Water polo at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Final results for the water polo tournament at the 1936 Summer Olympics:

Medal summary

The Dutch water polo team

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Hungary Mihály Bozsi Jenő Brandi György Bródy Olivér Halassy Kálmán Hazai Márton Homonnai György Kutasi István Molnár János Németh Miklós Sárkány Sándor Tarics	Germany Bernhard Baier Fritz Gunst Josef Hauser Alfred Kienzle Paul Klingenburg Heinrich Krug Hans Schneider Hans Schulze Gustav Schürger Helmuth Schwenn Fritz Stolze	Belgium Gérard Blitz Albert Castelyns Pierre Coppieters Joseph De Combe Henri De Pauw Henri Disy Fernand Isselé Edmond Michiels Henri Stoelen

Results

Elimination Rounds

In the first round each team in a group played each other team in the same group. The placings were determined on points. If the points were equal, then the better goal average decided. The first two teams of each group were qualified for the semi-finals, while the third and fourth placed team was eliminated.

Group 1

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Belgium (BEL)	3	2	1	0	6	4	5	X	1:1	4:3	1:0
2.	Netherlands (NED)	3	1	2	0	5	4	4	1:1	X	3:2	1:1
3.	United States (USA)	3	1	0	2	7	8	2	3:4	2:3	X	2:1
4.	Uruguay (URU)	3	0	1	2	2	4	1	0:1	1:1	1:2	X

Group 2

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Hungary (HUN)	3	3	0	26	2	6	X	10:1	4:1	12:0
2.	Great Britain (GBR)	3	2	1	13	15	4	1:10	X	4:3	8:2
3.	Yugoslavia (YUG)	3	1	2	11	8	2	1:4	3:4	X	7:0
4.	Malta (MLT)	3	0	3	2	27	0	0:12	2:8	0:7	X

Group 3

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Germany (GER)	3	3	0	27	3	6	X	8:1	6:1	13:1
2.	France (FRA)	3	2	1	12	10	4	1:8	X	3:2	8:0
3.	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	3	1	2	7	12	2	1:6	2:3	X	4:3
4.	Japan (JPN)	3	0	3	4	25	0	1:13	0:8	3:4	X

Group 4

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Austria (AUT)	3	3	0	17	1	6	X	2:1	9:0	6:0
2.	Sweden (SWE)	3	2	1	18	2	4	1:2	X	6:0	11:0
3.	Switzerland (SUI)	3	1	2	7	16	2	0:9	0:6	X	7:1
4.	Iceland (ISL)	3	0	3	1	24	0	0:6	0:11	1:7	X

Semi-finals

As in the elimination round each team in a group played each other team in the same group unless they had met in the previous round. In this case the previous result stood and was carried forward to this group. So in each group only four matches had to be played. The placings were determined on points. If the points were equal, then the better goal average decided. The first two teams of each group were qualified for the final round, while the third and fourth placed team were eliminated and took part in a consolation tournament.

The results which are carried forward from the first round are shown in italics.

Group 1

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Hungary (HUN)	3	3	0	0	21	1	6	X	3:0	8:0	10:1
2.	Belgium (BEL)	3	1	1	1	4	5	3	0:3	X	1:1	6:1
3.	Netherlands (NED)	3	0	2	1	5	13	2	0:8	1:1	X	4:4
4.	Great Britain (GBR)	3	0	1	2	6	20	1	1:10	1:6	4:4	X

Group 2

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Germany (GER)	3	3	0	15	3	6	X	8:1	3:1	4:1
2.	France (FRA)	3	2	1	7	1	4	1:8	X	4:2	2:1
3.	Austria (AUT)	3	1	2	5	8	2	1:3	2:4	X	2:1
4.	Sweden (SWE)	3	0	3	3	8	0	1:4	1:2	1:2	X

Final round

As in the rounds before each team in the final played each other team unless they had met in a previous round. In this case the previous result stood and was carried forward to the final. So in the final only four matches had to be played. The placings were determined on points. If the points were equal, then the better goal average decided.

The results which are carried forward from the previous rounds are shown in italics.

Final Group

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
	Hungary (HUN)	3	2	1	0	10	2	5	X	2:2	3:0	5:0
	Germany (GER)	3	2	1	0	14	4	5	2:2	X	4:1	8:1
	Belgium (BEL)	3	1	0	2	4	8	2	0:3	1:4	X	3:1
4.	France (FRA)	3	0	0	3	2	16	0	0:5	1:8	1:3	X

Hungary won the Olympic Championship because their goal average was better (10/2 = 5) than Germany's (14/4 = 3.5).

Group for fifth to eighth places - consolation tournament

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
5.	Netherlands (NED)	3	2	1	0	13	11	5	X	5:4	4:3	4:4
6.	Austria (AUT)	3	1	1	1	9	9	3	4:5	X	2:1	3:3
7.	Sweden (SWE)	3	1	0	2	8	8	2	3:4	1:2	X	4:2
8.	Great Britain (GBR)	3	0	2	1	9	11	2	4:4	3:3	2:4	X

Participating nations

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

A total of 142(*) water polo players from 16 nations competed at the Berlin Games:

Austria (11)
Belgium (9)
Czechoslovakia (7)
France (7)
Germany (11)
Great Britain (11)
Hungary (11)
Iceland (8)
Japan (8)
Malta (9)
Netherlands (9)
Switzerland (8)
Sweden (10)
United States (9)
Uruguay (7)
Yugoslavia (7)

(*) NOTE: There are only players counted, which participated in one game at least.

Not all reserve players are known.

Summary

Place	Nation
1	Hungary (HUN)
	Mihály Bozsi (UTE) Jenő Brandi (MTK) György Bródy (III. ker TVE) Olivér Halassy (UTE) Kálmán Hazai (MTK) Márton Homonnai (MTK) György Kutasi (UTE) István Molnár (FTC) János Németh (UTE) Miklós Sárkány (III. ker TVE) Sándor Tarics (MAC)
2	Germany (GER) Bernhard Baier Fritz Gunst Josef Hauser Alfred Kienzle Paul Klingenburg Heinrich Krug Hans Schneider Hans Schulze Gustav Schürger Helmuth Schwenn Fritz Stolze
3	Belgium (BEL) Gérard Blitz Albert Castelyns Pierre Coppieters Joseph De Combe Henri De Pauw Henri Disy Fernand Isselé Edmond Michiels Henri Stoelen
4	France (FRA) André Busch (CNL) Georges Delporte (EN Tourcoing) René Joder (CN Paris) Paul Lambert (EN Tourcoing) Maurice Lefèbvre (EN Tourcoing) Henri Padou (EN Tourcoing) Roger van de Casteele (EN Tourcoing)
5	Netherlands (NED) Ru den Hamer Lex Franken Hans Maier Gé Regter Kees van Aelst Jan van Heteren Soesoe van Oostrom Soede Joop van Woerkom Herman Veenstra
6	Austria (AUT) Erwin Blasl Wilhelm Hawlik Anton Kunz Alfred Lergetporer Otto Müller Sebastian Ploner Peter Riedl Franz Schönfels Karl Seitz Karl Steinbach Franz Wenninger
7	Sweden (SWE) Göte Andersson (Stockholms KK) Bertil Berg (SoIK Hellas) Erik Holm (SoIK Hellas) Tore Lindzén (Stockholms KK) Tore Ljungqvist (SK Neptun) Åke Nauman (Stockholms KK) Gösta Persson (SK Neptun) Sven-Pelle Pettersson (SK Neptun) Runar Sandström (SK Neptun) Georg Svensson (SoIK Hellas)
8	Great Britain (GBR) Leslie Ablett Ernest Blake David Grogan William Martin David McGregor Frederick Milton Robert Mitchell Alfred North Leslie Palmer Reginald Sutton Edward Temme
9-16	Yugoslavia (YUG) Filip Bonačić Luka Ciganović Vinko Cvjetković Miro Mihovilović Ante Roje Mirko Tarana Bogdan Tošović Dejan Dabović Ivo Đovaneli Vojko Pavičić Ivo Štakula
9-16	United States (USA) Coach: Clyde Swendsen (Hollywood Athletic Club) Kenneth Beck Philip Daubenspeck Charles Finn Dixon Fiske Fred Lauer (Illinois Athletic Club) Charles McCallister (Los Angeles Athletic Club) Wally O'Connor Raymond Ruddy (New York Athletic Club) Herbert Wildman Frank C. Graham (Los Angeles Athletic Club) William E. Kelly
9-16	Czechoslovakia (TCH) Lešek Boubelá Josef Bušek Kurt Epstein Konstantin Koutek Josef Medřický Michal Schmuck Hugo Vondřejc
9-16	Switzerland (SUI) Ferdinand Denzler Jean Gysel Werner Kopp Heinz Meier Robert Mermoud Benjamin Vessaz Robert Wyss Roger Zirilli
9-16	Uruguay (URU) Alberto Batignani Trucco José Gabino Castro Porca Julio César Costemalle Francisco Figueroa Serantes Hugo García Maximino García Rodríguez Enrique Pereira Kliche
9-16	Japan (JPN) Jihei Furusho Torajiro Kataoka Shigetaka Katsuhisa Yasutaro Sakagami Zenjiro Takahashi Kosei Tano Koichi Wada Takimi Wakayama
9-16	Iceland (ISL) Jón Ingi Gumundsson Þórður Gumundsson Jonás O. Halldórsson Þorsteinn Hjálmarsson Jón D. Jónsson Stefán Jónsson Magnús B. Pálsson Úlfar Þórðarson
9-16	Malta (MLT) Joseph Chetcuti Bonacia Joseph Demicoli Jack Frendo Azzopardi Anthony J. Lanzon Arthur Podestà Wilfred Podestà Filippo Schembri Fortune Sydney Scott Frank Wismayer

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