Tug of war at the 1920 Summer Olympics

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The tug of war contest at the 1920 Summer Olympics was held on August 17, 1920 and on August 18, 1920.

Contents 1 Medal summary 2 Participating nations 3 Results 3.1 Gold medal round 3.2 Silver medal round 3.3 Bronze medal round 4 References

[edit] Medal summary

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Great Britain (GBR) George Canning Frederick Humphreys Frederick Holmes Edwin Mills John Sewell John James Shepherd Harry Stiff Ernest Thorn	Netherlands (NED) Wilhelmus Bekkers Johannes Hengeveld Sijtse Jansma Henk Janssen Antonius van Loon Willem van Loon Marinus van Rekum Willem van Rekum	Belgium (BEL) Édouard Bourguignon Alphonse Ducatillon Remy Maertens Christin Piek Henri Pintens Charles Van Den Broeck François Van Hoorenbeek Gustave Wuyts

[edit] Participating nations

A total of 40(*) tug of war competitiors from 5 nations competed at the Antwerp Games:

• Belgium (8)
• Great Britain (8)
• Italy (8)
• Netherlands (8)
• United States (8)

(*) NOTE: There are only tug of war competitiors counted, which participated in one pull at least.

Two Italian reserves are known.

[edit] Results

Place	Nation
1	Great Britain (GBR)
2	Netherlands (NED)
3	Belgium (BEL)
4	United States (USA) Charlton Brosius Stephan Fields Sylvester Granrose Floyd Kelsey Joseph Kszyczewiski William Penn Joseph Rond Joseph Winston
5	Italy (ITA) Adriano Arnoldo Silvio Calzolari Romolo Carpi Giovanni Forno Rodolfo Rambozzi Carlo Schiappapietra Giuseppe Tonani Amedeo Zotti Cesare Cogliolo Pietro Scasso

[edit] Gold medal round

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	Great Britain (GBR)		2
	United States (USA)		0			Great Britain (GBR)		2
						Belgium (BEL)		0
											Great Britain (GBR)		2
											Netherlands (NED)		0
						Netherlands (NED)		2
						Italy (ITA)		0

[edit] Silver medal round

	Semifinals					Final
	Belgium (BEL)		2
	United States (USA)		0			Belgium (BEL)		0
						Netherlands (NED)		2

[edit] Bronze medal round

	Semifinals					Final
	United States (USA)		2
	Italy (ITA)		0			United States (USA)		0
						Belgium (BEL)		2

[edit] References

• International Olympic Committee results database

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