1937 Workers' Summer Olympiad

1937 Workers' Summer Olympiad
Host cityAntwerp, Belgium
Nations15
Dates25 July 1937 (1937-07-25) –
1 August 1937 (1937-08-01)
Main venueOlympisch Stadion

The 1937 Workers' Summer Olympiad was the sixth edition of International Workers' Olympiads. The games were held from 25 July to 1 August at Antwerp in Belgium. They were originally planned for Barcelona 1936, but cancelled due to the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War.[1]

1937 Olympiad was a joint event with the Red Sport International organized Spartakiads. It was the first time as a delegation from Soviet Union took part at the Workers' Olympiad.[2] German athletes no longer participated since the Workers' Gymnastics and Sports Federation of Germany had been banned by the Nazi regime in 1933.

Sports

Nations table

Place
 Nation
Total Points
Men's Athletic
Women's Athletic
Men's Swimming
Women's Swimming
Water Polo
Football
Handball
Cycling
Greco-Roman Wrestling
Freestyle Wrestling
Weightlifting
Boxing
Balle Pelote
Basketball
Tennis
Badminton
Chess
01.  Finland 172 89 - 31 25 - - - - 44 - - 7 - - - - -
02.  Norway 162 48 5 26 25 - 3 - 4 6 - - 13 - - - - 2
03.  France 143 30 27 16 9 4 - - 35 - 13 3 3 3 4 3 2 4
04.  Soviet Union 134 40 46 - - - 4 - - - - 28 16 - - - - -
05.  Belgium 126 - 2 19 3 3 - - 26 13 38 6 7 4 2 1 1 1
06.  Switzerland 60 27 9 - - - - 4 - - 8 19 - - - - - -
07.  Netherlands 53 1 16 5 14 1 - 3 8 - - - - 2 - - - 3
08.  Czechoslovakia 45 10 6 20 - 2 1 2 - - - - - - - - 3 -
09.  Spain 40 6 1 16 4 - 2 - 5 - - - - - 2 3 - -
10.  England 12 - - - - - - - 4 - - - - - - 4 4 -
11.  Denmark 9 2 - - - - - - - - - - 7 - - - - -
12.  Austria 8 2 3 - - - - - - - - 3 - - - - - -
13.  Palestine 5 - 4 - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - -
13.  Latvia 5 - 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

The unofficial ranking system has been built considering: Gold medal: 4 points, Silver medal: 3 points, Bronze medal: 2 points, 4th place: 1 point

Source:[3]

Notable winners

References

  1. ^ 1937 Labour Olympiads Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  2. ^ John Nauright & Charles Parrish (ed.): "Sports Around the World – History, Culture and Practice" (p. 463). Retrieved 11 July 2013.
  3. ^ "La IIIe Olympiade Ouvrière démontre la supériorité des pays nordiques". Le Peuple (in French). 35 (221): 6. 9 August 1937.
  4. ^ Hentilä, Seppo (2014). Bewegung, Kultur und Alltag im Arbeitersport. Helsinki: The Finnish Society for Labour History. p. 12. ISBN 978-952-59762-6-7.