Board of the International Athletics Association, 1932

The board of the International Athletics Association during a meeting in Berlin. Seated from left to right: Genet (France), Stankevits (Hungary), Sigfrid J. Edstroem (Sweden), Barclay (United Kingdom), Karl Ritter von Halt (Germany). Standing from left to right. Mericamp (France) and Ekelund (Sweden). Due to increased expenses claims, the Finnish distance runner Paavo Nurmi was disqualified for the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 1932 since he thereby violated the amateur provisions

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Amateur Barclay Claims Disqualified Ekelund Expenses Finnish Genet Halt Increased Nurmi Paavo Provisions Runner Sigfrid Thereby Violated

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