| Men's water polo at the Games of the III Olympiad | ||||||||||
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) Water polo game during 1904 Summer Olympics. | ||||||||||
| Venue | Forest Park | |||||||||
| Date | September 5 (semifinal) September 6 (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 21 from 1 nation | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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At the 1904 Summer Olympics, a water polo tournament was contested. Only American contestants participated;[1] three teams of 7 players each entered. Water polo is mentioned in the games reports for the 1904 Summer Olympics, but currently water polo event is not included in the IOC's medal database for 1904 Olympics, and currently IOC consider water polo event as part of unofficial programme in 1904. The event took place in a pond in Forest Park, the location of both the Olympics and the World's Fair.[2]
Medal summary
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
.svg.png){kind=small} United States (USA)New York Athletic Club David Bratton George Van Cleaf Leo Goodwin Louis Handley David Hesser Joe Ruddy James Steen | United States (USA) Chicago Athletic Association Rex Beach Jerome Steever Edwin Swatek Charles Healy Frank Kehoe David Hammond Bill Tuttle | United States (USA) Missouri Athletic Club John Meyers Manfred Toeppen Gwynne Evans Amedee Reyburn Frank Schreiner Augustus Goessling Bill Orthwein |
References
- ^ "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- ^ "Water Polo at the 1904 St. Louis Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
Sources
- PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library:
- Water polo on the Olympedia website
- Water polo on the Sports Reference website
- Water polo at the 1904 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)