Men's water polo
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
VenueAmsterdam
Dates4–11 August
Competitors112 from 14 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Germany
 Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Hungary
 Hungary
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) France
 France
← 1924
1932 →

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]

Competition format

The 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

For the team rosters see: Water polo at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads.

Bracket

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

4 August 1928 OR p. 807 Czechoslovakia  2–4  Great Britain Amsterdam
Referees:
J.A. Ruddy (USA)
Scoring by half: 0–1, 2–3
5 August 1928 OR p. 807 Switzerland  1–11  Netherlands Amsterdam
Referees:
L. Beleznay (HUN)
Scoring by half: 0–3, 1–8
5 August 1928 OR p. 808 Belgium  11–1  Ireland Amsterdam
Referees:
R. Morberger (AUT)
Scoring by half: 6–0, 5–1
4 August 1928 OR p. 808 Hungary  14–0  Argentina Amsterdam
Referees:
C. Minnes Jr. (NED)
Scoring by half: 9–0, 5–0
5 August 1928 OR p. 809 Malta  3–1  Luxembourg Amsterdam
Referees:
M. Blitz (BEL)
Scoring by half: 1–1, 2–0
4 August 1928 OR p. 810 Spain  0–4  France Amsterdam
Referees:
E. Speisegger (HUN)
Scoring by half: 0–2, 0–2

Quarterfinals

6 August 1928 OR p. 810 Great Britain  5–3  Netherlands Amsterdam
Referees:
P. Beulque (FRA)
Scoring by half: 2–2, 1–1 OT: 2–0
6 August 1928 OR p. 811 Belgium  3–5  Germany Amsterdam
Referees:
J. Hodgson (GBR)
Scoring by half: 2–0, 1–3 OT: 0–2
6 August 1928 OR p. 811 United States  0–5  Hungary Amsterdam
Referees:
M. Nussbaum (GER)
Scoring by half: 0–2, 0–3
6 August 1928 OR p. 812 Malta  0–16  France Amsterdam
Referees:
A. Delahaye (BEL)
Scoring by half: 0–8, 0–8

Semifinals

7 August 1928 OR p. 812 Great Britain  5–8  Germany Amsterdam
Referees:
M. Blitz (BEL)
Scoring by half: 1–5, 4–3
7 August 1928 OR p. 813 Hungary  5–3  France Amsterdam
Referees:
A. Delahaye (BEL)
Scoring by half: 1–1, 4–2

Bronze medal game

11 August 1928 OR p. 814 France  8–1  Great Britain Amsterdam
Referees:
A. Delahaye (BEL)
Scoring by half: 4–1, 4–0

Final

10 August 1928 OR p. 814 Germany  5–2  Hungary Amsterdam
Referees:
M. Blitz (BEL)
Scoring by half: 0–2, 2–0 OT: 3–0

Participating nations

Each 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:

(*) NOTE: There are only players counted, which participated in one game at least.

Final standings

Place[1] Nation
1  Germany (GER)
2  Hungary (HUN)
3  France (FRA)
4  Great Britain (GBR)
5  Netherlands (NED)
6  Belgium (BEL)
7  United States (USA)
8  Malta (MLT)
9  Spain (ESP)
10  Czechoslovakia (TCH)
11  Luxembourg (LUX)
12  Switzerland (SUI)
13  Argentina (ARG)
14  Ireland (IRL)

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Official Report, pp. 806, 814–15.

Sources

52°20′51″N 4°51′22″E / 52.3475°N 4.8561°E / 52.3475; 4.8561

Categories