Tug of war at the 1920 Summer Olympics

Men's tug of war
at the Games of the VII Olympiad

Venue

Olympisch Stadion

Dates

August 17–18

Competitors

40 from 5 nations

Medalists

	Great Britain
	Netherlands
	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.

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:

(*) 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 Forno 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

References

International Olympic Committee results database

Events at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp

Archery Athletics Boxing Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Figure skating Football Gymnastics Field hockey Ice hockey Korfball (demonstration) Modern pentathlon Polo Rowing Rugby Sailing Shooting Swimming Tennis Tug of war Water polo Weightlifting Wrestling Art competitions (unofficial)

Tug of war at the Summer Olympics

	1896 1900 1904 (1906) 1908 1912 1920

List of medalists List of venues

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