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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
Retrieved 10 July 2013
Archived
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
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
Frankfurt am Main () is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Hesse. Its 773,068 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the List of cities in Germany by population, fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located in the forela ...
in Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...
.
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 Commerzbank-Arena. 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"Retrieved 10 July 2013
Archived
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
Arbeiter-Turn- und Sportbund
The Arbeiter-Turn- und Sportbund (ATSB or Workers' Gymnastics and Sports Federation) was a national German sports organization active between 1893 and 1933. The organization actively promoted leftist political views built around class struggle and ...
(ATSB), although it was never ratified by IAAF
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. Football
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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
* Athletics *Boxing
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* Cycling
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* Football
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('' details'')
* Handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...
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* Gymnastics
Gymnastics is a group of sport that includes physical exercises requiring Balance (ability), balance, Strength training, strength, Flexibility (anatomy), flexibility, agility, Motor coordination, coordination, artistry and endurance. The movem ...
* Swimming
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* Water polo
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* Wrestling
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Participating countries
* * * * * * * * * * *Men's results
Athletics
*Source:Boxing
*Source:Cycling
Football
:see Football at the International Workers' Olympiads#Frankfurt am Main 1925Gymnastics
*Source:Handball
:seeSwimming
*Source:Water polo
*Source:Wrestling (Greco-Roman)
*Source:Women's results
Athletics
*Source: * /sup> Germany (2:14.6) disqualifiedGymnastics
*Source:Swimming
*Source: * /sup> Irma Lumivuokko, FIN (1:35.4) disqualified * /sup> Germany (4:51.4) disqualifiedReferences