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Los Angeles, 1932
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These are the first Games ever to turn a profit, a feat no repeated until LA again hosted the Games in 1984. -
The Brazilian government couldn't afford to send its 69 athletes to the 1932 Los Angeles Games, so they herded them onto a ship with 50,000 sacks of Brazilian coffee, hoping to sell the beans to various ports of call on the way to California.
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American Mildred "Babe" Didriksen won medals in high jumping, hurdling, and the javelin in 1932. She is the only athlete to ever medal in all three events.
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Distance runner Paavo Nurmi was barred from the Los Angeles Games, on grounds that, on a trip to a German meet, he had claimed too much money in travel expenses.
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Babe Didrikson picks up gold medals in hurdles and javelin. She would have tied for a gold in the high-jump, but her jumping style was ruled as illegal.
- Los Angles again hosted the Olympic Games in 1984
Related Pages
- complete list of Olympic host cities
- USA have also hosted the Games in St Lois 1904, Los Angles 1984, Atlanta 1996
