At the 1932 Winter Olympics

1932 Winter Olympics

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, United States. The games opened on February 4 and closed on February 15. It would be the first winter olympics held in the United...

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Figure skating

Figure skating is an Olympic sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform spins, jumps, footwork and other intricate and challenging moves on ice skates. Figure skaters compete at various levels from beginner up to the Olympic level , and at local, national, and international competitions...

events were contested. The competitions were held from Monday, February 8, 1932 to Friday, February 12, 1932. It was the first time the events were held indoors.

Medal summary

Men's singles
Ladies' singles
Pairs	Andrée Brunet Andrée Brunet Andrée Brunet was a French figure skater and two-time Olympic champion in pair skating.-Biography:... Pierre Brunet	Beatrix Loughran Beatrix Loughran Beatrix S. Loughran was an American figure skater who competed in single skating and pair skating. She is the only American to win three Olympic medals in figure skating . She is a six-time National champion... Sherwin Badger Sherwin Badger Sherwin Campbell Badger was an American figure skater who competed in singles and pairs. He earned the men's titles at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships from 1920 through 1924. He also captured the pairs gold medal with partner Beatrix Loughran three times, and the pair won the silver medal...	Emília Rotter László Szollás László Szollás László Szollás was a Hungarian pair skater. With partner Emília Rotter he won the World Figure Skating Championship four times in five years , and were the 1932 World silver medalists. They were the 1934 European Champions and 1930 & 1931 silver medalists...

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:
(men:1 women:1) (men:0 women:1) (men:2 women:4) (men:1 women:0) (men:1 women:0) (men:1 women:1) (men:1 women:0) (men:0 women:4) (men:2 women:2) (men:2 women:0) (men:0 women:1) (men:1 women:1) (men:6 women:6)

Medal table

1		1	1	0	2
2		1	0	0	1
		0	1	0	1
4		0	1	1	2
5		0	1	0	1
6		0	0	1	1
		0	0	1	1
Total		3	3	3	9