Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon

Men's decathlon
at the Games of the X Olympiad
DatesAugust 5 & August 6
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jim Bausch  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Akilles Järvinen  Finland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Wolrad Eberle  Germany
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Athletics at the
1932 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmen
400 mmen
800 mmen
1500 mmen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
Sprint hurdles (110m/80w)menwomen
400 m hurdlesmen
3000 m steeplemen
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymen
Road events
Marathonmen
50 km walkmen
Field events
Long jumpmen
Triple jumpmen
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Shot putmen
Discus throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Combined events
Decathlonmen

The men's decathlon event at the 1932 Olympic Games took place between August 5 & August 6.[1] Points are listed by the scoring table from 1912 which were used to determine the winner. Adjusted points are points using the 1985 scoring table. The official Olympic results shows both results, but medal winners were determined by the 1912 scoring table.

Results

100 metres

Rank Athlete Country Time Points Adjusted Points Notes
1T Akilles Järvinen  Finland 11.1 881.0 786
1T Héctor Berra  Argentina 11.1 881.0 786
3 Wilson Charles  United States 11.2 857.2 765
4T Clyde Coffman  United States 11.3 833.4 744
4T Bob Tisdall  Ireland 11.3 833.4 744
4T Jānis Dimza  Latvia 11.3 833.4 744
7T Wolrad Eberle  Germany 11.4 809.6 723
7T Hans-Heinrich Sievert  Germany 11.4 809.6 723
7T Erwin Wegner  Germany 11.4 809.6 723
10 Zygmunt Siedlecki  Poland 11.6 762.0 683
11T Jim Bausch  United States 11.7 738.2 663
11T Harry Hart  South Africa 11.7 738.2 663
13 Paavo Yrjölä  Finland 11.8 714.4 643
14 Péter Bácsalmási  Hungary 12.0 666.8 605
- Carlos Woebcken  Brazil - 0.0 - DNF

Long jump

Rank Athlete Country Distance Points Adjusted Points Notes
1 Wilson Charles  United States 7.24 911.80 871 OB
2 Jānis Dimza  Latvia 7.22 906.90 866
3 Héctor Berra  Argentina 7.14 887.30 847
4 Akilles Järvinen  Finland 7.00 853.00 814
5 Hans-Heinrich Sievert  Germany 6.97 845.65 807
6 Jim Bausch  United States 6.95 840.75 802
7T Wolrad Eberle  Germany 6.77 796.65 760
7T Clyde Coffman  United States 6.77 796.65 760
9 Péter Bácsalmási  Hungary 6.71 781.95 746
10 Bob Tisdall  Ireland 6.60 755.00 720
11 Paavo Yrjölä  Finland 6.59 752.55 718
12 Zygmunt Siedlecki  Poland 6.49 728.05 695
13 Erwin Wegner  Germany 6.41 708.45 677
14 Harry Hart  South Africa 6.14 642.30 617

Shot put

Rank Athlete Country Distance Points Adjusted Points Notes
1 Jim Bausch  United States 15.32 998 809 OB
2 Hans-Heinrich Sievert  Germany 14.50 916 759
3 Jānis Dimza  Latvia 14.33 899 749
4 Paavo Yrjölä  Finland 13.68 834 709
5 Zygmunt Siedlecki  Poland 13.56 822 701
6 Harry Hart  South Africa 13.31 797 686
7 Wolrad Eberle  Germany 13.22 788 681
8 Akilles Järvinen  Finland 13.11 777 674
9 Bob Tisdall  Ireland 12.58 724 642
10 Wilson Charles  United States 12.56 722 640
11 Péter Bácsalmási  Hungary 11.90 656 600
12 Clyde Coffman  United States 11.86 652 598
13 Erwin Wegner  Germany 11.70 636 588

High jump

Rank Athlete Country Height Points Adjusted Points Notes
1 Wilson Charles  United States 1.85 888 670
2T Hans-Heinrich Sievert  Germany 1.78 790 610
2T Jānis Dimza  Latvia 1.78 790 610
4T Akilles Järvinen  Finland 1.75 748 585
4T Paavo Yrjölä  Finland 1.75 748 585
6T Jim Bausch  United States 1.70 678 544
6T Clyde Coffman  United States 1.70 678 544
6T Péter Bácsalmási  Hungary 1.70 678 544
6T Zygmunt Siedlecki  Poland 1.70 678 544
10T Wolrad Eberle  Germany 1.65 608 504
10T Bob Tisdall  Ireland 1.65 608 504
10T Erwin Wegner  Germany 1.65 608 504
10T Harry Hart  South Africa 1.65 608 504

400 metres

Rank Athlete Country Time Points Adjusted Points Notes
1 Bob Tisdall  Ireland 49.0 969.92 855 OB
2 Akilles Järvinen  Finland 50.6 909.76 781
3 Wolrad Eberle  Germany 50.8 902.24 772
4 Wilson Charles  United States 51.2 887.20 754
5 Erwin Wegner  Germany 51.6 872.16 736
6 Clyde Coffman  United States 51.8 864.64 727
7 Paavo Yrjölä  Finland 52.6 834.56 693
8 Hans-Heinrich Sievert  Germany 53.6 796.96 650
9T Péter Bácsalmási  Hungary 53.8 789.44 642
9T Zygmunt Siedlecki  Poland 53.8 789.44 642
11 Jim Bausch  United States 54.2 774.40 626
12 Jānis Dimza  Latvia 54.8 751.84 601
13 Harry Hart  South Africa 57.2 661.60 508

110 metre hurdles

Rank Athlete Country Time Points Adjusted Points Notes
1 Erwin Wegner  Germany 15.4 962.0 774 OB
2 Bob Tisdall  Ireland 15.5 952.5 762
3 Harry Hart  South Africa 15.6 943.0 751
4 Akilles Järvinen  Finland 15.7 933.5 740
5 Hans-Heinrich Sievert  Germany 16.1 895.5 695
6T Jim Bausch  United States 16.2 886.0 684
6T Wilson Charles  United States 16.2 886.0 684
8 Jānis Dimza  Latvia 16.4 867.0 662
9 Wolrad Eberle  Germany 16.7 838.5 631
10T Paavo Yrjölä  Finland 17.0 810.0 599
10T Zygmunt Siedlecki  Poland 17.0 810.0 599
12 Péter Bácsalmási  Hungary 17.7 743.5 530
13 Clyde Coffman  United States 17.8 734.0 520

Discus throw

Rank Athlete Country Distance Points Adjusted Points Notes
1 Jim Bausch  United States 44.58 976.06 758 OB
2 Hans-Heinrich Sievert  Germany 44.54 974.54 757
3 Péter Bácsalmási  Hungary 41.45 857.12 694
4 Wolrad Eberle  Germany 41.34 852.94 692
5 Paavo Yrjölä  Finland 40.77 831.28 680
6 Jānis Dimza  Latvia 40.76 830.90 680
7 Harry Hart  South Africa 40.62 825.58 677
8 Zygmunt Siedlecki  Poland 39.05 765.92 645
9 Wilson Charles  United States 38.71 753.00 638
10 Akilles Järvinen  Finland 36.80 680.42 600
11 Clyde Coffman  United States 34.40 589.22 552
12 Bob Tisdall  Ireland 33.31 547.80 530
13 Erwin Wegner  Germany 33.26 545.90 529

Pole vault

Rank Athlete Country Height Points Adjusted Points Notes
1 Jim Bausch  United States 4.00 1027 617 OB
1T Clyde Coffman  United States 4.00 1027 617 OB
3 Akilles Järvinen  Finland 3.60 811 509
4T Wolrad Eberle  Germany 3.50 757 482
4T Péter Bácsalmási  Hungary 3.50 757 482
4T Jānis Dimza  Latvia 3.50 757 482
7 Wilson Charles  United States 3.40 703 456
8T Hans-Heinrich Sievert  Germany 3.20 595 406
8T Bob Tisdall  Ireland 3.20 595 406
10T Paavo Yrjölä  Finland 3.10 541 381
10T Erwin Wegner  Germany 3.10 541 381
10T Harry Hart  South Africa 3.10 541 381
13 Zygmunt Siedlecki  Poland 3.00 487 357

Javelin throw

Rank Athlete Country Distance Points Adjusted Points Notes
1 Jim Bausch  United States 61.91 1025.025 767 OB
2 Akilles Järvinen  Finland 61.00 1000.000 753
3 Wolrad Eberle  Germany 57.49 903.475 700
4 Paavo Yrjölä  Finland 56.12 865.800 680
5 Hans-Heinrich Sievert  Germany 53.91 805.025 647
6 Erwin Wegner  Germany 53.83 802.825 645
7 Harry Hart  South Africa 50.49 710.975 596
8 Clyde Coffman  United States 48.88 666.700 572
9 Péter Bácsalmási  Hungary 48.59 658.725 568
10 Wilson Charles  United States 47.72 634.800 555
11 Bob Tisdall  Ireland 45.26 567.150 519

1500 metres

Rank Athlete Country Time Points Adjusted Points Notes
1= Wolrad Eberle  Germany 4:34.4 774.4 716
1= Bob Tisdall  Ireland 4:34.4 774.4 716
3 Paavo Yrjölä  Finland 4:37.4 756.4 697
4 Wilson Charles  United States 4:39.8 742.0 682
5 Akilles Järvinen  Finland 4:47.0 698.8 637
6 Erwin Wegner  Germany 4:47.8 694 632
7 Clyde Coffman  United States 4:48.0 692.8 631
8 Jim Bausch  United States 5:17.0 518.8 466
9 Hans-Heinrich Sievert  Germany 5:18.0 512.8 461
10 Péter Bácsalmási  Hungary 5:34.6 413.2 377
11 Harry Hart  South Africa 5:48.2 331.6 314

Final standings

Rank Athlete Country Points Adjusted Points Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jim Bausch  United States 8462.235 6735 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Akilles Järvinen  Finland 8292.480 6879
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Wolrad Eberle  Germany 8030.805 6661
4 Wilson Charles  United States 7985.00 6716
5 Hans-Heinrich Sievert  Germany 7941.075 6515
6 Paavo Yrjölä  Finland 7687.990 6385
7 Clyde Coffman  United States 7534.410 6265
8 Bob Tisdall  Ireland 7327.170 6398
9 Erwin Wegner  Germany 7179.935 6189
10 Péter Bácsalmási  Hungary 7001.735 5788
11 Harry Hart  South Africa 6799.255 5697
- Jānis Dimza  Latvia DNF
- Zygmunt Siedlecki  Poland DNF
- Héctor Berra  Argentina DNF
- Carlos Woebcken  Brazil DNF

Key: WR = World Record, DNF = Did not finish, OB = Olympic best

References

  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's Decathlon". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2018.