At the 1908 Summer Olympics, a water polo tournament was contested.
Medal table Position Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 1
Medal summary
George CornetCharles ForsythGeorge NevinsonPaul RadmilovicCharles SmithThomas ThouldGeorge WilkinsonVictor BoinHerman DonnersFernand FeyaertsOscar GrégoireHerman MeyboomAlbert MichantJoseph PletinckxRobert AnderssonErik BergvallPontus HansonHarald JulinTorsten KumfeldtAxel RunströmGunnar Wennerström
Team rosters
Belgium
Victor Boin Herman Donners Fernand Feyaerts (captain) Oscar Grégoire Herman Meyboom Albert Michant (goalkeeper) Joseph Pletinckx
Great Britain George Cornet Charles Forsyth George Nevinson Paul Radmilovic Charles Sydney Smith (goalkeeper, captain) Thomas Thould George Wilkinson
Netherlands Bouke Benenga Johan Cortlever Jan Hulswit Eduard Meijer Karel Meijer Piet Ooms Johan Rühl (goalkeeper)
Sweden Robert Andersson Erik Bergvall Pontus Hanson (captain) Harald Julin Torsten Kumfeldt Axel Runström Gunnar Wennerström
Results Matches
First round There was only one first round match, between Belgium and the Netherlands.
Great Britain, Sweden, and Austria had byes, but Austria withdrew after the draw.
Belgium 8 - 1 Netherlands Feyaerts 6, Donners, Pletinckx (3 - 1) K. Meijer
Semi-finals As Austria had withdrawn, Great Britain had a walkover to the final, with Belgium playing Sweden to determine their opponent.
Belgium 8 - 4 Sweden Grégoire 3, Meyboom 2, Pletinckx 2, Feyaerts (4 - 2) Hanson 3, Andersson
Final Great Britain's first and only match was against Belgium, who had already won two games in the tournament.
Belgium 2 - 9 Great Britain Feyaerts, Grégoire (2 - 5) Wilkinson 4, Forsyth 3, Radmilovic 2
Ranking and statistics
Place Team Played Wins LossesDraws Goals AgainstDiff.Points 1 1 1 0 0 9 2+ 72 2 3 2 0 1 18 14+ 44 3 1 0 0 1 4 8- 40 4 1 0 0 1 1 8- 70
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.
Place Name Nation Goals 1 Fernand Feyaerts 8 2 Oscar Grégoire 4 George Wilkinson 4 4 Charles Forsyth 3 Pontus Hanson 3 Joseph Pletinckx 3 7 Herman Meyboom 2 Paul Radmilovic 2 9 Robert Andersson 1 Herman Donners 1 Karel Meijer 1
References
Sources PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library: Official Report of the 1908 Olympic Games (download, archive) (pp. 359–361) Water polo on the Olympedia website Water polo at the 1908 Summer Olympics (men's tournament) Water polo on the Sports Reference website Water polo at the 1908 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)