Abstract: A distributed position detection rope includes: basic optical elements each including an optical fiber, tensile strength bodies, and a sheath material and the tensile strength bodies; a cylindrical inner sheath layer having a first optical element formed by arranging a plurality of the basic optical elements which are arranged at positions on the same circle and are helically wound at a predetermined pitch along the axial direction of the axis; and a cylindrical outer sheath layer on the outer side of the inner sheath layer and having a second optical element which are arranged at positions on the same circle and are helically wound along the axial direction so as to have a placement angle different from that of the basic optical elements of the first optical element.