At the 1908 Summer Olympics, a tug of war tournament was contested. Each team consisted of 8 athletes. Nations could enter up to 3 teams.[1] The host Great Britain was the only one to enter more than one (entering the maximum of 3 teams). Germany, Greece, Sweden, and the United States each entered one team apiece, though Germany and Greece withdrew. This left 5 teams (40 athletes) from 3 nations to compete.
The German and Greek teams withdrew, narrowing the seven-team field to five. Thus, the Swedish team and two of the British squads had byes in the quarterfinals.
The only match held was between the Liverpool team and the Americans. Liverpool won the first pull easily, after which the United States delegation protested against the footwear worn by the Liverpool police, who competed in their service boots. The protest was dismissed, and the Americans withdrew in disgust.[2][3]
Liverpool again faced a 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.[2]
1908, summer, olympics, 1908, summer, olympics, tournament, contested, each, team, consisted, athletes, nations, could, enter, teams, host, great, britain, only, enter, more, than, entering, maximum, teams, germany, greece, sweden, united, states, each, entere. At the 1908 Summer Olympics a tug of war tournament was contested Each team consisted of 8 athletes Nations could enter up to 3 teams 1 The host Great Britain was the only one to enter more than one entering the maximum of 3 teams Germany Greece Sweden and the United States each entered one team apiece though Germany and Greece withdrew This left 5 teams 40 athletes from 3 nations to compete Men s tug of warat the Games of the IV OlympiadVenueWhite City StadiumDatesJuly 17 18 1908Competitors40 from 3 nationsMedalistsCity of London Police Great BritainLiverpool City Police Great BritainMetropolitan Police K Division Great Britain 19041912 Contents 1 Medal table 2 Medal summary 3 Team rosters 3 1 Great Britain 3 1 1 City of London Police 3 1 2 Liverpool Police 3 1 3 Metropolitan Police K Division 3 2 Sweden 3 3 United States 4 Results 4 1 Quarterfinals 4 2 Semifinals 4 3 Final 4 4 Bronze medal match 5 Notes 6 Sources 7 External linksMedal table editPosition Country Gold Silver Bronze Total1 nbsp Great Britain 1 1 1 3 nbsp Sweden 0 0 0 0 nbsp United States 0 0 0 0Medal summary editGold Silver BronzeCity of London Police nbsp Great Britain Liverpool Police nbsp Great Britain Metropolitan Police K Division nbsp Great BritainTeam rosters editGreat Britain edit City of London Police edit Edward Barrett Frederick Goodfellow Frederick Humphreys William Hirons Albert Ireton Frederick Merriman Edwin Mills John James ShepherdLiverpool Police edit Charles Foden captain James Clarke Thomas Butler William Greggan Alexander Kidd Daniel McDonald Lowey Patrick Philbin George Smith Thomas SwindlehurstMetropolitan Police K Division edit Walter Chaffe Joseph Dowler Ernest Ebbage Thomas Homewood Alexander Munro William Slade Walter Tammas James WoodgetSweden edit Albrekt Almqwist Frans Fast Carl Emil Johansson Emil Johansson Knut Johansson Karl Krook Karl Gustaf Nilsson Anders WollgarthUnited States edit Wilbur Burroughs Wesley Coe Arthur Dearborn John Flanagan Bill Horr Matt McGrath Ralph Rose Lee TalbottResults editQuarterfinals edit The German and Greek teams withdrew narrowing the seven team field to five Thus the Swedish team and two of the British squads had byes in the quarterfinals The only match held was between the Liverpool team and the Americans Liverpool won the first pull easily after which the United States delegation protested against the footwear worn by the Liverpool police who competed in their service boots The protest was dismissed and the Americans withdrew in disgust 2 3 Winners Score LosersLiverpool Police nbsp Great Britain 2 0 forfeit United States of America nbsp United StatesSweden nbsp Sweden ByeCity of London Police nbsp Great Britain ByeMetropolitan Police K Division nbsp Great Britain ByeSemifinals edit Liverpool again faced a 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 2 Winners Score LosersLiverpool Police nbsp Great Britain 2 0 Sweden nbsp SwedenCity of London Police nbsp Great Britain 2 0 Metropolitan Police K Division nbsp Great BritainFinal edit The Londoners defeated Liverpool in the final winning the first two pulls Winners Score LosersCity of London Police nbsp Great Britain 2 0 Liverpool Police nbsp Great BritainBronze medal match edit The Swedish team did not appear for the bronze medal match Winners Score LosersMetropolitan Police K Stepney Division nbsp Great Britain walkover Sweden nbsp SwedenNotes edit Official Report p 32 a b Cook p 91 City of London PoliceSources editCook Theodore Andrea 1908 The Fourth Olympiad Being the Official Report London British Olympic Association De Wael Herman 2001 Tug of War 1908 Herman s Full Olympians Archived from the original on 26 February 2005 Retrieved 27 May 2006 RostersExternal links editTug Of War at the 1908 Summer Olympics at SR Olympics archived Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tug of war at the 1908 Summer Olympics amp oldid 1212983288, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
