Water polo at the 1920 Summer Olympics
| 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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Final results for the water polo tournament at the 1920 Summer Olympics.[1] All medals were decided by using the Bergvall system.[2]
Squads
Medal summary
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
 Great Britain (GBR)[1] Charles Sydney Smith Paul Radmilovic Charles Bugbee Noel Purcell Christopher Jones William Peacock William Henry Dean |  Belgium (BEL) Albert Durant Gérard Blitz Maurice Blitz Joseph Pletinckx Paul Gailly Pierre Nijs René Bauwens Pierre Dewin |  Sweden (SWE) Harald Julin Robert Andersson Vilhelm Andersson Erik Bergqvist Max Gumpel Pontus Hanson Erik Andersson Nils Backlund Theodor Nauman Torsten Kumfeldt[a] |
Results
Gold medal round
| Round of 12 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| Great Britain (GBR) | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Spain (ESP) | 1 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
 Italy (ITA) | 1[b] | Great Britain (GBR) | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
 United States (USA) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States (USA) | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
 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 | ||||||||||||||||
 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
References
- ^ a b "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ "Water Polo at the 1920 Antwerpen Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
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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Events at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp
- Archery
- Athletics
- Boxing
- Cycling
- Diving
- Equestrian
- Fencing
- Figure skating
- Football
- Gymnastics
- Field hockey
- Ice hockey
- Korfball (demonstration)
- Modern pentathlon
- Polo
- Rowing
- Rugby
- Sailing
- Shooting
- Swimming
- Tennis
- Tug of war
- Water polo
- Weightlifting
- Wrestling
- Art competitions (unofficial)
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