The rest were spectators who were invited to take part on mass gymnastics that underlined the ideas of worker sports.

[2] The events mostly took place at the newly opened Waldstadion that is today known as Commerzbank-Arena.

[3] 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.

[5] The most notable result was a new world record of 51.3 in women's 4×100 metres relay set by the German team of Arbeiter-Turn- und Sportbund (ATSB), although it was never ratified by IAAF.

The most successful athletes came from Finnish Workers' Sports Federation, winning 31 events out of 44.