At the 1908 Summer Olympics, a water polo tournament was contested.[1][2]
| Men's water polo at the Games of the IV Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Dates | July 15 (quarterfinal) July 20 (semifinal) July 22 (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 28 from 4 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Medal table edit
| 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 edit
Team rosters edit
Belgium edit
- Victor Boin
- Herman Donners
- Fernand Feyaerts (captain)
- Oscar Grégoire
- Herman Meyboom
- Albert Michant (goalkeeper)
- Joseph Pletinckx
Great Britain edit
- George Cornet
- Charles Forsyth
- George Nevinson
- Paul Radmilovic
- Charles Sydney Smith (goalkeeper, captain)
- Thomas Thould
- George Wilkinson
Netherlands edit
- Bouke Benenga
- Johan Cortlever
- Jan Hulswit
- Eduard Meijer
- Karel Meijer
- Piet Ooms
- Johan Rühl (goalkeeper)
Sweden edit
Results edit
Matches edit
First round edit
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 Great Britain, Sweden, and Austria (the last of which had withdrawn) were scheduled to have byes, while Belgium played the Netherlands.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 edit
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 edit
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 | ||
Ranking and statistics edit
| 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 edit
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 edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Water Polo at the 1908 London Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
Sources edit
- PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library:
- Official Report of the 1908 Olympic Games (download, archive) (pp. 359–361)
- Water polo on the Olympedia website
- Water polo on the Sports Reference website
- Water polo at the 1908 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)