1932 Winter Olympics
winter olympics officially known iii olympic winter game commonly known lake placid winter multisport event united state held lake placid new york united state game opened february closed february first time winter game held outside europe first four winter olympics held united state lake placid hosted game awarded lake placid part effort godfrey dewey head lake placid club son melvil dewey inventor dewey decimal system california also bid winter game william may garland president california x olympiad association wanted game take place wrightwood big pine california world largest ski jump time constructed big pine event game ultimately awarded lake placid practice awarding olympic medal podium ceremony established winter olympics based pedestal used british empire game proposed melville mark robinson american company cocacola became official provider game soft drink would remain subsequent winter olympics game opened franklin roosevelt governor new york would elected president united state nine month later victory podium used first time winter game speed skater jack shea became first olympic champion receive gold medal podium billy fiske would win second gold medal lake placid first winter olympics carried flag united state opening ceremony planner winter resort aspen colorado killed flying battle britain sonja henie second three consecutive olympic gold medal figure skating also gold irving jaffee mi mi speed skating gold medal beating previous champion world record holder ivar ballangrud ft eddie eagan became olympian win gold medal summer winter game different sport gold boxing antwerp summer game gold bobsleigh lake placid bobsleigh race held two day game closing ceremony due unseasonably warm weather region week prior georg gyssling member nazi party joined newly created four man bobsledding team half german team injured several violent crash mount van hoevenberg rené fonjallaz future nazi propagandist swiss team also injured left unconscious five minute crash practice run united state topped medal count total medal gold silver bronze time u led overall medal standing winter olympics game vancouver time united state gold medal seventeen country participated medal awarded event contested sport discipline bobsleigh ice hockey skating figure skating speed skating nordic skiing crosscountry skiing nordic combined ski jumping game also included event three demonstration sport curling sled dog race speed skating woman athlete nation competed game nation previous game argentina estonia latvia lithuania luxembourg mexico netherlands yugoslavia send athlete lake placid summer olympics olympic game held united state summer olympics – st louis summer olympics – los angeles winter olympics – lake placid winter olympics – squaw valley winter olympics – lake placid summer olympics – los angeles summer olympics – atlanta winter olympics – salt lake city summer olympics – los angeles winter olympics – salt lake city list ioc country code lake placid olympicscom international olympic committee iii olympic winter game lake placid official report lake placid olympic authority program lake placid winter olympics