Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon
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The men's decathlon event at the 1932 Olympic Games took place between August 5 & August 6.
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.

100 metres

Rank Athlete Country Time Points Adjusted Points Notes
1T Akilles Järvinen
Akilles Järvinen
Akilles Eero Johannes Järvinen was a Finnish athlete and decathlete and Olympic medallist....

 
11.1 881.0 786
1T Héctor Berra  11.1 881.0 786
3 Wilson Charles  11.2 857.2 765
4T Clyde Coffman  11.3 833.4 744
4T Bob Tisdall
Bob Tisdall
Robert Morton Newburgh Tisdall was an Irish athlete of English origin who won a gold medal in the 400 metre hurdles at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.Tisdall was raised in Nenagh, County Tipperary...

 
11.3 833.4 744
4T Jānis Dimza  11.3 833.4 744
7T Wolrad Eberle
Wolrad Eberle
Wolrad Eberle was a German decathlete.He won the bronze medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, California.-References:...

 
11.4 809.6 723
7T Hans-Heinrich Sievert
Hans-Heinrich Sievert
Hans Heinrich Sievert was a German Olympic decathlete.He won the gold medal at the 1934 European Championships. In the Nazi period in Germany, Sievert was seen as a symbolic hope of the German "master race" in the 1936 Summer Olympics. However, he was injured during the games and the gold medal...

 
11.4 809.6 723
7T Erwin Wegner  11.4 809.6 723
10 Zygmunt Siedlecki  11.6 762.0 683
11T Jim Bausch  11.7 738.2 663
11T Harry Hart
Harry Hart (athlete)
Henry Beltsazer Hart was a South African athlete who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.He was born in Harrismith, Free State and died in Reitz....

 
11.7 738.2 663
13 Paavo Yrjölä
Paavo Yrjölä
Paavo Ilmari Yrjölä , also known as the Bear of Hämeenkyrö , was a Finnish track and field athlete who won the gold medal in the decathlon at the Olympics in 1928....

 
11.8 714.4 643
14 Péter Bácsalmási  12.0 666.8 605
- Carlos Woebcken  - 0.0 - DNF

Long jump

Rank Athlete Country Distance Points Adjusted Points Notes
1 Wilson Charles  7.24 911.80 871 OB
2 Jānis Dimza  7.22 906.90 866
3 Héctor Berra  7.14 887.30 847
4 Akilles Järvinen
Akilles Järvinen
Akilles Eero Johannes Järvinen was a Finnish athlete and decathlete and Olympic medallist....

 
7.00 853.00 814
5 Hans-Heinrich Sievert
Hans-Heinrich Sievert
Hans Heinrich Sievert was a German Olympic decathlete.He won the gold medal at the 1934 European Championships. In the Nazi period in Germany, Sievert was seen as a symbolic hope of the German "master race" in the 1936 Summer Olympics. However, he was injured during the games and the gold medal...

 
6.97 845.65 807
6 Jim Bausch  6.95 840.75 802
7T Wolrad Eberle
Wolrad Eberle
Wolrad Eberle was a German decathlete.He won the bronze medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, California.-References:...

 
6.77 796.65 760
7T Clyde Coffman  6.77 796.65 760
9 Péter Bácsalmási  6.71 781.95 746
10 Bob Tisdall
Bob Tisdall
Robert Morton Newburgh Tisdall was an Irish athlete of English origin who won a gold medal in the 400 metre hurdles at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.Tisdall was raised in Nenagh, County Tipperary...

 
6.60 755.00 720
11 Paavo Yrjölä
Paavo Yrjölä
Paavo Ilmari Yrjölä , also known as the Bear of Hämeenkyrö , was a Finnish track and field athlete who won the gold medal in the decathlon at the Olympics in 1928....

 
6.59 752.55 718
12 Zygmunt Siedlecki  6.49 728.05 695
13 Erwin Wegner  6.41 708.45 677
14 Harry Hart
Harry Hart (athlete)
Henry Beltsazer Hart was a South African athlete who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.He was born in Harrismith, Free State and died in Reitz....

 
6.14 642.30 617

Shot put

Rank Athlete Country Distance Points Adjusted Points Notes
1 Jim Bausch  15.32 998 809 OB
2 Hans-Heinrich Sievert
Hans-Heinrich Sievert
Hans Heinrich Sievert was a German Olympic decathlete.He won the gold medal at the 1934 European Championships. In the Nazi period in Germany, Sievert was seen as a symbolic hope of the German "master race" in the 1936 Summer Olympics. However, he was injured during the games and the gold medal...

 
14.50 916 759
3 Jānis Dimza  14.33 899 749
4 Paavo Yrjölä
Paavo Yrjölä
Paavo Ilmari Yrjölä , also known as the Bear of Hämeenkyrö , was a Finnish track and field athlete who won the gold medal in the decathlon at the Olympics in 1928....

 
13.68 834 709
5 Zygmunt Siedlecki  13.56 822 701
6 Harry Hart
Harry Hart (athlete)
Henry Beltsazer Hart was a South African athlete who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.He was born in Harrismith, Free State and died in Reitz....

 
13.31 797 686
7 Wolrad Eberle
Wolrad Eberle
Wolrad Eberle was a German decathlete.He won the bronze medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, California.-References:...

 
13.22 788 681
8 Akilles Järvinen
Akilles Järvinen
Akilles Eero Johannes Järvinen was a Finnish athlete and decathlete and Olympic medallist....

 
13.11 777 674
9 Bob Tisdall
Bob Tisdall
Robert Morton Newburgh Tisdall was an Irish athlete of English origin who won a gold medal in the 400 metre hurdles at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.Tisdall was raised in Nenagh, County Tipperary...

 
12.58 724 642
10 Wilson Charles  12.56 722 640
11 Péter Bácsalmási  11.90 656 600
12 Clyde Coffman  11.86 652 598
13 Erwin Wegner  11.70 636 588

High jump

Rank Athlete Country Height Points Adjusted Points Notes
1 Wilson Charles  1.85 888 670
2T Hans-Heinrich Sievert
Hans-Heinrich Sievert
Hans Heinrich Sievert was a German Olympic decathlete.He won the gold medal at the 1934 European Championships. In the Nazi period in Germany, Sievert was seen as a symbolic hope of the German "master race" in the 1936 Summer Olympics. However, he was injured during the games and the gold medal...

 
1.78 790 610
2T Jānis Dimza  1.78 790 610
4T Akilles Järvinen
Akilles Järvinen
Akilles Eero Johannes Järvinen was a Finnish athlete and decathlete and Olympic medallist....

 
1.75 748 585
4T Paavo Yrjölä
Paavo Yrjölä
Paavo Ilmari Yrjölä , also known as the Bear of Hämeenkyrö , was a Finnish track and field athlete who won the gold medal in the decathlon at the Olympics in 1928....

 
1.75 748 585
6T Jim Bausch  1.70 678 544
6T Clyde Coffman  1.70 678 544
6T Péter Bácsalmási  1.70 678 544
6T Zygmunt Siedlecki  1.70 678 544
10T Wolrad Eberle
Wolrad Eberle
Wolrad Eberle was a German decathlete.He won the bronze medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, California.-References:...

 
1.65 608 504
10T Bob Tisdall
Bob Tisdall
Robert Morton Newburgh Tisdall was an Irish athlete of English origin who won a gold medal in the 400 metre hurdles at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.Tisdall was raised in Nenagh, County Tipperary...

 
1.65 608 504
10T Erwin Wegner  1.65 608 504
10T Harry Hart
Harry Hart (athlete)
Henry Beltsazer Hart was a South African athlete who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.He was born in Harrismith, Free State and died in Reitz....

 
1.65 608 504

400 metres

Rank Athlete Country Time Points Adjusted Points Notes
1 Bob Tisdall
Bob Tisdall
Robert Morton Newburgh Tisdall was an Irish athlete of English origin who won a gold medal in the 400 metre hurdles at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.Tisdall was raised in Nenagh, County Tipperary...

 
49.0 969.92 855 OB
2 Akilles Järvinen
Akilles Järvinen
Akilles Eero Johannes Järvinen was a Finnish athlete and decathlete and Olympic medallist....

 
50.6 909.76 781
3 Wolrad Eberle
Wolrad Eberle
Wolrad Eberle was a German decathlete.He won the bronze medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, California.-References:...

 
50.8 902.24 772
4 Wilson Charles  51.2 887.20 754
5 Erwin Wegner  51.6 872.16 736
6 Clyde Coffman  51.8 864.64 727
7 Paavo Yrjölä
Paavo Yrjölä
Paavo Ilmari Yrjölä , also known as the Bear of Hämeenkyrö , was a Finnish track and field athlete who won the gold medal in the decathlon at the Olympics in 1928....

 
52.6 834.56 693
8 Hans-Heinrich Sievert
Hans-Heinrich Sievert
Hans Heinrich Sievert was a German Olympic decathlete.He won the gold medal at the 1934 European Championships. In the Nazi period in Germany, Sievert was seen as a symbolic hope of the German "master race" in the 1936 Summer Olympics. However, he was injured during the games and the gold medal...

 
53.6 796.96 650
9T Péter Bácsalmási  53.8 789.44 642
9T Zygmunt Siedlecki  53.8 789.44 642
11 Jim Bausch  54.2 774.40 626
12 Jānis Dimza  54.8 751.84 601
13 Harry Hart
Harry Hart (athlete)
Henry Beltsazer Hart was a South African athlete who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.He was born in Harrismith, Free State and died in Reitz....

 
57.2 661.60 508

110 metre hurdles

Rank Athlete Country Time Points Adjusted Points Notes
1 Erwin Wegner  15.4 962.0 774 OB
2 Bob Tisdall
Bob Tisdall
Robert Morton Newburgh Tisdall was an Irish athlete of English origin who won a gold medal in the 400 metre hurdles at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.Tisdall was raised in Nenagh, County Tipperary...

 
15.5 952.5 762
3 Harry Hart
Harry Hart (athlete)
Henry Beltsazer Hart was a South African athlete who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.He was born in Harrismith, Free State and died in Reitz....

 
15.6 943.0 751
4 Akilles Järvinen
Akilles Järvinen
Akilles Eero Johannes Järvinen was a Finnish athlete and decathlete and Olympic medallist....

 
15.7 933.5 740
5 Hans-Heinrich Sievert
Hans-Heinrich Sievert
Hans Heinrich Sievert was a German Olympic decathlete.He won the gold medal at the 1934 European Championships. In the Nazi period in Germany, Sievert was seen as a symbolic hope of the German "master race" in the 1936 Summer Olympics. However, he was injured during the games and the gold medal...

 
16.1 895.5 695
6T Jim Bausch  16.2 886.0 684
6T Wilson Charles  16.2 886.0 684
8 Jānis Dimza  16.4 867.0 662
9 Wolrad Eberle
Wolrad Eberle
Wolrad Eberle was a German decathlete.He won the bronze medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, California.-References:...

 
16.7 838.5 631
10T Paavo Yrjölä
Paavo Yrjölä
Paavo Ilmari Yrjölä , also known as the Bear of Hämeenkyrö , was a Finnish track and field athlete who won the gold medal in the decathlon at the Olympics in 1928....

 
17.0 810.0 599
10T Zygmunt Siedlecki  17.0 810.0 599
12 Péter Bácsalmási  17.7 743.5 530
13 Clyde Coffman  17.8 734.0 520

Discus throw

Rank Athlete Country Distance Points Adjusted Points Notes
1 Jim Bausch  44.58 976.06 758 OB
2 Hans-Heinrich Sievert
Hans-Heinrich Sievert
Hans Heinrich Sievert was a German Olympic decathlete.He won the gold medal at the 1934 European Championships. In the Nazi period in Germany, Sievert was seen as a symbolic hope of the German "master race" in the 1936 Summer Olympics. However, he was injured during the games and the gold medal...

 
44.54 974.54 757
3 Péter Bácsalmási  41.45 857.12 694
4 Wolrad Eberle
Wolrad Eberle
Wolrad Eberle was a German decathlete.He won the bronze medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, California.-References:...

 
41.34 852.94 692
5 Paavo Yrjölä
Paavo Yrjölä
Paavo Ilmari Yrjölä , also known as the Bear of Hämeenkyrö , was a Finnish track and field athlete who won the gold medal in the decathlon at the Olympics in 1928....

 
40.77 831.28 680
6 Jānis Dimza  40.76 830.90 680
7 Harry Hart
Harry Hart (athlete)
Henry Beltsazer Hart was a South African athlete who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.He was born in Harrismith, Free State and died in Reitz....

 
40.62 825.58 677
8 Zygmunt Siedlecki  39.05 765.92 645
9 Wilson Charles  38.71 753.00 638
10 Akilles Järvinen
Akilles Järvinen
Akilles Eero Johannes Järvinen was a Finnish athlete and decathlete and Olympic medallist....

 
36.80 680.42 600
11 Clyde Coffman  34.40 589.22 552
12 Bob Tisdall
Bob Tisdall
Robert Morton Newburgh Tisdall was an Irish athlete of English origin who won a gold medal in the 400 metre hurdles at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.Tisdall was raised in Nenagh, County Tipperary...

 
33.31 547.80 530
13 Erwin Wegner  33.26 545.90 529

Pole vault

Rank Athlete Country Height Points Adjusted Points Notes
1 Jim Bausch  4.00 1027 617 OB
1T Clyde Coffman  4.00 1027 617 OB
3 Akilles Järvinen
Akilles Järvinen
Akilles Eero Johannes Järvinen was a Finnish athlete and decathlete and Olympic medallist....

 
3.60 811 509
4T Wolrad Eberle
Wolrad Eberle
Wolrad Eberle was a German decathlete.He won the bronze medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, California.-References:...

 
3.50 757 482
4T Péter Bácsalmási  3.50 757 482
4T Jānis Dimza  3.50 757 482
7 Wilson Charles  3.40 703 456
8T Hans-Heinrich Sievert
Hans-Heinrich Sievert
Hans Heinrich Sievert was a German Olympic decathlete.He won the gold medal at the 1934 European Championships. In the Nazi period in Germany, Sievert was seen as a symbolic hope of the German "master race" in the 1936 Summer Olympics. However, he was injured during the games and the gold medal...

 
3.20 595 406
8T Bob Tisdall
Bob Tisdall
Robert Morton Newburgh Tisdall was an Irish athlete of English origin who won a gold medal in the 400 metre hurdles at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.Tisdall was raised in Nenagh, County Tipperary...

 
3.20 595 406
10T Paavo Yrjölä
Paavo Yrjölä
Paavo Ilmari Yrjölä , also known as the Bear of Hämeenkyrö , was a Finnish track and field athlete who won the gold medal in the decathlon at the Olympics in 1928....

 
3.10 541 381
10T Erwin Wegner  3.10 541 381
10T Harry Hart
Harry Hart (athlete)
Henry Beltsazer Hart was a South African athlete who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.He was born in Harrismith, Free State and died in Reitz....

 
3.10 541 381
13 Zygmunt Siedlecki  3.00 487 357

Javelin throw

Rank Athlete Country Distance Points Adjusted Points Notes
1 Jim Bausch  61.91 1025.025 767 OB
2 Akilles Järvinen
Akilles Järvinen
Akilles Eero Johannes Järvinen was a Finnish athlete and decathlete and Olympic medallist....

 
61.00 1000.000 753
3 Wolrad Eberle
Wolrad Eberle
Wolrad Eberle was a German decathlete.He won the bronze medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, California.-References:...

 
57.49 903.475 700
4 Paavo Yrjölä
Paavo Yrjölä
Paavo Ilmari Yrjölä , also known as the Bear of Hämeenkyrö , was a Finnish track and field athlete who won the gold medal in the decathlon at the Olympics in 1928....

 
56.12 865.800 680
5 Hans-Heinrich Sievert
Hans-Heinrich Sievert
Hans Heinrich Sievert was a German Olympic decathlete.He won the gold medal at the 1934 European Championships. In the Nazi period in Germany, Sievert was seen as a symbolic hope of the German "master race" in the 1936 Summer Olympics. However, he was injured during the games and the gold medal...

 
53.91 805.025 647
6 Erwin Wegner  53.83 802.825 645
7 Harry Hart
Harry Hart (athlete)
Henry Beltsazer Hart was a South African athlete who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.He was born in Harrismith, Free State and died in Reitz....

 
50.49 710.975 596
8 Clyde Coffman  48.88 666.700 572
9 Péter Bácsalmási  48.59 658.725 568
10 Wilson Charles  47.72 634.800 555
11 Bob Tisdall
Bob Tisdall
Robert Morton Newburgh Tisdall was an Irish athlete of English origin who won a gold medal in the 400 metre hurdles at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.Tisdall was raised in Nenagh, County Tipperary...

 
45.26 567.150 519

1500 metres

Rank Athlete Country Time Points Adjusted Points Notes
1 Wolrad Eberle
Wolrad Eberle
Wolrad Eberle was a German decathlete.He won the bronze medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, California.-References:...

 
4:34.4 774.4 716
2 Bob Tisdall
Bob Tisdall
Robert Morton Newburgh Tisdall was an Irish athlete of English origin who won a gold medal in the 400 metre hurdles at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.Tisdall was raised in Nenagh, County Tipperary...

 
4:34.4 774.4 716
3 Paavo Yrjölä
Paavo Yrjölä
Paavo Ilmari Yrjölä , also known as the Bear of Hämeenkyrö , was a Finnish track and field athlete who won the gold medal in the decathlon at the Olympics in 1928....

 
4:37.4 756.4 697
4 Wilson Charles  4:39.8 742.0 682
5 Akilles Järvinen
Akilles Järvinen
Akilles Eero Johannes Järvinen was a Finnish athlete and decathlete and Olympic medallist....

 
4:47.0 698.8 637
6 Erwin Wegner  4:47.8 694 632
7 Clyde Coffman  4:48.0 692.8 631
8 Jim Bausch  5:17.0 518.8 466
9 Hans-Heinrich Sievert
Hans-Heinrich Sievert
Hans Heinrich Sievert was a German Olympic decathlete.He won the gold medal at the 1934 European Championships. In the Nazi period in Germany, Sievert was seen as a symbolic hope of the German "master race" in the 1936 Summer Olympics. However, he was injured during the games and the gold medal...

 
5:18.0 512.8 461
10 Péter Bácsalmási  5:34.6 413.2 377
11 Harry Hart
Harry Hart (athlete)
Henry Beltsazer Hart was a South African athlete who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.He was born in Harrismith, Free State and died in Reitz....

 
5:48.2 331.6 314

Final standings

Rank Athlete Country Points Adjusted Points Notes
Jim Bausch  8462.235 6735 WR
Akilles Järvinen
Akilles Järvinen
Akilles Eero Johannes Järvinen was a Finnish athlete and decathlete and Olympic medallist....

 
8292.480 6879
Wolrad Eberle
Wolrad Eberle
Wolrad Eberle was a German decathlete.He won the bronze medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, California.-References:...

 
8030.805 6661
4 Wislon Charles  7985.00 6716
5 Hans-Heinrich Sievert
Hans-Heinrich Sievert
Hans Heinrich Sievert was a German Olympic decathlete.He won the gold medal at the 1934 European Championships. In the Nazi period in Germany, Sievert was seen as a symbolic hope of the German "master race" in the 1936 Summer Olympics. However, he was injured during the games and the gold medal...

 
7941.075 6515
6 Paavo Yrjölä
Paavo Yrjölä
Paavo Ilmari Yrjölä , also known as the Bear of Hämeenkyrö , was a Finnish track and field athlete who won the gold medal in the decathlon at the Olympics in 1928....

 
7687.990 6385
7 Clyde Coffman  7534.410 6265
8 Bob Tisdall
Bob Tisdall
Robert Morton Newburgh Tisdall was an Irish athlete of English origin who won a gold medal in the 400 metre hurdles at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.Tisdall was raised in Nenagh, County Tipperary...

 
7327.170 6398
9 Erwin Wegner  7179.935 6189
10 Péter Bácsalmási  7001.735 5788
11 Harry Hart
Harry Hart (athlete)
Henry Beltsazer Hart was a South African athlete who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.He was born in Harrismith, Free State and died in Reitz....

 
6799.255 5697
- Jānis Dimza  DNF
- Zygmunt Siedlecki  DNF
- Héctor Berra  DNF
- Carlos Woebcken DNF


Key: WR = World Record, DNF = Did not finish, OB = Olympic best
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