Water polo at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Men's water polo
at the Games of the IV Olympiad
DatesJuly 15 (quarterfinal)
July 20 (semifinal)
July 22 (final)
Competitors28 from 4 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Great Britain (GBR)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Belgium (BEL)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Sweden (SWE)
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At the 1908 Summer Olympics, a water polo tournament was contested.[1][2]

Medal table

Position Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Great Britain 1 0 0 1
2  Belgium 0 1 0 1
3  Sweden 0 0 1 1
—  Netherlands 0 0 0 0

Medal summary

See also: List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)
Gold Silver Bronze
 Great Britain (GBR)[1]
George Cornet
Charles Forsyth
George Nevinson
Paul Radmilovic
Charles Smith
Thomas Thould
George Wilkinson 		 Belgium (BEL)
Victor Boin
Herman Donners
Fernand Feyaerts
Oscar Grégoire
Herman Meyboom
Albert Michant
Joseph Pletinckx 		 Sweden (SWE)
Robert Andersson
Erik Bergvall
Pontus Hanson
Harald Julin
Torsten Kumfeldt
Axel Runström
Gunnar Wennerström

Team rosters

See also: National team appearances in the men's Olympic water polo tournament

Belgium

team Belgium

Great Britain

Netherlands

Sweden

Results

Matches

First round

There was only one first round match, between Belgium and the Netherlands.

Great Britain, Sweden, and Austria had byes, but Austria withdrew after the draw.

Belgium 8 - 1 Netherlands
Feyaerts 6, Donners,
Pletinckx 		(3 - 1) K. Meijer

Semi-finals

As Austria had withdrawn, Great Britain had a walkover to the final, with Belgium playing Sweden to determine their opponent.

Belgium 8 - 4 Sweden
Grégoire 3, Meyboom 2,
Pletinckx 2, Feyaerts 		(4 - 2) Hanson 3, Andersson

Final

Great Britain's first and only match was against Belgium, who had already won two games in the tournament.

Belgium 2 - 9 Great Britain
Feyaerts, Grégoire (2 - 5) Wilkinson 4, Forsyth 3,
Radmilovic 2

Ranking and statistics

Main article: List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics
Place Team Played Wins Losses Draws Goals Against Diff. Points
1  Great Britain 1 1 0 0 9 2 + 7 2
2  Belgium 3 2 0 1 18 14 + 4 4
3  Sweden 1 0 0 1 4 8 - 4 0
4  Netherlands 1 0 0 1 1 8 - 7 0

Scoring

11 players scored during the three games of the tournament, including 5 of Belgium's poloists. The Belgian captain's 8 goals led the field, and he also gained the distinctions of having scored in each of the three games as well as the single-game high goal count at 6.

Place Name Nation Goals
1 Fernand Feyaerts  Belgium 8
2 Oscar Grégoire  Belgium 4
George Wilkinson  Great Britain 4
4 Charles Forsyth  Great Britain 3
Pontus Hanson  Sweden 3
Joseph Pletinckx  Belgium 3
7 Herman Meyboom  Belgium 2
Paul Radmilovic  Great Britain 2
9 Robert Andersson  Sweden 1
Herman Donners  Belgium 1
Karel Meijer  Netherlands 1

References

  1. ^ a b "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Water Polo at the 1908 London Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2019.

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