James Bausch

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Olympic medal record
Men's Athletics
Gold 1932 Los Angeles Decathlon

James Aloysius Bernard Bausch, a.k.a. "Jarring Jim" (March 29, 1906 – July 9, 1974) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the Decathlon.

Bausch went to college at the University of Kansas, where he starred in football and basketball. He competed for a United States in the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, California in the Decathlon where he won the Gold medal over the heavily favored Finn Akilles Järvinen.

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Olympic champions in the all around, pentathlon and decathlon
As all-around
1904: Tom Kiely
As pentathlon
As decathlon
1912: Jim Thorpe/Hugo Wieslander • 1920: Helge Løvland • 1924: Harold Osborn • 1928: Paavo Yrjölä • 1932: James Bausch • 1936: Glenn Morris • 1948+1952: Bob Mathias • 1956: Milt Campbell • 1960: Rafer Johnson • 1964: Willi Holdorf • 1968: Bill Toomey • 1972: Nikolai Avilov • 1976: Bruce Jenner • 1980+1984: Daley Thompson • 1988: Christian Schenk • 1992: Robert Změlík • 1996: Dan O'Brien • 2000: Erki Nool • 2004: Roman Šebrle
Records
Preceded by
Flag of Finland Akilles Järvinen		 Men's Decathlon World Record Holder
August 6, 1932 – July 8, 1934		 Succeeded by
Flag of Germany Hans-Heinrich Sievert
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