Figure skating at the 1932 Winter Olympics

Figure skating at the III Winter Olympics
Type: Olympic Games
Champions
Men's singles:
Austria Karl Schäfer
Ladies' singles:
Norway Sonja Henie
Pair skating:
France Andrée Brunet / Pierre Brunet
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1928 Winter Olympics
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1936 Winter Olympics
Figure skating at the
1932 Winter Olympics
Individual   men   ladies
Pairs mixed

At the 1932 Winter Olympics, three figure skating events were contested. The competitions were held from Monday, February 8 to Friday, February 12, 1932. It was the first time the events were held indoors.

Medal summary

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles  Karl Schäfer (AUT)  Gillis Grafström (SWE)  Montgomery Wilson (CAN)
Ladies' singles  Sonja Henie (NOR)  Fritzi Burger (AUT)  Maribel Vinson (USA)
Pair skating  Andrée Brunet
/ Pierre Brunet (FRA)
 Beatrix Loughran
/ Sherwin Badger (USA)
 Emília Rotter
/ László Szollás (HUN)

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Austria 1 1 0 2
2 Norway 1 0 0 1
France 1 0 0 1
4 United States 0 1 1 2
5 Sweden 0 1 0 1
6 Canada 0 0 1 1
Hungary 0 0 1 1
Total 3 3 3 9

Participating nations

Only two figure skater competed in both the singles and the pairs event.

A total of 39 figure skaters (18 men and 21 ladies) from 13 nations (men from ten nations and ladies from nine nations) competed at the Lake Placid Games:

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