"8, 1912. In the first pull, the Swedish team steadily pulled the British squad across the center mark. After a five-minute break, the second pull was started. In this one, neither team gained the victory through pulling the other across the line, but after a prolonged stalemate a couple of the London men succumbed to exhaustion and sat on the ground, disqualifying them and giving the Swedes the victory. Tug of war at the 1912 Summer Olympics The tug of war contest at the 1912 Summer Olympics consisted of a single match, as only two teams entered the competition. Sweden"
"the shoulders of men standing on opposite sides of the rope. The ""king"" is carried on this platform down the length of the rope, before the festival starts, and the two kings perform a ritual sword contest. The main rope, over in diameter, has many smaller diameter, but very long ropes extending from it, and the participants pull these during the contest. The contest lasts 30 minutes and the challenge is to pull the other team a total of 5 meters. If neither side pulls the other the 5 meters, whichever side has pulled the other the furthest wins. After"
"is then a staged debate over the connection of the two ropes, which has a symbolic sexual aspect; innuendo and bawdy taunts of the other team are common. Once the two ropes are lashed together around the ""binyeomok"", the contest begins, to the shouts and cheers of the celebrants. The actual competition is short, with victory usually decided after a single pull (although some contests are played to best of three). Because of the association of the Western direction with the concept of fertility and fecundity, the match is often fixed to ensure that the West team win (and thus"
"teams start with the rope's centre line directly above a line marked on the ground, and once the contest (the ""pull"") has commenced, attempt to pull the other team such that the marking on the rope closest to their opponent crosses the centre line, or the opponents commit a foul. Lowering one's elbow below the knee during a pull, known as ""locking"", is a foul, as is touching the ground for extended periods of time. The rope must go under the arms; actions such as pulling the rope over the shoulders may be considered a foul. These rules apply in"
"the team's joint traction power. He moves up and down next to his team pulling on the rope, giving orders to them when to pull and when to rest (called ""hanging""). If he spots the opponents trying to pull his team away, he gives a ""hang"" command, each member will dig into the grass with his/her boots and movement of the rope is limited. When the opponents are played out, he shouts ""pull"" and rhythmically waves his hat or handkerchief for his team to pull together. Slowly but surely, the other team is forced into surrender by a runaway pull."
"the last draw called. Following that grueling Pull, the constitution was re-written to what it currently is, allowing no more than 3 hours for one team to beat the other, requiring the rope gained to be measured at the 3 hour mark in order to determine the winner. The shortest Pull since these new rules was in 2008 when the 11 Pull Team took 71 feet of rope from the 12 Pull Team in only 67 minutes. The following year, the 12 Pull Team took a record 82 feet, 6 inches from the 13 Pull Team in 69 minutes. In"
"is a game where Competitors (most often equal on both sides) must pull their opposing team across a line, into a puddle, etc. A team is meant to resist their competitor's effort to pull them across the line. sample pic. Competitors must move a barrel across the opposing team's line using water pressure from a fire hose. An obstacle course can consist of any combination of the events above or other tasks. There are several variations of this one but the premise is the same in all. The Crew (4-6 team members) simulates receiving an alarm, responding to and handling"
"Head pull Head pull is an Inuit game where two people lie belly-down on the ground, pull each other’s heads, and try to move the opponent across a line. The game is played with a loop placed around the competitors’ heads as they face each other. The loop is placed above the ears, and the game becomes more difficult the higher the loop is placed. The winner is the one who first pulls their opponent across the line, or if the loop slips off their opponent’s head. Also, the competitors may face each other with their legs interlocked and pull"
"Rope climbing Rope climbing is a sport in which competitors attempt to climb up a suspended vertical rope using only their hands. Rope climbing is practiced regularly at the World Police and Fire Games, and is enjoying a resurgence in France, where competitions are held in shopping centers. Also, enthusiasts in the Czech Republic resurrected the sport in 1993, and hold local and national competitions. This was an Olympic gymnastic event at one time, but was removed from that venue after the 1932 games. In the United States, competitive climbing on both 20 ft and 25 ft, natural fiber ropes"
"Ear pull The ear pull is a traditional Inuit game or sport which tests the competitors' ability to endure pain, and also strength. In the ear pull, two competitors sit facing each other, their legs straddled and interlocked. A two-foot-long loop of string, similar to a thick, waxed dental floss, is looped behind their ears, connecting right ear to right ear, or left ear to left ear. The competitors then pull upon the opposing ear using their own ear until the cord comes free or the opponent quits from the pain. The game has been omitted from some Arctic sports"
"the world. The rope weighs about 40 metric tons. The festival begins with men dressed in traditional Okinawan dress standing on the rope facing in opposite directions to symbolize the battle between East and West. A myriad of performances take place along the rope's length, from martial artists of varying ages, to older women performing a sort of fan-dance. It is an international event with Japanese nationals, American military, and tourists in attendance. Just before the start of the match a man dressed in the dress of the Ryūkyūan kings stands on a wooden platform hoisted in the air on"
"allowed. Two opposing teams started at opposite ends of the bridge. The object of the two opposing teams was to penetrate, drive back, and disperse the opponents' ranks and to thereby drive them backwards off the bridge. The struggle was limited to forty-five minutes. Victory or defeat was immensely important to the team players and their partisans, but sometimes the game was fought to a draw and both sides celebrated. In 1927 the tradition was revived by college students as an elaborate costume parade. In 1935 Vittorio Emanuele III with the royal family witnessed the first revival of a modern"
"at the end of a long, thick cylinder, supported on poles. Two ""tails"", at the opposite end of the structure from the loop, serve to provide a rudimentary steering mechanism. During play, the two Go are lifted above head height by the teams, and the loops are brought into contact and pushed against one another. Due to the ritual nature of the contest, one team's Go is larger than the other, making the contest somewhat one-sided. The teams are designated ""Dongbu"" (""East"") and ""Seobu"" (""West""), and wear blue and red respectively. Each team consists of around 70-80 people; including the"
"game is based on the throw of a llastar stick ( long with a diameter of about ). The participants throw it using only their hands. The winner is the one who throws the llastar the farthest. Each team in this game consists of five members. The rope is thick and about in length, with a flag in the middle. The team that can pull the rope and the flag to their side is the winner. Usually, this is a competition between two tribes, two villages, or two families. The dominant dialect in the region is Gheg, with the exception"
"their heads backwards until one of the competitors bends forward or gives up. In 2011, Canadian Governor General David Johnston participated in a head pull competition. Head pull Head pull is an Inuit game where two people lie belly-down on the ground, pull each other’s heads, and try to move the opponent across a line. The game is played with a loop placed around the competitors’ heads as they face each other. The loop is placed above the ears, and the game becomes more difficult the higher the loop is placed. The winner is the one who first pulls their"
"early August in which a rope is stretched across the Mississippi River from LeClaire, Iowa to Port Byron, Illinois. There are 10 men's teams of 20 and one woman's team of 25, that tug against each other. The team which pulls the most rope wins, and whichever state wins the most contests wins Tugfest. The event is also associated with a large fireworks display, live band, road race, carnival and food on both sides of the river. Port Byron, the 2016 champion, holds an overall record of 19-11 in the competition. The Buffalo Bill Museum, located on the riverfront in"
"Tetherball Tetherball is a game for two opposing players. While not officially recognized as a sport, it is generally an outdoor activity. The equipment consists of a stationary metal pole, from which is hung a volleyball from a rope or tether. The two players stand on opposite sides of the pole. Each player tries to hit the ball one way; one clockwise, and one counterclockwise. The game ends when one player manages to wind the ball all the way around the pole so that it is stopped by the rope. It must not bounce. An early variant described in Jessie"
"between the two teams, each having one end of the rope in its hands. The team, which is able to drag the other team to its side, is the winner team. These were very popular. Located near the well outside the village, sometimes near the temple. These were the places where the boys learnt wrestling from a Guru or Pehlwan-Wrestler. This was also a part of the teaching in Akharas, where the boys learnt the use of weapons. Nihangs practice martial arts to keep up the traditions. It is now very much an urbanized game and is popular with the"
"a middle line and parallel to that at 2m distance two more. The maximum length of the rope is 32m with a circumference between 10-12.5 cm. There are 5 markers on the rope, a red marker in the middle, 2m away from the red marker on either side are white markers and 5m on either side of those are blue markers. The aim is to get the opposing team's blue marker over your own 2m line. Hands must always be on the rope and you may not support it with any other part of your body or let it slacken."
"The Hope College Pull The Hope College Pull (The Pull) is an annual tug-of-war contest held across the Black River in Holland, Michigan on the fourth Saturday after Labor Day at 3:00 PM. It is sponsored by Hope College and is one of the nation's oldest standing college traditions. Competitors are 40 members of both the Freshman and Sophomore Class. The freshman team is coached by juniors while the sophomore team is coached by seniors. Each Pull Team is named for the graduating year of that class. For example, the 19 (pronounced one-nine) Pull Team was composed entirely of students"
"Double Dutch (jump rope) Double Dutch is a game in which two long jump ropes turning in opposite directions are jumped by one or more players jumping simultaneously. It is believed to have originated among Dutch immigrants in New York City, and is now popular worldwide. While it had long been a popular street activity for African American girls in New York City, the modern sport of Double Dutch originated in the early 1970s with NYPD officers Ulysses Williams and David Walker, who formalized the rules for competition. The first official competition was held in 1974. In the early 1980s,"
"have equal control, he says, 'Throw your poles'. The match is on and continues to a fall or to expiration of the time limit set for each log. When the time limit is reached, the same match continues onto the next smaller log. In all rounds, the contest is decided by the best three out of five falls. Women start on logs. In 2003 Tina Bosworth set a new world record of 10 wins. Starting on the log-rolling dock, two competitors run head to head on adjacent booms. Each competitor must step off the logrolling dock, running across a chain"
"start beside each other facing in opposite directions, and the first horse and rider back across the line win the race. The races continue until all but the last is eliminated. It is not a timed event. It is one of five game classes approved for horse club shows by the Appaloosa Horse Club. The ApHC rules state that racing competition is traditional to the Nez Perce Native American people. However, it is unclear if this particular competition is derived from any traditional competition. Barrel racing Barrel racing is a rodeo event in which a horse and rider attempt to"
"to the other team's captain, who is on the less sturdy platform trying to get all of the rusty cogs off the boulders and to the end to tie them onto the rope. If a captain is knocked off the platform then the other team scores 3 points or if the cog is knocked out of their hands then that cog is out of play and that is 1 less point they can score. Whichever captain gets all of their cogs tied on the rope or as many as they can in the quickest time wins an advantage for their"
"each jumping with as much force as possible. If anyone from any team falls to the floor, that team loses. If everyone stays up, then the person against the wall and the person in front will play a game of gawibawibo (rock, scissor, paper) to determine the winner. Turkish game called Uzun Essek, or ""Long Donkey."" The person standing up is called the Pillow, or the referee. One team bends over as you see in the picture, then the other team one by one jumps on the ""Donkey."" If the Donkey can stand the pressure, the first person to go"
"year's colors are red and white, while Odd year's colors are maroon and gold. The competition is now limited to three hours; however, it previously had no time limit. The winner is decided by a measure of which team has taken the most rope. ""The Nykerk Cup Competition"" The Nykerk Cup is a multi-faceted competition between freshmen and sophomore women that involves song, play, and oration. In the same way as the Pull, the freshmen are coached by the juniors and the sophomores by the seniors, also contributing to the ""Odd Year"" and ""Even Year"" competitions. The Nykerk Cup takes"
"opposite thrower to get a good chance of hitting the dodger. The game can be played in several different formats. There can be several dodgers running between the throwers. The throwers attempt to get as many of them out as quickly as possible. If the last person standing is able to dodge ten throws successively, they win the game. The game may also be played in a team verses team format, which is usually the case when boys get involved. A team consisting of boys usually compete against a team made up of girls. Each team sends one dodger at"
"the ropes' great size, they cannot be grasped directly; players attached smaller side-ropes to the main rope to act as handles and fray its ends to provide additional hand-holds. The ceremony leading up to the tug of war begins at around midnight on the eve of the festival. Both teams repair to their respective ropes and offer prayers for victory; this rite is known as ""goyu"" (). During this time, the teams guard their ropes against tampering, as well as preventing members of the opposing team from stepping over it (it is believed that a woman who steps over the"
"diameter. They can weigh as much as 40 tons. They are constructed of twisted rice straw; this choice of material is symbolic, since rice is the staple grain in the areas where ""juldarigi"" is practiced. The construction process is a communal event, reflecting the communal nature of rice cultivation. Two ropes are used, one for each team; they are connected by a wooden beam or stump known as a ""binyeomok"", around three metres long. The rope held by the Eastern team is termed the ""sutjul"" ( ""male rope"") and the Western team hold the ""amjul"" ( ""female rope""). Because of"
"Race is a side-by-side rowing competition between the University of Oxford (sometimes referred to as the ""Dark Blues"") and the University of Cambridge (sometimes referred to as the ""Light Blues""). The race was first held in 1829, and since 1845 has taken place on the Championship Course on the River Thames in southwest London. Cambridge went into the race leading overall with six victories to Oxford's two. They had beaten Oxford in the previous race, held in 1845, by three lengths. Cambridge used an outrigged boat built by Searle, in length and in width, while the Dark Blues' boat was"
"the other team mate (who is at the sidelines) and the team mate wearing the gear has to pick up as many horse shoes as they can. The teams are tied together for a messy race around the town, collecting the ingredients for Maude's favorite, apple pie, along the way. The winners are the first to cross the line in spaghetti-filled boots with all their ingredients intact. It was a very close match but the Bee's Knees pulled ahead of the Bunnies, winning the challenge. A slippery log is suspended over a muddy bog. One member from each team must"
"Even and Odd Years. The Rope Run can often get violent, as it puts opposed teams near one another at a time when emotions are running high. Coaches and alumni have been known to swear and spit as Pullers and Moralers jog around campus with the rope, chanting ""Even Year, Odd Year"" in a rhythmic battle cry of sorts. After Rope Run, each Pull Team gathers separately to do their respective chants and songs. Pull begins promptly at 3 pm. Each team has 20 Pullers who each have their own Moralers. Moralers were once called ""Morale Girls"" but this was"
"between the freshman and sophomore classes at Hope College. The Pull takes place across the Black River in Holland, Michigan, and now takes place on the last Saturday of September every year ( Prior to 1993 it was held on a Friday). The Pull dates back to 1898. During the Pull, each team has 18 students on the rope as ""pullers,"" and another 18 acting as guides and morale boosters, or ""moralers."" The freshmen are coached by the junior class, and the sophomores by the seniors. This arrangement has led to the rivalry between even and odd year classes. Even"