Water polo at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Men's water polo
at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Men's water polo; at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Venue	Paris
Dates	13–20 July
Competitors	101 from 13 nations
Medalists
	← 1920 1928 →

Last updated December 12, 2024

Medal summary

Gold	Silver	Bronze
France (FRA)^[1] Albert Delborgies Noël Delberghe Robert Desmettre Paul Dujardin Albert Mayaud Henri Padou Georges Rigal R. Bertrand A. Fasani Jean Lasquin L. Perol	Belgium (BEL) Gérard Blitz Maurice Blitz Joseph Cludts Joseph de Combe Pierre Dewin Albert Durant Georges Fleurix Paul Gailly Joseph Pletinckx Jules Thiry Jean-Pierre Vermetten	United States (USA) Arthur Austin Oliver Horn Fred Lauer George Mitchell John Norton Wally O'Connor George Schroth Herb Vollmer Johnny Weissmuller Elmer Collett Jam Handy

Note: The players above the line played at least one game in this tournament, the players below the line were reserve players and did not compete in this tournament. Nevertheless the International Olympic Committee medal database exclusively credits them all as medalists. However the official report did not even count them as competitors.

Results

First Round		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

France	3

United States	1
		France	6

		Netherlands	3
Netherlands	7

Switzerland	0
				France	4

				Sweden	2
Sweden	7

Italy	0
		Sweden	9

		Spain	0
Spain

bye
						France	3

						Belgium	0
bye

Belgium
		Belgium	7

		Hungary	2
Hungary	7

Great Britain	6
				Belgium	5

				Czechoslovakia	1
Czechoslovakia	6

Greece	1
		Czechoslovakia	4

		Ireland	2
Ireland

Austria ^[3]

Silver medal tournament

Semifinals		Silver Medal Final

United States	4

Netherlands	2
		United States	1

		Belgium	2^[4]
Sweden	3

Belgium	4

Bronze medal tournament

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze Medal Final

Hungary

7

Czechoslovakia

0

Hungary

1

Sweden

4

Sweden

2

United States

3

United States ^[5]

Participating nations

Each country was allowed to enter a team of 11 players and they all were eligible for participation. Austria withdrew without playing a match. A total of 101 water polo players from 13 nations competed at the Paris Games:

Summary

Place^[1]	Nation
1	France (FRA) Albert Delborgies Noël Delberghe Robert Desmettre Paul Dujardin Albert Mayaud Henri Padou Georges Rigal R. Bertrand A. Fasani Jean Lasquin L. Perol
2	Belgium (BEL) Gérard Blitz Maurice Blitz Joseph Cludts Joseph de Combe Pierre Dewin Albert Durant Georges Fleurix Paul Gailly Joseph Pletinckx Jules Thiry Jean-Pierre Vermetten
3	United States (USA) Arthur Austin Oliver Horn Fred Lauer George Mitchell John Norton Wally O'Connor George Schroth Herb Vollmer Johnny Weissmuller Elmer Collett Jam Handy Coach: Otto Wahle
4	Sweden (SWE) Cletus Andersson (SK Neptun) Erik Andersson (Stockholms KK) Vilhelm Andersson (SK Neptun) Nils Backlund (SK Neptun) Theodor Nauman (Stockholms KK) Martin Norberg (Stockholms KK) Gösta Persson (Stockholms KK) Hilmar Wictorin (SK Neptun) S. Friberg Erik Skoglund Nils Skoglund
5	Hungary (HUN) István Barta (III. ker TVE) Tibor Fazekas (FTC) Lajos Homonnai (III. ker TVE) Márton Homonnai (III. ker TVE) Alajos Keserű (FTC) Ferenc Keserű (III. ker TVE) József Vértesy (FTC) János Wenk (FTC) A. Ivády F. Kann B. Nagy
6	Czechoslovakia (TCH) Ladislav Ankert Frantšek Franěk Jan Hora Hugo Klempfner František Kůrka Vojtech Neményi Jiří Reitman Josef Tomášek Frantšek Vacín František Cerník J. Humelhans
7	Netherlands (NED) Gé Bohlander Willy Bohlander Willem Bokhoven Jan den Boer Sjaak Köhler Karel Struijs Han van Senus A. Goedings Abraham van Olst Pieter van Senus R. van Senus
8	Great Britain (GBR) Harold Annison John Budd Charles Bugbee Richard Hodgson Arthur Hunt Paul Radmilovic Charles Sydney Smith D. Edward R. Haston William Peacock
9	Ireland (IRL) Stewart Barrett James Beckett James S. Brady Pat Convery Charles Fagan Michael A. O'Connor Noel M.J. Purcell William J. Fagan Norman N. Judd Joseph O'Connor
10	Spain (ESP) Manuel Basté Jaime Cruells José Fontanet Francisco Gibert Luis Gibert Enrique Granados Gal José María Puig A. Bretos J. Trigo Mariano Trigo Alfonso Tusell Alonso
11	Italy (ITA) Tito Ambrosini (Doria) Mario Balla (Doria) Arnoldo Berruti (Sturla) Mario Cazzaniga (R.N. Milano) Eugenio Della Casa (Doria) Achille Gavoglio (Doria) Giuseppe Valle (Sturla) Ottone Andreancich (R.N. Milano) Gian Battista Benvenuto Emilio Gavoglio Carmine De Luca (138ª Legione)
12	Switzerland (SUI) Charles Biefer Henri Demiéville Robert Girod Charles Kopp Albert Mondet Fernand Moret Robert Wyss Armand Boppart P. Renevier H. Rich René Ricolfi-Doria
13	Greece (GRE) Anastasios Theodorakis Andreas Asimakopoulos Nikolaos Baltatzis-Mavrokordatos Georgios Khalkiopoulos Nikolaos Kaloudis Pantelis Psychas Dionysios Vasilopoulos Christos Peppas E. Vlassis C. Vourvoulis

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References

1 2 3 "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 1924 Paris Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
↑ Ireland had been drawn against Austria, who withdrew.
↑ Belgium defeated the US, 2-1, but the Americans protested, which was allowed, only to see Belgium win silver by the same score in the replay.
↑ Lost to Belgium for silver medal match.

Sources

PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library:
- Official Report of the 1924 Olympic Games (download, archive) (pp. 439–440, 486–494)
Water polo on the Olympedia website
- Water polo at the 1924 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
Water polo on the Sports Reference website
- Water polo at the 1924 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)

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[HistoFINA_PDF-1] 1 2 3 "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.

[SR-2] "Water Polo at the 1924 Paris Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2019.

[3] Ireland had been drawn against Austria, who withdrew.

[4] Belgium defeated the US, 2-1, but the Americans protested, which was allowed, only to see Belgium win silver by the same score in the replay.

[5] Lost to Belgium for silver medal match.

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