Mixed teams at the Olympics
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In the early editions of the Modern Olympic Games, individuals from different nations were allowed to compete as a team. The International Olympic Committee grouped their results together under the mi
François Brandt (left) and Roelof Klein of Netherlands with their coxswain, an unknown French boy, at the 1900 Olympics
Tug of war was contested as a team event in the Summer Olympics at the Games of every Olympiad from 1900 to 1920. Originally the competition was entered by groups called clubs. A country could enter m
Mixed teams at the Olympics
…0 1 11 1924 Chamonix 21 Great Britain (13) India (7) Nepal (1) 1 0 0 1 8 Total 4 2 4 10 Medals by sport Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Tennis 1 2 3 6 Tug of war 1 0 0 1 Alpinism 1 0 0 1 Polo 0 0 1 1 Fencing 1 0 0 1 Total 4 2 4 10 Medalists Medal Games Sport Event Medalists Reference Gold 1896 Athens Tennis Men's…
Tug of war competition in 1904 Summer Olympics.
The victorious City of London Police team that won the tug of war gold medal at the London Olympics in 1908. (Back row - left to right): Frederick Merriman, John James Shepherd, Edwin Mills, Albert Ireton, Frederick Goodfellow, Frederick Humphreys (Front row - left to right): Edward Barrett, Henry Duke (Captain), William Hirons