Art competitions at the 1932 Summer Olympics

Art competitions were held as part of the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. Medals were awarded in five categories (architecture, literature, music, painting, and sculpture), for works inspired by sport-related themes.^[1]

Richard Konwiarz won the bronze medal for the design of the Schlesierkampfbahn in Breslau.

Art competitions were part of the Olympic program from 1912 to 1948, but were discontinued due to concerns about amateurism and professionalism. Since 1952, a non-competitive art and cultural festival has been associated with each game.^[2]

Architecture

Category	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Architectural design	Gustave Saacké, Pierre Montenot, Pierre Bailly (FRA) Design for a "Cirque pour Toros"	John Russell Pope (USA) Design for the Payne Whitney Gymnasium, New Haven, Connecticut	Richard Konwiarz (GER) Design for a "Schlesierkampfbahn" in the Sport Park of Breslau
Town planning	John Hughes (GBR) Design for a Sports and Recreation Centre with Stadium, for the City of Liverpool	Jens Klemmensen (DEN) Design for a Stadium and Public Park	André Verbeke (BEL) Design for a "Marathon Park"

Literature

Category	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Literature	Paul Bauer (GER) "Am Kangehenzonga"	Josef Petersen (DEN) "The Argonauts"	none awarded

Music

Category	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Music	none awarded	Josef Suk (TCH) "Into a New Life" symphonic march	none awarded

Painting

Los Angeles, 1932: visitors admiring "At the Seaside of Arild" by David Wallin (1876–1957), of Sweden.

Category	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Paintings	David Wallin (SWE) "At the Seaside of Arild"	Ruth Miller (USA) "Struggle"	none awarded
Watercolors and drawings	Lee Blair (USA) "Rodeo"	Percy Crosby (USA) "Jackknife"	Gerhard Westermann (NED) "Horseman"
Graphic arts	Joseph Golinkin (USA) "Leg Scissors"	Janina Konarska (POL) "Stadium"	Joachim Karsch (GER) "Stabwechsel"

Sculpture

Category	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Statues	Mahonri Young (USA) "The Knockdown"	Miltiades Manno (HUN) "Wrestling"	Jakub Obrovský (TCH) "Odysseus"
Medals and reliefs	Józef Klukowski (POL) "Sport Sculpture II"	Frederick MacMonnies (USA) "Lindbergh Medal"	R. Tait McKenzie (CAN) "Shield of the Athletes"

Medal table

At the time, medals were awarded to these artists, but art competitions are no longer regarded as official Olympic events by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). These events do not appear in the IOC medal database,^[3] and these totals are not included in the IOC's medal table for the 1932 Games.^[4]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	3	4	0	7
2	Poland (POL)	1	1	0	2
3	Germany (GER)	1	0	2	3
4	France (FRA)	1	0	0	1
	Great Britain (GBR)	1	0	0	1
	Sweden (SWE)	1	0	0	1
7	Denmark (DEN)	0	2	0	2
8	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	1	1	2
9	Hungary (HUN)	0	1	0	1
10	Belgium (BEL)	0	0	1	1
	Canada (CAN)	0	0	1	1
	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		8	9	6	23