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 cityMürzzuschlag, Austria
Nations7
Events16
DatesFebruary 5, 1931 (1931-02-05)
February 8, 1931 (1931-02-08)

Nordic skiing

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Men's 15 km cross-country skiing

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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

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Race cancelled.

Men's 3 km steeplechase skiing

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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

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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

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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

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

Men's 10 km team skiing

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

Men's Nordic combined

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

Men's ski jumping

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

Speed skating

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Men's 500 m

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

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Men's 1500 m

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

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Men's 5000 m

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

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Men's 10000 m

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

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Figure skating

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Men's singles

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

Ladies' singles

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

Pair skating

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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

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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

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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

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Competition: Olympische Arbeiterspiele". SpeedSkatingNews.info.

Sources

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