Venue White City Stadium Competitors 40 from 3 nations | Dates July 17–18 | |
At the 1908 Summer Olympics, a tug of war tournament was contested.
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City of London Police
Liverpool Police
Metropolitan Police "K" Division
Sweden
United States of America
Quarterfinals
The German and Greek teams withdrew, narrowing the seven-team field to five. Thus, the Swedish team and two of the British squads had byes in the quarterfinals.
The only match held was between the Liverpool team and the Americans. Liverpool won the first pull easily, after which the United States delegation protested against the footwear worn by the Liverpool police, who competed in their service boots. The protest was dismissed, and the Americans withdrew in disgust.
Semifinals
Liverpool again faced a foreign opponent, and again prevailed. The two London services squared off in the other semifinal, with the City police beating the Metropolitan men in a lengthy first pull. The second pull was not as tight a contest.
Final
The Londoners defeated Liverpool in the final, winning the first two pulls.
Bronze medal match
The Swedish team did not appear for the bronze medal match.