Los Angeles 1932 Olympic Games: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Games of the X Olympiad
Date	July 30, 1932 - August 14, 1932
Location	California • Los Angeles • United States

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Jean Shiley of the United States Olympic team clearing the bar during her record-breaking high jump at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Games, with stadium arches in the background.

Babe Didrikson Zaharias, at far right, leads and clears a hurdle ahead of other runners during the 80-metre hurdles race at the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.

Georgia Coleman (centre) with Dorothy Poynton (left) and Marion Roper (right), members of the U.S. Olympic team that won all six women's diving medals at the 1932 Games in Los Angeles

Dorothy Poynton, Georgia Coleman, and Marion Dale Roper, the U.S. medalists in high dive at the 1932 Olympic Games, sit together in matching Team USA sweatshirts, smiling.

Champion Olympic fencer Aladár Gerevich

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