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Tug of war at the 1904 Summer Olympics

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were the final entrant. A team from the Pan-Hellenic Athletic Club represented Greece, while South Africa was represented by the Boer Team. The contests were held on turf ground with no shoes on, over a period of five minutes. If within that five minutes, a team succeeded in pulling the other team
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across a line six feet (1.83 m) from their starting position, they were deemed to win. Otherwise, the team that had pulled their opponents closest to the line after five minutes would be the winner. Three local judges were selected to officiate in the competition; Clark Hetherington of the
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The New York team failed to appear for either the silver medal match or the bronze medal match: both matches were scratched, with the silver medal being awarded to the Saint Louis No. 1 team and the bronze medal being awarded to the Saint Louis No. 2 team.
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August 30 was the first day of the tug-of-war competition, with the two quarterfinal matches and the first semi-final match (between the two teams who had byes in the quarterfinals) being held. The rest of the competition was conducted on 1 September.
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The losers were sent to the repechage to face each other: the winner would face the loser of the final for second place.
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6 teams of 5, for a total of 30 athletes, competed. The host team had four teams, and two other nations each sent one.
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The winner received the gold medal, while the loser had to face the winner of the repechage in the silver medal match.
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The 1904 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary
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entered a team, the Southwest Turnverein of St. Louis entered two teams, and the
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The winner of this match faced the loser of the final for the silver medal.
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Index

Patrick Flanagan (tug of war)

Francis Field
Milwaukee Athletic Club
United States
Southwest Turnverein of St. Louis
United States
Southwest Turnverein of St. Louis
Mixed team
1900
1908
tug of war
Francis Field
St. Louis
1904 Summer Olympics
American
Greek
South African
Tug of war
1900 Olympics
St. Louis
Milwaukee Athletic Club
New York Athletic Club
University of Missouri

Milwaukee Athletic Club
USA
Boers
RSA
Southwest Turnverein of Saint Louis

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