- Medal table
- Medal summary
- Team rosters Great Britain City of London Police Liverpool Police Metropolitan Police "K" Division Sweden United States of America
- Results Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Bronze medal match
- Notes
- Sources
{{Infobox Olympic event
|event = Men's tug of war
|games = 1908 Summer
|image =
|caption =
|venue = White City Stadium
|dates = July 17–18
|competitors = 40
|nations = 3
|longnames = yes
|gold = City of London Police
|goldNOC = GBR
|silver = Liverpool Police
|silverNOC = GBR
|bronze = Metropolitan Police "K" Division
|bronzeNOC = GBR
|prev = 1904
|next = 1912
}}{{TugOfWarAt1908SummerOlympics}}At the 1908 Summer Olympics, a tug of war tournament was contested. Medal table| Position | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | | 1 | {{flagIOC|GBR|1908 Summer}} | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| — | {{flagIOC|SWE|1908 Summer}} | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | {{flagIOC|USA|1908 Summer}} | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Medal summary| Gold | Silver | Bronze | | City of London Police|GBR|1908 Summer}} | Liverpool Police|GBR|1908 Summer}} | Metropolitan Police "K" Division|GBR|1908 Summer}} |
Team rostersGreat BritainCity of London Police- Edward Barrett
- Frederick Goodfellow
- Frederick Humphreys
- William Hirons
- Albert Ireton
- Frederick Merriman
- Edwin Mills
- John James Shepherd
Liverpool Police- Charles Foden (captain)
- James Clarke
- Thomas Butler
- William Greggan
- Alexander Kidd
- Daniel McDonald Lowey
- Patrick Philbin
- George Smith
- Thomas Swindlehurst
Metropolitan Police "K" Division- Walter Chaffe
- Joseph Dowler
- Ernest Ebbage
- Thomas Homewood
- Alexander Munro
- William Slade
- Walter Tammas
- James Woodget
Sweden- Albrekt Almqwist
- Frans Fast
- Carl-Emil Johansson
- Emil Johansson
- Knut Johansson
- Karl Krook
- Karl-Gustaf Nilsson
- Anders Wollgarth
United States of America- Wilbur Burroughs
- Wesley Coe
- Arthur Dearborn
- John Flanagan
- Bill Horr
- Matt McGrath
- Ralph Rose
- Lee Talbott
ResultsQuarterfinalsThe 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.[1][2] | Winners | Score | Losers | | Liverpool Police | GBR|1908 Summer}} | 2-0 (forfeit) | United States of America | USA|1908 Summer}} | | Sweden | SWE|1908 Summer}} | — | Bye | | City of London Police | GBR|1908 Summer}} | — | Bye | | Metropolitan Police "K" Division | GBR|1908 Summer}} | — | Bye |
SemifinalsLiverpool 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.[1] | Winners | Score | Losers | | Liverpool Police | GBR|1908 Summer}} | 2-0 | Sweden | SWE|1908 Summer}} | | City of London Police | GBR|1908 Summer}} | 2-0 | Metropolitan Police "K" Division | GBR|1908 Summer}} |
FinalThe Londoners defeated Liverpool in the final, winning the first two pulls. | Winners | Score | Losers | | City of London Police | {{flagIOC|GBR|1908 Summer}} | 2-0 | Liverpool Police | {{flagIOC|GBR|1908 Summer}} |
Bronze medal matchThe Swedish team did not appear for the bronze medal match. | Winners | Score | Losers | | Metropolitan Police "K" Division | {{flagIOC|GBR|1908 Summer}} | walkover | Sweden | SWE|1908 Summer}} |
Notes1. ^1 Cook, p. 91
2. ^City of London Police
Sources- {{cite book | last = Cook | first = Theodore Andrea | year = 1908 | title = The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report | publisher = British Olympic Association | location = London}}
- {{cite web | last = De Wael | first = Herman | year = 2001 | url = http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/tow1908.html | title = Tug-of-War 1908 | work = Herman's Full Olympians | accessdate = 27 May 2006 | deadurl = yes | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20050226114210/http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/tow1908.html | archivedate = 26 February 2005 | df = }}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130119151452/http://databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=5&sp=TUG Rosters]
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