1925 Workers' Winter Olympiad

1925 Workers' Winter Olympiad

Host city	Schreiberhau, Germany
Nations participating	4
Events	6
Dates	January 31, 1925 (1925-01-31)– February 2, 1925 (1925-02-02)
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The 1925 Workers' Winter Olympiad was the first edition of International Workers' Olympiads. The games were held from January 31 to February 2 at the German town of Schreiberhau which today is a part of Poland and it is called Szklarska Poręba.

Four nations participated the 1925 Workers' Winter Olympiad. The only sport was Nordic skiing. Competitors did not represent their country but instead they were competing under the common red flag of the Workers' movement.

Events and best placed competitors[]

Men's 15 km cross-country skiing[]

Place	Competitor	Time
1		0 59.23
2		0 59.34
3		1.01.14

Men's 30 km cross-country skiing[]

Place	Competitor	Time
1		1.55.10
2		1.55.28
3		1.57.07

Men's 4 km steeplechase skiing[]

Place	Competitor	Time
1		27.07
2		28.55
3		29.33

Women's 6 km cross-country skiing[]

Place	Competitor	Time
1		1.15.22
2		1.18.23
3		1.23.40

Men's Nordic combined[]

Place	Competitor	Points
1		44.500
2		35.700
3		20.000

Men's ski jumping[]

Place	Competitor	Points
1		28.00
2		26.75
3		24.50

Country ranking[]

Participating nations are ranked by positions, since no medals were awarded at the Workers' Olympiads.

Rank	Country	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
1	Finland	4	3	3
2	Austria	2	1	0
3	Czechoslovakia	0	2	1
4	Germany	0	0	2

Sources[]

• Voitto Raatikainen: "Talviurheilun sankarit – talviurheilun kuvahistoria", Karisto Publishing 1977. ISBN 9512311798