Colombia at the 1932 Summer Olympics
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At the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles | ||||||||||||
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Flag bearer | Jorge Perry | |||||||||||
Medals | Gold 0 |
Silver 0 |
Bronze 0 |
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Colombia competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. Two people traveled to represent Colombia; musician Emirto de Lima, and marathon runner Jorge Perry.[1] Colombia did not have an Olympic committee but agreed to sponsor Perry to train in America for four months before the event,[2] unfortunately Perry failed to finish after feeling faint after the first 10 km.[3]
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Background
The first modern Summer Olympics took place in Athens in 1896,[4] and Cuba was the first Latin American country to participate in the event, in 1900. Colombia first participated in the Summer Olympics in 1932 with a single athlete, Jorge Perry,[5] when the Colombian Olympic Committee had not been established.[6] This was also the first Olympics for China,[7] whose delegation consisted of athlete Liu Changchun and four officials.[8] The 1932 Summer Olympics were organised during the Great Depression,[9] an economic crisis in the United States that began after the Wall Street Crash of 1929, which was affecting economies in other continents.[10]
These Olympics were held in Los Angeles, which was difficult to access,[9] and transporting athletes was problematic.[11] These led to the participation in the games to be the lowest since 1904, with 1,332 athletes from 37 nations taking part,[9] as opposed to 2,883 athletes from 46 nations in Amsterdam in 1928.[12] A severe economic crisis was taking place in Colombia,[13] with the coffee, oil, and banana trade collapsing, which were vital for the Colombian economy.[14] The central bank's reserves were depleted and the nation was struggling to pay debt, and peso was devalued repetitively.[13] As there was no Olympic Committee in Colombia,[5] Perry needed to apply directly to the International Olympic Committee.[15]
Athletics
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Athlete | Event | Final | |
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Jorge Perry | Marathon | DNF |
See also
References
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