Water polo at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Final results for the water polo tournament at the 1924 Summer Olympics. All medals were decided by using the Bergvall system.

Medal summary

Gold	Silver	Bronze
France Albert Delborgies Noël Delberghe Robert Desmettre Paul Dujardin Albert Mayaud Henri Padou Georges Rigal R. Bertrand A. Fasani Jean Lasquin L. Perol	Belgium Gérard Blitz Maurice Blitz Joseph Cludts Joseph de Combe Pierre Dewin Albert Durant Georges Fleurix Paul Gailly Joseph Pletinckx Jules Thiry Jean-Pierre Vermetten	United States Arthur Austin Oliver Horn Fred Lauer George Mitchell John Norton Wally O'Connor George Schroth Herb Vollmer Johnny Weissmuller Elmer Collett Jam Handy

Note: The players above the line played at least one game in this tournament, the players below the line were reserve players and did not compete in this tournament. Nevertheless the International Olympic Committee medal database exclusively credits them all as medalists. However the official report did not even count them as competitors.

Results

	First Round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	France		3
	United States		1
						France		6
						Netherlands		3
	Netherlands		7
	Switzerland		0
											France		4
											Sweden		2
	Sweden		7
	Italy		0
						Sweden		9
						Spain		0
	Spain
	bye
																France 01 !		3
																Belgium		0
	bye
	Belgium
						Belgium		3
						Hungary		2
	Hungary		7
	Great Britain		6
											Belgium		5
											Czechoslovakia		1
	Czechoslovakia		6
	Greece		1
						Czechoslovakia		4
						Ireland		2
	Ireland
	Austria		w/o

Silver Medal Tournament

	Semifinals					Silver Medal Final
	United States		4
	Netherlands		2
						United States		1
						Belgium 02 !		2
	Belgium		4
	Sweden		3

Bronze Medal Tournament

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Bronze Medal Final
	Hungary		7
	Czechoslovakia		0			Hungary		1
						Sweden		4
											Sweden		2
											United States 03 !		3
						United States		4
						Netherlands		2

Participating nations

Each country was allowed to enter a team of 11 players and they all were eligible for participation. Austria withdrew without playing a match. A total of 101(*) water polo players from 13 nations competed at the Paris Games:

•  Belgium (11)
•  Czechoslovakia (9)
•  France (7)
•  Great Britain (7)
•  Greece (7)
•  Hungary (8)
•  Ireland (7)
•  Italy (7)
•  Netherlands (7)
•  Spain (7)
•  Sweden (8)
•  Switzerland (7)
•  United States (9)

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

Summary

Place	Nation
1	France (FRA) Albert Delborgies Noël Delberghe Robert Desmettre Paul Dujardin Albert Mayaud Henri Padou Georges Rigal R. Bertrand A. Fasani Jean Lasquin L. Perol
2	Belgium (BEL) Gérard Blitz Maurice Blitz Joseph Cludts Joseph de Combe Pierre Dewin Albert Durant Georges Fleurix Paul Gailly Joseph Pletinckx Jules Thiry Jean-Pierre Vermetten
3	United States (USA) Arthur Austin Oliver Horn Fred Lauer George Mitchell John Norton Wally O'Connor George Schroth Herb Vollmer Johnny Weissmuller Elmer Collett Jam Handy
	Coach: Otto Wahle
4	Sweden (SWE) Cletus Andersson (SK Neptun) Erik Andersson (Stockholms KK) Vilhelm Andersson (SK Neptun) Nils Backlund (SK Neptun) Theodor Nauman (Stockholms KK) Martin Norberg (Stockholms KK) Gösta Persson (Stockholms KK) Hilmar Wictorin (SK Neptun) S. Friberg E. Skoglund N. Skoglund
-	Hungary (HUN) István Barta (III. ker TVE) Tibor Fazekas (FTC) Lajos Homonnai (III. ker TVE) Márton Homonnai (III. ker TVE) Alajos Keserű (FTC) Ferenc Keserű (III. ker TVE) József Vértesy (FTC) János Wenk (FTC) A. Ivády F. Kann B. Nagy
-	Czechoslovakia (TCH) Václav Ankrt Frantšek Franěk Jan Hora Hugo Klempfner František Kůrka Vojtech Neményi Jiří Reitman Josef Tomášek Frantšek Vacín František Cerník J. Humelhans
-	Netherlands (NED) Gé Bohlander Willy Bohlander Willem Bokhoven Jan den Boer Sjaak Köhler Karel Struijs Han van Senus A. Goedings Abraham van Olst Pieter van Senus R. van Senus
-	Ireland (IRL) Charles Barrett James Beckett James Brady John Convery Charles Fagan Michael O'Connor Noel Purcell W. Fagan Norman Judd John O'Connor
-	Spain (ESP) Manuel Basté Jaime Cruells Folguera Jaime Fontanet Francesc Gibert Lluís Gibert Enrique Granados Gal José María Puig Bori A. Bretos J. Trigo Mariano Trigo Alfonso Tusell Alonso
-	Great Britain (GBR) Harold Annison John Budd Charles Bugbee Richard Hodgson Arthur Hunt Paul Radmilovic Charles Sydney Smith D. Edward R. Haston William Peacock
-	Greece (GRE) Theodorakis Anastassios Andreas Asimakopoulos Nikolaos Mavrokordatos Baltatzis Georgios Chalkiopoulos Nikolaos Kaloudis Pantelis Psychas Dionysios Vassilopoulos Christos Peppas E. Vlassis C. Vourvoulis
-	Switzerland (SUI) Charles Biefer Henri Demiéville Robert Girod Charles Kopp Albert Moret Fernand Moret Robert Wyss Armand Boppart P. Renevier H. Rich René Ricolfi-Doria
-	Italy (ITA) Tito Ambrosini (Doria) Mario Balla (Doria) Arnoldo Berruti (Sturla) Mario Cazzaniga (R.N. Milano) Eugenio Della Casa (Doria) Achille Francesco Gavoglio (Doria) Giuseppe M. Valle (Sturla) Ottone Andreancich (R.N. Milano) Gian Battista Benvenuto Emilio Gavoglio Carmine De Luca (138ª Legione)

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