Tug of war at the 1920 Summer Olympics

Men's tug of war events at the Olympics

Men's tug of war

at the Games of the VII Olympiad

Venue| Olympisch Stadion
Dates| August 17–18, 1920
Competitors| 40 from 5 nations
Medalists
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Tug of war at the
1920 Summer Olympics

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The tug of war contest at the 1920 Summer Olympics was held on August 17, 1920, and on August 18, 1920. All medals were decided by using the Bergvall system.

This was the last time the tug of war was in the Olympic program. The British team entirely consisted of City of London Police officers and so the gold medal is still at that force's museum.[1]

## Medal summary

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Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Great Britain (GBR)
George Canning
Frederick Humphreys
Frederick Holmes
Edwin Mills
John Sewell
John James Shepherd
Harry Stiff
Ernest Thorn |  Netherlands (NED)
Wilhelmus Bekkers
Johannes Hengeveld
Sijtse Jansma
Henk Janssen
Antonius van Loon
Willem van Loon
Marinus van Rekum
Willem van Rekum |  Belgium (BEL)
Édouard Bourguignon
Alphonse Ducatillon
Rémy Maertens
Christin Piek
Henri Pintens
Charles Van den Broeck
François Van Hoorenbeek
Gustave Wuyts

## Participating nations

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A total of 40(*) tug of war competitors from 5 nations competed at the Antwerp Games:

* Belgium (8)
* Great Britain (8)
* Italy (8)
* Netherlands (8)
* United States (8)

(*) NOTE: Only competitors who participated in at least one pull are counted.

Two Italian reserves are known.

## Results

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Place | Nation

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1 |  Great Britain (GBR)
2 |  Netherlands (NED)
3 |  Belgium (BEL)
4 |  United States (USA)

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Charlton Brosius
Stephen Fields
Sylvester Granrose
Lloyd Kelsey
Joseph Kszyczewiski
William Penn
Joseph Rond
Joseph Winston
5 |  Italy (ITA)

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Adriano Arnoldo
Silvio Calzolari
Romolo Carpi
Giovanni Forni
Rodolfo Rambozzi
Carlo Schiappapietra
Giuseppe Tonani
Amedeo Zotti

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Cesare Cogliolo
Pietro Scasso

### Gold medal round

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| Quarterfinals | | | Semifinals | | | Final |

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|  Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | | |
|  United States (USA) | 0 | | |  Great Britain (GBR) | 2 |
| | | |  Belgium (BEL) | 0 |
| | | | | | |  Great Britain (GBR) | 2 |
| | | | | |  Netherlands (NED) | 0 |
| | | |  Netherlands (NED) | 2 | | | |
| | | |  Italy (ITA) | 0 |

### Silver medal round

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| Semifinals | | | Final |

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|  Belgium (BEL) | 2 | |
|  United States (USA) | 0 | | |  Belgium (BEL) | 0 |
| | | |  Netherlands (NED) | 2 |

### Bronze medal round

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| Semifinals | | | Final |

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|  United States (USA) | 2 | |
|  Italy (ITA) | 0 | | |  United States (USA) | 0 |
| | | |  Belgium (BEL) | 2 |

## External links

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* Tug-Of-War at the 1920 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics (archived)
* International Olympic Committee results database

## References

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1. ^ "City of London Police Commissioner interview completes museum's audio guide". City of London Corporation Newsroom. 12 July 2018.

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Events at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp

* Archery
* Athletics
* Boxing
* Cycling
* Diving
* Equestrian
* Fencing
* Figure skating
* Football
* Gymnastics
* Field hockey
* Ice hockey
* Korfball (demonstration)
* Modern pentathlon
* Polo
* Rowing
* Rugby
* Sailing
* Shooting
* Swimming
* Tennis
* Tug of war
* Water polo
* Weightlifting
* Wrestling
* Art competitions (unofficial)

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