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)

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

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

Football
see Football at the International Workers' Olympiads#Frankfurt am Main 1925

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

Handball
see Handball at the 1925 Workers' Summer Olympiad

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

Water polo
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)
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

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

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

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

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