Seventy-five years ago, the Lake Placid community came together to host an event that would change the small village forever. Despite the hard times of the Great Depression, organizers such as Godfrey Dewey went ahead with his vision in bringing the III Olympic Winter Games to Lake Placid.

This winter, Lake Placid will celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the 1932 Olympic Winter Games with the Diamond Dinner Dance, 75 Minute Parties, and international conference “Hard Times and Heroes”.

|| Interesting Facts ||

• - 17 Nations competed in Hockey, Ski Jumping, Skiing, Figure Skating, Speed Skating & Bobsleigh.
• - 3 demonstration sports were contested: Women’s Speed Skating, Curling & Sled Dog Racing.

|| Gold Medal Athletes ||

• - Sonja Henie | Norway | Figure Skating
• - Birger Ruud | Norway | Ski Jumping
• - Jack Shea | USA | Speed Skating
• - Irving Jaffee | USA | Speed Skating
• - Karl Schafer | Austria | Figure Skating
• - Brunet & Brunet | France | Pairs Skating
• - J. Hubert & Curtis Stevens | USA | Bobsleigh
• - Billy Fiske, Eddie Eagan, Clifford Gray & Edmund Horton | USA | Bobsleigh
• - Sven Utterstrom | Sweden | Skiing
• - Johan Grottumbraaten | Norway | Combined Event
• - Veli Saarinen | Finland | Skiing