Figure skating at the 1932 Winter Olympics
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Type: | Olympic Games |
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Men's singles: Karl Schäfer |
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Ladies' singles: Sonja Henie |
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Pair skating: Andrée Brunet / Pierre Brunet |
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Figure skating at the 1932 Winter Olympics |
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Pairs | mixed |
At the 1932 Winter Olympics, three figure skating events were contested. The competitions were held from Monday, February 8 to Friday, February 12, 1932. It was the first time the events were held indoors.
Medal summary
Medalists
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's singles |
Karl Schäfer (AUT) | Gillis Grafström (SWE) | 22x20px Montgomery Wilson (CAN) |
Ladies' singles |
Sonja Henie (NOR) | Fritzi Burger (AUT) | Maribel Vinson (USA) |
Pair skating |
Andrée Brunet / Pierre Brunet (FRA) |
Beatrix Loughran / Sherwin Badger (USA) |
Emília Rotter / László Szollás (HUN) |
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Austria | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
2 | Norway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
4 | United States | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
5 | Sweden | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
6 | 23x15px Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Total | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
Participating nations
Only two figure skater competed in both the singles and the pairs event.
A total of 39 figure skaters (18 men and 21 ladies) from 13 nations (men from ten nations and ladies from nine nations) competed at the Lake Placid Games:
- Austria (2) (men 1, women 1)
- Belgium (1) (men 0, women 1)
- 23x15px Canada (6) (men 2, women 4)
- Czechoslovakia (1) (men 1, women 0)
- Finland (1) (men 1, women 0)
- France (2) (men 1, women 1)
- Germany (1) (men 1, women 0)
- Great Britain (4) (men 0, women 4)
- Hungary (4) (men 2, women 2)
- Japan (2) (men 2, women 0)
- Norway (1) (men 0, women 1)
- Sweden (2) (men 1, women 1)
- United States (12) (men 6, women 6)