Tug of war at the 1908 Summer Olympics
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At the 1908 Summer Olympics, a tug of war tournament was contested.
Contents |
[edit] Medal table
| Position | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Great Britain |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| — |  Sweden |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 United States of America |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
[edit] Medal summary
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's tug of war | City of London Police Great Britain |
Liverpool Police Great Britain |
Metropolitan Police "K" Division Great Britain |
[edit] Team rosters
[edit] Great Britain
[edit] City of London Police
- Edward Barrett
- H. Duke
- Frederick W. Goodfellow
- Frederick H. Humphreys
- William Hirons
- Albert Ireton
- Frederick Merriman
- Edwin A. Mills
- John James Shepherd
[edit] Liverpool Police
- James M. Clarke
- Thomas Butler
- C. Foden
- William Greggan
- Alexander Kidd
- Daniel McDonald Lowey
- Patrick Philbin
- George Smith
- Thomas Swindlehurst
[edit] Metropolitan Police "K" Division
- Walter Chaffe
- Joseph Dowler
- Ernest W. Ebbage
- Thomas Homewood
- Alexander Munro
- William Slade
- Walter B. Tammas
- T. J. Williams
- James Woodget
[edit] Sweden
- Albrekt Almqwist
- Frans Fast
- Carl-Emil Johansson
- Emil Johansson
- Knut Johansson
- Karl Krook
- Karl-Gustaf Nilsson
- Anders Wollgarth
[edit] United States of America
- Wilbur Burroughs
- Wesley Coe
- Arthur Dearborn
- John Jesus Flanagan
- Bill Horr
- Matthew McGrath
- Ralph Rose
- Lee Talbott
[edit] Results
[edit] Quarterfinals
The German and Greek teams withdrew before competition started, 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 the footwear worn by the Liverpool police, who competed in their service boots. The protest was overruled, and the Americans withdrew.[1][2]
| Winners | Score | Losers | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liverpool Police | Great Britain |
1-0 | United States of America | United States of America |
| Sweden | Sweden |
— | Bye | |
| City of London Police | Great Britain |
— | Bye | |
| Metropolitan Police "K" Division | Great Britain |
— | Bye | |
[edit] Semifinals
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.[1]
| Winners | Score | Losers | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liverpool Police | Great Britain |
2-0 | Sweden | Sweden |
| City of London Police | Great Britain |
2-0 | Metropolitan Police "K" Division | Great Britain |
[edit] Final
The Londoners defeated Liverpool in the final, winning the first two pulls.
| Winners | Score | Losers | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of London Police | Great Britain |
2-0 | Liverpool Police | Great Britain |
The Swedish team did not appear for the bronze medal match.
| Winners | Score | Losers | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan Police "K" Division | Great Britain |
walkover | Sweden | Sweden |
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b Cook, p. 91
- ^ City of London Police
[edit] Sources
- Cook, 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. Retrieved on 27 May 2006.
| Events at the 1908 Summer Olympics (London) |
|---|
| Archery • Athletics • Boxing • Cycling • Diving • Fencing • Figure skating • Football • Gymnastics • Hockey • Jeu de paume • Lacrosse • Polo • Rackets • Rowing • Rugby • Sailing • Shooting • Swimming • Tennis • Tug of war • Water motorsports • Water polo • Wrestling |
| Tug of war at the Summer Olympics |  |
|---|---|
| 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 See also: List of Olympic medalists in tug of war |
