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Australia at the 1932 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
AUS

Flag bearer
  
Andrew Charlton

Website
  
www.olympics.com.au

Australia at the 1932 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
Australian Olympic Committee

Competitors
  
13 (9 men, 4 women) in six sports

MedalsRanked 10th
  
GoldSilverBronzeTotal3115

Australia competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. Due to the Great Depression, Australia could only afford to send 13 athletes to the Games.

Contents

An innovation was the daily one-hour radio report on the Olympics for New Zealand and Australia by the film actress from New Zealand, Nola Luxford.

Gold

  • Dunc Gray – cycling, men's 1000 m time trial
  • Bobby Pearce – rowing, men's single sculls
  • Clare Dennis – swimming, women's 200 m breaststroke

    • Silver

  • Bonnie Mealing – swimming, women's 100 m backstroke

    • Bronze

  • Eddie Scarf – wrestling, men's freestyle light heavyweight

    • Cycling

    One male cyclist represented Australia in 1932.

    Sprint
  • Dunc Gray
    • Time trial
  • Dunc Gray

    • References

    Australia at the 1932 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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