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{{Short description|Third edition of International Workers' Olympiads}}
{{Infobox games
| name      = 1931 Workers' Summer Olympiad
| logo      = 1931 Workers' Summer Olympiad poster.jpg
| size      = 150px
| host_city = [[Vienna]], [[Austria]]
| caption   =
| nations   = 26
| athletes  =
| 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 the [[International Workers' Olympiads]]. The games were held from 19 to 26 July in [[Vienna]], [[Austria]].
Some 100,000 athletes participated in the Olympiad, including those taking part at the [[mass gymnastics]] event. The games had about 250,000 spectators, making them larger than the [[1932 Los Angeles Olympics]] both in participants and spectators.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070223020326/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 the Austrian writer [[Robert Lucas (writer)|Robert Lucas]] with music composed by the 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. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130413050435/http://www.herbert-henck.de/Internettexte/Kurzmann_III/kurzmann_iii.html Archived] 2013-07-14.</ref>
The Workers' Olympiad was the largest sporting event held in Vienna up to that date. The [[Praterstadion]] (today known as Ernst-Happel-Stadion) and an outdoor swimming pool, the [[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 |language=German |accessdate=11 July 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130629195004/http://www.wien.gv.at/freizeit/sportamt/annodazumal/sportstaetten/stadion.html |archivedate=2013-06-29 |url-status=dead }}</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|language=German|accessdate=11 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110406114309/http://www.wien.gv.at/freizeit/sportamt/annodazumal/sportstaetten/stadionbad.html|archive-date=2011-04-06|url-status=dead}}</ref> The 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 [[Arbeiter-Turn- und Sportbund]] 3–2.
== Sports ==
*[[Athletics (sport)|Athletics]]
*[[Boxing]]
*[[Canoe racing|Canoeing]]
*[[Chess]]
*[[Bicycle racing|Cycling]]
*[[Czech handball|Czech]] or [[Field handball|Field]] handball (''{{Interlanguage link|Handball at the 1931 Workers' Summer Olympiad|de|Arbeiter-Sommerolympiade 1931/Handball|lt=details}}'')
*[[Fencing]]
*[[Association football|Football]] (''[[Football at the International Workers' Olympiads#Vienna 1931|details]]'')
*[[Gymnastics]]
*[[Motor cycling]]
*[[Rowing (sport)|Rowing]]
*[[Swimming (sport)|Swimming]]
*[[Water polo]]
*[[Olympic weightlifting|Weightlifting]]
*[[Wrestling]]
== References ==
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{{International Workers' Olympiads}}
[[Category:International Workers' Olympiads]]
[[Category:1931 in multi-sport events|Workers' Summer Olympiad]]
[[Category:1931 in Austrian sport|Workers' Summer Olympiad]]
[[Category:International sports competitions hosted by Austria]]
[[Category:Sports competitions in Vienna]]
[[Category:1931 in cycle racing|Workers' Summer Olympiad]]
[[Category:1930s in Vienna]]
[[Category:Multi-sport events in Austria]]
[[Category:July 1931 sports events|Workers' Summer Olympiad]]