Water polo at the 1920 Summer Olympics

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
VenueStade Nautique d'Antwerp
Dates22–29 August
Competitors101 from 12 nations
Medalists
Great Britain
 Great Britain
Belgium
 Belgium
Sweden
 Sweden
← 1912
1924 →

Squads

Medal summary

Gold Silver Bronze
 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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