Water polo at the 1908 Summer Olympics
| 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.
Medal table
| Position | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | .svg.png){kind=small} | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 |  | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| — |  | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Medal summary
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Men's tournament | |
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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
Sweden
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 Great Britain, Sweden, and Austria (the last of which had withdrawn) were scheduled to have byes, while Belgium played the Netherlands.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 |
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| 1 | | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| 2 | | 2 | 1 | 18 | 14 |
| 3 | | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | | 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.
References
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