Water polo at the 1920 Summer Olympics
| Men's water polo at the Games of the VII Olympiad | |||||||
| Venue | Stade Nautique d'Antwerp | ||||||
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| Dates | August 22–29 | ||||||
| Competitors | 99 from 12 nations | ||||||
| Medalists | |||||||
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Final results for the water polo tournament at the 1920 Summer Olympics. All medals were decided by using the Bergvall system.
Medal summary
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
 Great Britain Charles Sydney Smith Paul Radmilovic Charles Bugbee Noel Purcell Christopher Jones William Peacock William Henry Dean |
.svg.png){kind=small} Belgium Albert Durant Gérard Blitz Maurice Blitz Joseph Pletinckx Paul Gailly Pierre Nijs René Bauwens Pierre Dewin |
 Sweden Harald Julin Robert Andersson Vilhelm Andersson Erik Bergqvist Max Gumpel Pontus Hanson Erik Andersson Nils Backlund Theodor Nauman Torsten Kumfeldt[1] |
Results
Gold medal round
| Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||||||
| Great Britain (GBR) |
9 | |||||||||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=small} Spain (ESP) |
1 | Spain (ESP) |
0 | |||||||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=small} Italy (ITA) |
1[2] | Great Britain (GBR) |
7 | |||||||||||||||
 United States (USA) |
2 | |||||||||||||||||
| United States (USA) |
7 | |||||||||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=small} Greece (GRE) |
0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Great Britain (GBR) |
3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Belgium (BEL) |
11 | Belgium (BEL) |
2 | |||||||||||||||
 Switzerland (SUI) |
0 | Belgium (BEL) |
2 | |||||||||||||||
 Netherlands (NED) |
1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Belgium (BEL) |
5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sweden (SWE) |
11 | Sweden (SWE) |
3 | |||||||||||||||
 Czechoslovakia (TCH) |
0 | Sweden (SWE) |
7 | |||||||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=small} Brazil (BRA) |
5 | Brazil (BRA) |
3 | |||||||||||||||
 France (FRA) |
1 | |||||||||||||||||
Silver medal round
| Semifinals | Final | |||||||
| United States (USA) |
5 | |||||||
| Spain (ESP) |
0 | United States (USA) |
2 | |||||
| Belgium (BEL) |
7 | |||||||
Bronze medal round
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||
| Sweden (SWE) |
9 | ||||||||||||
| Netherlands (NED) |
7 | Netherlands (NED) |
1 | ||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia (TCH) |
0 | Sweden (SWE) |
5 | ||||||||||
| United States (USA) |
0 | ||||||||||||
| United States (USA) |
7 | ||||||||||||
| Greece (GRE) |
5 | Greece (GRE) |
0 | ||||||||||
| Italy (ITA) |
1 | ||||||||||||
Notes
- ↑ This competitor is missing from the IOC medal database but is shown by Wudarski/de Wael/Mallon/Kamper. He probably played two matches.
- ↑ Italy forfeited the match in extra time.
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