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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
Tug of war at the 1908 Summer Olympics This page was last edited on 29 November 2021, at 07:51 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
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.
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 ...
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Edwin Archer Mills (17 May 1878 – 12 November 1946) was a British tug of war competitor who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics, in the 1912 Summer Olympics, and in the 1920 Summer Olympics. [ 1 ] 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 Police -Metropolitan ...
The British Olympic Association was the National Olympic Committee responsible for organising the United Kingdom's representation. At the time British athletes competed under the team name "United Kingdom". [1] The British team comprised 676 competitors. [2] It was the fourth appearance of the country, which has not missed any of the Summer ...