Tug of war at the 1920 Summer Olympics

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[edit] Men's competition

Gold: Silver: Bronze:
Great Britain (GBR)
George Canning
John Sewell
James Shepherd
Edwin Archer Mills
Frederick Harkness Humphreys
Frederick William Holmes
Herry Joseph Stiff
Ernest Arthur Thorne
Curtis Singleton
Robert Spear
Brian Lundrigan
Netherlands (NED)
Willem Van Rekum
Bengt Larsen
Marinus Cornelis Van Rekum
Willem Van Loon
Antonius Van Loon
Hendrikus Alexzander Janssen
Wilhelmus Johannes Bekkers
Johannes Hendrikus Hengeveld
Sytse Jansma
Belgium (BEL)
Georges Bourguignon
Mark Von Penney
Alphonse Ducatillon
Raymond Rémi Maertens
Christen Albert Piek
Henri Pintens
Charles Van Den Broek
François Van Hoorenbeek
Gustave Marie Wuyts

British tug of war star Robert Spear was disqualified in the 1920 Olympics for being too aggressive when he jerked the rope and pulled an opponent's arm out of the socket. Team alternate William Williams replaced Spear on the British team, which eventually captured the gold.