At the
1908 Summer Olympics
The 1908 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the IV Olympiad and also known as London 1908) were an international multi-sport event held in London, England, United Kingdom, from 27 April to 31 October 1908. The 1908 Games were o ...
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water polo
Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with th ...
tournament was contested.
Medal table
Medal summary
Team rosters
Belgium
team Belgium
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Victor Boin
Victor Boin (28 February 1886 – 31 March 1974) was a Belgian freestyle swimmer, water polo player, and épée fencer who competed at the 1908, 1912 and 1920 Summer Olympics.
Olympics
Boin was part of the Belgian water polo teams that finish ...
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Herman Donners
Herman Louis Clement Donners (5 August 1888 – 14 May 1915) was a Belgian water polo player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was part of the Belgian water polo team and won a silver and a br ...
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Fernand Feyaerts (captain)
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Oscar Grégoire
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Herman Meyboom
Herman Meyboom (23 August 1889, in Surabaya – after 1912) was a Belgian water polo player and freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics.
Meyboom is the youngest male Olympic silver medalist in water polo. On ...
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Albert Michant (goalkeeper)
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Joseph Pletinckx
Joseph Pletincx (1888 – 1971) was a Belgian water polo player. He competed at the 1908, 1912, 1920, and 1924 Summer Olympics and won three silver and one bronze medals, becoming one of eight male athletes who won four or more Olympic ...
Great Britain
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George Cornet
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Charles Forsyth
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George Nevinson
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Paul Radmilovic
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Charles Sydney Smith (goalkeeper, captain)
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Thomas Thould
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George Wilkinson
Netherlands
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Bouke Benenga
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Johan Cortlever
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Jan Hulswit
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Eduard Meijer
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Karel Meijer
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Piet Ooms
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Johan Rühl (goalkeeper)
Sweden
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Robert Andersson
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Erik Bergvall
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Pontus Hanson
Pontus Hanson (24 May 1884 – 4 December 1962) was a Swedish water polo player and swimmer, who won a bronze medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics in the 200 m breaststroke. In water polo he won bronze medals in 1908 and 1920 and a silver in 1912. ...
(captain)
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Harald Julin
Harald Sigfrid Alexander Julin (27 March 1890 – 31 July 1967) was a Swedish swimmer and water polo player who competed at the 1906, 1908, 1912 and 1920 Olympics. In 100 m freestyle swimming he won a bronze medal in 1908, and failed to reach ...
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Torsten Kumfeldt
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Axel Runström
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Gunnar Wennerström
Results
Matches
First round
There was only one first round match scheduled. Great Britain, Sweden, and Austria (the last of which had withdrawn) 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.
Ranking and 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.
References
Sources
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LA84 Foundation
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Digital Library
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Official Report of the 1908 Olympic Gamesdownloadarchive
(pp. 359–361)
* Water polo on the Olympedi
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Water polo at the 1908 Summer Olympicsmen's tournament
* Water polo on the Sports Reference
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