1937 Workers' Summer Olympiad

1937 Workers' Summer Olympiad
Host city Antwerp, Belgium
Nations participating 15
Dates 25 July 1937 (1937-07-25) –
1 August 1937 (1937-08-01)
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

Notable winners

References

  1. ↑ 1937 Labour Olympiads Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  2. ↑ John Nauright & Charles Parrish (ed.): "Sports Around the World – History, Culture and Practice" (p. 463). Retrieved 11 July 2013.
  3. ↑ Hentilä, Seppo (2014). Bewegung, Kultur und Alltag im Arbeitersport. Helsinki: The Finnish Society for Labour History. p. 12. ISBN 978-952-59762-6-7.
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