Water polo at the 1908 Summer Olympics


At the 1908 Summer Olympics, a water polo tournament was contested.

Medal table

Medal summary

Team rosters

Belgium

Matches

First round

There was only one first round match scheduled. Great Britain, Sweden, and Austria 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.

Standings

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.
PlaceNameNationGoals
1Fernand Feyaerts8
2Oscar Grégoire4
2George Wilkinson4
4Charles Forsyth3
4Pontus Hanson3
4Joseph Pletinckx3
7Herman Meyboom2
7Paul Radmilovic2
9Robert Andersson1
9Herman Donners1
9Karel Meijer1