1932 in sports

1932 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Alpine skiing
FIS Alpine World Ski Championships

2nd FIS Alpine World Ski Championships are held at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. The events are a downhill, a slalom and a combined race in both the men's and women's categories. The winners are:
 * Men's Downhill – Gustav Lantschner (Austria)
 * Men's Slalom – Friedl Däuber (Germany)
 * Men's Combined – Otto Furrer (Switzerland)
 * Women's downhill – Paula Wiesinger (Italy)
 * Women's Slalom – Rösli Streiff (Switzerland)
 * Women's Combined – Rösli Streiff (Switzerland)

American football

 * 1932 NFL Playoff Game: the Chicago Bears won 9–0 over the Portsmouth Spartans (This was the first National Football League championship game)
 * Rose Bowl (1931 season):
 * The USC Trojans won 21–12 over the Tulane Green Wave to win the college football national championship
 * Michigan Wolverines – college football national championship shared with USC Trojans
 * Washington Redskins founded in Boston; start off as the Boston Braves

Association football
England France Germany Spain Italy
 * The Football League – Everton 56 points, Arsenal 54, Sheffield Wednesday 50, Huddersfield Town 48, Aston Villa 46, West Bromwich Albion 46
 * FA Cup final – Newcastle United 2–1 Arsenal at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London
 * A professional football league Division Nationale, first official game held on September 11, as predecessor for Ligue 1.
 * National Championship – Bayern Munich 2–0 Eintracht Frankfurt at Nuremberg
 * La Liga won by Real Madrid
 * Serie A won by Juventus

Athletics
Men's 100 metres
 * Eddie Tolan (USA) breaks the world record by running a time of 10.3 seconds

Australian rules football
VFL Premiership Brownlow Medal South Australian National Football League Western Australian National Football League
 * Richmond wins the 36th VFL Premiership, defeating Carlton 13.14 (92) to 12.11 (83) in the 1932 VFL Grand Final
 * The annual Brownlow Medal is awarded to Haydn Bunton senior (Fitzroy)
 * 1 October: Sturt won its fourth SA(N)FL premiership, beating North Adelaide 16.14 (110) to 10.9 (69)
 * Magarey Medal won by Max Pontifex (West Torrens)
 * 8 October: West Perth win their fifth WA(N)FL premiership but first since 1905, beating East Perth 18.9 (117) to 10.14 (74)
 * Sandover Medal won by Keith Hough (Claremont-Cottesloe)

Bandy
Sweden
 * Championship final – IF Karlstad-Göta 3–2 Västerås SK

Baseball
World Series Events
 * 28 September to 2 October — New York Yankees defeats Chicago Cubs to win the 1932 World Series by 4 games to 0. In Game 3, Babe Ruth hits his famous "called shot" home run, which is followed immediately by a Lou Gehrig solo home run.
 * Brooklyn's major league baseball team, known informally until now as the “Superbas”, the “Robins”, or the “Trolley Dodgers”, officially selects the name Brooklyn Dodgers

Basketball
Events
 * The 1932 South American Basketball Championship in Santiago, Chile, is won by Uruguay.

Bobsleigh
Olympic Games (Men's Competition)

Two bobsleigh events are held at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid :
 * 2-man bob – gold: USA I; silver: Switzerland II; bronze: USA II
 * 4-man bob – gold: USA I; silver: USA II; bronze: Germany I

Boxing
Events Lineal world champions
 * Jack Sharkey wins the World Heavyweight Championship, defeating Max Schmeling on points over 15 rounds.
 * World Heavyweight Championship – Max Schmeling → Jack Sharkey
 * World Light Heavyweight Championship – Maxie Rosenbloom
 * World Middleweight Championship – vacant
 * World Welterweight Championship – Lou Brouillard → Jackie Fields
 * World Lightweight Championship – Tony Canzoneri
 * World Featherweight Championship – Bat Battalino → vacant
 * World Bantamweight Championship – Panama Al Brown
 * World Flyweight Championship – vacant

Canadian football
Grey Cup
 * 20th Grey Cup in the Canadian Football League – Hamilton Tigers 25–6 Regina Roughriders

Cricket
Events England Australia India New Zealand South Africa West Indies
 * India plays its first Test match, against England. England wins by 159 runs.
 * County Championship – Yorkshire
 * Minor Counties Championship – Buckinghamshire
 * Most runs – Herbert Sutcliffe 3,336 @ 74.13 (HS 313)
 * Most wickets – Tich Freeman 253 @ 16.39 (BB 9–61)
 * Wisden Cricketers of the Year – Ewart Astill, Freddie Brown, Alec Kennedy, C. K. Nayudu, Bill Voce
 * Sheffield Shield – New South Wales
 * Most runs – Don Bradman 1,403 @ 116.91 (HS 299*)
 * Most wickets – Clarrie Grimmett 77 @ 19.93 (BB 7–83)
 * Bombay Quadrangular – not contested
 * Plunket Shield – Wellington
 * Currie Cup – Western Province
 * Inter-Colonial Tournament – Trinidad and Tobago

Curling
1932 Winter Olympics
 * Curling is a demonstration event at the 1932 Winter Olympic Games between four teams from Canada and four from the United States, Canada winning by 12 games to 4

Cycling
Tour de France Events
 * André Leducq wins the 26th Tour de France
 * Antonio Pesenti wins the 1932 Giro d'Italia

Field hockey
1932 Summer Olympics (Men)
 * Gold Medal – India
 * Silver Medal – Japan
 * Bronze Medal – USA

Figure skating
World Figure Skating Championships 1932 Winter Olympics
 * World Men's Champion – Karl Schäfer (Austria)
 * World Women's Champion – Sonja Henie (Norway)
 * World Pairs Champions – Andreé Joly-Brunet and Pierre Brunet (France)
 * Men's individual – Karl Schäfer (Austria)
 * Women's individual – Sonja Henie (Norway)
 * Pairs – Andreé Joly-Brunet and Pierre Brunet (France)

Golf
Major tournaments Other tournaments
 * British Open – Gene Sarazen
 * U.S. Open – Gene Sarazen
 * PGA Championship – Olin Dutra
 * British Amateur – John de Forest
 * U.S. Amateur – Ross Somerville
 * Women's Western Open – Jane Weiller

Harness racing
USA
 * Hambletonian – The Marchioness
 * Kentucky Futurity – The Marchioness

Horse racing
England Australia Canada France Ireland USA
 * Champion Hurdle – Insurance
 * Cheltenham Gold Cup – Golden Miller (first of five successive wins)
 * Grand National – Forbra
 * 1,000 Guineas Stakes – Kandy
 * 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Orwell
 * The Derby – April the Fifth
 * The Oaks – Udaipur
 * St. Leger Stakes – Firdaussi
 * Melbourne Cup – Peter Pan III
 * King's Plate – Queensway
 * Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe – Motrico
 * Irish Grand National – Copper Court
 * Irish Derby Stakes – Dastur
 * Kentucky Derby – Burgoo King
 * Preakness Stakes – Burgoo King
 * Belmont Stakes – Faireno

Ice hockey
Stanley Cup Ice Hockey World Championships 1932 Winter Olympics
 * 5–9 April — Toronto Maple Leafs defeat the New York Rangers in the 1932 Stanley Cup Finals by 3 games to 0
 * Gold Medal – Canada
 * Silver Medal – USA
 * Bronze Medal – Germany
 * Gold Medal – Canada
 * Silver Medal – USA
 * Bronze Medal – Germany

Nordic skiing
Olympic Games (Men's Competition)
 * Cross-country skiing (18 km) – gold medal: Sven Utterström (Sweden)
 * Cross-country skiing (50 km) – gold medal: Veli Saarinen (Finland)
 * Ski jumping – gold medal: Birger Ruud (Norway)
 * Nordic combined – gold medal: Johan Grøttumsbråten (Norway)

Olympic Games
1932 Winter Olympics 1932 Summer Olympics
 * The 1932 Winter Olympics takes place at Lake Placid
 * United States team wins the most medals (12) and the most gold medals (6)
 * The 1932 Summer Olympics takes place at Los Angeles
 * United States team wins the most medals (103) and the most gold medals (41)

Rowing
The Boat Race
 * 19 March — Cambridge wins the 84th Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race

Rugby league
England
 * Championship – St. Helens
 * Challenge Cup final – Leeds 11–8 Swinton at Central Park, Wigan
 * Lancashire League Championship – St. Helens
 * Yorkshire League Championship – Hunslet
 * Lancashire County Cup – Salford 10–8 Swinton
 * Yorkshire County Cup – Huddersfield 4–2 Hunslet

Australia
 * NSW Premiership – South Sydney 19–12 Western Suburbs (Grand Final)

Rugby union
Home Nations Championship
 * 45th Home Nations Championship series is shared by England, Ireland and Wales

Snooker
World Championship
 * 6th World Snooker Championship is won by Joe Davis who defeats Clark McConachy 30–19

Speed skating
Speed Skating World Championships 1932 Winter Olympics (Men) 1932 Winter Olympics (Women)
 * Men's All-round Champion – Ivar Ballangrud (Norway)
 * 500m – gold medal: Jack Shea (USA)
 * 1500m – gold medal: Jack Shea (USA)
 * 5000m – gold medal: Irving Jaffee (USA)
 * 10000m – gold medal: Irving Jaffee (USA)
 * Women's speed skating is held as a demonstration event only with competitions over 500m, 1000m and 1500m.

Tennis
Australia England France USA Davis Cup
 * Australian Men's Singles Championship – Jack Crawford (Australia) defeats Harry Hopman (Australia) 4–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–1
 * Australian Women's Singles Championship – Coral Buttsworth (Australia) defeats Kathleen Le Messurier (Australia) 9–7, 6–4
 * Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Ellsworth Vines (USA) defeats Bunny Austin (Great Britain) 6–2, 6–2, 6–0
 * Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Helen Wills Moody (USA) defeats Helen Jacobs (USA) 6–3, 6–1
 * French Men's Singles Championship – Henri Cochet (France) defeats Giorgio de Stefani (Italy) 6–0, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3
 * French Women's Singles Championship – Helen Wills Moody (USA) defeats Simonne Mathieu (France) 7–5, 6–1
 * American Men's Singles Championship – Ellsworth Vines (USA) defeats Henri Cochet (France) 6–4, 6–4, 6–4
 * American Women's Singles Championship – Helen Jacobs (USA) defeats Carolin Babcock Stark (USA) 6–2, 6–2
 * 1932 International Lawn Tennis Challenge – 3–2  at Stade Roland Garros (clay) Paris, France

Awards
Associated Press Athlete of the Year
 * Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year – Gene Sarazen (golf)
 * Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year – Babe Didrikson (athletics)