Water polo at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Men's water polo at the Games of the VII Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Stade Nautique d'Antwerp | |||||||||
Dates | 22–29 August | |||||||||
Competitors | 101 from 12 nations | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Final results for the water polo tournament at the 1920 Summer Olympics.[1] All medals were decided by using the Bergvall system.[2]
Squads[]
Medal summary[]
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Great Britain (GBR)[1] Charles Sydney Smith Paul Radmilovic Charles Bugbee Noel Purcell Christopher Jones William Peacock William Henry Dean |
Belgium (BEL) Albert Durant Gérard Blitz Maurice Blitz Joseph Pletinckx Paul Gailly Pierre Nijs René Bauwens Pierre Dewin |
Sweden (SWE) Harald Julin Robert Andersson Vilhelm Andersson Erik Bergqvist Max Gumpel Pontus Hanson Erik Andersson Nils Backlund Theodor Nauman Torsten Kumfeldt[a] |
Results[]
Gold medal round[]
Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
Great Britain (GBR) | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
Spain (ESP) | 1 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Italy (ITA) | 1[b] | Great Britain (GBR) | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
United States (USA) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
United States (USA) | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
Greece (GRE) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Great Britain (GBR) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Belgium (BEL) | 11 | Belgium (BEL) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | Belgium (BEL) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Netherlands (NED) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Belgium (BEL) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
Sweden (SWE) | 11 | Sweden (SWE) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | Sweden (SWE) | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
Brazil (BRA) | 5 | Brazil (BRA) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
France (FRA) | 1 |
Silver medal round[]
Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
United States (USA) | 5 | ||||||||
Spain (ESP) | 0 | United States (USA) | 2 | ||||||
Belgium (BEL) | 7 |
Bronze medal round[]
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
Sweden (SWE) | 9 | |||||||||||||
Netherlands (NED) | 7 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | |||||||||||
Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | Sweden (SWE) | 5 | |||||||||||
United States (USA) | 0 | |||||||||||||
United States (USA) | 7 | |||||||||||||
Greece (GRE) | 5 | Greece (GRE) | 0 | |||||||||||
Italy (ITA) | 1 |
Notes[]
References[]
- ^ a b "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ "Water Polo at the 1920 Antwerpen Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
Sources[]
- PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library:
- Official Report of the 1920 Olympic Games (download, archive) (p. 130)
- Water polo on the Olympedia website
- Water polo on the Sports Reference website
- Water polo at the 1920 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
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