Water polo at the 1920 Summer Olympics

Men's water polo
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
VenueStade Nautique d'Antwerp
Dates22–29 August
Competitors101 from 12 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Great Britain
 Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Belgium
 Belgium
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sweden
 Sweden

Final results for the water polo tournament at the 1920 Summer Olympics.[1] All medals were decided by using the Bergvall system.[2]

Squads
Main article: Water polo at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's team 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[lower-alpha 1]

Results

Gold medal round
Round of 12 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
 Great Britain (GBR) 9
 Spain (ESP) 1  Spain (ESP) 0
 Italy (ITA) 1[lower-alpha 2]  Great Britain (GBR) 7
 United States (USA) 2
 United States (USA) 7
 Greece (GRE) 0
 Great Britain (GBR) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 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) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7

Bronze medal round
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
 Sweden (SWE) 9
 Netherlands (NED) 7  Netherlands (NED) 1
 Czechoslovakia (TCH) 0  Sweden (SWE) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5
 United States (USA) 0
 United States (USA) 7
 Greece (GRE) 5  Greece (GRE) 0
 Italy (ITA) 1

Notes
  1. This competitor is missing from the IOC medal database but is shown by Wudarski/de Wael/Mallon/Kamper. He probably played two matches.
  2. Italy forfeited the match in extra time.

References
  1. "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.
  2. "Water Polo at the 1920 Antwerpen Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2019.

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