1931 Workers' Winter Olympiad

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1931 Workers' Winter Olympiad
1931 Workers' Winter Olympiad poster.jpg
Host cityMürzzuschlag, Austria
Nations participating7
Events16
DatesFebruary 5, 1931 (1931-02-05)
February 8, 1931 (1931-02-08)

The 1931 Workers' Winter Olympiad was the third edition of International Workers' Olympiads and the second Winter Olympiad. The games were held from February 5 to February 8 at the Austrian town of Mürzzuschlag.

Nordic skiing[]

Men's 15 km cross-country skiing[]

Place Competitor Time
1 Finland 53.51
2 Finland 54.06
3 Finland 54.17

Men's 30 km cross-country skiing[]

Race cancelled.

Men's 3 km steeplechase skiing[]

Place Competitor Time
1 Finland 5.18
2 Germany 6.17
3 Germany 6.24

Men's 10 km downhill cross-country skiing[]

Place Competitor Time
1 Germany 24.04
2 Austria 25.25
3 Austria 26.15

Women's 4 km cross-country skiing[]

Place Competitor Time
1 Finland 12.50
2 Finland 13.01
3 Finland 13.36

Women's 6 km cross-country skiing[]

Place Competitor Time
1 Finland 17.44
2 Finland 18,47
3 Finland 18.49

Men's 10 km team skiing[]

Place Competitor Time
1 Finland Finland 1 23.16
2 Finland Finland 2 24.51
3  Germany 27.21

Men's Nordic combined[]

Place Competitor Points
1 Finland 36.71
2 Germany 35.38
3 Germany 35.33

Men's ski jumping[]

Place Competitor Points
1 Germany 18.113
2 Finland 18.050
3 Czechoslovakia 17.580

Speed skating[]

Men's 500 m[]

Place Competitor Time
1 Finland Paavo Virtanen 48.4
2 Finland 49.4
3 Finland 50.4

Men's 1500 m[]

Place Competitor Time
1 Finland Paavo Virtanen 2:39.0
2 Finland 2:40.4
3 Finland 2:41.0

Men's 5000 m[]

Place Competitor time
1 Finland 9:32.0
2 Finland Paavo Virtanen 9:36.3
3 Finland 9:43.4

Men's 10000 m[]

Place Competitor Time
1 Finland 20:32.8
2 Finland Paavo Virtanen 20:40.9
3 Latvia 21:22.7

Figure skating[]

Men's singles[]

Place Competitor Points
1 Austria 245.5
2 Latvia 242.0
3 Austria 213.6

Ladies' singles[]

Place Competitor Points
1 Austria 62.3
2 Austria 55.6
3 Austria 51.5

Pair skating[]

Place Competitor Points
1 Austria and 10.3
2 Austria and 9.9
3 Austria and 3.8

Men's ice hockey[]

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS AUT LAT GER
 Austria 2 2 0 0 7 2 4 3-2 4-0
 Latvia 2 1 1 0 5 4 2 3-1
 Germany 2 0 2 0 1 7 0

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 10 8 6
2  Austria 4 3 4
3  Germany 1 2 3
4  Latvia 0 2 1
5  Czechoslovakia 0 0 1

Sources[]

  • Väinö Koivula: "TUL Vuosikirja 1931" (Finnish Workers' Sports Federation Yearbook 1931).
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