New Zealand at the 1932 Summer Olympics

New Zealand competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. The team of 21 was New Zealand's largest to date and comprised 11 rowers, six athletes, three boxers, and one cyclist. The officials were manager Philip Rundle[1] of Dunedin,[2] boxing and athletic coach W. J. Heenan, and rowing coach Clarrie Healey.[3]

New Zealand at the
1932 Summer Olympics
IOC codeNZL
NOCNew Zealand Olympic and British Empire Games Association
Websitewww.olympic.org.nz
in Los Angeles
Competitors21 in 4 sports
Flag bearerJack Macdonald (rower)
Medals
Ranked 22nd
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Australasia (1908 · 1912)

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.

Medallists
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 SilverBob Stiles
Rangi Thompson		RowingMen's coxless pair13 August

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics

Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank[lower-roman 1] Result Rank[lower-roman 2] Result Rank[lower-roman 3] Result Rank
Stuart Black Men's 200 m 23.13 Q 22.05 Did not advance
Men's 400 m 49.94 Did not advance
Allan Elliot Men's 100 m 10.82 Q 10.93 Q 11.05 Did not advance
Men's 200 m 22.22 Q 21.83 Q 21.95 Did not advance
Don Evans Men's 800 m 1:56.64 N/A Did not advance
Thelma Kench Women's 100 m 12.43 Q N/A 6 Did not advance
Jack Lovelock Men's 1500 m 3:58.01 Q N/A 3:57.87
Billy Savidan Men's 5000 m 15.08.25 Q N/A 14:49.64
Men's 10,000 m N/A 31:09.04
  1. Ranks given are within the heat
  2. Ranks given are within the quarterfinal
  3. Ranks given are within the semifinal

Boxing
Main article: Boxing at the 1932 Summer Olympics
Name Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result
Bob Purdie Men's lightweight  Bianchini (ITA)
L		 Did not advance 9T
Harold Thomas Men's welterweight  Fabbroni (ITA)
L		 Did not advance 9T
Bert Lowe Men's middleweight  Bernlöhr (GER)
L		 Did not advance 9T

Cycling
Main article: Cycling at the 1932 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Time Rank
Ron Foubister Men's individual road race 2:38:42.4 23

Rowing
Main article: Rowing at the 1932 Summer Olympics
See also: List of New Zealand rowers at the Summer Olympics
1932 Summer Olympics New Zealand rowers

In 1932, seven rowing competitions were held, and New Zealand entered three boats: a coxless pair, a coxed four, and a coxed eight.[4] The competition was for men only; women would first row at the 1976 Summer Olympics.[5]

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Bob Stiles
Rangi Thompson		 Coxless pair 7:50.2 2 R 8:11.4 2 Q 8:02.4
Noel Pope
Somers Cox
Charles Saunders
John Solomon
Delmont Gullery (cox)		 Coxed four 7:19.6 3 R 7:38.2 1 Q 7:32.4 4
George Cooke
Bert Sandos
Bob Stiles
Jack Macdonald
Lawrence Jackson
Rangi Thompson
Charles Saunders
John Solomon
Delmont Gullery (cox)		 Eight 6:38.2 4 R 6:52.2 2 Did not advance

References
  1. "Obituary". The Evening Post. CXXXII (126). 24 November 1941. p. 8. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  2. "Olympic Games Team". The New Zealand Herald. LXIX (21172). 3 May 1932. p. 6. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  3. "Clarrie Healey". Whanganui District Council. Archived from the original on 24 September 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  4. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "New Zealand Rowing at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  5. "Rowing at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2016.


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