Water polo at the 1900 Summer Olympics

Men's water polo
at the Games of the II Olympiad
Venue River Seine
Dates August 11 (quarterfinals)
August 12 (semifinals and final)
Competitors 58 from 4 nations
Medalists
 
 
 
 
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At the 1900 Summer Olympics, a water polo tournament was contested.

8 teams entered the water polo event, with one withdrawing before competition. The tournament was played in a single-elimination format, with no playoff for third place. Thus, four of the seven competing teams won medals.

Tournament results

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
11 August 12 August 12 August
     
 Osborne Swimming Club (GBR) 12        
 Tritons Lillois (FRA) 0  
Osborne Swimming Club 10
  Pupilles de Neptune de Lille #2 1  
 Pupilles de Neptune de Lille #2 (FRA) 3
 Berliner Swimming Club (GER) 2  
Osborne Swimming Club 7
  Brussels Swimming and Water Polo Club 2
 Brussels Swimming and Water Polo Club (BEL) 2
 Pupilles de Neptune de Lille #1 (FRA) 0  
Brussels Swimming and Water Polo Club 5
  Libellule de Paris 1  
 Libellule de Paris (FRA) Bye
None  
Place Team Nation Players
1 Osborne Swimming Club[1] Great Britain Thomas Coe
John Henry Derbyshire
Peter Kemp
William Lister
Arthur G. Robertson
Eric Robinson
George Wilkinson
2 Brussels Swimming and Water Polo Club[2] Belgium Jean de Backer
Victor de Behr
Henri Cohen
Fernand Feyaerts
Oscar Grégoire
Albert Michant
Victor Sonnemans
3 Libellule de Paris France Thomas Burgess
Jules Clévenot[3]
Alphonse Decuyper
Louis Laufray
Henri Peslier
Pesloy
Paul Vasseur
Pupilles de Neptune de Lille #2[4] France Eugène Coulon
Fardelle
Favier
Leriche
Louis Martin
Désiré Mérchez
Charles Treffel
5 Berliner Swimming Club Germany Hans Aniol
Paul Gebauer
Max Hainle
Georg Hax
Gustav Lexau
Herbert von Petersdorff
Fritz Schneider
Pupilles de Neptune de Lille #1 France Favier[5]
P. Houben
Leriche[5]
Jean Leuillieux
E. Martin
Tartara
Charles Treffel[5]
Tritons Lillois France Bertrand
Victor Cadet
Maurice Hochepied
Leclerq
Tisserand
Charles de Vendevill
Verbecke

Notes

  1. ^ Mallon lists 5 players in addition to these 7 found in the IOC database.
  2. ^ Mallon lists 3 players in addition to these 7.
  3. ^ Listed in the IOC database as "Devenot", but almost certainly the same person who competed in swimming.
  4. ^ Mallon lists 4 players in addition to these 7.
  5. ^ a b c This player appears to have played for both PdNdL teams.

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