The games were held from 25 July to 1 August at Antwerp in Belgium.

They were originally planned for Barcelona 1936, but cancelled due to the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War.

[1] 1937 Olympiad was a joint event with the Red Sport International organized Spartakiads.

It was the first time as a delegation from Soviet Union took part at the Workers' Olympiad.

[2] German athletes no longer participated since the Workers' Gymnastics and Sports Federation of Germany had been banned by the Nazi regime in 1933.