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A water polo tournament was held on the Seine on 11 and 12 August 1900 as part of the 1900 Summer Olympics. Eight teams from four countries, all European, entered the event, although only seven ended up playing. The Osborne Swimming Club of Manchester, England, which has been listed with two rosters that are nearly entirely different, became the first Olympic water polo champions by defeating the Brussels Swimming and Water Polo Club of Belgium. Third place went to the two French-based semi-finalists, Libellule de Paris and Pupilles de Neptune de Lille, the latter of whom entered two teams, but merged them together after the first round.
At the 1908 Summer Olympics, a water polo tournament was contested.
Gérard Blitz was a Belgian Olympic swimmer and water polo player who competed at the 1920, 1924, 1928 and 1936 Olympics. He was the younger brother of Maurice Blitz, also a water polo player, and uncle of Gérard Blitz who founded Club Med in 1950.
Water polo has been part of the Summer Olympics program since the second games, in 1900. A women's water polo tournament was introduced for the 2000 Summer Olympics. Hungary has been the most successful country in men's tournament, while the United States is the only team to win multiple times at the women's tournament since its introduction. Italy is the first and only country to win both the men's and women's water polo tournaments.
Belgium competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. 150 competitors, 145 men and 5 women, participated in 72 events in 15 sports.
Final results for the water polo tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
The 1928 Summer Olympics Water Polo event was held between the fourth and eleventh of August. The final results of the tournament follow below.
Final results for the water polo tournament at the 1924 Summer Olympics. All medals were decided by using the Bergvall system.
The 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm saw the fourth water polo tournament at Olympics. All games took place in the newly built swimming stadium in Djurgårdsbrunnsviken from 7 to 16 July 1912. All medals were decided by using the Bergvall system.
Joseph Pletincx was a Belgian water polo player. He competed at the 1908, 1912, 1920, and 1924 Summer Olympics and won three silver and one bronze medals, becoming one of eight male athletes who won four or more Olympic medals in water polo.
The following is the list of squads that took part in the men's water polo tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
The following is the list of squads that took part in the men's water polo tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
The following is the list of squads that took part in the men's water polo tournament at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Stade Nautique d'Antwerp was an aquatics venue located in Antwerp, Belgium. For the 1920 Summer Olympics, it hosted the diving, swimming, and water polo.
George Herbert Taylor was an American competition swimmer and water polo player who represented the United States at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. Taylor swam in the preliminary heats of the men's 200-meter breaststroke and finished sixteenth overall. He also played for the U.S. water polo team that finished sixth.
Théo-Léo De Smet was a Belgian water polo player. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1952 Summer Olympics.
This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Belgium men's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.
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