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1937 Workers' Summer Olympiad

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Host city
  
Antwerp, Belgium

Main venue
  
Olympisch Stadion

Nations participating
  
15

Dates
  
25 July 1937 (1937-07-25) – 1 August 1937 (1937-08-01)

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.

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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. German athletes no longer participated since the Workers' Gymnastics and Sports Federation of Germany had been banned by the Nazi regime in 1933.

Sports

  • Athletics
  • Basketball
  • Basque pelota
  • Boxing
  • Chess
  • Cycling
  • Czech handball
  • Football ()
  • Gymnastics
  • Motor cycling
  • Swimming
  • Table tennis
  • Tennis
  • Tug of War
  • Volleyball
  • Water polo
  • Weightlifting
  • Wrestling
  • Famous winners

  • Moisey Kasyanik, weightlifting (60 kg)
  • Nikolay Korolyov, heavyweight boxing
  • Väinö Leskinen, 200 and 400 meter breaststroke swimming
  • Spartak Moscow, football
  • References

    1937 Workers' Summer Olympiad Wikipedia