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Medal table

Medal summary

Team rosters

Belgium

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Victor Boin Victor Boin (28 February 1886 – 31 March 1974) was a Belgian freestyle swimmer, water polo player, and épée fencer who competed at the 1908, 1912 and 1920 Summer Olympics. Olympics Boin was part of the Belgian water polo teams that finish ...

* Herman Donners *

Fernand Feyaerts Fernand Feyearts (1880 – 11 July 1927 in Brussels) was a Belgian swimmer and water polo player who competed for Belgium at the 1900 Summer Olympics and the 1908 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal in each. Between 1898 and 1900, Feyea ...

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Oscar Grégoire Oscar Grégoire Jr. (26 March 1877 in Ivanteyevka, Moscow Oblast, Russian Empire – 28 September 1947 in Brussels) was a Belgian water polo player and backstroke swimmer who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics, in the 1908 Summer Olympi ...

* Herman Meyboom *

Albert Michant Albert Michant was a Belgian water polo player and won Silver medals at the 1900 Summer Olympics and the 1908 Summer Olympics. See also * Belgium men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics * List of Olympic medalists in water ...

(goalkeeper) * Joseph Pletinckx

Great Britain

* George Cornet * Charles Forsyth * George Nevinson *

Paul Radmilovic Paolo Francesco Radmilovic (5 March 1886 – 29 September 1968) was a Welsh water polo player and competitive swimmer. Radmilovic had Croatian and Irish origins. He represented Great Britain at four editions of Summer Olympics. He won four Olymp ...

Charles Sydney Smith Charles Sydney Smith (26 January 1879 – 6 April 1951) was born in Wigan, the ninth of eleven children born to Thomas Smith and Elizabeth née Sayer. He was a British water polo player who competed as goalkeeper for the England Wa ...

(goalkeeper, captain) * Thomas Thould * George Wilkinson

Netherlands

Bouke Benenga Bouke Benenga (27 March 1888 in Rotterdam – 4 January 1968 in Rotterdam) was a Dutch freestyle swimmer and water polo player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. He participated in the 100 metre freestyle The 100 metre freestyle is often ...

Johan Cortlever Johan George Cortlever (4 August 1885 in Amsterdam – 14 April 1972 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch backstroke swimmer and water polo player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: ...

Jan Hulswit Jan Frederik Hulswit (April 9, 1885 – May 2, 1932) was a Dutch water polo player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. Hulswit was born in Apeldoorn. He was a member of the Dutch water polo team which finished fourth in the 1908 tournament ...

Eduard Meijer Eduard Meijer (25 February 1878 in Amsterdam – 20 March 1929 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch freestyle swimmer and water polo player who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics and 1908 Summer Olympics The 1908 Summer Olympics (officially the Games o ...

* Karel Meijer *

Piet Ooms Pieter ("Piet") Lodewijk Ooms (11 December 1884, Amsterdam – 14 February 1961, Amsterdam) was a Dutch freestyle swimmer and water polo Water polo is a competitive sport, competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven p ...

* Johan Rühl (goalkeeper)

Sweden

* Robert Andersson * Erik Bergvall *

Pontus Hanson Pontus Hanson (24 May 1884 – 4 December 1962) was a Swedish water polo player and swimmer, who won a bronze medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics in the 200 m breaststroke. In water polo he won bronze medals in 1908 and 1920 and a silver in 1912. ...

(captain) * Harald Julin *

Torsten Kumfeldt Karl Torsten Kumfeldt (4 January 1886 – 2 May 1966) was a Swedish water polo goalkeeper and breaststroke swimmer. He competed in water polo at the 1908, 1912 and 1920 Summer Olympics and won one silver and two bronze medals. In 1908, he also ...

Axel Runström Axel Wilhelm Runström (15 October 1883 – 10 August 1943) was a Swedish water polo player and diver who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics. In 1908 he was part of the Swedish water polo team, which was a ...

Gunnar Wennerström Gunnar Erik Emanuel Wennerström (27 June 1879 – 2 June 1931) was a Swedish water polo player and freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. He was part of the Swedish water polo team, which was able to win the bronze med ...

Results

Matches

First round

There was only one first round match scheduled. Great Britain, Sweden, and Austria (the last of which had withdrawn) were scheduled to have byes, while Belgium played the Netherlands.

Semifinals

Austria withdrew before the tournament started, leaving Great Britain with a second bye.

Final

Great Britain's first match was against Belgium, who had already won two games in the tournament.

Ranking and statistics

Scoring

11 players scored during the three games of the tournament, including 5 of Belgium's poloists. The Belgian captain's 8 goals led the field, and he also gained the distinctions of having scored in each of the three games as well as the single-game high goal count at 6.

References

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