Olympic Games - Los Angeles 1932.

Olympic Games - Los Angeles 1932.

For the most important athletics competitions in the world are held the Olympic games. These are carried out in four
in four years in different countries who apply to be the organizers.

10th Olympic Games - Los Angeles 1932.
In these games the Americans knew how to avoid failure of Saint Louis. Never an organizing committee arranged for both
money to perform an Olympic party, so you can do everything a first down to the smallest details.

This time the Americans were clearly superior in athletics. His athlete Mildred Didrikson was the greatest athlete
winning two gold medals with new world records in the 80m hurdles and throwing the disc.
In these games Paavo Nurmi was barred from competing accused of having run for money in Europe, thus losing their
amateur status, while denying this fact.

There was the participation of 45 Brazilian athletes that arrived without official help for travel and Lucio Castro got a
5th in the pole vault with a 1 ° manifestation Brazilian Olympic athletics.

Source: Athletics