Water polo at the 1932 Summer Olympics

Men's water polo

at the Games of the X Olympiad

Venue| Los Angeles
Dates| 4–13 August
Competitors| 41 from 5 nations
Medalists
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Hungary

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Germany
|  |  United States
United States

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1936 ->

Final results for the water polo tournament at the 1932 Summer Olympics:[1][2]

## Medal summary

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Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Hungary (HUN)[1]
István Barta
György Bródy
Olivér Halassy
Márton Homonnai
Sándor Ivády
Alajos Keserű
Ferenc Keserű
János Németh
Miklós Sárkány
József Vértesy |  Germany (GER)
Emil Benecke
Otto Cordes
Hans Eckstein
Fritz Gunst
Erich Rademacher
Joachim Rademacher
Hans Schulze
Heiko Schwartz |  United States (USA)
Austin Clapp
Philip Daubenspeck
Charles Finn
Charles McCallister
Wally O'Connor
Cal Strong
Herbert Wildman
Tex Robertson

## Results

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* 6 August

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Hungary | 6 - 2  |  Germany

* 7 August

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United States | 10 - 0  |  Japan

* 8 August

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Hungary | 18 - 0[3] |  Japan

* 9 August

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United States | 4 - 4  |  Germany

* 11 August

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Hungary | 7 - 0  |  United States

* 12 August

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Germany | 10 - 0  |  Japan

### Annulled matches

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* 4 August

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Germany | 7 - 3  |  Brazil

* 6 August

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United States | 6 - 1  |  Brazil

### Final standings

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |  | HUN | GER | USA | JPN | BRA

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|  Hungary (HUN) | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 31  | 2  | +29  | 6  |  |  | 6–2  | 7–0  | 18–0  | n/p
|  Germany (GER) | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 16  | 10  | +6  | 3  |  | 2–6  |  | 4–4  | 10–0  | ~~7–3~~
|  United States (USA) | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 14  | 11  | +3  | 3  |  | 0–7  | 4–4  |  | 10–0  | ~~6–1~~
4  |  Japan (JPN) | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 0  | 38  | −38  | 0  |  | 0–18  | 0–10  | 0–10  |  | n/p
DSQ |  Brazil (BRA) | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0[a] |  | n/p  | ~~3–7~~ | ~~1–6~~ | n/p  |

Source: sports-reference
Notes:

1. ^ Brazil were ejected from the competition after their players assaulted referee Bela Komjadi and other officials following the end of their match against Germany, resulting in the entire team being arrested. Their two matches were annulled.[4]

## Participating nations

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Each country was allowed to enter a team of 11 players and all were eligible for participation.

A total of 41(*) water polo players from five nations competed at the Los Angeles Games:

* Brazil (8)
* Germany (8)
* Hungary (10)
* Japan (8)
* United States (7)

(*) NOTE: Only those players are counted, who participated in one game at least.

Not all reserve players are known.

## Summary

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Place | Nation

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1 |  Hungary (HUN)
| István Barta (III. ker. TVE)
György Bródy (FTC)
Olivér Halassy (UTE)
Márton Homonnai (UTE)
Sándor Ivády (MAC)
Alajos Keserű (FTC)
Ferenc Keserű (III. ker. TVE)
János Németh (UTE)
Miklós Sárkány (UTE)
József Vértesy (BSE)

2 |  Germany (GER)
| Emil Benecke (Hellas Magdeburg)
Otto Cordes (Hellas Magdeburg)
Hans Eckstein (Poseidon Leipzig)
Fritz Gunst (Wasserfreunde 98 Hannover)
Erich Rademacher (Hellas Magdeburg)
Joachim Rademacher (Hellas Magdeburg)
Hans Schulze
Heiko Schwartz

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Gerd Pohl
Hans Schwartz
Albert Schumberg
3 |  United States (USA)
| Coach: Frank Rivas (Venice Swimming Association)
Austin Clapp (Los Angeles Athletic Club)
Philip Daubenspeck (Los Angeles Athletic Club)
Charles Finn (Los Angeles Athletic Club)
Charles McCallister (Los Angeles Athletic Club)
Wally O'Connor (Los Angeles Athletic Club)
Cal Strong (Los Angeles Athletic Club)
Herbert Wildman (Los Angeles Athletic Club)

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Frank C. Graham (Los Angeles Athletic Club)
Fred Lauer (Illinois Athletic Club)
William O'Connor (Los Angeles Athletic Club)
Raymond Ruddy (New York Athletic Club)
Tex Robertson
Duke Kahanamoku alternate
4 |  Japan (JPN)

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Shuji Doi
Akira Fujita
Seibei Kimura
Takashige Matsumoto
Yasutarō Sakagami
Tosuke Sawami
Takaji Takebayashi
Iwao Tokito
DSQ |  Brazil (BRA)

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Salvador Amendola
Carlos Branco
Luiz da Silva
Mario de Lorenzo
Antônio Jacobina Filho
Jefferson Souza
Adhemar Serpa
Pedro Theberge

## References

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1. ^ 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.
2. ^ "Water Polo at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
3. ^ 17-0 in the 1932 Official book, but 18-0 in 1932 newspapers which gave the goalscorers
4. ^ Encyclopedia of the Modern Olympic Movement, John E. Findling, Kimberly D. Pelle, Greenwood Publishing group, 2004

## Sources

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* PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library:
* Official Report of the 1932 Olympic Games (download, archive) (pp. 619–623, 646–652)
* Water polo on the Olympedia website
* Water polo at the 1932 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
* Water polo on the Sports Reference website
* Water polo at the 1932 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)

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