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1925 Workers' Summer Olympiad

The 1925 Workers' Summer Olympiad was the second edition of International Workers' Olympiads. The games were held from July 24 to July 28 at Frankfurt am Main in Germany.

1925 Workers' Summer Olympiad
Host cityFrankfurt am Main, Germany
Nations11
Athletes3,000
Events44
DatesJuly 24, 1925 (1925-07-24)–
July 28, 1925 (1925-07-28)
Organiser Georg Benedix at the opening ceremony of 1925 Workers' Summer Olympiad.

Total number of participants was more than 100,000 of which 3,000 were actual athletes from 12 countries. The rest were spectators who were invited to take part on mass gymnastics that underlined the ideas of worker sports.[1] Motto of the 1925 Olympiad was "Nie wieder Krieg!" – No More War![2]

The events mostly took place at the newly opened Waldstadion that is today known as Commerzbank-Arena. An outdoor swimming pool, Stadionbad, was built for the swimming competitions.[3] The opening ceremony had a choir of 1,200 people singing and later 60,000 actors took part in the drama presentation "Worker Struggle for the Earth" marching through the streets of Frankfurt.[2][4] All events attracted a total of 450,000 spectators.[5]

The most notable result was a new world record of 51.3 in women's 4×100 metres relay set by the German team of Arbeiter-Turn- und Sportbund (ATSB), although it was never ratified by IAAF.[2][4] Football tournament was also won by the German team of ATSB. The most successful athletes came from Finnish Workers' Sports Federation, winning 31 events out of 44.[2]

Sports edit

Participating countries edit

Men's results edit

Athletics edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   Jalmari Etholén 11.3   Väinö Mattila 11.4   Vilho Mankki 11.4
200 metres   Jalmari Etholén 23.2   Karl-Emil Virta 23.3   Niilo Mattila 23.7
400 metres   Karl-Emil Virta 51.6   Emil Elo 52.2   Vilho Mankki 52.8
800 metres   Eino Borg 1:59.0   Yrjö Järvinen 2:03.5   Yrjö Halén 2:04.1
1500 metres   Eino Borg 4:07.0   Mauno Rutanen 4:11.5   Wagner
3000 metres   Eino Borg 8:47.2   Yrjö Jokela 8:47.6   A. Vuorinen 9:03.2
5000 metres   Yrjö Jokela 15:31.0   Toivo Salmi 15:43.5   A. Vuorinen 16:06.7
10,000 metres   Yrjö Jokela 32:21.6   Jalmari Kaila 33:02.0   Toivo Salmi 33:34.2
25,000 metres   Iivari Rötkö 1:24:37.0   Väinö Laaksonen 1:24:51.5   Yrjö Vänttinen 1:25:10.0
110 metres hurdles   Niilo Mattila 16.4   Väinö Kääriäinen 16.6   Wells 16.6
400 metres hurdles   Niilo Mattila 58.2   Väinö Kääriäinen 59.5   Wells 1:00.8
4×100 metres relay   Finland 44.0   Latvia 45.8   Germany 45.8
10×100 metres relay   Finland 1:51.8   Germany 1:54.1   Germany II 1:55.1
4×400 metres relay   Finland 3:34.0   Germany 3:37.5   France
3×1000 metres relay   Finland 8:04.4   Germany 8:20.0   France 8:54.8
Sprint medley relay   Finland 3:43.2   Germany 3:49.7   Austria 3:55.5
Swedish relay   Finland 2:07.8   Germany 2:08.1   Switzerland 2:08.8
3000 metres team race   Finland 9:31.7   Germany 10:03.1   France 10:33.9
10 kilometres walk   Burghardt 48:38.0   Wolff 48:52.4   Bohner 49:16.1
High jump   Kalle Korpi 1.79   Artturi Niemi 1.79   Onni Heinänen 1.73
Pole vault   Nestor Kristoffersson
  Robert Vitthoff		 343 – –   Rudolf Muukkonen 330
Long jump   Onni Heinänen 6.88   Paavo Virtanen 6.80   Rodzit 6.60
Triple jump   Paavo Virtanen 14.28   Vilho Takkinen 14.04   Hauerstein 13.65
Shot put   Oskar Lindborg 12.98   Jussi Laiho 12.72   Oskar Lindborg 12.57
Shot put (light)   Kalervo Kotivalo 19.96   Jussi Laiho 17.75   Barthel 17.39
Discus throw   Oskar Lindborg 41.55   Jussi Laiho 40.57   T. Subatnik 38.82
Hammer throw   Jussi Laiho 43.29   Vilhelm Silius 38.85   Hefele 32.62
Javelin throw   Kalle Korpi 54.71   H. Ilmonen 54.64   U. Virtanen 53.50
Stone throw   Kalervo Kotivalo 8.83   Oskar Lindborg 8.31   E. Hummel 7.75
Weight throw   Jussi Laiho 15.59   Vilhelm Silius 15.11 – –
Slingshot throw [8]   Barthel 55.95   Hensge   Weber
Pentathlon   Kalervo Kotivalo 578   U. Virtanen 557   Nestor Kristoffersson 545
Decathlon   Rudolf Muukkonen 1119.0   Vilho Takkinen 1029.5   Robeschnich 983.5
Tug of war   Germany   Belgium – –

Boxing edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Flyweight   Veikko Mutikainen   Gutte   Müller
Bantamweight   Onni Rautiainen   Oiva Johtonen   Klippel
Featherweight   Berger   Reppin   Möveberg
Lightweight   Scherm   Eino Kalervo –
Welterweight   Soini Andersin   Völkel   Sven Vilenius
Middleweight   Bauer   Gösta Brännäs   Veikko Paananen
Light heavyweight   Janis Vigriezis   Braun –
Heavyweight   Vilis Klesbergs   Schädler –

Cycling edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
1,000 m [10]   Durand 1:33.7   Inman   Ilmari Mäkelä
2,000 m [10]   Durand 3:14.7   Dewener   Inman
10 km [10]   Frot 16:22.5   Stoll   Dewener
50 km [11]   Pirson 1:23.1   May   Frot
10 km road race [12]   Stoll 15:12.5   Ilmari Mäkelä   Bemforth
20 km road race [12]   Seguet 32:01.4   Fisch 32:01.6   Hanakam 32:05.2
50 km road race [11]   W. Rau 1:30.1   F. Appel   Josef Rotz
6×1,000 m [11]   Austria   Great Britain – –
50 km, team [13]   Austria 1:27.07   France   Germany

Gymnastics edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Octathlon   Kurt Rödel 149.5   Albert Rahnfeldt 149.5   Wilhelm Buri 139.5
Dodecathlon   Toivo Salonen 208.5   Onni Mäki 194.0   Kalle Lehtinen 188.8
Dodecathlon, team [15]   Finland

Swimming edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m freestyle   Werner 1:09.6   Koluza 1:10.0   Urhalt 1:12.0
400 m freestyle   Gödke 5:59.2   Koluza 6:10.4   Hope 6:21.0
1500 m freestyle   Krause 25:28.4   Dahle 26:15.0   Gold 27:48.6
100 m backstroke   Schultz 1:21.4   Lohrer 1:24.4   Stechert 1:25.0
100 m breaststroke   Jaskulsky 1:28.2   Schultz 1:29.6   Pentti Vihervaara 1:32.4
200 m breaststroke   Lehmann 3:11.6   Schultz 3:19.2   Kannenberg 3:19.6
400 m breaststroke   Lehmann 6:48.2   Kannenberg 6:52.0   Küster 7:02.4
100 m sidestroke   Faulde 1:17.6   Schultz 1:19.2   Hampe 1:20.6
4×100 m freestyle relay   Germany 4:48.4   Finland 5:32.8 – –
4×100 m breaststroke relay   Germany 6:16.4   Finland 6:45.0   Belgium 7:20.8
4×100 m medley relay   Germany 5:25.4   Austria   Belgium
Springboard   Fritsche 56.3   Papke 49.9   Nachtigall 48.9
Plain high diving   Lehmann 42.3   Toivo Paavilainen 38.0   Eino Währn 34.1

Water polo edit

Semi-finals Final
      
  Germany 11
  France 1
  Germany (a.e.t.) 6
  Austria 5
  Austria 5
  Belgium 1 Third place
  France 5
  Belgium 2

Wrestling (Greco-Roman) edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Bantamweight   Justin Gehring   Albert Siponen
  W. Joneleit 		  P. Sachse
Featherweight   Arvo Salin   Paavo Suomi   H. Wittwer
Lightweight   Matti Saarikoski   A. Sipol   Jukka Ikonen
Middleweight   Väinö Kokkinen   Kaarlo Tammi   H. Schädler
Light Heavyweight   Verner Salonen   P. Merkel   Edwin Järnmark
Heavyweight   Aleksi Kuusisto   H. Kämpfer   H. Sattel

Women's results edit

Athletics edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   Dittmar 12.9   Hochholzer 13.0   Hippler 13.3
4×100 metres   Germany 51.3   Finland 56.6   France 57.2
10×100 metres [a]   Czechoslovakia 2:29.2 – – – –
Sprint medley relay   Germany 53.5   Finland 55.5   Germany II 57.4
Triathlon   Elina Jääskeläinen 284   Hochholzer 268   Eugenie Indersson 261
High jump   Haase
  Bleul		 1.39   Kauschke
  Sarnes
  Koch		 1.29   Vonier 1.26
Long jump   Rauh 4.96   Sally Virtanen 4.93   Eugenie Indersson 4.66
Shot put   Olga Drivin 8.07   Elli Mattila 7.79   Sally Virtanen 7.78
Discus throw   Fransiska Vodickova 20.39   Olga Drivin 20.17   Kehrt 20.16
Javelin throw   Olga Drivin 33.28   Elina Jääskeläinen 32.91   Eugenie Indersson 29.64
Slingshot throw   Lang 24.80   Sulova 33.91   Mauleova 33.54
  • [a] Germany (2:14.6) disqualified

Gymnastics edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Octathlon   Hilda Neubaner 145.5   Lisbeth Benedix 144.5   Frida Gierke 144.0
Dodecathlon   Helene Dick 177.7   Hela Pestowa 160.7   Dora Rechbach 155.7

Swimming edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m freestyle [a]   Mentrup 1:36.0   Weller 1:45.0   Vieno Kari 1:54.2
100 m breaststroke   Scholle 1:37.0   Boer 1:38.4   Mentrup 1:41.0
200 m breaststroke   Boer 3:42.2   Irja Henriksson 3:45.4   Buchbinder 3:56.6
100 m backstroke   Guitscholle 1:37.2   Klein 1:40.0   Buchbinder 1:40.4
3×100 m medley relay [b]   Austria 4:56.4   Finland 5:28.2 – –
4×100 m freestyle relay   Germany 6:52.0   Finland 7:07.4 – –
Artistic swimming   Meier   Kender   Trommel
Springboard   Boer 56.1   Ende 47.0   Trommar 44.4
  • [a] Irma Lumivuokko, FIN (1:35.4) disqualified
  • [b] Germany (4:51.4) disqualified

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