Water polo at the 1908 Summer Olympics
| 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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At the 1908 Summer Olympics, a water polo tournament was contested.[1][2]
Medal table
[edit]| Position | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 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]- Robert Andersson
- Erik Bergvall
- Pontus Hanson (captain)
- Harald Julin
- Torsten Kumfeldt
- Axel Runström
- Gunnar Wennerström
Results
[edit]Matches
[edit]First round
[edit]There was only one first round match, between Belgium and the Netherlands.
Great Britain, Sweden, and Austria had byes, but Austria withdrew after the draw.
| Belgium | 8 | - | 1 | Netherlands | ||
| Feyaerts 6, Donners, Pletinckx |
(3 | - | 1) | K. Meijer | ||
Semi-finals
[edit]As Austria had withdrawn, Great Britain had a walkover to the final, with Belgium playing Sweden to determine their opponent.
| Belgium | 8 | - | 4 | Sweden | ||
| Grégoire 3, Meyboom 2, Pletinckx 2, Feyaerts |
(4 | - | 2) | Hanson 3, Andersson | ||
Final
[edit]Great Britain's first and only 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)
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