Polo at the Summer Olympics

Polo at the Summer Olympics
Governing body	FIP
Events	1 (men)
Games
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 • 2012 • 2016
Medalists

Polo was introduced in the Summer Olympics at the 1900 Games. It was contested in another four Olympiads before being removed from the official programme after the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Events

Tournaments

Year	Host		Gold medal game				Bronze medal game
			Gold medalist	Score	Silver medalist		Bronze medalist	Score	Fourth place
1900 Details	Paris		Great Britain	3-1	Great Britain		France	Round Robin	Mexico
1908 Details	London		Great Britain	Round Robin	Great Britain		Great Britain (Ireland)	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 Details	Berlin		Argentina	11-0	Great Britain		Mexico	16-2	Hungary

Medal table by nation

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain (GBR)	3[1][2]	4[3][4][5]	2[6]	9
2	Argentina (ARG)	2	0	0	2
3	United States (USA)	1[1]	3[3]	0	4
4	Spain (ESP)	0	1	0	1
5	Mexico (MEX)	0	0	2	2
6	France (FRA)	0	0	1[6]	1

Players by nations

Event	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	Years
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

• List of Olympic venues in discontinued events

References

Polo at the Summer Olympics 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 List of medalists List of venues