Tug of war at the Summer Olympics
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Tug of war at the Summer Olympics | |
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Governing body | TWIF |
Events | 1 (men) |
Summer Olympics | |
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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 clubs, which meant that one country could win several 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.
Medal table
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2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
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0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
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0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medal summary
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 |
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8 | 1 | ||||
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3 | 1 | ||||
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6 | 1 | ||||
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24 | 8 | 8 | 3 | ||
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5 | 1 | ||||
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8 | 1 | ||||
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8 | 1 | ||||
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5 | 1 | ||||
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3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | ||
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20 | 8 | 8 | 3 | ||
No. of nations | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
No. of pullers | 12 | 30 | 40 | 16 | 40 | 128 |
- ^ http://www.olympic.org/en/content/All-Olympic-results-since-1896/?AthleteName=Enter%20a%20name&Category=343488&Games=&Sport=1314079&Event=&MenGender=false&WomenGender=false&MixedGender=false&TeamClassification=false&IndividualClassification=false&Continent=1310308&Country=&GoldMedal=false&SilverMedal=false&BronzeMedal=false&WorldRecord=false&OlympicRecord=false&TargetResults=true