Final results for the water polo tournament at the 1920 Summer Olympics. All medals were decided by using the Bergvall system.
| Men's water polo at the Games of the VII Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Stade Nautique d'Antwerp | |||||||||
| Dates | 22–29 August | |||||||||
| Competitors | 101 from 12 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Squads
Medal summary
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Great Britain Charles Sydney Smith Paul Radmilovic Charles Bugbee Noel Purcell Christopher Jones William Peacock William Henry Dean | 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 |
Results
Gold medal round
| Round of 12 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| Great Britain | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Spain | 1 | Spain | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | 1 | Great Britain | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| United States | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Greece | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Great Britain | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | 11 | Belgium | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | 0 | Belgium | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sweden | 11 | Sweden | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia | 0 | Sweden | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Brazil | 5 | Brazil | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Silver medal round
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| United States | 5 | ||||||||
| Spain | 0 | United States | 2 | ||||||
| Belgium | 7 | ||||||||
Bronze medal round
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Sweden | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Netherlands | 7 | Netherlands | 1 | |||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia | 0 | Sweden | 5 | |||||||||||
| United States | 0 | |||||||||||||
| United States | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Greece | 5 | Greece | 0 | |||||||||||
| Italy | 1 | |||||||||||||
Sources
- PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library:
- Official Report of the 1920 Olympic Games (download, archive) (p. 130)
- Water polo on the Olympedia website
- Water polo at the 1920 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
- Water polo on the Sports Reference website
- Water polo at the 1920 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
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