1931 Workers' Winter Olympiad

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.

1931 Workers' Winter Olympiad

Host city	Mürzzuschlag, Austria
Nations	7
Events	16
Dates	February 5, 1931 (1931-02-05)– February 8, 1931 (1931-02-08)

Nordic skiing

Men's 15 km cross-country skiing

Place	Competitor	Time
1	Heikki Norojärvi	53.51
2	Martti Salminen	54.06
3	Matti Kääriä	54.17

Men's 30 km cross-country skiing

Race cancelled.

Men's 3 km steeplechase skiing

Place	Competitor	Time
1	Martti Salminen	5.18
2	Karl Mannhardt	6.17
3	Hans Eichberger	6.24

Men's 10 km downhill cross-country skiing

Place	Competitor	Time
1	Karl Mannhardt	24.04
2	Franz Berner	25.25
3	Rupert Weinberger	26.15

Women's 4 km cross-country skiing

Place	Competitor	Time
1	Impi Lahtinen	12.50
2	Ester Korholin	13.01
3	Aliisa Suvanto	13.36

Women's 6 km cross-country skiing

Place	Competitor	Time
1	Impi Lahtinen	17.44
2	Ester Korholin	18,47
3	Aliisa Suvanto	18.49

Men's 10 km team skiing

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

Men's Nordic combined

Place	Competitor	Points
1	Arvo Talsi	36.71
2	Max Hess	35.38
3	Gustav Häusler	35.33

Men's ski jumping

Place	Competitor	Points
1	Gustav Häusler	18.113
2	Arvo Talsi	18.050
3	Edwin Günther	17.580

Speed skating

Men's 500 m

Place	Competitor	Time
1	Paavo Virtanen	48.4
2	Viljo Pihl	49.4
3	Kalle Flinck	50.4

Men's 1500 m

Place	Competitor	Time
1	Paavo Virtanen	2:39.0
2	Viljo Pihl	2:40.4
3	Kalle Flinck	2:41.0

Men's 5000 m

Place	Competitor	time
1	Viljo Pihl	9:32.0
2	Paavo Virtanen	9:36.3
3	Kalle Flinck	9:43.4

Men's 10000 m

Place	Competitor	Time
1	Viljo Pihl	20:32.8
2	Paavo Virtanen	20:40.9
3	Robert Vitthof	21:22.7

Figure skating

Men's singles

Place	Competitor	Points
1	Istvan Schlichtinger	245.5
2	Vielniek	242.0
3	Adolf Schima	213.6

Ladies' singles

Place	Competitor	Points
1	Elfriede Gönner	62.3
2	Lotte Ronay	55.6
3	Ricker	51.5

Pair skating

Place	Competitor	Points
1	Elfriede Gönner and Rudolf Lang	10.3
2	Marie Trimmel and Karl Schenkirs	9.9
3	Hermine Adamek and Rubetz	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).