Continuing from the previous blog post, following the death of Iris Cummings as the last known survivor of any pre-World War II Olympics, today Oldest Olympians is looking at Olympians who competed at the 1932 Games. There are actually fewer Olympians than from 1928 who we could not find confirmation of their being deceased, although two of them have a known date of birth and could still possibly be alive. With that said, as all competitors would have had to be teenagers or younger during the Games, it is unlikely that any remain alive.

First, Hatsuko Morioka, born June 22, 1915, represented Japan in four swimming events across two editions of the Games – 1932 and 1936 – with a best finish of fifth with her nation in the 4×100 metres freestyle relay. She was a four-time national champion in the 400 metres freestyle, but she retired from active competition at the onset of World War II. While some sources claim that she was alive at the age of 100, we have seen no evidence that confirms this.

Second, Misao Yokota, born February 3, 1917, represented Japan in the same relay, as well as in the 100 metres backstroke, in 1932. She was a two-time champion in the latter event, 1932-1933, and made some professional appearances prior to World War II. She was still alive in 2001, but we have no evidence of what happened to her after that. Finally, below are the 23 competitors from 1932 for whom we lack even a year of birth, but also evidence of their death.

(Hwang Eul-Su, Korean boxer)

Name	Notes
Toru Arai	Art competitor from Japan in Painting
Vicente Araujo	Reserve for Brazil’s 4×400 metres relay team
Abelardo Cuevas	Art competitor from Japan in Music
Daemers	Art competitor from Belgium in Sculpturing
Valère De Moer	Art competitor from Belgium in Sculpturing
Deryck	Art competitor from Belgium in Architecture
D. Dumortier	Art competitor from Belgium in Painting
Hélène Gérard	Art competitor from Belgium in Painting
Hwang Eul-Su	Korean lightweight boxer
Franz Janisch	Reserve with the Austrian weightlifting delegation
Eiichi Kawasaki	Art competitor from Japan in Sculpturing
Jay Maddox	Art competitor from the United States in Painting
Jeronimo Maria	Non-starter for Brazil in the 5,000 metres event
Kiyoshi Murai	Reserve with Japan’s water polo squad
Rogelio Pazquez	Art competitor from Cuba in Music
Rafael Pérez	Non-starter for Cuba in the high and long jumps
Jorge Pessoa	Reserve with Brazil’s water polo squad
Marcel Prévost	Art competitor from Belgium in Painting
Tomotari Sakurai	Art competitor from Japan in Painting
Elise Swanson	Art competitor from the United States in Music
Isamu Toyofuji	Art competitor from Japan in Painting
Domingos Trevisan	Non-starter for Brazil in the javelin throw
Anna Van Nuffel	Art competitor from Belgium in Sculpturing

Our final post in this series will look into the 1936 Games, and once again we hope that you will join us!