The 1928 Summer Olympics Water Polo event was held between the fourth and eleventh of August. The final results of the tournament follow below.[1][2]
| Men's water polo at the Games of the IX Olympiad | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 winning German team | ||||||||||
| Venue | Amsterdam | |||||||||
| Dates | 4–11 August | |||||||||
| Competitors | 112 from 14 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Competition format
editThe water polo tournament consisted primarily of a single-elimination bracket that determined the gold and silver medals. The bronze medal was supposed to be awarded through a modified Bergvall system tournament, in which the teams who lost to the top two nations (that is, Belgium and Great Britain—who had lost to Germany—and France, the United States, and Argentina—who had lost to Hungary) would conduct another single-elimination tournament for the third place.[2] However, the tournament organizers did not understand the system.[2] The Official Report lists three third-place matches, in which France beat Great Britain, the United States, and Argentina in succession.[3] Sports-reference also lists two additional matches, between the United States and Malta and between the Netherlands and Belgium, also stating that "some of the matches played may have been friendlies or exhibitions."[2] The France–Great Britain match is treated as the bronze medal game herein.
Results
editFor the team rosters see: Water polo at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads.
Bracket
edit| Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
 Czechoslovakia
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Great Britain
| 4 | Great Britain
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||
 Switzerland
| 1 |  Netherlands
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands
| 11 | Great Britain
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||
 Belgium
| 11 |  Germany
| 8 | ||||||||||||||||
 Ireland
| 1 | Belgium
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Germany
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Hungary
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
 United States
| 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hungary
| 14 | Hungary
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||
 Argentina
| 0 | Hungary
| 5 | Third place | |||||||||||||||
 Malta
| 3 |  France
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||
 Luxembourg
| 1 | Malta
| 0 | Great Britain
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
 Spain
| 0 | France
| 16 | France
| 8 | ||||||||||||||
| France
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Round of 16
edit| 4 August 1928 | OR p. 807 | Czechoslovakia 
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2–4 |  Great Britain
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Amsterdam Referees: J.A. Ruddy (USA) |
| Scoring by half: 0–1, 2–3 | |||||
| 5 August 1928 | OR p. 807 | Switzerland 
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1–11 |  Netherlands
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Amsterdam Referees: L. Beleznay (HUN) |
| Scoring by half: 0–3, 1–8 | |||||
| 5 August 1928 | OR p. 808 | Belgium 
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11–1 |  Ireland
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Amsterdam Referees: R. Morberger (AUT) |
| Scoring by half: 6–0, 5–1 | |||||
| 4 August 1928 | OR p. 808 | Hungary 
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14–0 |  Argentina
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Amsterdam Referees: C. Minnes Jr. (NED) |
| Scoring by half: 9–0, 5–0 | |||||
| 5 August 1928 | OR p. 809 | Malta 
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3–1 |  Luxembourg
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Amsterdam Referees: M. Blitz (BEL) |
| Scoring by half: 1–1, 2–0 | |||||
| 4 August 1928 | OR p. 810 | Spain 
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0–4 |  France
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Amsterdam Referees: E. Speisegger (HUN) |
| Scoring by half: 0–2, 0–2 | |||||
Quarterfinals
edit| 6 August 1928 | OR p. 810 | Great Britain
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5–3 | Netherlands
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Amsterdam Referees: P. Beulque (FRA) |
| Scoring by half: 2–2, 1–1 OT: 2–0 | |||||
| 6 August 1928 | OR p. 811 | Belgium
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3–5 |  Germany
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Amsterdam Referees: J. Hodgson (GBR) |
| Scoring by half: 2–0, 1–3 OT: 0–2 | |||||
| 6 August 1928 | OR p. 811 | United States 
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0–5 | Hungary
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Amsterdam Referees: M. Nussbaum (GER) |
| Scoring by half: 0–2, 0–3 | |||||
| 6 August 1928 | OR p. 812 | Malta
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0–16 | France
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Amsterdam Referees: A. Delahaye (BEL) |
| Scoring by half: 0–8, 0–8 | |||||
Semifinals
edit| 7 August 1928 | OR p. 812 | Great Britain
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5–8 | Germany
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Amsterdam Referees: M. Blitz (BEL) |
| Scoring by half: 1–5, 4–3 | |||||
| 7 August 1928 | OR p. 813 | Hungary
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5–3 | France
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Amsterdam Referees: A. Delahaye (BEL) |
| Scoring by half: 1–1, 4–2 | |||||
Bronze medal game
edit| 11 August 1928 | OR p. 814 | France
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8–1 | Great Britain
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Amsterdam Referees: A. Delahaye (BEL) |
| Scoring by half: 4–1, 4–0 | |||||
Final
edit| 10 August 1928 | OR p. 814 | Germany
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5–2 | Hungary
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Amsterdam Referees: M. Blitz (BEL) |
| Scoring by half: 0–2, 2–0 OT: 3–0 | |||||
Participating nations
editEach country was allowed to enter a team of 11 players and they all were eligible for participation.
A total of 109(*) water polo players from 14 nations competed at the Amsterdam Games:
- Argentina (7)
- Belgium (9)
- Czechoslovakia (7)
- France (9)
- Germany (8)
- Great Britain (9)
- Hungary (7)
- Ireland (7)
- Luxembourg (7)
- Malta (9)
- Netherlands (7)
- Spain (7)
- Switzerland (7)
- United States (9)
(*) NOTE: There are only players counted, which participated in one game at least.
Final standings
edit| Place[1] | Nation |
|---|---|
| 1 | Germany (GER)
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| 2 | Hungary (HUN)
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| 3 | France (FRA)
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| 4 | Great Britain (GBR)
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| 5 | Netherlands (NED)
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| 6 | Belgium (BEL)
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| 7 | United States (USA)
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| 8 | Malta (MLT)
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| 9 | Spain (ESP)
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| 10 | Czechoslovakia (TCH)
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| 11 | Luxembourg (LUX)
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| 12 | Switzerland (SUI)
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| 13 | Argentina (ARG)
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| 14 | Ireland (IRL)
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References
edit- ^ a b "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.
- ^ a b c d "Water Polo at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
- ^ Official Report, pp. 806, 814–15.
Sources
edit- PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library:
- Official Report of the 1928 Olympic Games (download, archive) (pp. 746–757, 797–807)
- Water polo on the Olympedia website
- Water polo on the Sports Reference website
- Water polo at the 1928 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)