Water polo at the 1908 Summer Olympics
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| 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) |
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| Competitors | 28 from 4 nations | ||||||
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At the 1908 Summer Olympics, a water polo tournament was contested.
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Medal table [edit]
| Position | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Great Britain |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 |  Belgium |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 |  Sweden |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| — |  Netherlands |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Medal summary [edit]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Men's tournament | Great Britain |
Belgium |
Sweden |
Team rosters [edit]
Belgium [edit]
- Victor Boin
- Herman Donners
- Fernand Feyaerts (captain)
- Oscar Grégoire
- Herman Meyboom
- Albert Michant (goalkeeper)
- Joseph Pletinckx
Great Britain [edit]
- George Cornet
- Charles Forsyth
- George Nevinson
- Paul Radmilovic
- Charles Sydney Smith (goalkeeper, captain)
- Thomas Thould
- George Wilkinson
Netherlands [edit]
- Bouke Benenga
- Johan Cortlever
- Jan Hulswit
- Eduard Meijer
- Karel Meijer
- Piet Ooms
- Johan Rühl (goalkeeper)
Sweden [edit]
- Robert Andersson
- Erik Bergvall
- Pontus Hanson (captain)
- Harald Julin
- Torsten Kumfeldt
- Axel Runström
- Gunnar Wennerström
Results [edit]
Matches [edit]
First round [edit]
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 Great Britain, Sweden, and Austria (the last of which had withdrawn) were scheduled to have byes, while Belgium played the Netherlands.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 [edit]
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 [edit]
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 |
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Standings [edit]
| Place | Team | Wins | Losses | Goals | Against |
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| 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 [edit]
Scoring [edit]
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 |
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| 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 |
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