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Tug of war at the Summer Olympics

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Tug of war at the Summer Olympics
IOC CodeTOW
Governing bodyTWIF
Events1 (men)
Summer Olympics
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Tug of war competition in 1904 Summer Olympics.
The victorious City of London Police team that won the tug of war gold medal at the London Olympics in 1908. (Back row - left to right): Frederick Merriman, John James Shepherd, Edwin Mills, Albert Ireton, Frederick Goodfellow, Frederick Humphreys
(Front row - left to right): Edward Barrett, Henry Duke (Captain), William Hirons

Tug of war was contested as a team event in the Summer Olympics at the Games of every Olympiad from 1900 to 1920. Originally the competition was entered by groups called clubs. A country could enter more than one club in the competition, making it possible for one country to earn multiple medals. This happened in 1904, when the United States won all three medals, and in 1908 when the podium was occupied by three British teams.[1] Sweden was also among the top countries with two medals, one as a member of the mixed team.

During its time as an Olympic sport, it was considered to be part of the Olympic athletics programme, although the sports of tug of war and athletics are now considered distinct.[2]

After the 1920 Games, the International Olympic Committee decided to streamline the Olympic program to manage the number of sports and participants. As part of this effort, Tug of War and several other sports were removed from the Olympic program in the following years.[3]

Medal table

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Sources:[4]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Great Britain (GBR)2215
2 Mixed team (ZZX)1113
3 United States (USA)1102
4 Sweden (SWE)1001
5 Netherlands (NED)0101
6 Belgium (BEL)0011
Totals (6 entries)55313

Nations

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Teams consisted of 6 members in 1900, 5 members in 1904, and 8 members in 1908, 1912, and 1920.

In 1900, three Danish pullers and three Swedish pullers competed together as a mixed team, winning first place; the same year, one Colombian puller joined five French pullers in a mixed team that won second place. In 1904, a mixed team of one German puller and 4 United States pullers won third place.

Nation 00 04 08 12 20
 Belgium 8
 Colombia 1
 Denmark 3
 France 5
 Great Britain 24 8 8
 Germany 1
 Greece 5
 Italy 8
 Netherlands 8
 South Africa 5
 Sweden 3 8 8
 United States 19 8 8
No. of nations 3 3 3 2 5
No. of pullers 12 30 40 16 40

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Olympic Results, Gold Medalists and Official Records". olympic.org. 23 February 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  2. ^ Past Olympic Sports. Olympics/IOC. Retrieved on 2010-08-30.
  3. ^ "Olympics History". www.tugofwar.co.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Olympic Analytics - Medals by Countries". olympanalyt.com. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
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