Workers' European Speed Skating Championships

Sport Speed Skating
Competition Category Other International Competitions
Years 1927—1936
Editions 2
Competitors 36
Countries 4

As a parallel to “bourgeois” competitions, socialist and communist sports unions sprang up in various countries. In addition to an envisioned parallel to the Olympic Games - the Spartakiad - separate International championships were also staged. These notably attracted Soviet skaters - who shunned international competition otherwise, as well as several top Norwegian skaters.

Editions

Edition Host City Country Held Events Competitors Countries
1927 Workers' European Speed Skating Championships Oslo NOR 12 – 13 February 1927 1 11 3
1936 Workers' European Speed Skating Championships Oslo NOR 8 – 9 February 1936 1 26 4

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Soviet Union URS 1 2 2 5
2 Norway NOR 1 0 0 1