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.
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.
Maurice Blitz was a Belgian Olympic water polo player during the 1920s. He was born in Île-de-France, Paris. He was the older brother of sporting champion Gérard Blitz, and father 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.
Final results for the water polo tournament at the 1924 Summer Olympics. All medals were decided by using the Bergvall system.
Paolo Francesco Radmilovic was a Welsh water polo player and competitive swimmer. Radmilovic had Croatian and Irish origins. He represented Great Britain at four editions of Summer Olympics. He won four Olympic titles in a 22-year Olympic career. He won four gold medals across three successive Olympic Games, a record which stood for a Great Britain Olympic athlete until broken by Sir Steve Redgrave when he won his fifth gold medal at Sydney in 2000. In 1928, he became the first person to compete for Britain at five Olympic Games, a record that would remain until surpassed by fencer Bill Hoskyns in 1976.
Albert Paul Durant was a Belgian water polo player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics, 1920 Summer Olympics, and in the 1924 Summer Olympics. He was part of the Belgian team, which was able to win three consecutive medals.
Léon Pierre Nijs was a Belgian water polo player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics and in the 1920 Summer Olympics. He was part of the Belgian team and was able to win a silver and a bronze medal. He was born, and died, in Antwerp.
René Bauwens was a Belgian freestyle swimmer and water polo player who competed in the 1920 and 1928 Summer Olympics.
Herman Louis Clement Donners was a Belgian water polo player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was part of the Belgian water polo team and won a silver and a bronze medal.
Oscar Grégoire Jr. was a Belgian water polo player and backstroke swimmer who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics, in the 1908 Summer Olympics, and in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was part of the Belgian water polo team and was able to win two silver and one bronze medal. In 1908 and 1912 he also participated in the 100-metre backstroke events, but was eliminated in the first round in both.
Joseph De Combe was a Belgian swimmer and water polo player who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics, 1928 Summer Olympics and 1936 Summer Olympics.
Henri De Pauw was a Belgian water polo player who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics, in the 1936 Summer Olympics, and in the 1948 Summer Olympics.
Georges Fleurix was a Belgian water polo player who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. In 1924 he won the silver medal with the Belgian water polo team. He played five matches and scored one goal.
Jean-Pierre Vermetten was a Belgian freestyle swimmer and water polo player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics and in the 1924 Summer Olympics.
Joseph Cludts was a Belgian freestyle swimmer and water polo player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics and in the 1924 Summer Olympics.
Kane Elliot Mark Russell is a New Zealand field hockey player who plays as a defender for German club Hamburger Polo Club and the New Zealand national team.
This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Belgium men's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.
