The 1925 Workers' Summer Olympiad was the second edition of International Workers' Olympiads. The games were held from July 24 to July 28 at Frankfurt am Main in Germany.

Total number of participants was more than 100,000 of which 3,000 were actual athletes from 12 countries. The rest were spectators who were invited to take part on mass gymnastics that underlined the ideas of worker sports.John Nauright & Charles Parrish (ed.): "Sports Around the World – History, Culture and Practice" (p. 462). Retrieved 10 July 2013. Motto of the 1925 Olympiad was "Nie wieder Krieg!" – No More War!

The events mostly took place at the newly opened Waldstadion that is today known as Commerzbank-Arena. An outdoor swimming pool, Stadionbad, was built for the swimming competitions.Historisches Museum Frankfurt Retrieved 10 July 2013. Archived 2013-07-13. The opening ceremony had a choir of 1,200 people singing and later 60,000 actors took part in the drama presentation "Worker Struggle for the Earth" marching through the streets of Frankfurt.David Renton: "The Workers Olympics of the 1920s and 1930s; not subordinating Play to Sport" Retrieved 10 July 2013. Archived 2013-07-13. All events attracted a total of 450,000 spectators.AdsD – Archiv der sozialen Demokratie (in German). Retrieved 10 July 2013. Archived 2013-07-13.

The most notable result was a new world record of 51.3 in women's 4×100 metres relay set by the German team of Arbeiter-Turn- und Sportbund (ATSB), although it was never ratified by IAAF. Football tournament was also won by the German team of ATSB. The most successful athletes came from Finnish Workers' Sports Federation, winning 31 events out of 44.

Sports Athletics Boxing Cycling Football (details) Handball () Gymnastics Swimming Water polo Wrestling

Participating countries

Men's results Athletics Source: 100 metres Jalmari Etholén 11.3 Väinö Mattila 11.4 Vilho Mankki 11.4 200 metres Jalmari Etholén 23.2 Karl-Emil Virta 23.3 Niilo Mattila 23.7 400 metres Karl-Emil Virta 51.6 Emil Elo 52.2 Vilho Mankki 52.8 800 metres Eino Borg 1:59.0 Yrjö Järvinen 2:03.5 Yrjö Halén 2:04.1 1500 metres Eino Borg 4:07.0 Mauno Rutanen 4:11.5 Wagner 3000 metres Eino Borg 8:47.2 Yrjö Jokela 8:47.6 A. Vuorinen 9:03.2 5000 metres Yrjö Jokela 15:31.0 Toivo Salmi 15:43.5 A. Vuorinen 16:06.7 10,000 metres Yrjö Jokela 32:21.6 Jalmari Kaila 33:02.0 Toivo Salmi 33:34.2 25,000 metres Iivari Rötkö 1:24:37.0 Väinö Laaksonen 1:24:51.5 Yrjö Vänttinen 1:25:10.0 110 metres hurdles Niilo Mattila 16.4 Väinö Kääriäinen 16.6 Wells 16.6 400 metres hurdles Niilo Mattila 58.2 Väinö Kääriäinen 59.5 Wells 1:00.8 4×100 metres relay Finland 44.0 Latvia 45.8 Germany 45.8 10×100 metres relay Finland 1:51.8 Germany 1:54.1 Germany II 1:55.1 4×400 metres relay Finland 3:34.0 Germany 3:37.5 France 3×1000 metres relay Finland 8:04.4 Germany 8:20.0 France 8:54.8 Sprint medley relay Finland 3:43.2 Germany 3:49.7 Austria 3:55.5 Swedish relay Finland 2:07.8 Germany 2:08.1 Switzerland 2:08.8 3000 metres team race Finland 9:31.7 Germany 10:03.1 France 10:33.9 10 kilometres walk Burghardt 48:38.0 Wolff 48:52.4 Bohner 49:16.1 High jump Kalle Korpi 1.79 Artturi Niemi 1.79 Onni Heinänen 1.73 Pole vault Nestor Kristoffersson Robert Vitthoff 343 – – Rudolf Muukkonen 330 Long jump Onni Heinänen 6.88 Paavo Virtanen 6.80 Rodzit 6.60 Triple jump Paavo Virtanen 14.28 Vilho Takkinen 14.04 Hauerstein 13.65 Shot put Oskar Lindborg 12.98 Jussi Laiho 12.72 Oskar Lindborg 12.57 Shot put (light) Kalervo Kotivalo 19.96 Jussi Laiho 17.75 Barthel 17.39 Discus throw Oskar Lindborg 41.55 Jussi Laiho 40.57 T. Subatnik 38.82 Hammer throw Jussi Laiho 43.29 Vilhelm Silius 38.85 Hefele 32.62 Javelin throw Kalle Korpi 54.71 H. Ilmonen 54.64 U. Virtanen 53.50 Stone throw Kalervo Kotivalo 8.83 Oskar Lindborg 8.31 E. Hummel 7.75 Weight throw Jussi Laiho 15.59 Vilhelm Silius 15.11 – – Slingshot throw Barthel 55.95 Hensge Weber Pentathlon Kalervo Kotivalo 578 U. Virtanen 557 Nestor Kristoffersson 545 Decathlon Rudolf Muukkonen 1119.0 Vilho Takkinen 1029.5 Robeschnich 983.5 Tug of war Germany Belgium – –

Boxing Source: Flyweight Veikko Mutikainen Gutte Müller Bantamweight Onni Rautiainen Oiva Johtonen Klippel Featherweight Berger Reppin Möveberg Lightweight Scherm Eino Kalervo – Welterweight Soini Andersin Völkel Sven Vilenius Middleweight Bauer Gösta Brännäs Veikko Paananen Light heavyweight Janis Vigriezis Braun – Heavyweight Vilis Klesbergs Schädler –

Cycling 1,000 m Durand 1:33.7 Inman Ilmari Mäkelä 2,000 m Durand 3:14.7 Dewener Inman 10 km Frot 16:22.5 Stoll Dewener 50 km Pirson 1:23.1 May Frot 10 km road race Stoll 15:12.5 Ilmari Mäkelä Bemforth 20 km road race Seguet 32:01.4 Fisch 32:01.6 Hanakam 32:05.2 50 km road race W. Rau 1:30.1 F. Appel Josef Rotz 6×1,000 m Austria Great Britain – – 50 km, team Austria 1:27.07 France Germany

Football see Football at the International Workers' Olympiads#Frankfurt am Main 1925

Gymnastics Source: Octathlon Kurt Rödel 149.5 Albert Rahnfeldt 149.5 Wilhelm Buri 139.5 Dodecathlon Toivo Salonen 208.5 Onni Mäki 194.0 Kalle Lehtinen 188.8 Dodecathlon, team Finland

Handball see

Swimming Source: 100 m freestyle Werner 1:09.6 Koluza 1:10.0 Urhalt 1:12.0 400 m freestyle Gödke 5:59.2 Koluza 6:10.4 Hope 6:21.0 1500 m freestyle Krause 25:28.4 Dahle 26:15.0 Gold 27:48.6 100 m backstroke Schultz 1:21.4 Lohrer 1:24.4 Stechert 1:25.0 100 m breaststroke Jaskulsky 1:28.2 Schultz 1:29.6 Pentti Vihervaara 1:32.4 200 m breaststroke Lehmann 3:11.6 Schultz 3:19.2 Kannenberg 3:19.6 400 m breaststroke Lehmann 6:48.2 Kannenberg 6:52.0 Küster 7:02.4 100 m sidestroke Faulde 1:17.6 Schultz 1:19.2 Hampe 1:20.6 4×100 m freestyle relay Germany 4:48.4 Finland 5:32.8 – – 4×100 m breaststroke relay Germany 6:16.4 Finland 6:45.0 Belgium 7:20.8 4×100 m medley relay Germany 5:25.4 Austria Belgium Springboard Fritsche 56.3 Papke 49.9 Nachtigall 48.9 Plain high diving Lehmann 42.3 Toivo Paavilainen 38.0 Eino Währn 34.1

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Wrestling (Greco-Roman) Source: Bantamweight Justin Gehring Albert Siponen W. Joneleit P. Sachse Featherweight Arvo Salin Paavo Suomi H. Wittwer Lightweight Matti Saarikoski A. Sipol Jukka Ikonen Middleweight Väinö Kokkinen Kaarlo Tammi H. Schädler Light Heavyweight Verner Salonen P. Merkel Edwin Järnmark Heavyweight Aleksi Kuusisto H. Kämpfer H. Sattel

Women's results Athletics Source: 100 metres Dittmar 12.9 Hochholzer 13.0 Hippler 13.3 4×100 metres Germany 51.3 Finland 56.6 France 57.2 10×100 metres [a] Czechoslovakia 2:29.2 – – – – Sprint medley relay Germany 53.5 Finland 55.5 Germany II 57.4 Triathlon Elina Jääskeläinen 284 Hochholzer 268 Eugenie Indersson 261 High jump Haase Bleul 1.39 Kauschke Sarnes Koch 1.29 Vonier 1.26 Long jump Rauh 4.96 Sally Virtanen 4.93 Eugenie Indersson 4.66 Shot put Olga Drivin 8.07 Elli Mattila 7.79 Sally Virtanen 7.78 Discus throw Fransiska Vodickova 20.39 Olga Drivin 20.17 Kehrt 20.16 Javelin throw Olga Drivin 33.28 Elina Jääskeläinen 32.91 Eugenie Indersson 29.64 Slingshot throw Lang 24.80 Sulova 33.91 Mauleova 33.54 [a] Germany (2:14.6) disqualified

Gymnastics Source: Octathlon Hilda Neubaner 145.5 Lisbeth Benedix 144.5 Frida Gierke 144.0 Dodecathlon Helene Dick 177.7 Hela Pestowa 160.7 Dora Rechbach 155.7

Swimming Source: 100 m freestyle [a] Mentrup 1:36.0 Weller 1:45.0 Vieno Kari 1:54.2 100 m breaststroke Scholle 1:37.0 Boer 1:38.4 Mentrup 1:41.0 200 m breaststroke Boer 3:42.2 Irja Henriksson 3:45.4 Buchbinder 3:56.6 100 m backstroke Guitscholle 1:37.2 Klein 1:40.0 Buchbinder 1:40.4 3×100 m medley relay [b] Austria 4:56.4 Finland 5:28.2 – – 4×100 m freestyle relay Germany 6:52.0 Finland 7:07.4 – – Artistic swimming Meier Kender Trommel Springboard Boer 56.1 Ende 47.0 Trommar 44.4 [a] Irma Lumivuokko, FIN (1:35.4) disqualified [b] Germany (4:51.4) disqualified

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