Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon

Men's decathlon at the Games of the X Olympiad
Dates	August 5 & August 6
Medalists
Jim Bausch  United States Akilles Järvinen  Finland Wolrad Eberle  Germany
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Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men
400 m	men
800 m	men
1500 m	men
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
80 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeple	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men
Road events
Marathon	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men
Triple jump	men
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Combined events
Decathlon	men
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The men's decathlon event at the 1932 Olympic Games took place between August 5 & August 6.^[1] 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.

Results

100 metres

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Points	Adjusted Points	Notes
1T	Akilles Järvinen	Finland	11.1	881.0	786
1T	Héctor Berra	Argentina	11.1	881.0	786
3	Wilson Charles	United States	11.2	857.2	765
4T	Clyde Coffman	United States	11.3	833.4	744
4T	Bob Tisdall	Ireland	11.3	833.4	744
4T	Jānis Dimza	Latvia	11.3	833.4	744
7T	Wolrad Eberle	Germany	11.4	809.6	723
7T	Hans-Heinrich Sievert	Germany	11.4	809.6	723
7T	Erwin Wegner	Germany	11.4	809.6	723
10	Zygmunt Siedlecki	Poland	11.6	762.0	683
11T	Jim Bausch	United States	11.7	738.2	663
11T	Harry Hart	South Africa	11.7	738.2	663
13	Paavo Yrjölä	Finland	11.8	714.4	643
14	Péter Bácsalmási	Hungary	12.0	666.8	605
-	Carlos Woebcken	Brazil	-	0.0	-	DNF

Long jump

Rank	Athlete	Country	Distance	Points	Adjusted Points	Notes
1	Wilson Charles	United States	7.24	911.80	871	OB
2	Jānis Dimza	Latvia	7.22	906.90	866
3	Héctor Berra	Argentina	7.14	887.30	847
4	Akilles Järvinen	Finland	7.00	853.00	814
5	Hans-Heinrich Sievert	Germany	6.97	845.65	807
6	Jim Bausch	United States	6.95	840.75	802
7T	Wolrad Eberle	Germany	6.77	796.65	760
7T	Clyde Coffman	United States	6.77	796.65	760
9	Péter Bácsalmási	Hungary	6.71	781.95	746
10	Bob Tisdall	Ireland	6.60	755.00	720
11	Paavo Yrjölä	Finland	6.59	752.55	718
12	Zygmunt Siedlecki	Poland	6.49	728.05	695
13	Erwin Wegner	Germany	6.41	708.45	677
14	Harry Hart	South Africa	6.14	642.30	617

Shot put

Rank	Athlete	Country	Distance	Points	Adjusted Points	Notes
1	Jim Bausch	United States	15.32	998	809	OB
2	Hans-Heinrich Sievert	Germany	14.50	916	759
3	Jānis Dimza	Latvia	14.33	899	749
4	Paavo Yrjölä	Finland	13.68	834	709
5	Zygmunt Siedlecki	Poland	13.56	822	701
6	Harry Hart	South Africa	13.31	797	686
7	Wolrad Eberle	Germany	13.22	788	681
8	Akilles Järvinen	Finland	13.11	777	674
9	Bob Tisdall	Ireland	12.58	724	642
10	Wilson Charles	United States	12.56	722	640
11	Péter Bácsalmási	Hungary	11.90	656	600
12	Clyde Coffman	United States	11.86	652	598
13	Erwin Wegner	Germany	11.70	636	588

High jump

Rank	Athlete	Country	Height	Points	Adjusted Points	Notes
1	Wilson Charles	United States	1.85	888	670
2T	Hans-Heinrich Sievert	Germany	1.78	790	610
2T	Jānis Dimza	Latvia	1.78	790	610
4T	Akilles Järvinen	Finland	1.75	748	585
4T	Paavo Yrjölä	Finland	1.75	748	585
6T	Jim Bausch	United States	1.70	678	544
6T	Clyde Coffman	United States	1.70	678	544
6T	Péter Bácsalmási	Hungary	1.70	678	544
6T	Zygmunt Siedlecki	Poland	1.70	678	544
10T	Wolrad Eberle	Germany	1.65	608	504
10T	Bob Tisdall	Ireland	1.65	608	504
10T	Erwin Wegner	Germany	1.65	608	504
10T	Harry Hart	South Africa	1.65	608	504

400 metres

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Points	Adjusted Points	Notes
1	Bob Tisdall	Ireland	49.0	969.92	855	OB
2	Akilles Järvinen	Finland	50.6	909.76	781
3	Wolrad Eberle	Germany	50.8	902.24	772
4	Wilson Charles	United States	51.2	887.20	754
5	Erwin Wegner	Germany	51.6	872.16	736
6	Clyde Coffman	United States	51.8	864.64	727
7	Paavo Yrjölä	Finland	52.6	834.56	693
8	Hans-Heinrich Sievert	Germany	53.6	796.96	650
9T	Péter Bácsalmási	Hungary	53.8	789.44	642
9T	Zygmunt Siedlecki	Poland	53.8	789.44	642
11	Jim Bausch	United States	54.2	774.40	626
12	Jānis Dimza	Latvia	54.8	751.84	601
13	Harry Hart	South Africa	57.2	661.60	508

110 metre hurdles

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Points	Adjusted Points	Notes
1	Erwin Wegner	Germany	15.4	962.0	774	OB
2	Bob Tisdall	Ireland	15.5	952.5	762
3	Harry Hart	South Africa	15.6	943.0	751
4	Akilles Järvinen	Finland	15.7	933.5	740
5	Hans-Heinrich Sievert	Germany	16.1	895.5	695
6T	Jim Bausch	United States	16.2	886.0	684
6T	Wilson Charles	United States	16.2	886.0	684
8	Jānis Dimza	Latvia	16.4	867.0	662
9	Wolrad Eberle	Germany	16.7	838.5	631
10T	Paavo Yrjölä	Finland	17.0	810.0	599
10T	Zygmunt Siedlecki	Poland	17.0	810.0	599
12	Péter Bácsalmási	Hungary	17.7	743.5	530
13	Clyde Coffman	United States	17.8	734.0	520

Discus throw

Rank	Athlete	Country	Distance	Points	Adjusted Points	Notes
1	Jim Bausch	United States	44.58	976.06	758	OB
2	Hans-Heinrich Sievert	Germany	44.54	974.54	757
3	Péter Bácsalmási	Hungary	41.45	857.12	694
4	Wolrad Eberle	Germany	41.34	852.94	692
5	Paavo Yrjölä	Finland	40.77	831.28	680
6	Jānis Dimza	Latvia	40.76	830.90	680
7	Harry Hart	South Africa	40.62	825.58	677
8	Zygmunt Siedlecki	Poland	39.05	765.92	645
9	Wilson Charles	United States	38.71	753.00	638
10	Akilles Järvinen	Finland	36.80	680.42	600
11	Clyde Coffman	United States	34.40	589.22	552
12	Bob Tisdall	Ireland	33.31	547.80	530
13	Erwin Wegner	Germany	33.26	545.90	529

Pole vault

Rank	Athlete	Country	Height	Points	Adjusted Points	Notes
1	Jim Bausch	United States	4.00	1027	617	OB
1T	Clyde Coffman	United States	4.00	1027	617	OB
3	Akilles Järvinen	Finland	3.60	811	509
4T	Wolrad Eberle	Germany	3.50	757	482
4T	Péter Bácsalmási	Hungary	3.50	757	482
4T	Jānis Dimza	Latvia	3.50	757	482
7	Wilson Charles	United States	3.40	703	456
8T	Hans-Heinrich Sievert	Germany	3.20	595	406
8T	Bob Tisdall	Ireland	3.20	595	406
10T	Paavo Yrjölä	Finland	3.10	541	381
10T	Erwin Wegner	Germany	3.10	541	381
10T	Harry Hart	South Africa	3.10	541	381
13	Zygmunt Siedlecki	Poland	3.00	487	357

Javelin throw

Rank	Athlete	Country	Distance	Points	Adjusted Points	Notes
1	Jim Bausch	United States	61.91	1025.025	767	OB
2	Akilles Järvinen	Finland	61.00	1000.000	753
3	Wolrad Eberle	Germany	57.49	903.475	700
4	Paavo Yrjölä	Finland	56.12	865.800	680
5	Hans-Heinrich Sievert	Germany	53.91	805.025	647
6	Erwin Wegner	Germany	53.83	802.825	645
7	Harry Hart	South Africa	50.49	710.975	596
8	Clyde Coffman	United States	48.88	666.700	572
9	Péter Bácsalmási	Hungary	48.59	658.725	568
10	Wilson Charles	United States	47.72	634.800	555
11	Bob Tisdall	Ireland	45.26	567.150	519

1500 metres

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Points	Adjusted Points	Notes
1	Wolrad Eberle	Germany	4:34.4	774.4	716
2	Bob Tisdall	Ireland	4:34.4	774.4	716
3	Paavo Yrjölä	Finland	4:37.4	756.4	697
4	Wilson Charles	United States	4:39.8	742.0	682
5	Akilles Järvinen	Finland	4:47.0	698.8	637
6	Erwin Wegner	Germany	4:47.8	694	632
7	Clyde Coffman	United States	4:48.0	692.8	631
8	Jim Bausch	United States	5:17.0	518.8	466
9	Hans-Heinrich Sievert	Germany	5:18.0	512.8	461
10	Péter Bácsalmási	Hungary	5:34.6	413.2	377
11	Harry Hart	South Africa	5:48.2	331.6	314

Final standings

Rank	Athlete	Country	Points	Adjusted Points	Notes
	Jim Bausch	United States	8462.235	6735	WR
	Akilles Järvinen	Finland	8292.480	6879
	Wolrad Eberle	Germany	8030.805	6661
4	Wilson Charles	United States	7985.00	6716
5	Hans-Heinrich Sievert	Germany	7941.075	6515
6	Paavo Yrjölä	Finland	7687.990	6385
7	Clyde Coffman	United States	7534.410	6265
8	Bob Tisdall	Ireland	7327.170	6398
9	Erwin Wegner	Germany	7179.935	6189
10	Péter Bácsalmási	Hungary	7001.735	5788
11	Harry Hart	South Africa	6799.255	5697
-	Jānis Dimza	Latvia			DNF
-	Zygmunt Siedlecki	Poland			DNF
-	Héctor Berra	Argentina			DNF
-	Carlos Woebcken	Brazil			DNF

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

References

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