1937 Workers' Winter Olympiad

1937 Workers' Winter Olympiad
Host cityJanské Lázně, Czechoslovakia
Nations7
DatesFebruary 18, 1937 (1937-02-18)–
February 21, 1937 (1937-02-21)

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

Participating countries

Nordic skiing

Men's 15 km cross-country skiing

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

[4]

Men's 30 km cross-country skiing

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

[5]

Men's patrol race

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]

Women's 6 km cross-country skiing

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

[4]

Women's patrol race

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

[6]

Men's ski jumping

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

[5]

Men's Nordic combined

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

[5]

Alpine skiing

Men's downhill

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

[5]

Men's slalom

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

[5]

Women's downhill

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

[5]

Women's slalom

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

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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. ^ a b 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-28. Retrieved 2017-08-12.
  4. ^ a b c "Finland dominerte 1. dags langrenn" [Finland dominates first days cross-country skiing]. Arbeiderbladet (in Norwegian). 1937-02-19. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g "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. ^ a b "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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-28. Retrieved 2017-08-12.
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