1932-Dated Brass Token 1/2 Olympics Sprinter NGC MS-66

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1932-Dated Brass Token 1/2 LA                                     Olympics Sprinter NGC MS-66
T
he men's 100 meters sprint event at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, United States, were held at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on July 31 and August 1. Thirty-three runners from 17 nations competed.
The 1932 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the X Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event that was held from July 30 to August 14, 1932, in
Los Angeles
,
California
, United States.
The Games were held during the worldwide
Great Depression
and some nations were unable to pay for the trip to Los Angeles;
37
nations competed compared to
46
in the
1928 Summer Olympics
in
Amsterdam
. Even
U.S. President
Herbert Hoover
did not attend the Games.
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