Water polo at the 1908 Summer Olympics

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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
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)
  1904
1912  
Official 1908 Highlight Film Water Polo @ 1:06 TV-icon-2.svg
Official 1908 Highlight Film Water Polo @ 1:06

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

Medal table

PositionCountryGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1001
2Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 0101
3Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 0011
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 0000

Medal summary

GoldSilverBronze
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR) [1]
George Cornet
Charles Forsyth
George Nevinson
Paul Radmilovic
Charles Smith
Thomas Thould
George Wilkinson
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)
Victor Boin
Herman Donners
Fernand Feyaerts
Oscar Grégoire
Herman Meyboom
Albert Michant
Joseph Pletinckx
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)
Robert Andersson
Erik Bergvall
Pontus Hanson
Harald Julin
Torsten Kumfeldt
Axel Runström
Gunnar Wennerström

Team rosters

Belgium

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team Belgium

Great Britain

Netherlands

Sweden

Results

Matches

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 Great Britain, Sweden, and Austria (the last of which had withdrawn) were scheduled to have byes, while Belgium played the Netherlands.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.

Belgium8-4 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.

Belgium2-9 Great Britain
Feyaerts, Grégoire (2-5) Wilkinson 4, Forsyth 3,
Radmilovic 2

Ranking and statistics

PlaceTeamPlayedWinsLossesDrawsGoalsAgainstDiff.Points
1Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 110092+ 72
2Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 32011814+ 44
3Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 100148- 40
4Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 100118- 70

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
1 Fernand Feyaerts Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 8
2 Oscar Grégoire Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 4
George Wilkinson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 4
4 Charles Forsyth Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 3
Pontus Hanson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3
Joseph Pletinckx Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 3
7 Herman Meyboom Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2
Paul Radmilovic Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2
9 Robert Andersson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1
Herman Donners Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1
Karel Meijer Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1

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References

  1. 1 2 "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.
  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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