Tug of war at the Summer Olympics

Tug of war at the Summer Olympics
Governing body	TWIF
Events	1 (men)
Summer Olympics
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 2020 2024 2028
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 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. Sweden was also among the top countries with two medals, one as a member of the mixed team.

Medal table

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

Medal summary

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1900 Paris	Mixed team (ZZX)  Edgar Aabye (DEN)  August Nilsson (SWE)  Eugen Schmidt (DEN)  Gustaf Söderström (SWE)  Karl Staaf (SWE)  Charles Winckler (DEN)	France (FRA) Raymond Basset Jean Collas Charles Gondouin Joseph Roffo Emile Sarrade Constantin Henriquez de Zubiera	none - only two teams competed
1904 St. Louis	United States (USA) (Milwaukee Athletic Club) Oscar Olson Sidney Johnson Henry Seiling Conrad Magnusson Patrick Flanagan	United States (USA) (Southwest Turnverein of Saint Louis No. 1) Max Braun William Seiling Orrin Upshaw Charles Rose August Rodenberg	United States (USA) (Southwest Turnverein of Saint Louis No. 2) Charles Haberkorn Frank Kugler Charles Thias Harry Jacobs Oscar Friede
1908 London	Great Britain (GBR) (City of London Police) William Hirons Frederick Goodfellow Edward Barrett John James Shepherd Frederick Humphreys Edwin Mills Albert Ireton Frederick Merriman John Duke	Great Britain (GBR) (Liverpool Police) Patrick Philbin James Clarke Thomas Butler Alexander Kidd George Smith Thomas Swindlehurst Daniel Lowey William Greggan Charles Foden	Great Britain (GBR) (Metropolitan Police K Division) Walter Tammas William Slade Alexander Munro Ernest Ebbage Thomas Homewood Walter Chaffe James Woodget Joseph Dowler T. J. Williams
1912 Stockholm	Sweden (SWE) Arvid Andersson Adolf Bergman Johan Edman Erik Algot Fredriksson Carl Jonsson Erik Larsson August Gustafsson Carl Lindström	Great Britain (GBR) Alexander Munro John Sewell John James Shepherd Joseph Dowler Edwin Mills Frederick Humphreys Mathias Hynes Walter Chaffe	none - only two teams competed
1920 Antwerp	Great Britain (GBR) George Canning Frederick Holmes Edwin Mills John James Shepherd Harry Stiff John Sewell Frederick Humphreys Ernest Thorn	Netherlands (NED) Willem van Rekum Marinus van Rekum Willem van Loon Henk Janssen Wilhelmus Bekkers Johannes Hengeveld Sijtse Jansma Antonius van Loon	Belgium (BEL) Édouard Bourguignon Alphonse Ducatillon Raymond Maertens Christin Piek Henri Pintens Charles Van den Broeck François Van Hoorenbeek Gustave Wuyts

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