International Workers' Olympiads

The Workers' Olympiads were created as a counterweight for the Olympic Games, which were criticized for being confined for the upper social classes and privileged people.

Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the International Olympic Committee, had always opposed women's participation and supported the cultural superiority of white Europeans over other races.

On the contrary, the Workers' Olympiads opposed all kinds of chauvinism, sexism, racism and social exclusiveness.

The Olympic Games were based in rivalry between the nations, but the Workers' Olympiads stressed internationalism, friendship, solidarity and peace.

The first official Worker's Olympiads were the 1925 winter games in the German town of Schreiberhau, which today is a part of Poland.

[5] The last Workers' Olympiad at Antwerp in 1937 was a joint event with the Red Sport International organized Spartakiads.