Water polo at the 1912 Summer Olympics
| Men's water polo at the Games of the V Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Djurgårdsbrunnsviken | |||||||||
| Dates | July 7–16 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 46 from 6 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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The 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, saw the fourth water polo tournament at Olympics. All games took place in the newly built swimming stadium in Djurgårdsbrunnsviken from July 7 to July 16, 1912. All medals were decided by using the Bergvall system.
Medal summary
The competitions in water polo were arranged on the Cup Tie (elimination) system, but in such a way that the necessary number of matches had to be played for the second and third prizes between the teams qualified to take part in these rounds. The principle was adopted, that a team which had not been beaten, direct or indirect, by a team that was qualified to fight for the second or third prize, should have the right to play against the team last-mentioned, even if it (the first-named) had already been beaten by some other team. The teams entered were drawn in pairs for the first round, after which the order in which they were to meet in the second round was determined by drawing lots, so that the order in which the games were to be played, right up to the final, was fixed before the games began.
Participating nations
A total of 45 water polo players from 6 nations competed at the Stockholm Games:
Bracket
| First round | Second round | Gold medal match | ||||||||
| July 7 - Djurgårdsbrunnsviken | ||||||||||
 Great Britain (a.e.t.) |
7 | |||||||||
| July 11 - Djurgårdsbrunnsviken | ||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=small} Belgium |
5 | |||||||||
| Great Britain |
6 | |||||||||
| July 8 - Djurgårdsbrunnsviken | ||||||||||
 Sweden |
3 | |||||||||
| Sweden |
7 | |||||||||
| July 13 - Djurgårdsbrunnsviken | ||||||||||
 France |
2 | |||||||||
| Great Britain |
8 | |||||||||
 Austria |
0 | |||||||||
| Austria |
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| July 9 - Djurgårdsbrunnsviken | ||||||||||
| No Opponant | ||||||||||
| Austria |
5 | |||||||||
.svg.png){kind=small} Hungary |
4 | |||||||||
Results
Main Tournament to Gold
| First Round | |||||||||||||||
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| July 7 | Great Britain (GBR) |
7 | - | 5 | Belgium (BEL) |
after extra time | |||||||||
| Hill (2), Wilkinson (2), Radmilovic (2), Bentham | (2 | - | 3) | Grégoire (2), Meyboom (2), Nijs | |||||||||||
| July 8 | Sweden (SWE) |
7 | - | 2 | France (FRA) | ||||||||||
| R. Andersson (3), Bergqvist (3), ? | (4 | - | 0) | Decoin, Provost | |||||||||||
| July 9 | Austria (AUT) |
5 | - | 4 | Hungary (HUN) |
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| Scheff, ? | (1 | - | 2) | Fazekas, Hégner, Rémi, ? | |||||||||||
| Second Round | |||||||||||||||
| July 11 | Great Britain (GBR) |
6 | - | 3 | Sweden (SWE) | ||||||||||
| Wilkinson (3), Hill, Radmilovic, Bentham | (3 | - | 0) | R. Andersson (2), V. Andersson | |||||||||||
| Gold medal match | |||||||||||||||
| July 13 | Great Britain (GBR) |
8 | - | 0 | Austria (AUT) | ||||||||||
| ? | (4 | - | 0) | ||||||||||||
| First Round | |||||||||||||||
| July 10 | Belgium (BEL) |
6 | - | 5 | Hungary (HUN) |
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| ? | (2 | - | 3) | Fazekas (3), Rémi, ? | |||||||||||
| July 11 | Belgium (BEL) |
4 | - | 1 | France (FRA) | ||||||||||
| ? | (2 | - | 1) | ? | |||||||||||
| Second Round | |||||||||||||||
| July 14 | Sweden (SWE) |
8 | - | 1 | Austria (AUT) |
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| R. Andersson (3), Bergqvist (3), V. Andersson (2) | (5 | - | 1) | Scheff | |||||||||||
| July 15 | Belgium (BEL) |
5 | - | 4 | Austria (AUT) | ||||||||||
| ? | (2 | - | 1) | Scheff, ? | |||||||||||
| Silver and Bronze medal match | |||||||||||||||
| July 16 | Sweden (SWE) |
4 | - | 2 | Belgium (BEL) | ||||||||||
| Bergqvist (2), V. Andersson, R. Andersson | (4 | - | 0) | ? | |||||||||||
Final standings
| Place | Nation |
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| 1 | Great Britain (GBR) |
| 2 | Sweden (SWE) |
| 3 | Belgium (BEL) |
| 4 | Austria (AUT) Rudolf Buchfelder Richard Manuel Walter Schachlitz Otto Scheff Josef Wagner Ernst Kovács Hermann Buchfelder |
| - | Hungary (HUN) Sándor Ádám László Beleznai Tibor Fazekas Jenő Hégner Károly Rémi János Wenk Imre Zachár |
| France (FRA) Gustave Prouvost Gaston Vanlaere Georges Rigal Paul Beulque Jean Thorailles Henri Decoin Paul Vasseur Jean Rodier |
References
- Bergvall, Erik (ed.) (1913). Adams-Ray, Edward (trans.)., ed. The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand.
- International Olympic Committee medal database
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