Olympic Regattas - 1932 Los Angeles

Book GER 2020 °Ausgerechnet ich!° (Hans Gelbert - Ludwigshafener RV - und die Olympischen Spiele 1932)

Compiled by R. Floersch

and K.-A. Kaufmann
Cachet USA 1932 OG Los Angeles - Water sports Long Beach Aug. 9th - 13th
Cachet USA 1932 OG Los Angeles Long Beach Water Sports
CC AUS 1933 GODFREY PHILLIPS CIGARETTES B.D.V. °Who's Who in Australian Sport°- R. Pearce (AUS), Olympic champion M1X 1928 and 1932
CC AUS 1933 SWEETACRES CHEWING GUM series of sport champions No. 39 - R. Pearce (AUS)
CC GER (editor and year of issue unknown) No. 90 - M4- crew RC "Amicitia" Mannheim, silver medal winner at OG Los Angeles 1932

Karl Aletter, Erns Gaber,

Walter Flinsch, Hans Maier
CC GER 1932 BERGMANN CIGARETTES - °Olympia-Sieger 1932° album 3 No. 6 with incorrect text on back about a silver medal for the German crew

The German M4+ won the gold medal, not the silver medal.

It was the German M4- crew who came second in the final.
CC GER 1932 BULGARIA CIGARETTES - Sport photo No. 185 - Berliner RC crew selected for representing GER at OG Los Angeles (where they won the gold medal)
CC GER 1932 JOSETTI Cigarettes °Deutscher Sport° No. 134, M4+ gold medal winner crew GER at OG Los Angeles

Berliner RC (J. Spremberg, W. Meyer, H.Hoeck, H. Eller, cox K.-H.. Neumann)

Quote from the FISA Centenary Book:

°During the last 300 metres, before a public on its feet, shouting, whistling and stamping

with indignation, the Berlin crew edged ahead. The Italians stopped rowing with one more

stroke to go, thus losing the gold medal by a hair's breath.°

Gold medal GER       7:19,0

Silver medal ITA        7:19,2

Bronze medal POL   7:26,8
CC GER 1932 JOSETTI Cigarettes °Deutscher Sport° No. 136 - Buhtz & Boetzelen (GER), M2X silver medal winners at OG Los Angeles
CC GER 1932 REEMTSMA album No. 6 °Olympia 1932° No. 132 - The four boats of the M8+ final behind the finish line
CC GER 1932 REEMTSMA album No. 6 °Olympia 1932° No. 133 - Henry Robert (Bobby) Pearce (AUS), Olympic single sculls champion at Amsterdam 1928, repeated his victory
CC GER 1932 REEMTSMA album No. 6 °Olympia 1932° No. 134 - Second heat M2- : GBR wins, 2. AUS, 3. NED
CC GER 1932 REEMTSMA album No. 6 °Olympia 1932° No. 135 - The German M4+ crew after their win of the gold medal together with their coach Tom Sullivan (left) -
CC GER 1932 REEMTSMA album No. 6 °Olympia 1932° No. 136 - GER wins the M4+ gold medal in a very close race against ITA
CC GER 1932 REEMTSMA album No. 6 °Olympia 1932° No. 137 - The thrilling 8+ final : 1. USA, 2. ITA, 3. CAN, 4. GBR

Bad umpiring!
CC GER 1932 SANELLA Margarine "Handbuch des Sports" - Berliner RC (GER), M4+ gold medal winner
CC GER 1932 SANELLA Margarine "Handbuch des Sports" - Walter Flinsch (GER), M4- silver medal winner at OG Los Angeles 1932
CC GER 1932 SANELLA Margarine °Handbuch des Sports° - Gerhard Boetzelen (GER) Berliner RC, silver medal winner in the M2X competition
CC GER 1934 GREILING °Rekord im Sport° No. 205 - Berliner RC crew, M4+ gold medal winner OG Los Angeles 1932

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