1937 Workers' Winter Olympiad Explained

1937 Workers' Winter Olympiad
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Host City:	Janské Lázně, Czechoslovakia
Nations:	7
Dates:	–
Previous:	1931 Workers' Summer Olympiad

The 1937 Workers' Winter Olympiad was the fifth edition of International Workers' Olympiads. The games were held from February 18 to February 21 at the Czechoslovakian town of Janské Lázně (German: Johannisbad).^[1]

Sports

• Alpine skiing
• Nordic skiing
• Figure skating

Participating countries

• • Denmark
• Finland
• France
• Hungary
• Norway
• Poland
• Switzerland

Nordic skiing

Men's 15 km cross-country skiing

align=center	Place	align=center	Competitor	align=center	Time
1	Nestor Partanen^[2]	47.58
2	E. Karhu^[3]	48.06
3	H. Kujala	48.28

^[4]

Men's 30 km cross-country skiing

align=center	Place	align=center	Competitor	align=center	Time
1	Hilmar Solli	2.04.04
2	Berner Bendiksen	2.04.20
3	Kristian Kristiansen	2.04.50

^[5]

Men's patrol race

align=center	Place	align=center	Competitor	align=center	Time
1	Norway 1 Ivar Trehørningen Peder Volden Eilif Enlid	39.14
2	Norway 2 Kåre Henriksen Arthur Jensen Oskar Andresen	40.43
3	Finland	41.44

^[6]

Women's 6 km cross-country skiing

align=center	Place	align=center	Competitor	align=center	Time
1	Irma Ruokokoski	23.52
2	Hilma Lahtinen^[7]	24.02
3	Borghild Langseth Monsen	24.43

Women's patrol race

align=center	Place	align=center	Competitor	align=center	Time
1	Finland	?
2	Czechoslovakia 1	?
3	Czechoslovakia 2	?

Men's ski jumping

align=center	Place	align=center	Competitor	align=center	Points
1	Trygve Martinsen	18.77
2	Ingvar Iversen	17.66
3	Egil Tokle	17.44

Men's Nordic combined

align=center	Place	align=center	Competitor	align=center	Points
1	Arthur Jensen	37.438
2	Hilmar Solli	37.117
3	Peder Volden	31.750

Alpine skiing

Men's downhill

align=center	Place	align=center	Competitor	align=center	Time
1	Tormod Ruud	3.01.0
2	Jaroslaw	3.26.8
3	Arne Taksrud	3.36.8

Men's slalom

align=center	Place	align=center	Competitor	align=center	Time
1	Willi Albies	61.8
2	Werner Schwaar	62.2
3	Ingvar Iversen	64.0

Women's downhill

align=center	Place	align=center	Competitor	align=center	Time
1	Borghild Langseth Monsen	4.42.0
2	Irma Ruokokoski	6.15.6
3	Aune Silvast	6.31.6

Women's slalom

align=center	Place	align=center	Competitor	align=center	Time
1	Borghild Langseth Monsen	41.8
2	Hilde Dolensky	49.5
3	Caroline Ulwari	51.4

Speed skating

The races were cancelled due to mild weather in Trautenau (Trutnov), where the races should have been held.

Figure skating

??

References

1. https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/08547/92A67A18ACB58CC9D903B416A4B43A958191C94F.html Europeana.eu
2. The first name of Parvanen is not included in the main source, but it is confirmed by this page: willimiehenjaljilla.blogspot.no Retrieved 2017-08-12
3. The names od Karhu and Kujala are based on this source: Book: 1937 . Kertomus työven urheiluliton tominnasta vuonna 1937 . A report about the work of sports labors in 1937 . 2017-08-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160428104443/http://www.urheilumuseo.fi/Portals/47/Arkistotiedostot/2818/2818_SUa_TUL_toimintakertomukset_1937.pdf . 2016-04-28 . dead .
4. News: . Finland dominerte 1. dags langrenn . Finland dominates first days cross-country skiing. Norwegian. Arbeiderbladet. 1937-02-19 . 2017-08-11.
5. News: . Den norske skitropp dominerte totalt Arbeiderolympiadens avslutning. The Norwegian ski team dominated totally the end of the Workers' Olympiad . Norwegian . Arbeiderbladet. 1937-02-22 . 2017-08-11.
6. News: . Norges dag i Johannisbad. Norway's day in Johannisbad . Norwegian . 1ste Mai. 1937-02-20 . 2017-08-11.
7. The name is spelled Laskinen in the main source (no first name), but no Laskinen is found among the Finnish participants. Hilma Lahtinen is included in this source: Book: 1937 . Kertomus työven urheiluliton tominnasta vuonna 1937 . A report about the work of sports labors in 1937 . 2017-08-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160428104443/http://www.urheilumuseo.fi/Portals/47/Arkistotiedostot/2818/2818_SUa_TUL_toimintakertomukset_1937.pdf . 2016-04-28 . dead .