32-710: 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 the Summer Olympics Los Angeles bid for
64-577: 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
96-584: A small neighborhood street. Olympic Boulevard is primarily a commercial, urban street. There is a grass divider with trees in the Santa Monica portion. Around Carthay , Olympic passes through residential neighborhoods. A number of schools are located on Olympic as well. Crossroads School is located at Olympic and 20th in Santa Monica, New Roads Middle School is located at the Franklin/Berkeley St. area in Santa Monica. and Wildwood School
128-418: Is located in between Bundy and Barrington. Los Angeles High School is located slightly to the east of Olympic and Highland Avenue . Olympic expands to six lanes starting east of Santa Monica and generally maintains a speed limit of 45 miles per hour (72 km/h). Even so, due to Los Angeles traffic, Olympic often becomes congested. It was originally named 10th Street, but was renamed Olympic Boulevard for
160-733: The 1932 Summer Olympics , as that was the occasion of the tenth modern event. Tenth Street School, at Olympic and Grattan, was founded in 1888 and has kept the original name. Parts of the old 10th Street exist as smaller streets near Hancock Park, in Westlake, and in the Central City East area southeast of Downtown. Bus service throughout Olympic Boulevard is served between Santa Monica and Century City by Santa Monica Transit line 5, between Century City and Downtown LA by Metro Local line 28, and from The Fashion District east by Metro Local lines 62 and 66. There are two rail stations on
192-761: 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
224-487: 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
256-623: 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
288-708: 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
320-606: 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
352-454: 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
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#1732772473140384-640: 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
416-475: 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
448-462: 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
480-417: 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 the link to point directly to
512-484: 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
544-654: 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 ,
576-634: 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
608-454: 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
640-426: 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
672-590: 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
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#1732772473140704-584: 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
736-465: 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
768-485: 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
800-647: The heart of Los Angeles, Olympic runs through the southern end of principal areas such as West Los Angeles , Westwood , Century City , Beverly Hills , Hancock Park , Koreatown , Westlake and Downtown Los Angeles . Little Ethiopia is east of Fairfax Avenue and Olympic. Proceeding east on Olympic, it breaks off in Downtown LA's Fashion District but continues on from there, passing the southern areas of Boyle Heights , East Los Angeles , Commerce , and Montebello with an eastern terminus in Pico Rivera as
832-416: 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
864-653: The western end of Santa Monica to East Los Angeles —farther than Wilshire Boulevard and most other streets. Its path runs parallel to and north of Pico Boulevard from Santa Monica to Downtown Los Angeles , and parallel to and south of Santa Monica Boulevard on its western end and Wilshire Boulevard past Beverly Hills . Like other major Los Angeles streets, Olympic is at least four lanes in width. Unlike other east-west arterial roads such as Wilshire Boulevard , Santa Monica Boulevard , and Sunset Boulevard , it does not cross major attractions and sites and therefore contains far less traffic. While Wilshire crosses through
896-601: 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
928-485: 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. Olympic Boulevard (Los Angeles) Olympic Boulevard (formerly 10th Street ) is a major arterial road in Los Angeles, California . It stretches from Ocean Avenue on
960-587: 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
992-615: 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
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1024-471: 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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