Five events you didn't know that were once part of the Summer Olympics

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4. Tug of war

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Tug of war at the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm
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Tug of war is a sport of strength that surely everyone has played at least once in their lifetimes, but not many people know that it has featured as a competitive event at the Olympics on five occasions - from 1900 to 1920. It is part of the World Games and the Tug of War International Federation (TWIF) organizes biannual World Championships for nations and club teams.

At the summer Olympics, teams contested in the form of clubs, which meant that a nation could enter more than one team. A total of six teams contested in 1900, with the winning team comprising of three Danish and Swedish athletes each.

In 1904, the USA picked up all three medals on offer while in the next edition in London, it was Britain who claimed a similar hat trick of medals.

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