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OLYMPIC GAMES.

THIRTY-TWO NATIONS REPRESENTED. RECORD ATTENDANCES EXPECTED. lUNITEI) MIESS ASSOCIATION* —HY ELECTBTC TELEGRAPH —COPYRIGHT.) (Received July 27th, 5.5 p.m.) LOS ANGELES, July 27. With the participants of 32 nations already resident in Olympic Village, the only contestants yet to arrive before the official opening of the tenth Olympic Games on Saturday are the' representatives of five small nations—China, Cuba, Estonia, Portugal, and Spain. W'hereas China and Uruguay arc represented by one contestant" each, tho United States has the largest reproscn tation —350; Canada is second with 120. An interesting post-Olympic feature has been arranged, this being tho socalled Anglo-American Games between the United States and tho British Empire at San Francisco, beginning on August 14th. Fifty thousand spectators aro expected daily during the fortnight's contest at tho Olympiad, with the principal stadium seating 105,000, the swimming stadium 10,000, the auditorium for boxing and wrestling 10,400, and six other stadiums in which 400,000 spectators can be accommodated daily. It is hoped that all attendance records at the Olympic. Games will be broken.

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Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20610, 28 July 1932, Page 9

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OLYMPIC GAMES. Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20610, 28 July 1932, Page 9

OLYMPIC GAMES. Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20610, 28 July 1932, Page 9

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