The Workers’ Winter Games

Journal title PASSATO E PRESENTE
Author/s Edoardo Molinelli
Publishing Year 2026 Issue 2026/127
Language Italian Pages 14 P. 54-67 File size 162 KB
DOI 10.3280/PASS2026-127004
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The Workers’ Winter Games were events organized by the international workers’ sports movement dedicated to winter sports. There were six in total, divided equally between the Workers’ Winter Olympics, organized by the socialist workers’ sport federation (Sasi) and the Winter Spartakiads of the Red Sports International, the Comintern branch responsible for sports. The aim of this article is to review recent studies that have focused on the Workers’ Winter Games, attempting to analyze their impact both in terms of sport and politics.

Keywords: workers’ sport, workers’ Olympics, Spartakiads, winter sports, sport history

Edoardo Molinelli, I Giochi invernali dei lavoratori in "PASSATO E PRESENTE" 127/2026, pp 54-67, DOI: 10.3280/PASS2026-127004