Tug of war at the Summer Olympics

Tug of war at the Summer Olympics
Governing body	TWIF
Events	1 (men)
Games
1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 2004 • 2008 • 2012 • 2016
Medalists

Tug of war competition in 1904 Summer Olympics

Tug of war was contested as a team event in the Summer Olympics at 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]

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain (GBR)	2	2	1	5
2	United States (USA)	1	1	1	3
3	Sweden (SWE)	1	0	0	1
	Mixed team (ZZX)	1	0	0	1
5	France (FRA)	0	1	0	1
	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	0	1
7	Belgium (BEL)	0	0	1	1
Total		5	5	3	13

Nations

Teams consisted of 6 members in 1900 (Denmark and Sweden competed together), 5 members in 1904, and 8 members in the last three appearances of the sport.

Nation	00	04	08	12	20	Years
Belgium					8	1
Denmark	3					1
France	6					1
Great Britain			24	8	8	3
Greece		5				1
Italy					8	1
Netherlands					8	1
South Africa		5				1
Sweden	3		8	8		3
United States		20	8		8	3
No. of nations	3	3	3	2	5	10
No. of pullers	12	30	40	16	40	128

See also

• List of Olympic venues in discontinued events

References

External links

Tug of war at the Summer Olympics 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 List of medalists List of venues

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