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The 1931 Workers' Olympiad was the third edition of International Workers' Olympiads. The games were held from July 19 to July 26 at Vienna, Austria.

Some 100,000 athletes participated the Olympiad, number includes the ones taking part at the mass gymnastics event. Games had about 250,000 spectators and they were larger than 1932 Los Angeles Olympics, both in number of participants and spectators.^[1] The opening ceremony Das Große Festspiel was written by Austrian writer Robert Lucas, music was composed by Argentinian composer Erwin Leuchter together with Franz Leo Human.^[2]

Workers' Olympiad was the largest sporting event held in Vienna by then. Praterstadion (today known as Ernst-Happel-Stadion) and an outdoor swimming pool Stadionbad were finished for the games.^[3]^[4] Final of the football tournament was played at Praterstadion in front of 60,000 spectators as the Austrian amateur team Freie Vereinigung der Amateur-Fußballvereine Österreichs beat the German team of Arbeiter-Turn- und Sportbund by 3–2.

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^ Socialist Sports in Yiddish: The Bundist Sport Organization Morgnshtern in Interwar Poland
^ Erwin Leuchter (1902–1973) Retrieved 12 July 2013.
^ "Wiener Praterstadion - Ernst-Happel-Stadion - Historische Sportstätte der Stadt Wien" (in German). City of Vienna. Retrieved 11 July, 2013. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
^ "Wiener Stadionbad - Historische Sportstätte der Stadt Wien" (in German). City of Vienna. Retrieved 11 July, 2013. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

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[1] Socialist Sports in Yiddish: The Bundist Sport Organization Morgnshtern in Interwar Poland

[2] Erwin Leuchter (1902–1973) Retrieved 12 July 2013.

[3] "Wiener Praterstadion - Ernst-Happel-Stadion - Historische Sportstätte der Stadt Wien" (in German). City of Vienna. Retrieved 11 July, 2013. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

[4] "Wiener Stadionbad - Historische Sportstätte der Stadt Wien" (in German). City of Vienna. Retrieved 11 July, 2013. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

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+{{Infobox games
-{{no footnotes|date=July 2012}}{{refimprove|date=July 2012}}
+|Name = 1931 Workers' Summer Olympiad
-'''1931 Workers' Olympiad''' was second [[International Workers' Olympiads|Workers' Olympiad]] in [[Vienna]], [[Austria]]. 80,000 athletes participated in the playoffs, which had about 250,000 spectators. The games were larger than the [[1932 Los Angeles Olympics]], both in number of participants and spectators.{{fact|date=July 2012}} [[Ernst-Happel-Stadion]] was used for the Olympiad. AIF sent 42 athletes to the 1931 Workers' Olympiad, planned by the [[Socialist Workers' Sport International]].
+|Logo = 1931 Workers' Summer Olympiad poster.jpg
+|Size = 150px
+|Host city =[[Vienna]], [[Austria]]
+|Optional caption =
+|Nations participating = 26
+|Athletes participating =
+|Events =
+|dates ={{Start date|1931|07|19}}–<br />{{End date|1931|07|26}}
+|Stadium =
+|previous = [[1931 Workers' Winter Olympiad]]
+|next = [[1937 Workers' Winter Olympiad]]
+}}
+The '''1931 Workers' Olympiad''' was the third edition of [[International Workers' Olympiads]]. The games were held from July 19 to July 26 at [[Vienna]], [[Austria]].
-== Resources ==
-* [http://www.vcn.bc.ca/outlook/library/articles/jewsontheleft/p05SocialistSports.htm Socialist Sports in Yiddish: The Bundist Sport Organization Morgnshtern in Interwar Poland]
-* [http://www.wien.gv.at/freizeit/sportamt/annodazumal/sportstaetten/stadion.html#abschnitt07 Stadium opened in 1931 under the Workers' Olympics]
-* [http://www.duo.uio.no/publ/IAKH/2006/39123/Kampenxomxarbeideridretten.pdf Kampen om arbeideridretten]
+Some 100,000 athletes participated the Olympiad, number includes the ones taking part at the [[mass gymnastics]] event. Games had about 250,000 spectators and they were larger than [[1932 Los Angeles Olympics]], both in number of participants and spectators.<ref>[http://www.vcn.bc.ca/outlook/library/articles/jewsontheleft/p05SocialistSports.htm Socialist Sports in Yiddish: The Bundist Sport Organization Morgnshtern in Interwar Poland]</ref> The [[opening ceremony]] ''Das Große Festspiel'' was written by Austrian writer [[Robert Lucas (writer)|Robert Lucas]], music was composed by Argentinian composer [[Erwin Leuchter]] together with [[Franz Leo Human]].<ref>[http://www.herbert-henck.de/Internettexte/Kurzmann_III/kurzmann_iii.html#ErwinLeuchter Erwin Leuchter (1902–1973)] Retrieved 12 July 2013.</ref>
-[[Category:International Workers' Olympiads]]
-[[Category:Sports festivals in Austria]]
+Workers' Olympiad was the largest sporting event held in Vienna by then. [[Praterstadion]] (today known as Ernst-Happel-Stadion) and an outdoor swimming pool [[Stadionbad (Vienna)|Stadionbad]] were finished for the games.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wien.gv.at/freizeit/sportamt/annodazumal/sportstaetten/stadion.html |title= Wiener Praterstadion - Ernst-Happel-Stadion - Historische Sportstätte der Stadt Wien |publisher= City of Vienna |date= | language = German|accessdate=11 July, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wien.gv.at/freizeit/sportamt/annodazumal/sportstaetten/stadionbad.html|title= Wiener Stadionbad - Historische Sportstätte der Stadt Wien |publisher= City of Vienna |date= | language = German|accessdate=11 July, 2013}}</ref> Final of the football tournament was played at Praterstadion in front of 60,000 spectators as the Austrian amateur team [[Freie Vereinigung der Amateur-Fußballvereine Österreichs]] beat the German team of [[Arbeiter-Turn- und Sportbund]] by 3–2.
-[[Category:1931 in sports]]
-[[Category:1931 in Austrian sport]]
+== Sports ==
+*[[Athletics (sport)|Athletics]]
+*[[Boxing]]
+*[[Canoe racing|Canoeing]]
+*[[Chess]]
+*[[Bicycle racing|Cycling]]
+*[[Czech handball]]
+*[[Fencing]]
+*[[Association football|Football]]
+*[[Gymnastics]]
+*[[Motor cycling]]
+*[[Rowing (sport)|Rowing]]
+*[[Swimming (sport)|Swimming]]
+*[[Water polo]]
+*[[Olympic weightlifting|Weightlifting]]
+*[[Wrestling]]
+== References ==
+<references/>
 {{sport-event-stub}}
+[[Category:International Workers' Olympiads]]
+[[Category:1931 in multi-sport events]]
+[[Category:1931 in Austrian sport]]
+[[Category:Sports festivals in Austria]]
+[[Category:Sport in Vienna]]