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 at the 1908 Summer Olympics foreign opponent, and again prevailed. The two London services squared off in the other semifinal, with the City police beating the Metropolitan men in a lengthy first pull. The second pull was not as tight a contest. The Londoners defeated Liverpool in the final, winning the first two pulls. The Swedish team did not appear for the bronze medal match. Tug of war at the 1908 Summer Olympics At the 1908 Summer Olympics, a tug of war tournament was contested. The German and Greek teams withdrew, narrowing the seven-team field to five. Thus, the Swedish team and two of the