Diameter:  55 mm

Weight:    68  gr

Obverse:
Victory seated above stadium.

Reverse:
Winner carried by jubilant athletes.
 
 

The dies with which the Prize Medals for the Games of the Xth Olympiad were stamped were cast from the official Olympic hubs used in previous Games. The only alteration made was that of changing the wording to IXth Olympiad Los Angeles 1932. The medals themselves were stamped in the United States, and finished in gold, silver or bronze, according to the requirements of the Protocol.

(Source document:   Official Report 1932, page 331)

Diameter:   55 mm

Weight:   72  gr

Manufacturer:  B.M. Mayer, Pforzheim

Obverse:
Victory seated above stadium holding palm branch. 

Reverse:
Winner carried by jubilant athletes.

Copies produced:   960
 
 

According to the Olympic Statutes, medals of victory are to be awarded in silver-gilt, silver and bronze to the victors in the various Olympic competitions. The design of the Italian sculptor, Professor Cassioli, Florence, was selected by the International Olympic Committee in 1928 as the permanent Olympic medal, the inscription being changed to correspond to each Olympic Festival. The Organizing Committee was therefore obliged only to provide an adequate number of medals from the mould, which is placed at the disposal of the proper Organizing Committee on the occasion of each Festival. This task was awarded to the firm of B. H. Mayer, Pforzheim, a total of 960 medals being produced.

(Source document:  Official Report 1936, page 125)