1937 Workers' Summer Olympiad Explained

1937 Workers' Summer Olympiad
Size:	250px
Host City:	Antwerp, Belgium
Nations:	15
Dates:	–
Stadium:	Olympisch Stadion
Previous:	1937 Workers' Winter Olympiad

The 1937 Workers' Summer Olympiad was the sixth edition of International Workers' Olympiads. The games were held from 25 July to 1 August at Antwerp in Belgium. They were originally planned for Barcelona 1936, but cancelled due to the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War.^[1]

1937 Olympiad was a joint event with the Red Sport International organized Spartakiads. It was the first time as a delegation from Soviet Union took part at the Workers' Olympiad.^[2] German athletes no longer participated since the Workers' Gymnastics and Sports Federation of Germany had been banned by the Nazi regime in 1933.

Sports

• Athletics
• Basketball
• Basque pelota
• Boxing
• Chess
• Cycling
• Field handball ()
• Football (details)
• Gymnastics
• Motor cycling
• Swimming
• Table tennis
• Tennis
• Tug of War
• Volleyball
• Water polo
• Weightlifting
• Wrestling

Nations table

	Nation
1.		172	89	-	31	25	-	-	-	-	44	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-
2.		162	48	5	26	25	-	3	-	4	6	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	2
3.		143	30	27	16	9	4	-	-	35	-	13	3	3	3	4	3	2	4
4.		134	40	46	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	28	16	-	-	-	-	-
5.		126	-	2	19	3	3	-	-	26	13	38	6	7	4	2	1	1	1
6.		60	27	9	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	8	19	-	-	-	-	-	-
7.		53	1	16	5	14	1	-	3	8	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	3
8.		45	10	6	20	-	2	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-
9.		40	6	1	16	4	-	2	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	-
10.		12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-
11.		9	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-
12.		8	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
13.		5	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
13.		5	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

The unofficial ranking system has been built considering: Gold medal: 4 points, Silver medal: 3 points, Bronze medal: 2 points, 4th place: 1 point

Source:^[3]

Notable winners

• Moisey Kasyanik, weightlifting (60 kg)
• Mikhail Kasyanik, gymnastics
• Nikolay Korolyov, heavyweight boxing
• Väinö Leskinen, 200 and 400 meter breaststroke swimming
• Seraphim Znamensky, 5,000 meters run^[4]
• Spartak Moscow, football

References

1. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesl/labourolympia.html 1937 Labour Olympiads
2. John Nauright & Charles Parrish (ed.): "Sports Around the World – History, Culture and Practice" (p. 463). Retrieved 11 July 2013.
3. 9 August 1937. La IIIe Olympiade Ouvrière démontre la supériorité des pays nordiques. Le Peuple. fr. 35. 221. 6.
4. Book: Hentilä, Seppo. 2014. Bewegung, Kultur und Alltag im Arbeitersport. Helsinki. The Finnish Society for Labour History. 12. 978-952-59762-6-7.