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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.〕 Most notable result made was a new world record 51.3 in women's 4×100 metres relay set by German team of Arbeiter-Turn- und Sportbund (ATSB), although it was never ratified by IAAF.〔〔 Football tournament was also won by the team of German ATSB. Most successful athletes came from Finnish Workers' Sports Federation, they won amazing 31 events out of 44.〔 == Sports == *Athletics *Boxing *Cycling *Football () *Gymnastics *Swimming *Water polo *Wrestling 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1925 Workers' Summer Olympiad」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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