Men's tug of war at the Games of the V Olympiad | |
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Venue | Stockholm Olympic Stadium |
Date | July 8, 1912 |
Competitors | 16 from 2 nations |
Tug of war at the 1912 Summer Olympics | |
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men | |
The tug of war contest at the 1912 Summer Olympics consisted of a single match, as only two teams entered the competition. [1]
Sweden was represented by the Stockholm Police, while Great Britain's team consisted of five men from City of London Police and five from "K" ( Stepney) Division of the Metropolitan Police, the gold and bronze medallists respectively at the last Summer Olympics. [2] Austria, Bohemia, and Luxembourg had all entered teams, but failed to appear.
The withdrawals of those three teams turned what had been planned as a 10-match round-robin tournament into a single-match bout between Sweden and Great Britain. The bout consisted of a best-two-of-three contest. The competition was held on July 8, 1912. In the first pull, the Swedish team steadily pulled the British squad across the center mark. After a five-minute break, the second pull was started. In this one, neither team gained the victory through pulling the other across the line, but after a prolonged stalemate a couple of the London men succumbed to exhaustion and sat on the ground, disqualifying them and giving the Swedes the victory.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's tug of war |
Sweden (SWE) Arvid Andersson Adolf Bergman Johan Edman Erik Algot Fredriksson Carl Jonsson Erik Larsson August Gustafsson Herbert Lindström |
Great Britain (GBR) Alexander Munro (Met) John Sewell (City) John James Shepherd (City) Joseph Dowler (Met) Edwin Mills (City) Frederick Humphreys (City) Mathias Hynes (Met) Walter Chaffe (Met; captain and trainer) |
No further competitors |
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help)Men's tug of war at the Games of the V Olympiad | |
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Venue | Stockholm Olympic Stadium |
Date | July 8, 1912 |
Competitors | 16 from 2 nations |
Tug of war at the 1912 Summer Olympics | |
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men | |
The tug of war contest at the 1912 Summer Olympics consisted of a single match, as only two teams entered the competition. [1]
Sweden was represented by the Stockholm Police, while Great Britain's team consisted of five men from City of London Police and five from "K" ( Stepney) Division of the Metropolitan Police, the gold and bronze medallists respectively at the last Summer Olympics. [2] Austria, Bohemia, and Luxembourg had all entered teams, but failed to appear.
The withdrawals of those three teams turned what had been planned as a 10-match round-robin tournament into a single-match bout between Sweden and Great Britain. The bout consisted of a best-two-of-three contest. The competition was held on July 8, 1912. In the first pull, the Swedish team steadily pulled the British squad across the center mark. After a five-minute break, the second pull was started. In this one, neither team gained the victory through pulling the other across the line, but after a prolonged stalemate a couple of the London men succumbed to exhaustion and sat on the ground, disqualifying them and giving the Swedes the victory.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's tug of war |
Sweden (SWE) Arvid Andersson Adolf Bergman Johan Edman Erik Algot Fredriksson Carl Jonsson Erik Larsson August Gustafsson Herbert Lindström |
Great Britain (GBR) Alexander Munro (Met) John Sewell (City) John James Shepherd (City) Joseph Dowler (Met) Edwin Mills (City) Frederick Humphreys (City) Mathias Hynes (Met) Walter Chaffe (Met; captain and trainer) |
No further competitors |
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