Water polo at the 1920 Summer Olympics

Men's water polo at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Venue	Stade Nautique d'Antwerp
Dates	22–29 August
Competitors	101 from 12 nations
Medalists
Great Britain  Great Britain Belgium  Belgium Sweden  Sweden
← 1912 1924 →

Final results for the water polo tournament at the 1920 Summer Olympics.^[1] All medals were decided by using the Bergvall system.^[2]

Squads

Medal summary

Gold	Silver	Bronze
William Peacock William Henry Dean	Joseph Pletinckx Paul Gailly Pierre Nijs René Bauwens Pierre Dewin	Erik Andersson Nils Backlund Theodor Nauman Torsten Kumfeldt[a]

Results

Gold medal round

	Round of 12					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
						Great Britain (GBR)		9
	Spain (ESP)		1			Spain (ESP)		0
	Italy (ITA)		1[b]								Great Britain (GBR)		7
											United States (USA)		2
						United States (USA)		7
						Greece (GRE)		0
																Great Britain (GBR)		3
	Belgium (BEL)		11													Belgium (BEL)		2
	Switzerland (SUI)		0			Belgium (BEL)		2
						Netherlands (NED)		1
											Belgium (BEL)		5
	Sweden (SWE)		11								Sweden (SWE)		3
	Czechoslovakia (TCH)		0			Sweden (SWE)		7
	Brazil (BRA)		5			Brazil (BRA)		3
	France (FRA)		1

Silver medal round

	Semifinals					Final
	United States (USA)		5
	Spain (ESP)		0			United States (USA)		2
						Belgium (BEL)		7

Bronze medal round

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
						Sweden (SWE)		9
	Netherlands (NED)		7			Netherlands (NED)		1
	Czechoslovakia (TCH)		0								Sweden (SWE)		5
											United States (USA)		0
						United States (USA)		7
	Greece (GRE)		5			Greece (GRE)		0
	Italy (ITA)		1

Notes

References

Sources

• PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library:
  • Official Report of the 1920 Olympic Games (download, archive) (p. 130)
• Water polo on the Olympedia website
  • Water polo at the 1920 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
• Water polo on the Sports Reference website
  • Water polo at the 1920 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)