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The selection of the host city for the 1932 Summer Olympics was made at the 23rd IOC Session in Rome, Italy, on April 9, 1923.Remarkably, the selection process consisted of a single bid, from Los Angeles’ Olympic Committee led by Billy May Garland, and as there were no bids from any other city, Los Angeles was selected by default to host the 1932 Games.
The motto on a 1948 Summer Olympics medal. The original Olympic motto is the hendiatris Citius, Altius, Fortius which is Latin for "Faster, Higher, Stronger". [3]
By 2034, eleven cities will have hosted the Olympic Games more than once: Athens (1896 and 2004 Summer Olympics), Paris (1900, 1924 and 2024 Summer Olympics), London (1908, 1948 and 2012 Summer Olympics), St. Moritz (1928 and 1948 Winter Olympics), Lake Placid (1932 and 1980 Winter Olympics), Los Angeles (1932, 1984 and 2028 Summer Olympics ...
The original motto, the Latin 'Citius, Altius, Fortius', was adopted by the founder of the modern Games Pierre De Coubertin in the 19th century. Olympics-'Faster, Higher, Stronger - Together': IOC ...
Peace to the festivities! Let honor be the motto of the contest. Youth wants to show hot courage, Olympic games! Praising your glory in deeds, a pure goal: the Olympics. Pride and prosperity of many countries came forward to fight hard; All the fire which burns there, pulses together, high and free. Strength and spirit approaches with trepidation.
The Summer Olympics are more correctly referred to as the Games of the Olympiad. The first poster to announce the games using this term was the one for the 1932 Summer Olympics, in Los Angeles, using the phrase: Call to the games of the Xth Olympiad.
The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; French: Jeux olympiques) [a] [1] are the world's leading international sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions.
Smoky (1931 or 1932 – April 1934), occasionally spelled Smokey, was a dog who became the mascot of the 1932 Summer Olympic Village and later the event as a whole. [2] He is often considered the first Olympic mascot.