Polo at the Summer Olympics

IOC Code| POL
Governing body| FIP
Events| 1 (men)
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Polo was introduced in the Summer Olympics at the 1900 Games. It was contested in another four Olympics before being removed from the official programme after the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Polo declined in relative popularity around the time of World War II due at least in part to the logistical and financial difficulties of competing in the sport.[1] In 1996, the International Olympic Committee voted to classify polo as a recognized sport.[2]

Polo was accepted as a demonstration sport for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.[3]

## Events

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Men's tournament |  | X |  | X |  | X | X |  | X |  | 5
Events | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1
Year | 96 | 00 | 04 | 08 | 12 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 48 | 52 | 56 | 60 | 64 | 68 | 72 | 76 | 80 | 84 | 88 | 92 | 96 | 00 | 04 | 08 | 5

## Tournaments

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Year  | Host  |  | Gold medal game  |  | Bronze medal game

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Gold medalist  | Score  | Silver medalist  | Bronze medalist  | Score  | Fourth place
1900
Details |
Paris |  Mixed team
(Great Britain and United States) | 3-1  |  Mixed team
(Great Britain, United States and France) |  Mixed team
(Great Britain and France)
Mixed team
(United States and Mexico) | Round Robin  | —
1908
Details |
London |
Great Britain | Round Robin  |
Great Britain

Great Britain | —  | only 3 teams  | —
1920
Details |
Antwerp |
Great Britain | 13-11  |
Spain |
United States | 11-3  |
Belgium
1924
Details |
Paris |
Argentina | Round Robin  |
United States |
Great Britain | Round Robin  |
Spain
1936
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Berlin |
Argentina | 11-0  |
Great Britain |
Mexico | 16-2  |
Hungary

## Medal table

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Sources:[4]

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Great Britain (GBR)| 2| 3| 1| 6
2|  Argentina (ARG)| 2| 0| 0| 2
3|  Mixed team (ZZX)| 1| 1| 2| 4
4|  United States (USA)| 0| 1| 1| 2
5|  Spain (ESP)| 0| 1| 0| 1
6|  Mexico (MEX)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (6 entries)| 5| 6| 5| 16

## Teams by nation

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Argentina |  | - |  | - |  | - | 5 |  | 1 |  |
Belgium | - | - | 4 | - | - |
France | 6 | - | - | 5 | - |
Great Britain | 7 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
Germany | - | - | - | - | 5 |
Hungary | - | - | - | - | 4 |
Mexico | 4 | - | - | - | 3 |
Spain | - | - | 4 | 6 | - |
United States | 3 | - | 4 | 4 | - |
Nations | - | 4 | - | 1 | - | 4 | 5 | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Year | 96 | 00 | 04 | 08 | 12 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 48 | 52 | 56 | 60 | 64 | 68 | 72 | 76 | 80 | 84 | 88 | 92 | 96 | 00 | 04 | 08 | 5

## See also

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* List of Olympic venues in discontinued events

## References

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1. ^ Fetters, Ashley (July 20, 2012). "Lost Sports of the Summer Olympics". The Atlantic. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
2. ^ Austen, Catherine (June 14, 2013). "Polo: Campaigners push for Olympic inclusion". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 2022-12-11. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
3. ^ "Polo en los Juegos Olímpicos de la Juventud 2018". Asociación Argentina de Polo. 18 July 2017. Archived from the original on 15 March 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
4. ^ "Olympic Analytics - Medals by Countries". olympanalyt.com. Retrieved 2022-01-31.

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