Polo is among those contested at the Summer Olympic Games, and was held five times between 1900 and 1936. Equine events began at the Olympics in 1900, when competitions in polo and other equestrian events (considered by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to be separate sports) were held.[1][2]
Among the contestants were 87 men from nine countries. The youngest participant was 21-year-old Roberto Cavanagh from Argentina, while the oldest was 52-year-old Justo San Miguel of Spain. The top country medal winner was Great Britain with six medals. No equestrian had more than two medals, but four riders, all from Great Britain, won two medals each.[1] In 1900, at the first appearance of the sport, all medals went to "mixed teams", while in the second appearance at the 1908 Games, all medals went to British teams.[3]
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 Paris |  Denis St George Daly (GBR).svg.png){kind=small} Foxhall Parker Keene (USA) Frank MacKey (USA) Alred Rawlinson (GBR) John Beresford (GBR) | Walter Buckmaster (GBR) Jean de Madre (GBR) Frederick Freake (GBR) Walter McCreery (USA) |  Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild (FRA) Frederick Agnew Gill (GBR) Robert Fournier-Sarlovèze (FRA) Maurice Raoul-Duval (FRA) |
.svg.png){kind=small} Eustaquio de Escandón (MEX) Manuel de Escandón (MEX) Pablo de Escandón (MEX) Guillermo Hayden Wright (USA) | |||
| 1904 St. Louis | not included in the Olympic program | ||
| 1908 London | Great Britain (GBR) Charles Darley Miller George Arthur Miller Patteson Womersley Nickalls Herbert Haydon Wilson | Great Britain (GBR) Walter Buckmaster Frederick Freake Walter Jones John Wodehouse | none awarded |
| Great Britain (GBR) Ireland John Hardress Lloyd John Paul McCann Percy O'Reilly Auston Rotherham | |||
| 1912 Stockholm | not included in the Olympic program | ||
| 1920 Antwerp | Great Britain (GBR) Teignmouth Philip Melvill Frederick W. Barrett John Wodehouse Vivian Lockett | .svg.png){kind=small} Spain (ESP)Count of la Maza Duke of Peñaranda Marquess of Villabrágima José de Figueroa y Alonso-Martínez Duke of Alba | .svg.png){kind=small} United States (USA)Arthur Harris Terry Allen John Montgomery Nelson Margetts |
| 1924 Paris |  Argentina (ARG)Arturo Kenny Juan Miles Guillermo Naylor Juan Nelson Enrique Padilla | United States (USA) Elmer Boeseke Tommy Hitchcock, Jr. Frederick Roe Rodman Wanamaker | Great Britain (GBR) Frederick Barrett Dennis Bingham Fred Guest Kinnear Wise |
| 1928-1932 | not included in the Olympic program | ||
| 1936 Berlin | Argentina (ARG) Luis Duggan Roberto Cavanagh Andrés Gazzotti Manuel Andrada Diego Cavanagh | Great Britain (GBR) Bryan Fowler William Hinde David Dawnay Humphrey Patrick Guinness | .svg.png){kind=small} Mexico (MEX)Juan Gracia Julio Mueller Antonio Nava Alberto Ramos |
References
- General
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved February 13, 2010.
- Kubatko, Justin. "Polo". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved February 13, 2010.
- Specific
- ^ a b Kubatko, Justin. "Polo". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved February 13, 2010.
- ^ Bryant, Jennifer O. (2000). Olympic Equestrian: The Sports and the Stories from Stockholm to Sydney. Canada: The Blood-Horse, Inc. pp. 24–25. ISBN 1-58150-044-0.
- ^ Kubatko, Justin. "Polo Men's Polo Medalists". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved February 13, 2010.