1932 OLYMPIC GAMES
TO BE HELD AT LOS ANGELES From Our I"Resident Reporter WELLINGTON, Today. The Olympic Games for 1932, are to be held at Los Angeles, California, according to a statement published by the organising committee. The games will begin on July 30, and end on August 14, and the programme will consist of 135 events, including athletics, gymnastics, boxing, -wrestling, fencing, rowing, swimming, equestrian sports, modern pentathlon, road cycling, weight-lifting, yachting, polo, hockey, water polo and shooting. An Olympic stadium, fencing pavilion, Olympic Fine Arts Museum and an excellent exercising field are situated in Olympic Park, Los Angeles, and a swimming stadium will be built there. Close by are 15 training fields for visiting teams and the pavilion for the wrestling, boxing and weight-lifting events.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1078, 16 September 1930, Page 16
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