Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon

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.

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
← 1928
1936 →

Results edit

100 metres edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Rank Athlete Country Time Points Adjusted Points Notes
1 Wolrad Eberle   Germany 4:34.4 774.4 716
2 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 edit

Rank Athlete Country Points Adjusted Points Notes
  Jim Bausch   United States 8462.235 6735 WR
  Akilles Järvinen   Finland 8292.480 6879
  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 edit

  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.