Tug of war at the 1920 Summer Olympics

Men's tug of war at the Games of the VII Olympiad
File:Tug of war pictogram.svg
Venue	Olympisch Stadion
Dates	August 17–18, 1920
Competitors	40 from 5 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium

The tug of war contest at the 1920 Summer Olympics was held on August 17, 1920, and on August 18, 1920. All medals were decided by using the Bergvall system.

This was the last time the tug of war was in the Olympic program. The British team entirely consisted of City of London Police officers and so the gold medal is still at that force's museum.

Medal summary

Gold	Silver	Bronze
File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain George Canning Frederick Humphreys Frederick Holmes Edwin Mills John Sewell John James Shepherd Harry Stiff Ernest Thorn	File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Wilhelmus Bekkers Johannes Hengeveld Sijtse Jansma Henk Janssen Antonius van Loon Willem van Loon Marinus van Rekum Willem van Rekum	File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Édouard Bourguignon Alphonse Ducatillon Rémy Maertens Christin Piek Henri Pintens Charles Van den Broeck François Van Hoorenbeek Gustave Wuyts

Participating nations

A total of 40(*) tug of war competitors from 5 nations competed at the Antwerp Games:

• File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium (8)
• File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain (8)
• File:Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Italy (8)
• File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands (8)
• File:US flag 48 stars.svg United States (8)

(*) NOTE: Only competitors who participated in at least one pull are counted.

Two Italian reserves are known.

Results

Place	Nation
1	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain
2	File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
3	File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
4	File:US flag 48 stars.svg United States Charlton Brosius Stephen Fields Sylvester Granrose Lloyd Kelsey Joseph Kszyczewiski William Penn Joseph Rond Joseph Winston
5	File:Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Italy Adriano Arnoldo Silvio Calzolari Romolo Carpi Giovanni Forni Rodolfo Rambozzi Carlo Schiappapietra Giuseppe Tonani Amedeo Zotti Cesare Cogliolo Pietro Scasso

Gold medal round

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain		2
	File:US flag 48 stars.svg United States		0			File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain		2
						File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium		0
											File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain		2
											File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands		0
						File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands		2
						File:Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Italy		0

Silver medal round

	Semifinals					Final
	File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium		2
	File:US flag 48 stars.svg United States		0			File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium		0
						File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands		2

Bronze medal round

	Semifinals					Final
	File:US flag 48 stars.svg United States		2
	File:Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Italy		0			File:US flag 48 stars.svg United States		0
						File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium		2

External links

• Tug-Of-War at the 1920 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics (archived)
• International Olympic Committee results database