| Men's tug of war at the Games of the V Olympiad | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Venue | Stockholm Olympic Stadium |
| Date | July 8, 1912 |
| Competitors | 16 from 2 nations |
| Tug of war at the 1912 Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
 | |
| 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.
YouTube Encyclopedic
-
1/3Views:3 17841976 103
-
1912 olympics 100m men final
-
Spirit Olympics 2012 Badin - Guys - Tug of War/Storming the Court - Juniors Win
-
The 1908 London Olympics
Transcription
Medal summary
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
References
- ^ "Tug of war at the 1912 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ The Job, 19 August 1977, page 5
Sources
- Bergvall, Erik (ed.) (1913). Adams-Ray, Edward (trans.). (ed.). The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand.
{{cite book}}:|first=has generic name (help) - Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 5 August 2007.
External links
- Tug-Of-War at the 1912 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics (archived)
|  | ||
This page was last edited on 5 May 2023, at 01:23