the javelin and the hurdles event. She also competed in a jump-off for a gold in the high jump. Her technique in the jump-off was ruled illegal, leaving Didrikson with second place. Finland's Paavo Nurmi was suspended from competition by the IAAF for alleged violation of amateur rules. Finns charged that

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1764-413: Was renamed Wilshire and extended east of Figueroa to Grand. This divided the lake into two halves; the northern half was later drained. The Wilshire Boulevard home of J. Paul Getty was used as the film set for the 1950 film Sunset Boulevard : it was demolished in 1957. All of the boulevard is at least four lanes in width, and most of the portion between Hoover Street and Robertson Boulevard has

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