Tug of War at the 1908 Summer Olympics
At the 1908 Summer Olympics, a tug of war tournament was contested.
Tug of War, Men
| Pos | Athlete |
| 1 | City of London Police (GBR) |
| Edward Barrett, H. Duke, Frederick W. Goodfellow, Frederick H. Humphreys, William Hirons, Albert Ireton, Frederick Merriman, Edwin A. Mills, John James Shepherd |
| 2 | Liverpool Police (GBR) |
| James M. Clarke, Thomas Butler, C. Foden, William Greggan, Alexander Kidd, Daniel McDonald Lowey, Patrick Philbin, George Smith, Thomas Swindlehurst |
| 3 | Metropolitan Police "K" Division (GBR) |
| Walter Chaffe, Joseph Dowler, Ernest W. Ebbage, Thomas Homewood, Alexander Munro, William Slade, Walter B. Tammas, T. J. Williams, James Woodget |
Teams from the United States, Sweden, Greece and Germany also entered the competition. The Greek and German teams were scratched from the competition. The American team objected to the shoes that that Liverpool team wore. The objection was overuled and the American team retired from the competition in protest.
