Water polo at the 1900 Summer Olympics
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At the 1900 Summer Olympics, a water polo tournament was contested.
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[edit] Medal summary
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's water polo |  Osborne Swimming ClubGreat Britain (GBR) |
 Brussels Swimming and Water Polo ClubBelgium (BEL) |
 Libellule de ParisFrance (FRA) |
| Pupilles de Neptune de Lille France (FRA) |
[edit] Tournament results
8 teams entered the water polo event, with one withdrawing before competition. The tournament was played in a single-elimination format, with no playoff for third place. Thus, four of the seven competing teams won medals.
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||
| 11 August | 12 August | 12 August | |||||||
| Osborne Swimming Club (GBR) |
12 | ||||||||
| Tritons Lillois (FRA) |
0 | ||||||||
| Osborne Swimming Club | 10 | ||||||||
| Pupilles de Neptune de Lille #2 | 1 | ||||||||
| Pupilles de Neptune de Lille #2 (FRA) |
3 | ||||||||
 Berliner Swimming Club Otter (GER) |
2 | ||||||||
| Osborne Swimming Club | 7 | ||||||||
| Brussels Swimming and Water Polo Club | 2 | ||||||||
| Brussels Swimming and Water Polo Club (BEL) |
2 | ||||||||
| Pupilles de Neptune de Lille #1 (FRA) |
0 | ||||||||
| Brussels Swimming and Water Polo Club | 5 | ||||||||
| Libellule de Paris | 1 | ||||||||
| Libellule de Paris (FRA) |
Bye | ||||||||
| None | — | ||||||||
| Place | Team | Nation | Players |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Osborne Swimming Club[1] | Great Britain |
Thomas Coe John Henry Derbyshire Peter Kemp William Lister Arthur Robertson Eric Robinson George Wilkinson |
| 2 | Brussels Swimming and Water Polo Club[2] | Belgium |
Jean de Backer Victor de Behr Henri Cohen Fernand Feyaerts Oscar Grégoire Albert Michant Victor Sonnemans |
| 3 | Libellule de Paris | France |
Thomas Burgess Jules Clévenot[3] Alphonse Decuyper Louis Laufray Henri Peslier Pesloy Paul Vasseur |
| Pupilles de Neptune de Lille #2[4] | France |
Eugène Coulon Fardelle Favier Leriche Louis Martin Désiré Mérchez Charles Treffel |
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| 5 | Berliner Swimming Club Otter | Germany |
Hans Aniol Paul Gebauer Max Hainle Georg Hax Gustav Lexau Herbert von Petersdorff Fritz Schneider |
| Pupilles de Neptune de Lille #1 | France |
Favier[5] P. Houben Leriche[5] Jean Leuillieux E. Martin Tartara Charles Treffel[5] |
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| Tritons Lillois | France |
Bertrand Victor Cadet Maurice Hochepied Leclerq Tisserand Charles de Vendevill Verbecke |
[edit] Notes
- ^ Mallon lists 5 players in addition to these 7 found in the IOC database.
- ^ Mallon lists 3 players in addition to these 7.
- ^ Listed in the IOC database as "Devenot", but almost certainly the same person who competed in swimming.
- ^ Mallon lists 4 players in addition to these 7.
- ^ a b c This player appears to have played for both PdNdL teams.
[edit] References
- International Olympic Committee medal winners database
- De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Water Polo 1900". Accessed 11 March 2006. Available electronically at [1].
- Mallon, Bill (1998). The 1900 Olympic Games, Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. ISBN 0-7864-0378-0.
| Events at the 1900 Summer Olympics (Paris) |
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| Archery • Athletics • Basque pelota • Cricket • Croquet • Cycling • Equestrian • Fencing • Football • Golf • Gymnastics • Polo • Rowing • Rugby union • Sailing • Shooting • Swimming • Tennis • Tug of war • Water polo |
| Water polo at the Summer Olympics |  |
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| 1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 See also: List of Olympic medalists in water polo |
