1937 Workers' Winter Olympiad

1937 Workers' Winter Olympiad

Host city	Janské Lázně, Czechoslovakia
Nations participating	7
Dates	February 18, 1937 (1937-02-18)– February 21, 1937 (1937-02-21)
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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

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

Nordic skiing

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

^[4]

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

^[5]

Place	Competitor	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]

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

^[4]

Place	Competitor	Time
1	Finland	?
2	Czechoslovakia 1	?
3	Czechoslovakia 2	?

^[6]

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

^[5]

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

^[5]

Alpine skiing

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

^[5]

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

^[5]

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

^[5]

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

^[5]

Speed skating

The races were cancelled due to mild weather in Trautenau (Trutnov), where the races should have been held.^[4]

Figure skating

??

References

1. ↑ Europeana.eu Retrieved 11 July 2013.
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. 1 2 The names od Karhu and Kujala are based on this source: Kertomus työven urheiluliton tominnasta vuonna 1937 [A report about the work of sports labors in 1937] (PDF). 1937. Retrieved 2017-08-12.
4. 1 2 3 "Finland dominerte 1. dags langrenn" [Finland dominates first days cross-country skiing]. Arbeiderbladet (in Norwegian). 1937-02-19. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Den norske skitropp dominerte totalt Arbeiderolympiadens avslutning" [The Norwegian ski team dominated totally the end of the Workers' Olympiad]. Arbeiderbladet (in Norwegian). 1937-02-22. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
6. 1 2 "Norges dag i Johannisbad" [Norway's day in Johannisbad]. 1ste Mai (in Norwegian). 1937-02-20. Retrieved 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: Kertomus työven urheiluliton tominnasta vuonna 1937 [A report about the work of sports labors in 1937] (PDF). 1937. Retrieved 2017-08-12.