The tug of war competition at the 2022 World Games took place in July 2022,[1] in Birmingham in United States, at the University of Alabama Birmingham. Originally scheduled to take place in July 2021, the Games were rescheduled for July 2022 as a result of the 2020 Summer Olympics postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [2] This was the first time when mixed event in tug of war took place as part of the World Games.
Tug of war at the 2022 World Games | |
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Venue | University of Alabama Birmingham |
Dates | 14–16 July 2022 |
No. of events | 3 |
Participating nations
editMedal table
edit* Host nation (United States)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Great Britain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
2 | Schweiz | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
3 | Chinese Taipei | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
4 | Deutschland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Schweden | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
6 | Belgien | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Niederlande | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (7 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
Medalists
editEvent | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's outdoor 640 kg |
Schweiz Martin Arnold Thomas Arnold Walter Bernhard Robin Burch Ueli Christen Samuel Grani Ruedi Odermatt Fabian Rolli Emanuel Zumbuhl Johannes Zumbuhl |
Great Britain Marshall Drew Daniel Paul Kenny Will Lee Ian Murphy Tony Peck Andy Rebori Ian Robinson Leeboy Robinson Peter Darren Sellars Aidan Wheeler |
Belgien Wim Broeckx Jan Hendrickx Joeri Janssens Luc Mertens Raf Mertens Wouter Raeymaekers Johny Schuermans Wim de Schutter Ief Smets Dries Vermeiren Joris Vermeiren |
Women's outdoor 540 kg |
Chinese Taipei Gu Tsai-rong Huang Yu-an Lai Ting-yu Li Ju-chun Lin Meng-zhu Shih Chih-hsin Tien Chia-hsin Tien Chia-jung Tung Han |
Schweden Justin Andersson Knif Eriksson Knif Frida Hed Karin Jacobson Ellen Lilja Stor Lindquist Olsson Magdalena Persson Sofia Persson Hanna Maria Westerling |
Schweiz Stephanie Arnet Elena Beier Petra Kaslin Michaela Koch Stefanie Rita Ott Jasmin Villiger Melanie Villiger Sarah Villiger Brigitte Regula Ziegler Erika Sara Zumbuhl |
Mixed outdoor 580 kg |
Great Britain Tara Adams Lucie Gray Richard John Keightley Daniel Paul Kenny Will Lee Ian Robinson Leeboy Robinson Emma Stone Aidan Wheeler Charlotte Wiliams |
Deutschland Fabien Elias Julia Agnes Frieß Lukas Maier Lorenz Alexander Mühl Ramona Susanne Mühl Nicole Pflüger Florian Resch Rainer Vogel Thomas Wegmann |
Niederlande Robert Bentsink Ruud Geerdes Gerben Jansen Jan Willem Klumpers Jolanda Klumpers-Floors Annieta Nieuwland Nanda Martrude Oude Egberink Arjan Martijn Oude Nijhuis Aloysius Maria Ribberink Trude Zonneveld |
References
edit- ^ "The World Games 2022 Sports programme". Retrieved 2020-08-29.
- ^ "2021 WORLD GAMES POSTPONED TO 2022 TO AVOID TOKYO OLYMPIC CLASH". reuters.com. Retrieved 2020-08-29.