The 1925 Workers' Summer Olympiad was the second edition of

International Workers' Olympiads International Workers' Olympiads were an international sporting event arranged between 1925 and 1937 by Socialist Workers' Sport International (SASI). It was an organisation supported by social democratic parties and International Federation of Tra ...

. 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

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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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2013-07-13. 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

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(ATSB), although it was never ratified by

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tournament was also won by the German team of ATSB. The most successful athletes came from

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, winning 31 events out of 44.

Sports

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Participating countries

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Men's results

Athletics

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Boxing

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Cycling

Gymnastics

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Swimming

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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

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

References

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