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7th Chess Olympiad

The 7th Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and (unofficial) women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between July 31 and August 14, 1937, in Stockholm, Sweden].

The Women's World Chess Championship also took place during the Olympiad.

Results

Final

# Country Players Points
1 United States Reshevsky, Fine, Kashdan, Marshall, Horowitz 54½
2 Hungary Lilienthal, Szabó, Steiner E., Havasi, Vajda 48½
3 Poland Tartakower, Najdorf, Frydman, Appel, Regedziński 47
4 Argentina Piazzini, Bolbochán Jac., Grau, Guimard, Pleci 47
5 Czechoslovakia Flohr, Foltys, Zinner, Pelikán, Zíta 45
6 Netherlands Euwe, Landau, Prins, van Scheltinga, De Groot 44
7 Estonia Keres, Schmidt, Raud, Türn, Friedemann 41½
8 Lithuania Mikėnas, Vaitonis, Vistaneckis, Luckis, Abramavičius 41½
9 Yugoslavia Pirc, Trifunović, Vuković S., Kostić, Bröder 40
10 Sweden Ståhlberg, Lundin, Stoltz, Danielsson, Jonsson 38½
11 Latvia Petrovs, Apšenieks, Mežgailis, Ozols, Endzelins 37½
12 Finland Gauffin, Böök, Solin, Salo, Ojanen 34
13 England Thomas, Alexander, Milner-Barry, Golombek, Wheatcroft 34
14 Italy Castaldi, Riello, Napolitano, Staldi, Rosselli del Turco 26½
15 Denmark Enevoldsen, Sørensen, Poulsen, Larsen, Petersen 25½
16 Iceland Gilfer, Guðmundsson, Ásgeirsson, Möller, Pétursson 23
17 Belgium Dunkelblum, O'Kelly, Baert, Defosse 22½
18 Norway Herseth, Kavli-Jørgensen, Guldbrandsen, Salbu, Christoffersen 19½
19 Scotland Aitken, Montgomerie, Page, Reid, Pirie 14

Individual medals

The prizes for best individual results went to:

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