Water polo at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Men's water polo

at the Games of the VIII Olympiad

Venue| Paris
Dates| 13–20 July
Competitors| 101 from 13 nations
Medalists
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France

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|  |  Belgium
Belgium
|  |  United States
United States

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Final results for the water polo tournament at the 1924 Summer Olympics.[1] All medals were decided by using the Bergvall system.[2]

## Medal summary

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Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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France (FRA)[1]
Albert Delborgies
Noël Delberghe
Robert Desmettre
Paul Dujardin
Albert Mayaud
Henri Padou
Georges Rigal

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R. Bertrand
A. Fasani
Jean Lasquin
L. Perol |  Belgium (BEL)
Gérard Blitz
Maurice Blitz
Joseph Cludts
Joseph de Combe
Pierre Dewin
Albert Durant
Georges Fleurix
Paul Gailly
Joseph Pletinckx
Jules Thiry
Jean-Pierre Vermetten |  United States (USA)
Arthur Austin
Oliver Horn
Fred Lauer
George Mitchell
John Norton
Wally O'Connor
George Schroth
Herb Vollmer
Johnny Weissmuller

* * *

Elmer Collett
Jam Handy

Note: The players above the line played at least one game in this tournament, the players below the line were reserve players and did not compete in this tournament. Nevertheless the International Olympic Committee medal database exclusively credits them all as medalists. However the official report did not even count them as competitors.

## Results

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| First Round | | | Quarterfinals | | | Semifinals | | | Final |

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|  France | 3 | | | |
|  United States | 1 |
| |  France | 6 |
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| | |  Netherlands | 3 |
|  Netherlands | 7 |

|  Switzerland | 0 |
| |  France | 4 |
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| | |  Sweden | 2 |
|  Sweden | 7 | |

|  Italy | 0 |
| |  Sweden | 9 |
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| | |  Spain | 0 |
|  Spain |  |

| bye |  |
| |  France | 3 |
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| | |  Belgium | 0 |
| bye |  | | |

|  Belgium |  |
| |  Belgium | 7 |
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| | |  Hungary | 2 |
|  Hungary | 7 |

|  Great Britain | 6 |
| |  Belgium | 5 |
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| | |  Czechoslovakia | 1 |
|  Czechoslovakia | 6 | |

|  Greece | 1 |
| |  Czechoslovakia | 4 |
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| | |  Ireland | 2 |
|  Ireland |  |

|  Austria [3] |  |

### Silver medal tournament

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| Semifinals | | | Silver Medal Final |

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|  United States | 4 | |
|  Netherlands | 2 |
| |  United States | 1 |
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| | |  Belgium | 2[4] |
|  Sweden | 3 |

|  Belgium | 4 |

### Bronze medal tournament

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| Quarterfinals | | | Semifinals | | | Bronze Medal Final |

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|  Hungary | 7 | | |
|  Czechoslovakia | 0 | | |  Hungary | 1 |
| | | |  Sweden | 4 |
| | | | | | |  Sweden | 2 |
| | | | | |  United States | 3 |
| | | |  United States[5] |  | | | |

## Participating nations

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Each country was allowed to enter a team of 11 players and they all were eligible for participation. Austria withdrew without playing a match. A total of 101 water polo players from 13 nations competed at the Paris Games:

* Belgium (11)
* Czechoslovakia (9)
* France (7)
* Great Britain (7)
* Greece (7)
* Hungary (8)
* Ireland (7)
* Italy (7)
* Netherlands (7)
* Spain (7)
* Sweden (8)
* Switzerland (7)
* United States (9)

## Summary

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Place[1] | Nation

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1 |  France (FRA)

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Albert Delborgies
Noël Delberghe
Robert Desmettre
Paul Dujardin
Albert Mayaud
Henri Padou
Georges Rigal

* * *

R. Bertrand
A. Fasani
Jean Lasquin
L. Perol
2 |  Belgium (BEL)

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Gérard Blitz
Maurice Blitz
Joseph Cludts
Joseph de Combe
Pierre Dewin
Albert Durant
Georges Fleurix
Paul Gailly
Joseph Pletinckx
Jules Thiry
Jean-Pierre Vermetten
3 |  United States (USA)

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Arthur Austin
Oliver Horn
Fred Lauer
George Mitchell
John Norton
Wally O'Connor
George Schroth
Herb Vollmer
Johnny Weissmuller

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Elmer Collett
Jam Handy

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Coach: Otto Wahle
4 |  Sweden (SWE)

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Cletus Andersson (SK Neptun)
Erik Andersson (Stockholms KK)
Vilhelm Andersson (SK Neptun)
Nils Backlund (SK Neptun)
Theodor Nauman (Stockholms KK)
Martin Norberg (Stockholms KK)
Gösta Persson (Stockholms KK)
Hilmar Wictorin (SK Neptun)

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S. Friberg
Erik Skoglund
Nils Skoglund
5 |  Hungary (HUN)

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István Barta (III. ker TVE)
Tibor Fazekas (FTC)
Lajos Homonnai (III. ker TVE)
Márton Homonnai (III. ker TVE)
Alajos Keserű (FTC)
Ferenc Keserű (III. ker TVE)
József Vértesy (FTC)
János Wenk (FTC)

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A. Ivády
F. Kann
B. Nagy
6 |  Czechoslovakia (TCH)

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Ladislav Ankert
Frantšek Franěk
Jan Hora
Hugo Klempfner
František Kůrka
Vojtech Neményi
Jiří Reitman
Josef Tomášek
Frantšek Vacín

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František Cerník
J. Humelhans
7 |  Netherlands (NED)

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Gé Bohlander
Willy Bohlander
Willem Bokhoven
Jan den Boer
Sjaak Köhler
Karel Struijs
Han van Senus

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A. Goedings
Abraham van Olst
Pieter van Senus
R. van Senus
8 |  Great Britain (GBR)

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Harold Annison
John Budd
Charles Bugbee
Richard Hodgson
Arthur Hunt
Paul Radmilovic
Charles Sydney Smith

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D. Edward
R. Haston
William Peacock
9 |  Ireland (IRL)

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Stewart Barrett
James Beckett
James S. Brady
Pat Convery
Charles Fagan
Michael A. O'Connor
Noel M.J. Purcell

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William J. Fagan
Norman N. Judd
Joseph O'Connor
10 |  Spain (ESP)

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Manuel Basté
Jaime Cruells
José Fontanet
Francisco Gibert
Luis Gibert
Enrique Granados Gal
José María Puig

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A. Bretos
J. Trigo
Mariano Trigo
Alfonso Tusell Alonso
11 |  Italy (ITA)

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Tito Ambrosini (Doria)
Mario Balla (Doria)
Arnoldo Berruti (Sturla)
Mario Cazzaniga (R.N. Milano)
Eugenio Della Casa (Doria)
Achille Gavoglio (Doria)
Giuseppe Valle (Sturla)

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Ottone Andreancich (R.N. Milano)
Gian Battista Benvenuto
Emilio Gavoglio
Carmine De Luca (138ª Legione)
12 |  Switzerland (SUI)

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Charles Biefer
Henri Demiéville
Robert Girod
Charles Kopp
Albert Mondet
Fernand Moret
Robert Wyss

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Armand Boppart
P. Renevier
H. Rich
René Ricolfi-Doria
13 |  Greece (GRE)

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Anastasios Theodorakis
Andreas Asimakopoulos
Nikolaos Baltatzis-Mavrokordatos
Georgios Khalkiopoulos
Nikolaos Kaloudis
Pantelis Psychas
Dionysios Vasilopoulos

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Christos Peppas
E. Vlassis
C. Vourvoulis

## References

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1. ^ a b c "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.
2. ^ "Water Polo at the 1924 Paris Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
3. ^ Ireland had been drawn against Austria, who withdrew.
4. ^ Belgium defeated the US, 2-1, but the Americans protested, which was allowed, only to see Belgium win silver by the same score in the replay.
5. ^ Lost to Belgium for silver medal match.

## Sources

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* PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library:
* Official Report of the 1924 Olympic Games (download, archive) (pp. 439–440, 486–494)
* Water polo on the Olympedia website
* Water polo at the 1924 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
* Water polo on the Sports Reference website
* Water polo at the 1924 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)

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