Water polo at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Men's water polo
at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
VenueParis
Dates13–20 July
Competitors101 from 13 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) France
 France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Belgium
 Belgium
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) United States
 United States

Final results for the water polo tournament at the 1924 Summer Olympics.[1] All medals were decided by using the Bergvall system.[2]

Medal summary

Gold Silver Bronze
 France[1]
Albert Deborgies
Noël Delberghe
Robert Desmettre
Paul Dujardin
Albert Mayaud
Henri Padou
Georges Rigal
R. Bertrand
A. Fasani
Jean Lasquin
L. Perol 		 Belgium
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
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 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3
 Belgium 0
bye
 Belgium
 Belgium 7
 Hungary 2
 Hungary 7
 Great Britain 6
 Belgium 5
 Czechoslovakia 1
 Czechoslovakia 6
 Greece 1
 Czechoslovakia 4
Republic of Ireland Ireland 2
Republic of Ireland Ireland
 Austria [3]

Silver medal tournament

Semifinals Silver Medal Final
      
 United States 4
 Netherlands 2
 United States 1
 Belgium 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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
Albert Delborgies
Noël Delberghe
Robert Desmettre
Paul Dujardin
Albert Mayaud
Henri Padou
Georges Rigal
R. Bertrand
A. Fasani
Jean Lasquin
L. Perol
2  Belgium
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
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
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
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
Ladislav Ankert
Frantšek Franěk
Jan Hora
Hugo Klempfner
František Kůrka
Vojtech Neményi
Jiří Reitman
Josef Tomášek
František Vacín
František Černík
J. Humelhans
7  Netherlands
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
Harold Annison
John Budd
Charles Bugbee
Richard Hodgson
Arthur Hunt
Paul Radmilovic
Charles Sydney Smith
D. Edward
R. Haston
William Peacock
9  Ireland
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
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
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
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
Anastasios Theodorakis
Andreas Asimakopoulos
Nikolaos Baltatzis-Mavrokordatos
Georgios Khalkiopoulos
Nikolaos Kaloudis
Pantelis Psychas
Dionysios Vasilopoulos
Christos Peppas
E. Vlassis
C. Vourvoulis

References

  1. ^ a b c "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 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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