1904 Summer Olympics / Tug of War

Tug of war with the III. Olympic Games
information
venue	St. Louis
Competition venue	Francis Field
Nations	3
Athletes	30 (30 men)
date	August 31 - September 1, 1904
decisions	1
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With the III. At the 1904 Olympic Games in St. Louis , a team competition was held in a tug of war . The venue was the infield of Francis Field Stadium on August 31 and September 1 . In contrast to today, the tug of war was not considered an independent sport, but as part of athletics .

Medal table

space	country				total
1	United States	1	1	1	3

Remarks

Tug of war at the 1904 Olympics

In addition to four American teams (including two from St. Louis), two foreign teams also took part. There were six participants each. The winner of the round of hope should actually have competed against the loser of the finals and fight against him for the silver medal. However, the loser in the final, the New York Athletic Club, did not participate, which is why the silver medal automatically went to the first team of the Southwest Gymnastics Club of St. Louis. The New Yorkers also waived the battle for the bronze medal, which was awarded to the second team from St. Louis.

Results

space	country	athlete
1	United States	Milwaukee Athletic Club Patrick Flanagan , Sydney Johnson , Conrad Magnusson , Oscar Olson , Henry Sicling
2	United States	Southwest Gymnastics Club of St. Louis 1 Max Braun , August Rodenberg , Charles Rose , William Seiling , Orrin Thomas Upshaw
3	United States	Southwest Turnverein of St. Louis 2 Oscar Friede , Charles Haberkorn , Harry Jacobs , Frank Kugler , Charles Thias
4th	United States	New York Athletic Club Charles Chadwick , Charles Dieges , Lawrence Feuerbach , Samuel Jones , James Mitchel
5	GRE	Panellinios Gymnastikos Syllogos Athens Dimitrios Dimitrakopoulos , Nikolaos Georgandas , Anastasios Georgopoulos , Perikles Kakousis , Vasilios Metalos
	RSA	Boer Team Pieter Hillense , Pieter Lombard , Johannes Schutte , Paulus Visser , Christopher Walker

Date: August 31 and September 1, 1904

Quarter finals
Milwaukee AC	defeated	Boer team
St. Louis 1st	defeated	Athens
New York AC	-	bye
St. Louis 2nd	-	bye
Semifinals
Milwaukee AC	defeated	St. Louis 1st
New York AC	defeated	St. Louis 2nd
Round of hope
St. Louis 1st	2-0	St. Louis 2nd
final
Milwaukee AC	2-0	New York AC

Web links

• Tug of war at the 1904 Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official report of the 1904 Summer Olympics (PDF, 3.1 MB)