1932 in sports

1932 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Years in sports: 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935
Centuries: 19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s
Years: 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935

Alpine skiing

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships

2nd FIS Alpine World Ski Championships are held at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. The events are a downhill, a slalom and a combined race in both the men's and women's categories. The winners are:

American football

Association football

England

France

  • A professional football league Division Nationale, first officially gane held on September 11, as predecessor for Ligue 1.

Germany

Spain

Italy

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

  • Eddie Tolan (USA) breaks the world record by running a time of 10.3 seconds

Australian rules football

VFL Premiership

Brownlow Medal

South Australian National Football League

Western Australian National Football League

Bandy

Sweden

Baseball

World Series

Events

  • Brooklyn's major league baseball team, known informally until now as the “Superbas”, the “Robins”, or the “Trolley Dodgers”, officially selects the name Brooklyn Dodgers

Basketball

Events

Bobsleigh

Olympic Games (Men's Competition)

Two bobsleigh events are held at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid :

  • 2-man bob – gold: USA I; silver: Switzerland II; bronze: USA II
  • 4-man bob – gold: USA I; silver: USA II; bronze: Germany I

Boxing

Events

Lineal world champions[1]

Canadian football

Grey Cup

Cricket

Events

England

Australia

India

New Zealand

South Africa

West Indies

Curling

1932 Winter Olympics

  • Curling is a demonstration event at the 1932 Winter Olympic Games between four teams from Canada and four from the United States, Canada winning by 12 games to 4

Cycling

Tour de France

Events

Field hockey

1932 Summer Olympics (Men)

  • Gold Medal – India
  • Silver Medal – Japan
  • Bronze Medal – USA

Figure skating

World Figure Skating Championships

1932 Winter Olympics

Golf

Major tournaments

Other tournaments

Harness racing

USA

Horse racing

England

Australia

Canada

France

Ireland

USA

Ice hockey

Stanley Cup

Ice Hockey World Championships

  • Gold Medal – Canada
  • Silver Medal – USA
  • Bronze Medal – Germany

1932 Winter Olympics

  • Gold Medal – Canada
  • Silver Medal – USA
  • Bronze Medal – Germany

Finland

  • Tammerfors Bollklubb, as predecessor of Tappara, was founded on December 9 in Tampere.

Motorsport

Nordic skiing

Olympic Games (Men's Competition)

Olympic Games

1932 Winter Olympics

1932 Summer Olympics

Rowing

The Boat Race

Rugby league

England

Australia

Rugby union

Home Nations Championship

Snooker

World Championship

Speed skating

Speed Skating World Championships

1932 Winter Olympics (Men)

1932 Winter Olympics (Women)

  • Women's speed skating is held as a demonstration event only with competitions over 500m, 1000m and 1500m.

Tennis

Australia

England

France

USA

Davis Cup

Awards

Associated Press Athlete of the Year

References

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