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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).
Tug of war competition in 1904 Summer Olympics. The victorious City of London Police team that won the tug of war gold medal at the London Olympics in 1908. (Back row - left to right): Frederick Merriman, John James Shepherd, Edwin Mills, Albert Ireton, Frederick Goodfellow, Frederick Humphreys
Thomas Homewood (25 September 1881 – 1 February 1945) was a British tug of war competitor who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. In 1908 he won the bronze medal as a member of the British team Metropolitan Police "K" Division. [1] He was killed during World War II in February 1945, aged 63, when his home in Stratford, London was struck by ...
He won a gold medal as part of the City of London Police tug-of-war team in the 1908 Olympic Games in London. He also won a bronze medal in the heavyweight division of the freestyle wrestling competition. [2] Barrett also competed in the shot, javelin and discus competitions in the 1908 athletics programme, but wrestling was his premier sport.
Tug of war at the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belgium - International Olympic Committee ... which never returned to the Olympics after 1908. Art. From 1912 to 1948, ... People. Sisters gave ...
Pages in category "Tug of war competitors at the 1908 Summer Olympics" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Per the Tug of War Association, this event occurred at five Olympic Games between 1900 and 1920. At the first two games, teams included five to six pulling members, while the later games included ...
John James Shepherd (2 June 1884 – 9 July 1954) was an English tug of war competitor who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics, in the 1912 Summer Olympics, and in the 1920 Summer Olympics for Great Britain. [2] He was part of the British team City of London Police, which won two gold medals in 1908 and 1920, and the joint City of London ...