| Men's water polo at the Games of the IV Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Dates | July 15 (quarterfinal) July 20 (semifinal) July 22 (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 28 from 4 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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At the 1908 Summer Olympics, a water polo tournament was contested.[1][2]
Medal table
| Position | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Great Britain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | .svg.png){kind=small} Belgium | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 |  Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| — |  Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Medal summary
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Great Britain (GBR)[1] George Cornet Charles Forsyth George Nevinson Paul Radmilovic Charles Smith Thomas Thould George Wilkinson | Belgium (BEL) Victor Boin Herman Donners Fernand Feyaerts Oscar Grégoire Herman Meyboom Albert Michant Joseph Pletinckx | Sweden (SWE) Robert Andersson Erik Bergvall Pontus Hanson Harald Julin Torsten Kumfeldt Axel Runström Gunnar Wennerström |
Team rosters
Belgium
- Victor Boin
- Herman Donners
- Fernand Feyaerts (captain)
- Oscar Grégoire
- Herman Meyboom
- Albert Michant (goalkeeper)
- Joseph Pletinckx
Great Britain
- George Cornet
- Charles Forsyth
- George Nevinson
- Paul Radmilovic
- Charles Sydney Smith (goalkeeper, captain)
- Thomas Thould
- George Wilkinson
Netherlands
- Bouke Benenga
- Johan Cortlever
- Jan Hulswit
- Eduard Meijer
- Karel Meijer
- Piet Ooms
- Johan Rühl (goalkeeper)
Sweden
- Robert Andersson
- Erik Bergvall
- Pontus Hanson (captain)
- Harald Julin
- Torsten Kumfeldt
- Axel Runström
- Gunnar Wennerström
Results
Matches
First round
There was only one first round match scheduled. Great Britain, Sweden, and Austria (the last of which had withdrawn) were scheduled to have byes, while Belgium played the Netherlands.
| Belgium | 8 | - | 1 | Netherlands | ||
| Feyaerts 6, Donners, Pletinckx | (3 | - | 1) | K. Meijer | ||
Semifinals
Austria withdrew before the tournament started, leaving Great Britain with a second bye.
| Belgium | 8 | - | 4 | Sweden | ||
| Grégoire 3, Meyboom 2, Pletinckx 2, Feyaerts | (4 | - | 2) | Hanson 3, Andersson | ||
Final
Great Britain's first match was against Belgium, who had already won two games in the tournament.
| Belgium | 2 | - | 9 | Great Britain | ||
| Feyaerts, Grégoire | (2 | - | 5) | Wilkinson 4, Forsyth 3, Radmilovic 2 | ||
Standings
| Place | Team | Wins | Losses | Goals | Against |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Britain | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| 2 | Belgium | 2 | 1 | 18 | 14 |
| 3 | Sweden | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
Statistics
Scoring
11 players scored during the three games of the tournament, including 5 of Belgium's poloists. The Belgian captain's 8 goals led the field, and he also gained the distinctions of having scored in each of the three games as well as the single-game high goal count at 6.
| Place | Name | Nation | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fernand Feyaerts | Belgium | 8 |
| 2 | Oscar Grégoire | Belgium | 4 |
| George Wilkinson | Great Britain | 4 | |
| 4 | Charles Forsyth | Great Britain | 3 |
| Pontus Hanson | Sweden | 3 | |
| Joseph Pletinckx | Belgium | 3 | |
| 7 | Herman Meyboom | Belgium | 2 |
| Paul Radmilovic | Great Britain | 2 | |
| 9 | Robert Andersson | Sweden | 1 |
| Herman Donners | Belgium | 1 | |
| Karel Meijer | Netherlands | 1 |
References
- ^ a b "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 1908 London 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:
- Official Report of the 1908 Olympic Games (download, archive) (pp. 359–361)
- Water polo on the Olympedia website
- Water polo on the Sports Reference website
- Water polo at the 1908 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)