Water polo at the 1908 Summer Olympics
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At the 1908 Summer Olympics, a water polo tournament was contested.[1][2]
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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Medal table
editPosition | 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
editTeam rosters
editBelgium
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
editResults
editMatches
editFirst round
editThere was only one first round match, between Belgium and the Netherlands.
Great Britain, Sweden, and Austria had byes, but Austria withdrew after the draw.
Belgium | 8 | - | 1 | Netherlands | ||
Feyaerts 6, Donners, Pletinckx |
(3 | - | 1) | K. Meijer |
Semi-finals
editAs Austria had withdrawn, Great Britain had a walkover to the final, with Belgium playing Sweden to determine their opponent.
Belgium | 8 | - | 4 | Sweden | ||
Grégoire 3, Meyboom 2, Pletinckx 2, Feyaerts |
(4 | - | 2) | Hanson 3, Andersson |
Final
editGreat Britain's first and only 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 |
Ranking and statistics
editPlace | Team | Played | Wins | Losses | Draws | Goals | Against | Diff. | Points |
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1 | Great Britain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | + 7 | 2 |
2 | Belgium | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 14 | + 4 | 4 |
3 | Sweden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | - 4 | 0 |
4 | Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | - 7 | 0 |
Scoring
edit11 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 |
References
edit- ^ 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 1908 London Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
Sources
edit- PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library:
- Official Report of the 1908 Olympic Games (download, archive) (pp. 359–361)
- Water polo on the Olympedia website
- Water polo on the Sports Reference website
- Water polo at the 1908 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)