* The USA won the medal tally with a total of 12 medals (6 gold, 4 silver, and 2 bronze).
* The USA won the medal tally with a total of 12 medals (6 gold, 4 silver, and 2 bronze).
* Seventeen countries participated.
* Seventeen countries participated.
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==Events==
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[[File:Olympic Bobsled Run Lake Placid2.jpg|thumb|right|A [[Works Progress Administration|WPA]] poster,<br>advertising the bobsled run|alt=A stylized image shows a four-man bobled running the bobsled track, with an observation tower and spectator viewing area on either side. At the top of the image are the flags of the United States, the Olympic movement, and France, and the bottom of the poster reads, "Olympic Bobsled Run Lake Placid, Up where winter calls to play, Operated by New York State Conservation Dept."]]
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Medals were awarded in 14 events in 5 sports (7 disciplines).
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* [[Bobsleigh at the 1932 Winter Olympics|Bobsleigh]]
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* [[Figure skating at the 1932 Winter Olympics|Figure skating]]
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* [[Ice hockey at the 1932 Winter Olympics|Ice hockey]]
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* [[Nordic skiing at the 1932 Winter Olympics|Nordic skiing]]
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** [[Cross-country skiing at the 1932 Winter Olympics|Cross-country skiing]]
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** [[Nordic combined at the 1932 Winter Olympics|Nordic combined]]
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** [[Ski jumping at the 1932 Winter Olympics|Ski jumping]]
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* [[Speed skating at the 1932 Winter Olympics|Speed skating]]
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===Demonstration sports===
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The Games also included events in three [[demonstration sport]]s.
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* [[Curling at the 1932 Winter Olympics|Curling]]
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* [[Sled dog race at the 1932 Winter Olympics|Sled dog race]]
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* [[Speed skating at the 1932 Winter Olympics|Speed skating]] (women)
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These were the last Winter Olympics without [[Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics|Alpine skiing]], which was added in [[Alpine skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics|1936]].
[[File:File BobsleighrunLP.JPG|thumb|The Olympic Bobsled run from the air]]
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Athletes from 17 nations competed in these Games, down from 25 nations at the previous Games in 1928. [[Argentina]], [[Estonia]], [[Latvia]], [[Lithuania]], [[Luxembourg]], [[Mexico]], the [[Netherlands]], and [[Yugoslavia]] did not send athletes to Lake Placid.
The 1932 Winter Olympics, officially known as the III Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1932 in Lake Placid, New York. The games opened on February 4 and closed on February 15. It was the 1st Winter Olympics held in the United States.
The Games were opened by New York Governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Roosevelt was elected President of the United States later the same year.
Irving Jaffee won the 5,000 m (3.1 mi.) and the 10,000 m (6.2 mi.) speedskating gold medals, beating previous champion and world record holder Ivar Ballangrud in the 10,000 m by 4.5 m (5 yards), mainly because the favorites were unaccustomed to the common start.
The USA won the medal tally with a total of 12 medals (6 gold, 4 silver, and 2 bronze).
