Final results for the water polo tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics played at Finchley Lido.
Medal summary Gildo ArenaEmilio BulgarelliPasquale BuonocoreAldo GhiraMario MajoniGeminio OgnioGianfranco PandolfiniTullo PandolfiniCesare Rubini Jenő BrandiOszkár CsuvikDezső FábiánDezső GyarmatiEndre GyőrfiMiklós HolopLászló JeneyDezső LemhényiKároly SzittyaIstván Szívós Cor BraasemHennie KeetelaarNijs KorevaarJoop RohnerFrits RuimschotelPiet SalomonsFrits SmolHans StamRuud van Feggelen
Team squads
Results
Round One
In the first round each team in a group played each other team in the same group. The placings were determined on points. If the points were equal, then the better goal average decided. The first two teams of each group were qualified for the second round, while the third placed team was eliminated.
Group A
RankTeamPldWDLGFGAPts 1.21101453 X4:410:12.21101143 4:4X7:03.20021170 1:100:7X
Group B
RankTeamPldWDLGFGAPts 1.22001024 X4:16:12.2101652 1:4X5:13.20022110 1:61:5X
Group C
RankTeamPldWDLGFGAPts 1.22002614 X12:114:02.21018162 1:12X7:43.20024210 0:144:7X
Group D
RankTeamPldWDLGFGAPts 1.21101343 X4:49:02.21101673 4:4X12:33.20023210 0:93:12X
Group E
RankTeamPldWDLGFGAPts 1.22001644 X5:211:22.2011581 2:5X3:33.20115141 2:113:3X
Group F
RankTeamPldWDLGFGAPts 1.22001124 X4:17:12.2101762 1:4X6:23.20023130 1:72:6X
Round Two
In the second round each team in a group played each other team in the same group unless they had met in a previous round. In this case the previous result stood and was carried forward to this group. So in each group only three matches had to be played. The placings were determined on points. If the points were equal, then the better goal average decided. The first two teams of each group were qualified for the semi-finals, while the third placed team was eliminated.
The results which are carried forward from the first round are shown in italics.
Group G
RankTeamPldWDLGFGAPts 1.2110813 X1:17:02.2020552 1:1X4:43.20114111 0:74:4X
Group H
RankTeamPldWDLGFGAPts 1.22001734 X5:212:12.21011362 2:5X11:13.20022230 1:121:11X
Group I
RankTeamPldWDLGFGAPts 1.2110873 X4:34:42.2101652 3:4X3:13.2011571 4:41:3X
Group J
RankTeamPldWDLGFGAPts 1.2110743 X3:34:12.2020772 3:3X4:43.2011581 1:44:4X
Semi-finals
As in the second round each team in a group played each other team in the same group unless they had met in a previous round. In this case the previous result stood and was carried forward to this group. So in each group only three matches had to be played. The placings were determined on points. If the points were equal, then the better goal average decided. The first two teams of each group were qualified for the final round, while the third and fourth placed team were eliminated and took part in a consolation tournament.
The results which are carried forward from the previous rounds are shown in italics.
Group K
RankTeamPldWDLGFGAPts 1.32101385 X3:35:35:22.3120854 3:3X1:14:13.3111873 3:51:1X4:14.30034130 2:51:41:4X
Group L
RankTeamPldWDLGFGAPts 1.33001466 X4:35:25:12.320113104 3:4X5:45:23.30129131 2:54:5X3:34.30126131 1:52:53:3X
Final round
As in all other rounds each team in the final played each other team unless they had met in a previous round. In this case the previous result stood and was carried forward to the final. So in the final only four matches had to be played. The placings were determined on points. If the points were equal, then the better goal average decided.
The results which are carried forward from the previous rounds are shown in italics.
Final Group
RankTeamPldWDLGFGAPts 33001276 X4:34:24:2 31111083 3:4X4:43:0 30219112 2:44:4X3:34.30125101 2:40:33:3X
Group for fifth to eighth places - consolation tournament
RankTeamPldWDLGFGAPts 5.3210845 X1:13:24:16.3120654 1:1X3:32:17.3111873 2:33:3X3:18.3003390 1:41:21:3X
Participating nations Each country was allowed to enter a team of 11 players and they all were eligible for participation.
A total of 155(*) water polo players from 18 nations competed at the London Games:
(*) NOTE: There are only players counted, which participated in one game at least.
Not all reserve players are known.
Summary Place Nation 1 Coach: Pino Vallereserve playersLuigi FabianoAlfredo Toribolo 2 Jenő Brandi (Vasas Budapest)Oszkár Csuvik (MTK)Dezső Fábián (FTC)Dezső Gyarmati (UTE)Endre Győrfi (MAFC)Miklós Holop (MAFC)László Jeney (Vasas Budapest)Dezső Lemhényi (UTE)Károly Szittya (UTE)István Szívós (MTK)Pál Pók (Egri Szakszervezeti TK) 3 Coach: Frans Kuypersreserve playersJoop CaboutTheo Smael 4 Henri De PauwThéo-Léo De SmetÉmile D'HoogeFernand IsseléGeorges LeenheereAlphonse MartinPaul RigaumontWilly Simons 5 Folke Eriksson (Västerås SS)Knut Gadd (IF Elfsborg)Erik Holm (SoIK Hellas)Olle Johansson (IF Elfsborg)Åke Julin (Stockholms KK)Rolf Julin (Stockholms KK)Arne Jutner (SoIK Hellas)Rune Öberg (SoIK Hellas)Olle Ohlson (SoIK Hellas)Roland Spångberg (SoIK Hellas) 6 François DébonnetMaurice LefèbvreRoger Le BrasMarco DienerRobert HimgiRoger DewaschJacques BertheRené MassolJacques ViaeneÉmile BermynMarcel Spilliaert 7 Ahmed Fouad NessimTaha El-GamalMohamed KhadryMohamed HaragaDorri Abdel KaderAbdel Aziz KhalifaSamir GharboMohamed Hemmat 8 Coach: Bandy ZolyomyJuan SerraJosé PujolCarlos FaltCarlos MartíFrancisco CastilloAgustín MestresValentín SabateAngel SabataFederico Salvadores 9 Juraj AmšelVeljko BakašunMarko BrainovićLuka CiganovićIvo GiovanelliBožo GrkinićZdravko KovačićIvica KurtiniIvo ŠtakulaŽeljko RadićSaša Strmac 10 Osvaldo CodaroAnibál FilibertiRubén MaidanaHugo PronoLadislao SzaboMarcelo VisentínCarlos VisentínLuis DíezLadislao Fijaldauskas Mario SebastiánFrancisco Trimboli 11 Kenneth BeckBob BrayRalph BudelmanLee CaseDevere ChristensenHarold DashDixon FiskeEdwin KnoxJohn MillerDonald TierneyFrank Walton 12 Gora SealSamarandra Chatterjee Ajoy ChatterjeeSuhas ChatterjeeDwarkadas MurarjiDurga DasJanini DassSachin NagIsaac MansoorJahan Ahir 13 Charles BrandRoy GarforthRobert GentlemanPeter HardieIan JohnsonTrevor LewisDavid MurrayReg PotterJohn JonesRobert MitchellG. F. Weber 14 André GrosjeanEdouard HauserGeorges HauserHeinrich KellerErwin KlumppTristan SauerRené Weibel 15 Alexandros MonastiriotisIoannis PapstefanouDimitrios ZografosPanagiotis ProvatopoulosDimosthenis StambolisEmmanouil PapadopoulosNikolaos MelanofeidisRikhardos Brousalis 16 Enrique PereiraJulio LópezJulio César CostemalleLeonel GabrielJuan BucettaOsvaldo MariñoRamón AbellaRaúl Castro 17 Teodoro SalahLuis AguirrebeñaIsaac FroimovichPedro AguirrebeñaA. HurtadoJosé SalahSvante TörnvallO. Martínez 18 Arthur BurgeRoger CornforthBenjamin DalleyHerman DoernerJack FergusonLeon FergusonColin FrenchEric JohnstonJack KingLes McKay
References
Sources PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library: Official Report of the 1948 Olympic Games (download, archive) (pp. 537–540, 640–647) Water polo on the Olympedia website Water polo at the 1948 Summer Olympics (men's tournament) Water polo on the Sports Reference website Water polo at the 1948 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)