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

Participating countries

Men's results

Athletics
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres Finland Jalmari Etholén11.3 Finland Väinö Mattila11.4 Finland Vilho Mankki11.4
200 metres Finland Jalmari Etholén23.2 Finland Karl-Emil Virta23.3 Finland Niilo Mattila23.7
400 metres Finland Karl-Emil Virta51.6 Finland Emil Elo52.2 Finland Vilho Mankki52.8
800 metres Finland Eino Borg1:59.0 Finland Yrjö Järvinen2:03.5 Finland Yrjö Halén2:04.1
1500 metres Finland Eino Borg4:07.0 Finland Mauno Rutanen4:11.5 Germany Wagner
3000 metres Finland Eino Borg8:47.2 Finland Yrjö Jokela8:47.6 Finland A. Vuorinen9:03.2
5000 metres Finland Yrjö Jokela15:31.0 Finland Toivo Salmi15:43.5 Finland A. Vuorinen16:06.7
10,000 metres Finland Yrjö Jokela32:21.6 Finland Jalmari Kaila33:02.0 Finland Toivo Salmi33:34.2
25,000 metres Finland Iivari Rötkö1:24:37.0 Finland Väinö Laaksonen1:24:51.5 Finland Yrjö Vänttinen1:25:10.0
110 metres hurdles Finland Niilo Mattila16.4 Finland Väinö Kääriäinen16.6 Germany Wells16.6
400 metres hurdles Finland Niilo Mattila58.2 Finland Väinö Kääriäinen59.5 Germany Wells1:00.8
4×100 metres relay Finland Finland44.0 Latvia Latvia45.8 Germany Germany45.8
10×100 metres relay Finland Finland1:51.8 Germany Germany1:54.1 Germany Germany II1:55.1
4×400 metres relay Finland Finland3:34.0 Germany Germany3:37.5 France France
3×1000 metres relay Finland Finland8:04.4 Germany Germany8:20.0 France France8:54.8
Sprint medley relay Finland Finland3:43.2 Germany Germany3:49.7 Austria Austria3:55.5
Swedish relay Finland Finland2:07.8 Germany Germany2:08.1 Switzerland Switzerland2:08.8
3000 metres team race Finland Finland9:31.7 Germany Germany10:03.1 France France10:33.9
10 kilometres walk Germany Burghardt48:38.0 Germany Wolff48:52.4 Germany Bohner49:16.1
High jump Finland Kalle Korpi1.79 Finland Artturi Niemi1.79 Finland Onni Heinänen1.73
Pole vault Finland Nestor Kristoffersson
Latvia Robert Vitthoff		343 –– Finland Rudolf Muukkonen330
Long jump Finland Onni Heinänen6.88 Finland Paavo Virtanen6.80 Latvia Rodzit6.60
Triple jump Finland Paavo Virtanen14.28 Finland Vilho Takkinen14.04 Germany Hauerstein13.65
Shot put Finland Oskar Lindborg12.98 Finland Jussi Laiho12.72 Finland Oskar Lindborg12.57
Shot put (light) Finland Kalervo Kotivalo19.96 Finland Jussi Laiho17.75 Germany Barthel17.39
Discus throw Finland Oskar Lindborg41.55 Finland Jussi Laiho40.57 Latvia T. Subatnik38.82
Hammer throw Finland Jussi Laiho43.29 Finland Vilhelm Silius38.85 Germany Hefele32.62
Javelin throw Finland Kalle Korpi54.71 Finland H. Ilmonen54.64 Finland U. Virtanen53.50
Stone throw Finland Kalervo Kotivalo8.83 Finland Oskar Lindborg8.31 Germany E. Hummel7.75
Weight throw Finland Jussi Laiho15.59 Finland Vilhelm Silius15.11 ––
Slingshot throw [8] Germany Barthel55.95 Germany Hensge Germany Weber
Pentathlon Finland Kalervo Kotivalo578 Finland U. Virtanen557 Finland Nestor Kristoffersson545
Decathlon Finland Rudolf Muukkonen1119.0 Finland Vilho Takkinen1029.5 Latvia Robeschnich983.5
Tug of war Germany Germany Belgium Belgium ––

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

Cycling
Event Gold Silver Bronze
1,000 m [10] France Durand1:33.7 United Kingdom Inman Finland Ilmari Mäkelä
2,000 m [10] France Durand3:14.7 United Kingdom Dewener United Kingdom Inman
10 km [10] France Frot16:22.5 Austria Stoll United Kingdom Dewener
50 km [11] Belgium Pirson1:23.1 United Kingdom May France Frot
10 km road race [12] Austria Stoll15:12.5 Finland Ilmari Mäkelä United Kingdom Bemforth
20 km road race [12] Belgium Seguet32:01.4 Germany Fisch32:01.6 Austria Hanakam32:05.2
50 km road race [11] Germany W. Rau1:30.1 Germany F. Appel Germany Josef Rotz
6×1,000 m [11] Austria Austria United Kingdom Great Britain ––
50 km, team [13] Austria Austria1:27.07 France France Germany Germany

Gymnastics
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Octathlon Germany Kurt Rödel149.5 Germany Albert Rahnfeldt149.5 Germany Wilhelm Buri139.5
Dodecathlon Finland Toivo Salonen208.5 Finland Onni Mäki194.0 Finland Kalle Lehtinen188.8
Dodecathlon, team [15] Finland Finland

Swimming
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m freestyle Germany Werner1:09.6 Germany Koluza1:10.0 Germany Urhalt1:12.0
400 m freestyle Germany Gödke5:59.2 Germany Koluza6:10.4 Germany Hope6:21.0
1500 m freestyle Germany Krause25:28.4 Germany Dahle26:15.0 Austria Gold27:48.6
100 m backstroke Germany Schultz1:21.4 Germany Lohrer1:24.4 Germany Stechert1:25.0
100 m breaststroke Germany Jaskulsky1:28.2 Germany Schultz1:29.6 Finland Pentti Vihervaara1:32.4
200 m breaststroke Germany Lehmann3:11.6 Germany Schultz3:19.2 Germany Kannenberg3:19.6
400 m breaststroke Germany Lehmann6:48.2 Germany Kannenberg6:52.0 Germany Küster7:02.4
100 m sidestroke Germany Faulde1:17.6 Germany Schultz1:19.2 Germany Hampe1:20.6
4×100 m freestyle relay Germany Germany4:48.4 Finland Finland5:32.8 ––
4×100 m breaststroke relay Germany Germany6:16.4 Finland Finland6:45.0 Belgium Belgium7:20.8
4×100 m medley relay Germany Germany5:25.4 Austria Austria Belgium Belgium
Springboard Germany Fritsche56.3 Germany Papke49.9 Germany Nachtigall48.9
Plain high diving Germany Lehmann42.3 Finland Toivo Paavilainen38.0 Finland Eino Währn34.1

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

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

Women's results

Athletics
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres Germany Dittmar12.9 Germany Hochholzer13.0 Germany Hippler13.3
4×100 metres Germany Germany51.3 Finland Finland56.6 France France57.2
10×100 metres [a] Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia2:29.2 –– ––
Sprint medley relay Germany Germany53.5 Finland Finland55.5 Germany Germany II57.4
Triathlon Finland Elina Jääskeläinen284 Germany Hochholzer268 Latvia Eugenie Indersson261
High jump Germany Haase
Germany Bleul		1.39 Germany Kauschke
Germany Sarnes
Germany Koch		1.29 Switzerland Vonier1.26
Long jump Germany Rauh4.96 Finland Sally Virtanen4.93 Latvia Eugenie Indersson4.66
Shot put Latvia Olga Drivin8.07 Finland Elli Mattila7.79 Finland Sally Virtanen7.78
Discus throw Czechoslovakia Fransiska Vodickova20.39 Latvia Olga Drivin20.17 Germany Kehrt20.16
Javelin throw Latvia Olga Drivin33.28 Finland Elina Jääskeläinen32.91 Latvia Eugenie Indersson29.64
Slingshot throw Germany Lang24.80 Czechoslovakia Sulova33.91 Czechoslovakia Mauleova33.54
  • [a] Germany (2:14.6) disqualified

Gymnastics
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Octathlon Austria Hilda Neubaner145.5 Germany Lisbeth Benedix144.5 Germany Frida Gierke144.0
Dodecathlon Germany Helene Dick177.7 Czechoslovakia Hela Pestowa160.7 Germany Dora Rechbach155.7

Swimming
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m freestyle [a] Germany Mentrup1:36.0 Germany Weller1:45.0 Finland Vieno Kari1:54.2
100 m breaststroke Germany Scholle1:37.0 Germany Boer1:38.4 Germany Mentrup1:41.0
200 m breaststroke Germany Boer3:42.2 Finland Irja Henriksson3:45.4 Austria Buchbinder3:56.6
100 m backstroke Germany Guitscholle1:37.2 Germany Klein1:40.0 Austria Buchbinder1:40.4
3×100 m medley relay [b] Austria Austria4:56.4 Finland Finland5:28.2 ––
4×100 m freestyle relay Germany Germany6:52.0 Finland Finland7:07.4 ––
Artistic swimming Germany Meier Germany Kender Germany Trommel
Springboard Germany Boer56.1 Germany Ende47.0 Germany Trommar44.4
  • [a] Irma Lumivuokko, FIN (1:35.4) disqualified
  • [b] Germany (4:51.4) disqualified

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