Water polo at the 1920 Summer Olympics

Final results for the water polo tournament at the 1920 Summer Olympics.[1] All medals were decided by using the Bergvall system.[2]

Men's water polo
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
VenueStade Nautique d'Antwerp
Dates22–29 August
Competitors101 from 12 nations
Medalists
Great Britain
 Great Britain
Belgium
 Belgium
Sweden
 Sweden

Squads

Medal summary

Gold Silver Bronze
 Great Britain (GBR)[1]
Charles Sydney Smith
Paul Radmilovic
Charles Bugbee
Noel Purcell
Christopher Jones
William Peacock
William Henry Dean
 Belgium (BEL)
Albert Durant
Gérard Blitz
Maurice Blitz
Joseph Pletinckx
Paul Gailly
Pierre Nijs
René Bauwens
Pierre Dewin
 Sweden (SWE)
Harald Julin
Robert Andersson
Vilhelm Andersson
Erik Bergqvist
Max Gumpel
Pontus Hanson
Erik Andersson
Nils Backlund
Theodor Nauman
Torsten Kumfeldt[lower-alpha 1]

Results

Gold medal round

Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
 
     Great Britain (GBR) 9  
 Spain (ESP) 1      Spain (ESP) 0  
 Italy (ITA) 1[lower-alpha 2]        Great Britain (GBR) 7  
       United States (USA) 2  
     United States (USA) 7  
     Greece (GRE) 0  
       Great Britain (GBR) 3
 Belgium (BEL) 11        Belgium (BEL) 2
 Switzerland (SUI) 0      Belgium (BEL) 2  
     Netherlands (NED) 1  
       Belgium (BEL) 5  
 Sweden (SWE) 11        Sweden (SWE) 3  
 Czechoslovakia (TCH) 0      Sweden (SWE) 7      
 Brazil (BRA) 5      Brazil (BRA) 3      
 France (FRA) 1  

Silver medal round

Semifinals Final
 United States (USA) 5  
 Spain (ESP) 0      United States (USA) 2
     Belgium (BEL) 7
 

Bronze medal round

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
 
     Sweden (SWE) 9  
 Netherlands (NED) 7      Netherlands (NED) 1  
 Czechoslovakia (TCH) 0        Sweden (SWE) 5
       United States (USA) 0
     United States (USA) 7
 Greece (GRE) 5      Greece (GRE) 0    
 Italy (ITA) 1  

Notes

  1. This competitor is missing from the IOC medal database but is shown by Wudarski/de Wael/Mallon/Kamper. He probably played two matches.
  2. Italy forfeited the match in extra time.

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 1920 Antwerpen Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2019.

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