1932 Winter Olympics

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Olympic Games Winter Olympic Games multi-sport event

The 1932 Winter Olympics were the third edition of the Winter Games, held in Lake Placid, New York, and marked by the participation of 17 nations during the early years of the modern Olympic winter sports tradition.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
1980 Winter Olympics	1
III Olympic Winter Games	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Olympic Games ⓘ Winter Olympic Games ⓘ multi-sport event ⓘ
closingDate	1932-02-15 ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
featuredDiscipline	Nordic combined ⓘ bobsleigh ⓘ cross-country skiing ⓘ ski jumping ⓘ
featuredSport	Nordic skiing ⓘ figure skating ⓘ ice hockey ⓘ speed skating ⓘ
governedBy	International Olympic Committee ⓘ
headOfOrganizingCommittee	Godfrey Dewey ⓘ
headOfStateAtOpening	President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
headOfStateRoleAtOpening	Governor of New York ⓘ
hostCity	Lake Placid ⓘ surface form: Lake Placid, New York
hostNation	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
hostStateOrRegion	New York ⓘ
IOCPresidentDuringGames	Henri de Baillet-Latour ⓘ
mainStadium	Lake Placid Olympic Stadium ⓘ
nextWinterOlympics	1936 Winter Olympics ⓘ
notableFirst	first Winter Olympics held in the United States ⓘ first Winter Olympics held outside Europe ⓘ
numberOfAthletes	252 ⓘ
numberOfDisciplines	7 ⓘ
numberOfEvents	14 ⓘ
numberOfFemaleAthletes	21 ⓘ
numberOfMaleAthletes	231 ⓘ
numberOfParticipatingNations	17 ⓘ
numberOfSports	4 ⓘ
officialName	1932 Winter Olympics self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: III Olympic Winter Games
olympicCauldronLighter	Charles Jewtraw ⓘ
olympicOathByAthlete	Jack Shea ⓘ
olympicOathByOfficial	Charles M. Rotch ⓘ
openedBy	President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
openingDate	1932-02-04 ⓘ
partOf	Olympic Games ⓘ
previousWinterOlympics	1928 Winter Olympics ⓘ
primaryBobsleighVenue	Mount Van Hoevenberg track ⓘ
primaryIceHockeyVenue	Olympic Center (Lake Placid) ⓘ surface form: Olympic Arena (Lake Placid)
primaryLanguage	English ⓘ
primarySkiJumpingVenue	Intervales Ski Jump ⓘ
primarySpeedSkatingVenue	Lake Placid Olympic Stadium ⓘ
sequenceInWinterGames	3 ⓘ
shortName	Lake Placid ⓘ surface form: Lake Placid 1932
timeZone	UTC−05:00 ⓘ
tookPlaceDuring	Great Depression ⓘ
year	1932 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Essex County, New York → hosted → 1932 Winter Olympics ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1980 Winter Olympics

Lake Placid → hostedEvent → 1932 Winter Olympics ⓘ

subject surface form: Lake Placid, New York

1932 Winter Olympics → officialName → 1932 Winter Olympics self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: III Olympic Winter Games