Water polo at the 1932 Summer Olympics

Final results for the water polo tournament at the 1932 Summer Olympics:

Medal summary

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Hungary István Barta György Bródy Olivér Halassy Márton Homonnai Sándor Ivády Alajos Keserű Ferenc Keserű János Németh Miklós Sárkány József Vértesy	Germany Emil Benecke Otto Cordes Hans Eckstein Fritz Gunst Erich Rademacher Joachim Rademacher Hans Schulze Heiko Schwartz	United States Austin Clapp Philip Daubenspeck Charles Finn Charles McCallister Wallace O'Connor Cal Strong Herbert Wildman Tex Robertson

Results

Round-Robin

All of the five teams played each team once.

Germany vs. Brazil

4 August 1932

Team	Score
Germany	7
Brazil	3

USA vs. Brazil

6 August 1932

Team	Score
United States	6
Brazil	1

Hungary vs. Germany

6 August 1932

Team	Score
Hungary	6
Germany	2

USA vs. Japan

7 August 1932

Team	Score
United States	10
Japan	0

Hungary vs. Japan

8 August 1932

Team	Score
Hungary	17
Japan	0

USA vs. Germany

9 August 1932

Team	Score
United States	4
Germany	4

Hungary vs. USA

11 August 1932

Team	Score
Hungary	7
United States	0

Germany vs. Japan

12 August 1932

Team	Score
Germany	10
Japan	0

Final Standings

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
	Hungary (HUN)	3	3	0	0	30	2	6		X	6:2	7:0	17:0	-
	Germany (GER)	3	1	1	1	16	10	3		2:6	X	4:4	10:0	7:3
	United States (USA)	3	1	1	1	14	11	3		0:7	4:4	X	10:0	6:1
4.	Japan (JPN)	3	0	0	3	0	37	0		0:17	0:10	0:10	X	-
DSQ1	Brazil (BRA)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		-	3:7	1:6	-	X

¹ Brazil were disqualified after their players assaulted officials at the end of their match against Germany. Their two matches were annulled.

Participating nations

Each country was allowed to enter a team of 11 players and all were eligible for participation.

A total of 41(*) water polo players from 5 nations competed at the Los Angeles Games:

• Brazil (8)
• Germany (8)
• Hungary (10)
• Japan (8)
• United States (7)

(*) NOTE: There are only players counted, which participated in one game at least.

Not all reserve players are known.

Summary

Place	Nation
1	Hungary (HUN)
	István Barta (III. ker. TVE) György Bródy (FTC) Olivér Halassy (UTE) Márton Homonnai (UTE) Sándor Ivády (MAC) Alajos Keserű (FTC) Ferenc Keserű (III. ker. TVE) János Németh (UTE) Miklós Sárkány (UTE) József Vértesy (BSE)
2	Germany (GER)
	Emil Benecke (Hellas Magdeburg) Otto Cordes (Hellas Magdeburg) Hans Eckstein (Poseidon Leipzig) Fritz Gunst (Wasserfreunde 98 Hannover) Erich Rademacher (Hellas Magdeburg) Joachim Rademacher (Hellas Magdeburg) Hans Schulze Heiko Schwartz Gerd Pohl Hans Schwartz Albert Schumberg
3	United States (USA)
	Coach: Frank Rivas (Venice Swimming Association) Austin Clapp (Los Angeles Athletic Club) Philip Daubenspeck (Los Angeles Athletic Club) Charles Finn (Los Angeles Athletic Club) Charles McCallister (Los Angeles Athletic Club) Wallace O'Connor (Los Angeles Athletic Club) Cal Strong (Los Angeles Athletic Club) Herbert Wildman (Los Angeles Athletic Club) Frank C. Graham (Los Angeles Athletic Club) Fred Lauer (Illinois Athletic Club) William O'Connor (Los Angeles Athletic Club) Raymond Ruddy (New York Athletic Club) Tex Robertson
4	Japan (JPN) Shuji Doi Akira Fujita Seibei Kimura Takashige Matsumoto Yasutaro Sakagami Tosuke Sawami Takaji Takebayashi Iwao Tokito
DSQ	Brazil (BRA) Salvador Amendola Carlos Castello Branco Luiz Henrique da Silva Mario de Lorenzo Antonio Ferreira Jacobina Jefferson Maurity Souza Adhemar Serpa Pedro Theberge