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Olympic event over 14 metre distance

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margk2004 | 12:52 Tue 07th Aug 2012 | Sport
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From 1896 to 1932 which Olympic event took place over a 14 metre distance?
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the rope climb
13:02 Tue 07th Aug 2012
tug-of-war?
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my thoughts but ToW stopped in 1920
Isn't google wonderful ?
Tug of war is the only thing coming up on google
the rope climb
Seems it is Rope Climb but 1896 was the only one at 14m. the rest were at approx 8m.

http://www.topendspor...tinued/rope-climb.htm
The rope climb was a Gymnastics discipline (just as pommel horse, rings, etc.) and there is no immediate evidence that it featured in every Modern Olympics up to and including 1932. Where it does feature a range of rope lengths are recorded:

1896 Athens - 14m
1900 Paris - 6m
1904 St Loius - 7.62m (25 ft)
1906 Intercalated Olympics Athens - 10m
1908 London - probably 8m
1912 Stockholm - Not listed*
1920 Antwerp - Not listed*
1924 Paris - 8m
1928 Amsterdam - Not a listed discipline
1932 Los Angeles - 7.62m (25 ft)

*Not an individual event but Team Free System Gymnastics allowed apparatuses of the team's choice so could have included rope climb.
we haven't heard from margk2004 yet so maybe there's another answer
I saw somwhere that early fencing was at a distance of 14 meters.Confusing?
You'd need a strong arm to hold a 7mt sword.
I was thinking there might have been a 14 Mt dive once.

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