The 1925 Workers' Winter Olympiad was the first edition of International Workers' Olympiads. The games were held from January 31 to February 2 at the German town of Schreiberhau which today is a part of Poland and it is called Szklarska Poręba.
Four nations participated the 1925 Workers' Winter Olympiad. The only sport was Nordic skiing. Competitors did not represent their country but instead they were competing under the common red flag of the Workers' movement.
Events and best placed competitors
Men's 15 km cross-country skiing Place Competitor Time 1 Elis Laine 59.23 2 Gabriel Kammonen 59.34 3 Toivo Kostiainen 1.01.14
Men's 30 km cross-country skiing Place Competitor Time 1 Albin Veijalainen 1.55.10 2 Emil Halinen 1.55.28 3 Elis Laine 1.57.07
Men's 4 km steeplechase skiing Place Competitor Time 1 Emil Elo 27.07 2 Toivo Paavilainen 28.55 3 Georg Bienert 29.33
Women's 6 km cross-country skiing Place Competitor Time 1 Grete Buchbinder 1.15.22 2 Adele Thomas 1.18.23 3 Irma Prade 1.23.40
Men's Nordic combined Place Competitor Points 1 Lauri Leppänen 44.500 2 Alois Heils 35.700 3 Toivo Paavilainen 20.000
Men's ski jumping Place Competitor Points 1 Adolf Puz 28.00 2 Ernts Langhammer 26.75 3 Richard Reinwarth 24.50
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 4 3 3 2 2 1 0 3 0 2 1 4 0 0 2
Sources Voitto Raatikainen: "Talviurheilun sankarit – talviurheilun kuvahistoria", Karisto Publishing 1977.