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Water polo at the 1908 Summer Olympics

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Competitors
  
28 from 4 nations

Dates
  
July 15 (quarterfinal) July 20 (semifinal) July 22 (final)

At the 1908 Summer Olympics, a water polo tournament was contested.

Contents

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
  • 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 Great Britain, Sweden, and Austria (the last of which had withdrawn) were scheduled to have byes, while Belgium played the Netherlands.

    Semifinals

    Austria withdrew before the tournament started, leaving Great Britain with a second bye.

    Final

    Great Britain's first match was against Belgium, who had already won two games in the tournament.

    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

    Water polo at the 1908 Summer Olympics Wikipedia


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