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
Nations participating7
Events16
DatesFebruary 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
 Austria22007243-24-0
 Latvia21105423-1
 Germany2020170

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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