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
Tug of War Federation of India Gupta (a youth leader in Delhi) and Madan Mohan (National Youth Awardee). The new management restructured the TWFI and registered it as a society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 in 1982. The Indian Railways recognized the TWFI as a national sports federation in September 1999, providing a 75% fare concession to the officials and players of the Federation traveling to tug of war events in India. The TWFI was recognized by the Indian Olympic Association on 23 July 2008. The TWFI received affiliation from the Asian Tug of War Federation in August 2008. The TWFI has been a full