Water polo at the 1908 Summer Olympics

At the 1908 Summer Olympics, a water polo tournament was contested.[1][2]

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
 Great Britain (GBR)
 Belgium (BEL)
 Sweden (SWE)

Medal table

PositionCountry Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Great Britain1001
2 Belgium0101
3 Sweden0011
 Netherlands0000

Medal summary

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

Belgium

Great Britain

Netherlands

Sweden

Results

First round

There was only one first round match scheduled. Great Britain, Sweden, and Austria (the last of which had withdrawn) were scheduled to have byes, while Belgium played the Netherlands.

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

Semifinals

Austria withdrew before the tournament started, leaving Great Britain with a second bye.

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

Final

Great Britain's first 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

Standings

PlaceTeamWinsLossesGoalsAgainst
1 Great Britain1092
2 Belgium211814
3 Sweden0148
4 Netherlands0118

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.

PlaceNameNationGoals
1Fernand Feyaerts Belgium8
2Oscar Grégoire Belgium4
George Wilkinson Great Britain4
4Charles Forsyth Great Britain3
Pontus Hanson Sweden3
Joseph Pletinckx Belgium3
7Herman Meyboom Belgium2
Paul Radmilovic Great Britain2
9Robert Andersson Sweden1
Herman Donners Belgium1
Karel Meijer Netherlands1

References

  1. "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  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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