Tip 1: The Summer Olympics of 1932 in Los Angeles
Tip 1: The Summer Olympics of 1932 in Los Angeles
In the summer Olympics in 1932 in the AmericanLos Angeles was attended by 1,048 athletes, including 127 women, from 37 countries. Competitions were conducted in 14 sports. The opening ceremony of the Games took place at a stadium called "Colosseum", reminiscent of the ancient Roman arenas.
Capacity of the stadium - 105 thousand. man, which for those times was a record magnitude. First came the Olympic chorus, which consisted of 150 singers, 300 musicians and several fanfare players. After the Olympic oath, fencer George Kalenn, bronze medalist of the 9th Olympic Games and part-time lieutenant of the US Ministry of Finance, read out the cost of the trip to Los Angeles. For many European athletes, the cost of traveling to Los Angeles was the main obstacle to participation in the Games, so a total of 1048 people competed for medals. Representatives of China and Colombia made their first appearance at the IAI. For the first time in the history of the Games, athletes were placed in an Olympic village 20 km from the city. On the golf course, around 700 houses were spread around the restaurants, libraries and gaming halls. Perform national anthems of countries in honor of the winners of competitions and raise flags of countries also introduced to practice in Los Angeles. The places of the competitions were quite widely scattered along the coast. For example, a rowing pool was an hour away by express from the city (Long Beach), and cyclists competed in Pasadena at the stadium "Rosebol". By the way, after the Games they destroyed it. The program of competitions in Los Angeles was similar to the OI program in Amsterdam. But instead of football competitions were held on shooting. The football championship was not held for purely material reasons, since the delegations of European countries were basically small. Yet the results shown by athletes at the Olympics were high. It was established 90 Olympic records, including 18 worlds. In the run, a hundred meter race was won by US athlete Eddie Toulen, on the chest? ahead of the main rival of Ralph Metcalf, also an American. At 200 m the winner was also Toulen. However, Metcalf this time fell victim to a gross error in measurements - his track was 202 m long. It should be noted that the errors of the judges at these Games were very frequent. Therefore, one of the journalists called them "Olympics of judicial errors and miscalculations." So, in Los-Angeles there was a unique case. In the final run at 3000 m with obstacles, the person involved in counting the circles, left his place. As a result, athletes ran 3450 m. Most of all awards, of course, earned the US team - 41 gold, 32 silver and 30 bronze medals. Italy had 12 awards of each dignity, and France - 10 gold, 5 silver and 4 bronze medals.
Tip 2: How the Olympics of 1932 took place in Los Angeles
In 1932, Los Angeles first tookOlympic Games. It was a difficult time for the whole world - the height of the Great Depression. As a result, the number of participants was the lowest since 1904 - half as much as in the Games of 1928.
Little was sold and tickets for the audience. Then several movie stars, including Douglas Fairbanks, Charlie Chaplin, Marlene Dietrich and Mary Pickford, offered to speak to the public between competitions to increase the popularity of the event. The competitions were held at the "Colosseum Memorial". Male athletes were placed in a specially constructed Olympic village. It occupied 321 acres of land and consisted of 550 double bungalows. In the village there were also a hospital, a post office, a library and many restaurants and cafes. The women were placed in a hotel at Chapman Park. A total of about 1,300 athletes from 37 countries took part in the competitions. Vice-President Charles Curtis opened the Olympics, as President Herbert Hoover did not attend the Games. In these games, the winners first climbed to the podium with national flags in their hands. Another innovation was photofinish. The political situation was bound to have an impact on the Olympics. Japan, recently occupied the Chinese province of Manchuria, tried to expose the athlete from the state of Manchukuo, but the Olympic Committee refused to participate in it. From China participated the only athlete - Liu Changchun, who competed in the 200m race. Italian Luigi Beccali, who won the gold medal in the 1500m race, climbed the podium and greeted the public with fascist salute. The British fencer Judy Guinness demonstrated the true spirit of the Olympic spirit. She herself, abandoning hopes for a gold medal, pointed out to the judges the two touches they had not noticed, which Ellen Price had received from her rival from Austria. An athlete from Dallas, Mildred Didrikson named "Beib," became an Olympian. In those days, women were not allowed to participate in the pentathlon, but the "Baby" easily won in throwing a spear, running with obstacles at 80 m and high jumps. Later, Mildred became a professional golfer and champion of the USA among women in this sport. Most of the gold, silver and bronze medals were taken by US athletes - 41, 32 and 30. In second place, the Italian team - 12 medals. On the third - the French: 10, 5 and 4 medals, respectively.
Tip 3: How the 1984 Olympics was held in Los Angeles
XXIII Summer Olympic Games 1984They were held in Los Angeles, California, USA from July 28 to August 12. Los Angeles for the second time became a place of organization of the Summer Olympic Games after 1932.
Because of the boycott of the American teamThe 1980 Olympic Games held in Moscow, the summer games of 1984, boycotted the USSR and the majority of the socialist countries (except for Romania, Yugoslavia and China). According to official information, the Soviet national team was absent at the Olympics in Los Angeles due to unsatisfactory level of security. Since the GDR, the USSR and their allies did not take part in the games, the level of the Olympics fell significantly. 125 world champions failed to participate in the competitions. In total in the Summer Olympic Games in 1984, 140 countries participated. The number of athletes of the Olympics - 6,829 people (5,263 men, 1,566 women). The first place in the overall medal standings of the XXIII Olympiad was taken by the US team, receiving 174 medals, including 83 gold, 61 silver and 30 bronze medals. In second place was Romania: 20 gold medals, 16 silver and 17 bronze medals; on the third - West Germany: 17 gold medals, 19 silver and 23 bronze medals. China, Italy and Canada were on the fourth, fifth and sixth positions respectively. At the Olympics 11 world records were set. Distinguished American Carl Lewis, repeating the success of Jesse Owens, participant of the Olympics in 1936. He won the race in 100 and 200 meters, in the relay 4x100 meters and in long jump. The last is especially surprising, since the Olympians rarely participate in several different sports disciplines. Three-time Olympic champion was Pertti Johannes Karppinen, an athlete from Finland who took part in rowing in single races. In swimming, both men and women, almost all the awards went to Americans, who were slightly pressed by the Canadian Bauman and German Gross. The Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling was the American athlete Jeff Blatnik. A few years before the competition he received an oncological diagnosis. Despite the disease, the athlete continued preparatory training for the Olympics and eventually won. During the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games, he carried a national flag.
