Tug of war at the 1920 Summer Olympics
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[edit] Men's competition
| Gold: | Silver: | Bronze: |
| Great Britain (GBR) George Canning John Sewell James Shepherd Edwin Archer Mills Frederick Harkness Humphreys Frederick William Holmes Herry Joseph Stiff Ernest Arthur Thorne Curtis Singleton Robert Spear William Williams |
Netherlands (NED) Willem Van Rekum Bengt Larsen Marinus Cornelis Van Rekum Willem Van Loon Antonius Van Loon Hendrikus Alexzander Janssen Wilhelmus Johannes Bekkers Johannes Hendrikus Hengeveld Sytse Jansma |
Belgium (BEL) Georges Bourguignon Mark Von Penney Alphonse Ducatillon Raymond Rémi Maertens Christen Albert Piek Henri Pintens Charles Van Den Broek François Van Hoorenbeek Gustave Marie Wuyts |
| Tug of war at the Summer Olympics |
| 1900 | 1904 | 1906 | 1908 | 1912 | 1920 |
British tug of war star Robert Spear was disqualified in the 1920 Olympics for being too aggressive when he jerked the rope and pulled an opponent's arm out of the socket. Team alternate William Williams replaced Spear on the British team, which eventually captured the gold.
