Sled dog racing at the 1932 Winter Olympics

Sled dog race
at the III Olympic Winter Games
Venue Lake Placid, New York
Competitors 12 from 2 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Emile St. Godard  Canada
2nd, silver medalist(s) Leonhard Seppala  United States
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Shorty Russick  Canada

A sled dog race was included as a demonstration event at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid. 5 contestants from Canada and 7 contestants from the United States competed. The event, run under the rules of the New England Sled Dog Club, ran twice over a 25.1 mile (40.5 km) long course. With six dogs per sled, each sled took off at three-minute intervals, and intermediate times were given to the mushers at 4 miles (6.44 km), 10.6 miles (17.06 km), and 22.46 miles (36.14 km).

Qualification

Norman D. Vaughan qualified for the event through a race held by the New England Sled Dog Club in Wonalancet, New Hampshire in the winter of 1932.

Twenty-six teams were entered in the two-day event, which was held two weeks before the Olympics.[1]

It was thought that Emile St. Godard would be unable to compete in the event because of the lack of financial support.[2]

Results

PlaceDriverRace #1Race #2Total
1 Emile St. Godard (CAN)2:12:05.02:11:07.54:23:12.5
2 Leonhard Seppala (USA)2:13:34.32:17:27.54:31:01.8
3 Shorty Russick (CAN)2:26:22.42:21:22.24:47:44.6
4 Harry Wheeler (CAN)2:33:19.12:29:35.05:02:54.1
5 Roger Haines (USA)2:34:56.02:31:31.35:06:27.3
6 Raymond Pouliot (CAN)2:53:14.32:52:21.55:45:35.8
7 Jack Defalco (CAN)2:53:49.52:55:50.15:49:39.6
8 Stuart Belknap (USA)2:57:14.02:57:08.55:54:22.5
9 Henry Murphy (USA)2:42:49.43:15:24.15:58:13.5
10 Dexter Sears (USA)3:00:21.73:01:49.56:02:11.2
11 Norman D. Vaughan (USA)3:24:10.03:49:46.07:13:56.0
12 Eva Seeley (USA)[3]3:28:01.73:46:45.07:14:46.7

Participating nations

A total of twelve competitors from two nations competed at the Lake Placid games.

References

  1. ↑ Vaughan, Norman D.; Murphey, Cecil B. (April 1995). My Life of Adventure. Stackpole Books. p. 56. ISBN 978-0811708920.
  2. ↑ "Champion Dog Musher May Miss Lake Placid". Ottawa Citizen. 15 January 1932. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
  3. ↑ Belman, Felice; Pride, Mike, eds. (1 March 2001). The New Hampshire Century: Profiles of One Hundred People Who Shaped It. UPNE. p. 317. ISBN 978-1584650874.
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