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. 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.Past Olympic Sports. Olympics/IOC. Retrieved on 2010-08-30.
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.
Medal table Sources:
Medal winners 1900 ParisRoger BassetJean CollasCharles GondouinJoseph Roffo Émile Sarradenone - only two teams competed 1904 St. LouisPatrick FlanaganSidney JohnsonConrad MagnussonHenry SeilingMax BraunAugust RodenbergCharles RoseWilliam SeilingOrrin UpshawOscar FriedeCharles HaberkornHarry JacobsCharles Thias 1908 LondonEdward BarrettFrederick GoodfellowWilliam HironsAlbert IretonFrederick HumphreysFrederick MerrimanEdwin MillsJohn James Shepherd Thomas ButlerJames ClarkeWilliam GregganAlexander KiddDaniel LoweyPatrick PhilbinGeorge SmithThomas Swindlehurst Walter ChaffeJoseph DowlerErnest EbbageThomas HomewoodAlexander MunroWilliam SladeWalter TammasJames Woodget 1912 StockholmArvid AnderssonAdolf BergmanJohan EdmanErik Algot FredrikssonAugust GustafssonCarl JonssonErik LarssonCarl LindströmWalter ChaffeJoseph DowlerFrederick HumphreysMathias HynesEdwin MillsAlexander MunroJohn SewellJohn James Shepherd none - only two teams competed 1920 AntwerpGeorge CanningFrederick HolmesFrederick HumphreysEdwin MillsJohn SewellJohn James ShepherdHarry StiffErnest ThorneWilhelmus BekkersJohannes HengeveldSijtse JansmaHenk JanssenAntonius van LoonWillem van LoonMarinus van RekumWillem van RekumÉdouard BourguignonAlphonse DucatillonRémy MaertensChristin PiekHenri PintensCharles Van den BroeckFrançois Van HoorenbeekGustave Wuyts
Individual medal leaders
Only individuals with multiple wins are included.
+Individual medal leaders in tug of war at the Olympics Athlete OlympicsGoldSilverBronze Total 1908, 1912, 192021031908, 1912, 192021031908, 1912, 192021031912, 19201102
Nations 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 8 1 3 5 24 8 8 1 5 8 8 5 3 8 8 19 8 8 No. of nations 3 3 3 2 5 No. of pullers 12 30 40 16 40
See also List of Olympic venues in discontinued events
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