Tug of war at the Summer Olympics 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. 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. Tug of war at the 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 groups called clubs. A country could enter more than one
Ramsgate tug Blackwall on the Thames and in use by 1855, "Vulcan", an iron steam paddle tug of 140 tons (142 t), also built at Blackwall and delivered to Ramsgate in 1858, and "Fabia", which was in service in World War II—participated in many rescues alongside the local lifeboatmen, receiving several rewards from the RNLI and grateful foreign governments. Another Ramsgate tug was "Sun Swale". In January 1881 the Ramsgate tugs "Vulcan" and "Aide" participated with the lifeboat "Bradford" in the rescue of the "Indian Chief", in response to which the Ramsgate harbour-master, Captain Braine, wrote the commendation, "Of all the meritorious