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1937 Workers' Summer Olympiad

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1937 Workers' Summer Olympiad
Host cityAntwerp, Belgium
Nations15
Dates25 July 1937 (1937-07-25)
1 August 1937 (1937-08-01)
Main venueOlympisch Stadion

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 to 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

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Nations table

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Place
Nation
Total Points
Men's Athletic
Women's Athletic
Men's Swimming
Women's Swimming
Water Polo
Football
Handball
Cycling
Greco-Roman Wrestling
Freestyle Wrestling
Weightlifting
Boxing
Balle Pelote
Basketball
Tennis
Badminton
Chess
01.  Finland 172 89 - 31 25 - - - - 44 - - 7 - - - - -
02.  Norway 162 48 5 26 25 - 3 - 4 6 - - 13 - - - - 2
03.  France 143 30 27 16 9 4 - - 35 - 13 3 3 3 4 3 2 4
04.  Soviet Union 134 40 46 - - - 4 - - - - 28 16 - - - - -
05.  Belgium 126 - 2 19 3 3 - - 26 13 38 6 7 4 2 1 1 1
06.  Switzerland 60 27 9 - - - - 4 - - 8 19 - - - - - -
07.  Netherlands 53 1 16 5 14 1 - 3 8 - - - - 2 - - - 3
08.  Czechoslovakia 45 10 6 20 - 2 1 2 - - - - - - - - 3 -
09.  Spain 40 6 1 16 4 - 2 - 5 - - - - - 2 3 - -
10.  England 12 - - - - - - - 4 - - - - - - 4 4 -
11.  Denmark 9 2 - - - - - - - - - - 7 - - - - -
12.  Austria 8 2 3 - - - - - - - - 3 - - - - - -
13.  Palestine 5 - 4 - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - -
13.  Latvia 5 - 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

The unofficial ranking system has been built considering: Gold medal: 4 points, Silver medal: 3 points, Bronze medal: 2 points, 4th place: 1 point

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Notable winners

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References

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  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. ^ "La IIIe Olympiade Ouvrière démontre la supériorité des pays nordiques". Le Peuple (in French). 35 (221): 6. 9 August 1937.
  4. ^ Hentilä, Seppo (2014). Bewegung, Kultur und Alltag im Arbeitersport. Helsinki: The Finnish Society for Labour History. p. 12. ISBN 978-952-59762-6-7.