Water polo at the 1924 Summer Olympics
| Men's water polo at the Games of the VIII Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Paris | |||||||||
| Dates | 13–20 July | |||||||||
| Competitors | 101 from 13 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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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 |
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 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
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| bye | |||||||||||||||||||
France 
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Belgium
| 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||||||||
| Belgium
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| Belgium
| 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Hungary
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hungary
| 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Great Britain
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Belgium
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Czechoslovakia
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Greece
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Ireland
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ireland
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 Austria [3]
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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]
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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:
Belgium (11)
Czechoslovakia (9)
France (7)
Great Britain (7)
Greece (7)
Hungary (8)
Ireland (7)
Italy (7)
Netherlands (7)
Spain (7)
Sweden (8)
Switzerland (7)
United States (9)
Summary
References
- ^ 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 on the Sports Reference website
- Water polo at the 1924 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
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