1937 Workers' Winter Olympiad

1937 Workers' Winter Olympiad
Host cityJanské Lázně, Czechoslovakia
Nations7
Dates18 February 1937 (1937-02-18)–
21 February 1937 (1937-02-21)

The 1937 Workers' Winter Olympiad was the fifth edition of International Workers' Olympiads. The games were held from 18 to 21 February at the Czechoslovak town of Janské Lázně.[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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