Water polo at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Men's water polo
at the Games of the IV Olympiad
DatesJuly 15 (quarterfinal)
July 20 (semifinal)
July 22 (final)
Competitors28 from 4 nations
Medalists
 
 
 

At the 1908 Summer Olympics, a water polo tournament was contested.

Medal table

Position Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Great Britain 1 0 0 1
2 Belgium 0 1 0 1
3 Sweden 0 0 1 1
Netherlands 0 0 0 0

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tournament Great Britain Belgium Sweden

Team rosters

Belgium

Great Britain

Netherlands

Sweden

Results

Matches

First round

There was only one first round match scheduled. Great Britain, Sweden, and Austria (the last of which had withdrawn) were scheduled to have byes, while Belgium played the Netherlands.

Belgium 8 - 1 Netherlands
Feyaerts 6, Donners,
Pletinckx
(3 - 1) K. Meijer

Semifinals

Austria withdrew before the tournament started, leaving Great Britain with a second bye.

Belgium 8 - 4 Sweden
Grégoire 3, Meyboom 2,
Pletinckx 2, Feyaerts
(4 - 2) Hanson 3, Andersson

Final

Great Britain's first match was against Belgium, who had already won two games in the tournament.

Belgium 2 - 9 Great Britain
Feyaerts, Grégoire (2 - 5) Wilkinson 4, Forsyth 3,
Radmilovic 2

Standings

Place Team Wins Losses Goals Against
1 Great Britain 1 0 9 2
2 Belgium 2 1 18 14
3 Sweden 0 1 4 8
4 Netherlands 0 1 1 8

Statistics

Scoring

11 players scored during the three games of the tournament, including 5 of Belgium's poloists. The Belgian captain's 8 goals led the field, and he also gained the distinctions of having scored in each of the three games as well as the single-game high goal count at 6.

Place Name Nation Goals
1 Fernand Feyaerts Belgium 8
2 Oscar Grégoire Belgium 4
George Wilkinson Great Britain 4
4 Charles Forsyth Great Britain 3
Pontus Hanson Sweden 3
Joseph Pletinckx Belgium 3
7 Herman Meyboom Belgium 2
Paul Radmilovic Great Britain 2
9 Robert Andersson Sweden 1
Herman Donners Belgium 1
Karel Meijer Netherlands 1