Water polo at the 1908 Summer Olympics
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At the 1908 Summer Olympics, a water polo tournament was contested.
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[edit] Medal table
| Position | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Great Britain |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 |  Belgium |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 |  Sweden |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| — |  Netherlands |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
[edit] Medal summary
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's tournament | Great Britain |
Belgium |
Sweden |
[edit] Team rosters
[edit] Belgium
- Victor Boin
- Herman Donners
- Fernand Feyaerts (captain)
- Oscar Grégoire
- Herman Meyboom
- Albert Michant (goalkeeper)
- Joseph Pletinckx
[edit] Great Britain
- George Cornet
- Charles Forsyth
- George Nevinson
- Paul Radmilovic
- Charles Sydney Smith (goalkeeper, captain)
- Thomas Thould
- George Wilkinson
[edit] Netherlands
- Bouke Benenga
- Johan Cortlever
- Jan Hulswit
- Eduard Meijer
- Karel Meijer
- Piet Ooms
- Johan Rühl (goalkeeper)
[edit] Sweden
- Robert Andersson
- Erik Bergvall
- Pontus Hanson (captain)
- Harald Julin
- Torsten Kumfeldt
- Axel Runström
- Gunnar Wennerström
[edit] Results
[edit] Matches
[edit] 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 Great Britain, Sweden, and Austria (the last of which had withdrawn) were scheduled to have byes, while Belgium played the Netherlands.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 | ||
[edit] 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 | ||
[edit] 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 |
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[edit] Standings
| Place | Team | Wins | Losses | Goals | Against |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Britain |
1 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| 2 | Belgium |
2 | 1 | 18 | 14 |
| 3 | Sweden |
0 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | Netherlands |
0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
[edit] Statistics
[edit] 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.
| Place | Name | Nation | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Events at the 1908 Summer Olympics (London) |
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| Archery • Athletics • Boxing • Cycling • Diving • Fencing • Figure skating • Football • Gymnastics • Hockey • Jeu de paume • Lacrosse • Polo • Rackets • Rowing • Rugby • Sailing • Shooting • Swimming • Tennis • Tug of war • Water motorsports • Water polo • Wrestling |
| Water polo at the Summer Olympics |  |
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| 1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 See also: List of Olympic medalists in water polo |
