1925 Workers' Summer Olympiad
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The 1925 Workers' Summer Olympiad was the second edition of International Workers' Olympiads. The games were held from July 24 to July 28 at
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. 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. Motto of the 1925 Olympiad was "Nie wieder Krieg!" – No More War! The events mostly took place at the newly opened Waldstadion that is today known as
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. An outdoor swimming pool, ''Stadionbad'', was built for the swimming competitions. 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.David Renton: "The Workers Olympics of the 1920s and 1930s; not subordinating Play to Sport"
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All events attracted a total of 450,000 spectators. 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
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. 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.


Sports

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Boxing Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermine ...
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Cycling Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from tw ...
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Gymnastics Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, dedication and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, s ...
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Swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...
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Water polo Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with t ...
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Wrestling Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat ...


Participating countries

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Men's results


Athletics

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Boxing

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Cycling


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Water polo

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Wrestling (Greco-Roman)

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Women's results


Athletics

*Source: * /sup> Germany (2:14.6) disqualified


Gymnastics

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Swimming

*Source: * /sup> Irma Lumivuokko, FIN (1:35.4) disqualified * /sup> Germany (4:51.4) disqualified


References

{{International Workers' Olympiads International Workers' Olympiads Workers' Summer Olympiad International sports competitions hosted by Germany Sports competitions in Frankfurt Workers' Summer Olympiad Multi-sport events in Germany Workers' Summer Olympiad 20th century in Frankfurt Workers' Summer Olympiad 1920s in Prussia