Tug of war at the 2022 World Games

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
VenueUniversity of Alabama Birmingham
Dates14–16 July 2022
No. of events3
← 2017

Participating nations

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Medal table

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  *   Host nation (United States)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Great Britain1102
2  Switzerland1012
3  Chinese Taipei1001
4  Germany0101
  Sweden0101
6  Belgium0011
  Netherlands0011
Totals (7 entries)3339

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's outdoor
640 kg
  Switzerland
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
  Belgium
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
  Sweden
Justin Andersson
Knif Eriksson
Knif Frida Hed
Karin Jacobson
Ellen Lilja
Stor Lindquist Olsson
Magdalena Persson
Sofia Persson
Hanna Maria Westerling
  Switzerland
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
  Germany
Fabien Elias
Julia Agnes Frieß
Lukas Maier
Lorenz Alexander Mühl
Ramona Susanne Mühl
Nicole Pflüger
Florian Resch
Rainer Vogel
Thomas Wegmann
  Netherlands
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

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  1. ^ "The World Games 2022 Sports programme". Retrieved 2020-08-29.
  2. ^ "2021 WORLD GAMES POSTPONED TO 2022 TO AVOID TOKYO OLYMPIC CLASH". reuters.com. Retrieved 2020-08-29.
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