Tug of war at the 1920 Summer Olympics

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.

Men's tug of war at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Venue	Olympisch Stadion
Dates	August 17–18, 1920
Competitors	40 from 5 nations
Medalists
Great Britain  Netherlands  Belgium
← 1912

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.^[1]

Medal summary

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Great Britain (GBR) George Canning Frederick Humphreys Frederick Holmes Edwin Mills John Sewell John James Shepherd Harry Stiff Ernest Thorn	Netherlands (NED) Wilhelmus Bekkers Johannes Hengeveld Sijtse Jansma Henk Janssen Antonius van Loon Willem van Loon Marinus van Rekum Willem van Rekum	Belgium (BEL) 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:

•  Belgium (8)
•  Great Britain (8)
•  Italy (8)
•  Netherlands (8)
•  United States (8)

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

Two Italian reserves are known.

Results

Place	Nation
1	Great Britain (GBR)
2	Netherlands (NED)
3	Belgium (BEL)
4	United States (USA) Charlton Brosius Stephen Fields Sylvester Granrose Lloyd Kelsey Joseph Kszyczewiski William Penn Joseph Rond Joseph Winston
5	Italy (ITA) 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
	Great Britain (GBR)		2
	United States (USA)		0			Great Britain (GBR)		2
						Belgium (BEL)		0
											Great Britain (GBR)		2
											Netherlands (NED)		0
						Netherlands (NED)		2
						Italy (ITA)		0

Silver medal round

	Semifinals					Final
	Belgium (BEL)		2
	United States (USA)		0			Belgium (BEL)		0
						Netherlands (NED)		2

Bronze medal round

	Semifinals					Final
	United States (USA)		2
	Italy (ITA)		0			United States (USA)		0
						Belgium (BEL)		2

External links

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