Tug of war at the Summer Olympics

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.

Tug of war at the Summer Olympics
IOC Discipline CodeTOW
Governing bodyTWIF
Events1 (men)
Games
  • 1924
  • 1928
  • 1932
  • 1936
  • 1948
  • 1952
  • 1956
  • 1960
  • 1964
  • 1968
  • 1972
  • 1976
  • 1980
  • 1984
  • 1988
  • 1992
  • 1996
  • 2000
  • 2004
  • 2008
  • 2012
  • 2016
  • 2020
  • 2024
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

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

Sources:[3]

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

Teams consisted of 6 members, 5 members in 1904, and 8 members in the last three appearances of the sport. In 1900 3 pullers of Denmark and 3 pullers of Sweden competed together in Mixed team that won first place. In 1900 5 pullers of France and 1 puller of Colombia competed together in Mixed team that won second place. In 1904 4 pullers of United States and 1 puller of Germany competed together in Mixed team that won third place.

Nation0004081220
 Belgium8
 Colombia1
 Denmark3
 France5
 Great Britain2488
 Germany1
 Greece5
 Italy8
 Netherlands8
 South Africa5
 Sweden388
 United States1988
No. of nations33325
No. of pullers1230401640

See also

References
  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. "Olympic Analytics - Medals by Countries". olympanalyt.com. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
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