Fact of the Day


At the 1932 Games in Los Angeles, 14-year-old Kusuo Kitamura of Japan won the men's 1500m freestyle swimming gold medal in a time of 19min 12.40sec, to become the youngest male in any sport ever to win a gold medal in an individual event at the Games.

At the 1932 Games in Los Angeles, 14-year-old Kusuo Kitamura of Japan won the men's 1500m freestyle swimming gold medal in a time of 19min 12.40sec, to become the youngest male in any sport ever to win a gold medal in an individual event at the Games.