1925 Workers' Summer Olympiad
# 1925 Workers' Summer Olympiad

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 in Germany.

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. 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 (ATSB), although it was never ratified by IAAF. Football 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
* Cycling
* Football (details)
* Gymnastics
* Swimming
* Water polo
* Wrestling

## Participating countries

* Austria
* Belgium
* Czechoslovakia
* Free City of Danzig
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Great Britain
* Latvia
* Poland
* Switzerland

## Men's results

### Athletics

* Source:

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 100 metres | Jalmari Etholén | 11.3 | Väinö Mattila | 11.4 | Vilho Mankki | 11.4 |
| 200 metres | Jalmari Etholén | 23.2 | Karl-Emil Virta | 23.3 | Niilo Mattila | 23.7 |
| 400 metres | Karl-Emil Virta | 51.6 | Emil Elo | 52.2 | Vilho Mankki | 52.8 |
| 800 metres | Eino Borg | 1:59.0 | Yrjö Järvinen | 2:03.5 | Yrjö Halén | 2:04.1 |
| 1500 metres | Eino Borg | 4:07.0 | Mauno Rutanen | 4:11.5 | Wagner | |
| 3000 metres | Eino Borg | 8:47.2 | Yrjö Jokela | 8:47.6 | A. Vuorinen | 9:03.2 |
| 5000 metres | Yrjö Jokela | 15:31.0 | Toivo Salmi | 15:43.5 | A. Vuorinen | 16:06.7 |
| 10,000 metres | Yrjö Jokela | 32:21.6 | Jalmari Kaila | 33:02.0 | Toivo Salmi | 33:34.2 |
| 25,000 metres | Iivari Rötkö | 1:24:37.0 | Väinö Laaksonen | 1:24:51.5 | Yrjö Vänttinen | 1:25:10.0 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Niilo Mattila | 16.4 | Väinö Kääriäinen | 16.6 | Wells | 16.6 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Niilo Mattila | 58.2 | Väinö Kääriäinen | 59.5 | Wells | 1:00.8 |
| 4×100 metres relay | Finland | 44.0 | Latvia | 45.8 | Germany | 45.8 |
| 10×100 metres relay | Finland | 1:51.8 | Germany | 1:54.1 | Germany II | 1:55.1 |
| 4×400 metres relay | Finland | 3:34.0 | Germany | 3:37.5 | France | |
| 3×1000 metres relay | Finland | 8:04.4 | Germany | 8:20.0 | France | 8:54.8 |
| Sprint medley relay | Finland | 3:43.2 | Germany | 3:49.7 | Austria | 3:55.5 |
| Swedish relay | Finland | 2:07.8 | Germany | 2:08.1 | Switzerland | 2:08.8 |
| 3000 metres team race | Finland | 9:31.7 | Germany | 10:03.1 | France | 10:33.9 |
| 10 kilometres walk | Burghardt | 48:38.0 | Wolff | 48:52.4 | Bohner | 49:16.1 |
| High jump | Kalle Korpi | 1.79 | Artturi Niemi | 1.79 | Onni Heinänen | 1.73 |
| Pole vault | Nestor Kristoffersson Robert Vitthoff | 343 | – | – | Rudolf Muukkonen | 330 |
| Long jump | Onni Heinänen | 6.88 | Paavo Virtanen | 6.80 | Rodzit | 6.60 |
| Triple jump | Paavo Virtanen | 14.28 | Vilho Takkinen | 14.04 | Hauerstein | 13.65 |
| Shot put | Oskar Lindborg | 12.98 | Jussi Laiho | 12.72 | Oskar Lindborg | 12.57 |
| Shot put (light) | Kalervo Kotivalo | 19.96 | Jussi Laiho | 17.75 | Barthel | 17.39 |
| Discus throw | Oskar Lindborg | 41.55 | Jussi Laiho | 40.57 | T. Subatnik | 38.82 |
| Hammer throw | Jussi Laiho | 43.29 | Vilhelm Silius | 38.85 | Hefele | 32.62 |
| Javelin throw | Kalle Korpi | 54.71 | H. Ilmonen | 54.64 | U. Virtanen | 53.50 |
| Stone throw | Kalervo Kotivalo | 8.83 | Oskar Lindborg | 8.31 | E. Hummel | 7.75 |
| Weight throw | Jussi Laiho | 15.59 | Vilhelm Silius | 15.11 | – | – |
| Slingshot throw | Barthel | 55.95 | Hensge | | Weber | |
| Pentathlon | Kalervo Kotivalo | 578 | U. Virtanen | 557 | Nestor Kristoffersson | 545 |
| Decathlon | Rudolf Muukkonen | 1119.0 | Vilho Takkinen | 1029.5 | Robeschnich | 983.5 |
| Tug of war | Germany | | Belgium | | – | – |

### Boxing

* Source:

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Flyweight | Veikko Mutikainen | Gutte | Müller |
| Bantamweight | Onni Rautiainen | Oiva Johtonen | Klippel |
| Featherweight | Berger | Reppin | Möveberg |
| Lightweight | Scherm | Eino Kalervo | – |
| Welterweight | Soini Andersin | Völkel | Sven Vilenius |
| Middleweight | Bauer | Gösta Brännäs | Veikko Paananen |
| Light heavyweight | Janis Vigriezis | Braun | – |
| Heavyweight | Vilis Klesbergs | Schädler | – |

### Cycling

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1,000 m | Durand | 1:33.7 | Inman | | Ilmari Mäkelä | |
| 2,000 m | Durand | 3:14.7 | Dewener | | Inman | |
| 10 km | Frot | 16:22.5 | Stoll | | Dewener | |
| 50 km | Pirson | 1:23.1 | May | | Frot | |
| 10 km road race | Stoll | 15:12.5 | Ilmari Mäkelä | | Bemforth | |
| 20 km road race | Seguet | 32:01.4 | Fisch | 32:01.6 | Hanakam | 32:05.2 |
| 50 km road race | W. Rau | 1:30.1 | F. Appel | | Josef Rotz | |
| 6×1,000 m | Austria | | Great Britain | | – | – |
| 50 km, team | Austria | 1:27.07 | France | | Germany | |

### Gymnastics

* Source:

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Octathlon | Kurt Rödel | 149.5 | Albert Rahnfeldt | 149.5 | Wilhelm Buri | 139.5 |
| Dodecathlon | Toivo Salonen | 208.5 | Onni Mäki | 194.0 | Kalle Lehtinen | 188.8 |
| Dodecathlon, team | Finland | | | | | |

### Swimming

* Source:

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 100 m freestyle | Werner | 1:09.6 | Koluza | 1:10.0 | Urhalt | 1:12.0 |
| 400 m freestyle | Gödke | 5:59.2 | Koluza | 6:10.4 | Hope | 6:21.0 |
| 1500 m freestyle | Krause | 25:28.4 | Dahle | 26:15.0 | Gold | 27:48.6 |
| 100 m backstroke | Schultz | 1:21.4 | Lohrer | 1:24.4 | Stechert | 1:25.0 |
| 100 m breaststroke | Jaskulsky | 1:28.2 | Schultz | 1:29.6 | Pentti Vihervaara | 1:32.4 |
| 200 m breaststroke | Lehmann | 3:11.6 | Schultz | 3:19.2 | Kannenberg | 3:19.6 |
| 400 m breaststroke | Lehmann | 6:48.2 | Kannenberg | 6:52.0 | Küster | 7:02.4 |
| 100 m sidestroke | Faulde | 1:17.6 | Schultz | 1:19.2 | Hampe | 1:20.6 |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | Germany | 4:48.4 | Finland | 5:32.8 | – | – |
| 4×100 m breaststroke relay | Germany | 6:16.4 | Finland | 6:45.0 | Belgium | 7:20.8 |
| 4×100 m medley relay | Germany | 5:25.4 | Austria | | Belgium | |
| Springboard | Fritsche | 56.3 | Papke | 49.9 | Nachtigall | 48.9 |
| Plain high diving | Lehmann | 42.3 | Toivo Paavilainen | 38.0 | Eino Währn | 34.1 |

### Water polo

* Source:

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Germany | Germany | 11 | | | |
| France | France | 1 | | | |
| France | France | 1 | Germany (a.e.t.) | Germany (a.e.t.) | 6 |
| | | | Austria | Austria | 5 |
| Austria | Austria | 5 | Austria | Austria | 5 |
| Belgium | Belgium | 1 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | France | France | 5 |
| | | | Belgium | Belgium | 2 |

### Wrestling (Greco-Roman)

* Source:

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Bantamweight | Justin Gehring | Albert Siponen W. Joneleit | P. Sachse |
| Featherweight | Arvo Salin | Paavo Suomi | H. Wittwer |
| Lightweight | Matti Saarikoski | A. Sipol | Jukka Ikonen |
| Middleweight | Väinö Kokkinen | Kaarlo Tammi | H. Schädler |
| Light Heavyweight | Verner Salonen | P. Merkel | Edwin Järnmark |
| Heavyweight | Aleksi Kuusisto | H. Kämpfer | H. Sattel |

## Women's results

### Athletics

* Source:

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 100 metres | Dittmar | 12.9 | Hochholzer | 13.0 | Hippler | 13.3 |
| 4×100 metres | Germany | 51.3 | Finland | 56.6 | France | 57.2 |
| 10×100 metres $^{[a]}$ | Czechoslovakia | 2:29.2 | – | – | – | – |
| Sprint medley relay | Germany | 53.5 | Finland | 55.5 | Germany II | 57.4 |
| Triathlon | Elina Jääskeläinen | 284 | Hochholzer | 268 | Eugenie Indersson | 261 |
| High jump | Haase Bleul | 1.39 | Kauschke Sarnes Koch | 1.29 | Vonier | 1.26 |
| Long jump | Rauh | 4.96 | Sally Virtanen | 4.93 | Eugenie Indersson | 4.66 |
| Shot put | Olga Drivin | 8.07 | Elli Mattila | 7.79 | Sally Virtanen | 7.78 |
| Discus throw | Fransiska Vodickova | 20.39 | Olga Drivin | 20.17 | Kehrt | 20.16 |
| Javelin throw | Olga Drivin | 33.28 | Elina Jääskeläinen | 32.91 | Eugenie Indersson | 29.64 |
| Slingshot throw | Lang | 24.80 | Sulova | 33.91 | Mauleova | 33.54 |

* $^{[a]}$ Germany (2:14.6) disqualified

### Gymnastics

* Source:

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Octathlon | Hilda Neubaner | 145.5 | Lisbeth Benedix | 144.5 | Frida Gierke | 144.0 |
| Dodecathlon | Helene Dick | 177.7 | Hela Pestowa | 160.7 | Dora Rechbach | 155.7 |

### Swimming

* Source:

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 100 m freestyle $^{[a]}$ | Mentrup | 1:36.0 | Weller | 1:45.0 | Vieno Kari | 1:54.2 |
| 100 m breaststroke | Scholle | 1:37.0 | Boer | 1:38.4 | Mentrup | 1:41.0 |
| 200 m breaststroke | Boer | 3:42.2 | Irja Henriksson | 3:45.4 | Buchbinder | 3:56.6 |
| 100 m backstroke | Guitscholle | 1:37.2 | Klein | 1:40.0 | Buchbinder | 1:40.4 |
| 3×100 m medley relay $^{[b]}$ | Austria | 4:56.4 | Finland | 5:28.2 | – | – |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | Germany | 6:52.0 | Finland | 7:07.4 | – | – |
| Artistic swimming | Meier | | Kender | | Trommel | |
| Springboard | Boer | 56.1 | Ende | 47.0 | Trommar | 44.4 |

* $^{[a]}$ Irma Lumivuokko, FIN (1:35.4) disqualified
* $^{[b]}$ Germany (4:51.4) disqualified
