1931 Winter Workers Olympics

The 1931 International Workers' Winter Olympics took place from February 5th to 8th in Mürzzuschlag , Austria .

Athletes from seven nations took part in the competitions. The Olympics in Mürzzuschlag was the second of three workers' Olympics held in winter before the Second World War. The first Winter Olympics for workers took place in Schreiberhau in Germany as early as 1925. The third and final edition was held in 1937 in Janské Lázně , Czechoslovakia .

In 1931, the second Summer Olympics for workers also took place in Austria. The venue was Vienna.

Results, men

Nordic skiing

15 km cross-country skiing

space	country	Surname	power
1		Heikki Norojärvi	53:51 min
2		Martti salt mines	54:06 min
3		Matti Kääriä	54:17 min
4th		Arvo Koskelainen	54:44 min
5		Leo Viheriälehto	54:51 min
6th		Viljam Vakkari	55:14 min

The best non-Finn was Walter Dressler , who started for Czechoslovakia-Aussig , who finished tenth in 59:34 minutes.

3 km obstacle cross-country skiing

space	country	Surname	power
1		Martti salt mines	5:18 min
2		Karl Mannhardt	6:17 min
3		Hans Eichberger	6:24 min
4th		Wilhelm Köstinger senior	6:26 min
5		Ernst Hildebrand	7:03 min
6th		Josef Maxl	7:12 min

10 km cross-country skiing

space	country	Surname	power
1		Karl Mannhardt	24:04 min
2		Franz Berner	25:25 min
3		Rupert Weinberger	26:15 min
4th		Otto Strasser	26:22 min
5		Hans Eichberger
6th		Ernst Seber	26:33 min

37 cross-country skiers finished the competition.

10 km relay

space	country	Surname	power
1		Matti Kääriä , Heikki Norojärvi , Martti Salminen	23:16 min
2		Arvo Koskelainen , Viljam Vakkari , Leo Viheriälehto	24:51 min
3		Ullmann, Max Hess , Weichert	27:21 min
4th		Rusp, Scheibelberger, Krapp	27:48 min
5		Hirtenlechner, Krois, Franz Berner	29:31 min
6th		Walter Dressler , Feix, Schwarz	30:16 min

Nordic combination

Nordic combined cross-country skiing was held over 30 km with obstacles. In the brackets the placement in the respective sub-competition.

space	country	Surname	power	Cross-country skiing	Ski jumping
1		Arvo Talsi	36.71	1:01:44 h (2nd)	18.46 pts (2.)
2		Max Hess	35.38	0: 5918 h (1st)	15.38 pts (5.)
3		Gustav Häusler	35.33	1:04:17 h (7th)	18.83 pts (1.)
4th		Sven Halvorsen	33.75	1:03:08 h (4th)	16.50 pts (3.)
5		Hans Wagner	32.08	1:04:10 h (6.)	15.58 pts (4.)
6th		Sepp Handler	32.00	1:03:54 h (5th)	15.25 pts (7.)

Special jumping

space	country	Surname	power
1		Gustav Häusler	18,113 (42, 45 and 46.5 m)
2		Arvo Talsi	18,050 (44, 43.5 and 44.5 m)
3		Edwin Günther	17,580 (43, 42 and 44 m)
4th		Walter Kunz	17,443 (44.5, 43 and 43 m)
5		Kurt Koerner	17.307 (45.5, 46.5 and 46 m)
6th		Sven Halvorsen	16,160 (44, 46 and 44.5 m)

29 athletes took part. There were three jumps to be completed.

Speed ​​skating

500 m

space	country	Surname	power
1		Paavo Virtanen	48.4 s
2		Viljo Pihl	49.4 s
3		Kalle Flinck	50.4 s
4th		Robert Vitthof	52.2 s
5		Artur Dale	57.6 s
6th		Eduard Helmer	61.2 s

1500 m

space	country	Surname	power
1		Paavo Virtanen	2: 39.0 min
2		Viljo Pihl	2: 40.4 min
3		Kalle Flinck	2: 41.0 min
4th		Robert Vitthof	2: 48.2 min
5		Artur Dale	2: 57.7 min
6th		Eduard Helmer	3: 21.6 min

5000 m

space	country	Surname	power
1		Viljo Pihl	9: 32.0 min
2		Paavo Virtanen	9: 36.3 min
3		Kalle Flinck	9: 43.4 min
4th		Robert Vitthof	9: 47.0 min
5		Franz Mandl	13: 02.0 min
6th		Heinz Zepmeisel	13: 21.4 min

10,000 m

space	country	Surname	power
1		Viljo Pihl	20: 32.8 min
2		Paavo Virtanen	20: 40.9 min
3		Robert Vitthof	21: 22.7 min
4th		Artur Dale	22: 37.8 min

figure skating

space	country	Surname	power
1		Istvan Schlichtinger	245.5
2		Vielniek	242.0
3		Adolf Schima	213.6
4th		Leo Fleischmann	211.5
5		Arnold James	188.1
6th		Otto Kneisel	185.9

ice Hockey

At the ice hockey tournament of the Workers' Winter Olympics, the Austrian national team took 1st place and became Olympic champion.

• February 6, 1931: Mürzzuschlag Austria - Germany 4: 1
• February 7, 1931: Mürzzuschlag Latvia - Germany 3-1
• February 8, 1931: Mürzzuschlag Austria 3-2 Latvia

team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt	AUT	LAT	GER
Austria	2	2	0	0	7-2	4th		3-2	4-0
Latvia	2	1	0	1	5-4	2			3-1
Germany	2	0	0	2	1-7	0

Results, women

Nordic skiing

4 km cross-country skiing

space	country	Surname	power
1		Impi Lahtinen	12:50 min
2		Ester Korholin	13:01 min
3		Aliisa Suvanto	13:36 min
4th		Frieda Hadlich	15:46 min
5		Hedi German	15:49 min
6th		Bozena Slavikova	15:51 min

6 km cross-country skiing

space	country	Surname	power
1		Impi Lahtinen	17:44 min
2		Ester Korholin	18:47 min
3		Aliisa Suvanto	18:49 min
4th		Bozena Slavikova	22:10 min
5		Emmi Mandl	22:16 min
6th		Helene Richter	22:37 min

figure skating

space	country	Surname	power
1		Elfriede Gönner	62.3
2		Lotte Ronay	55.6
3		Ricker	51.5
4th		Hermione Adamek	39.6

Results, pair skating

space	country	Names	power
1		Elfriede Gönner , Rudolf Lang	10.3
2		Marie Trimmel , Karl Schenkirs	9.9
3		Hermione Adamek , Rubetz	3.8

Scoring of the nations

space	country		power
1		Finland	150
2		Germany	76
3		Austria	66
4th		Latvia	33
5		Czechoslovakia-Aussig	7th
6th		Czechoslovakia Prague	1

swell

• Väinö Koivula : TUL Vuosikirja 1931, Työvypen Urheiluliitto

Individual evidence

1. ^ Arnd Krüger , James Riordan (eds.) (1996). The Story of Worker Sport. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics. ISBN 978-0873228749 .
2. ↑ Arbeiterzeitung from February 9, 1931, p. 1