1937 Workers' Summer Olympiad
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| Host city | Antwerp, Belgium | ||
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| Nations participating | 15 | ||
| Dates |
25 July 1937 – 1 August 1937 | ||
| Main venue | Olympisch Stadion | ||
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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 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
- Czech handball
- Football ()
- Gymnastics
- Motor cycling
- Swimming
- Table tennis
- Tennis
- Tug of War
- Volleyball
- Water polo
- Weightlifting
- Wrestling
Famous winners
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Moisey Kasyanik, weightlifting (60 kg) - Nikolay Korolyov, heavyweight boxing
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Väinö Leskinen, 200 and 400 meter breaststroke swimming - Spartak Moscow, football
References
- ↑ 1937 Labour Olympiads Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ↑ John Nauright & Charles Parrish (ed.): "Sports Around the World – History, Culture and Practice" (p. 463). Retrieved 11 July 2013.
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