List of Olympic medalists in tug of war

This is the complete list of Olympic medalists in tug of war from 1900 to 1920.

Medal winners

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1900 Paris details	Mixed team  (ZZX) [1]   Edgar Aabye  (DEN)   August Nilsson  (SWE)   Eugen Schmidt  (DEN)   Gustaf Söderström  (SWE)   Karl Staaf  (SWE)   Charles Winckler  (DEN)	France  (FRA) [1] Roger Basset Jean Collas Charles Gondouin Joseph Roffo Émile Sarrade   Francisco Henríquez de Zubiría  (COL)	none - only two teams competed [1]
1904 St. Louis details	United States  (USA) Patrick Flanagan Sidney Johnson Conrad Magnusson Oscar Olson Henry Seiling	United States  (USA) Max Braun August Rodenberg Charles Rose William Seiling Orrin Upshaw	United States  (USA) Oscar Friede Charles Haberkorn Harry Jacobs Frank Kugler Charles Thias
1908 London details	Great Britain  (GBR) [2] Edward Barrett Frederick Goodfellow William Hirons Albert Ireton Frederick Humphreys Frederick Merriman Edwin Mills John James Shepherd	Great Britain  (GBR) [2] Thomas Butler James Clarke William Greggan Alexander Kidd Daniel Lowey Patrick Philbin George Smith Thomas Swindlehurst	Great Britain  (GBR) [2] Walter Chaffe Joseph Dowler Ernest Ebbage Thomas Homewood Alexander Munro William Slade Walter Tammas James Woodget
1912 Stockholm details	Sweden  (SWE) [3] Arvid Andersson Adolf Bergman Johan Edman Erik Algot Fredriksson August Gustafsson Carl Jonsson Erik Larsson Carl Lindström	Great Britain  (GBR) [3] Walter Chaffe Joseph Dowler Frederick Humphreys Mathias Hynes Edwin Mills Alexander Munro John Sewell John James Shepherd	none - only two teams competed
1920 Antwerp details	Great Britain  (GBR) [4] George Canning Frederick Holmes Frederick Humphreys Edwin Mills John Sewell John James Shepherd Harry Stiff Ernest Thorne	Netherlands  (NED) [4] Wilhelmus Bekkers Johannes Hengeveld Sijtse Jansma Henk Janssen Antonius van Loon Willem van Loon Marinus van Rekum Willem van Rekum	Belgium  (BEL) [4] Édouard Bourguignon Alphonse Ducatillon Rémy Maertens Christin Piek Henri Pintens Charles Van den Broeck François Van Hoorenbeek Gustave Wuyts

Medal table

All-time tug of war medal table ^[5]

Rank	NOC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain  (GBR)	2	2	1	5
2	United States  (USA)	1	1	1	3
3	Mixed team  (ZZX)	1	0	0	1
	Sweden  (SWE)	1	0	0	1
5	France  (FRA)	0	1	0	1
	Netherlands  (NED)	0	1	0	1
7	Belgium  (BEL)	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		5	5	3	13

Individual medal leaders

Only individuals with multiple wins are included.

Individual medal leaders in tug of war at the Olympics

Athlete	NOC	Olympics	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Refs
Frederick Humphreys	Great Britain  (GBR)	1908, 1912, 1920	2	1	0	3	[5] [6]
Edwin Mills	Great Britain  (GBR)	1908, 1912, 1920	2	1	0	3	[5] [7]
John James Shepherd	Great Britain  (GBR)	1908, 1912, 1920	2	1	0	3	[5] [8]
John Sewell	Great Britain  (GBR)	1912, 1920	1	1	0	2	[5] [9]

See also

• Tug of war at the 1906 Intercalated Games — these Intercalated Games are no longer regarded as official Games by the International Olympic Committee, although they were at the time.
• Tug of war at the Summer Olympics
• Lists of Olympic medalists

References

1. "Tug-Of-War, Men". Olympedia . Retrieved 27 February 2025.
2. "London 1908 tug of war men Results – Olympic tug-of-war". International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 27 February 2025.
3. "Stockholm 1912 tug of war men Results – Olympic tug-of-war". International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 27 February 2025.
4. "Antwerp 1920 tug of war men Results – Olympic tug-of-war". International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 27 February 2025.
5. "Tug-Of-War". Olympedia . Retrieved 27 February 2025.
6. "Frederick Humphreys". Olympedia . Retrieved 27 February 2025.
7. "Edwin Mills". Olympedia . Retrieved 27 February 2025.
8. "James Shepherd". Olympedia . Retrieved 27 February 2025.
9. "John Sewell". Olympedia . Retrieved 27 February 2025.