The 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm saw the fourth water polo tournament at Olympics. All games took place in the newly built swimming stadium in Djurgårdsbrunnsviken from 7 to 16 July 1912. All medals were decided by using the Bergvall system.
Medal summary Charles Sydney SmithGeorge CornetGeorge WilkinsonCharles BugbeeArthur Edwin HillPaul RadmilovicIsaac Bentham Torsten KumfeldtHarald JulinMax GumpelRobert AnderssonPontus HansonVilhelm AnderssonErik Bergqvist Albert DurantHerman DonnersVictor BoinHerman MeyboomJoseph PletinckxOscar GrégoireFélicien CourbetJean HoffmanPierre Nijs
The competitions in water polo were arranged on the Cup Tie (elimination) system, but in such a way that the necessary number of matches had to be played for the second and third prizes between the teams qualified to take part in these rounds. The principle was adopted that a team which had not been beaten, direct or indirect, by a team that was qualified to fight for the second or third prize, should have the right to play against the team last-mentioned, even if it (the first-named) had already been beaten by some other team. The teams entered were drawn in pairs for the first round, after which the order in which they were to meet in the second round was determined by drawing lots, so that the order in which the games were to be played, right up to the final, was fixed before the games began.
Participating nations
A total of 45 water polo players from 6 nations competed at the Stockholm Games:
Bracket
Results Main Tournament to Gold First Round7 July7–5after extra timeHill (2), Wilkinson (2), Radmilovic (2), Bentham(2–3)Grégoire (2), Meyboom (2), Nijs8 July7–2R. Andersson (3), Bergqvist (3), ?(4–0)Decoin, Provost9 July5–4Scheff, ?(1–2)Fazekas, Hégner, Rémi, ?Second Round11 July6–3Wilkinson (3), Hill, Radmilovic, Bentham(3–0)R. Andersson (2), V. AnderssonGold medal match13 July8–0?(4–0)Tournament to SilverFirst Round10 July6–5?(2–3)Fazekas (3), Rémi, ?11 July4–1?(2–1)?Second Round14 July8–1R. Andersson (3), Bergqvist (3), V. Andersson (2)(5–1)Scheff15 July5–4?(2–1)Scheff, ?Silver and Bronze medal match16 July4–2Bergqvist (2), V. Andersson, R. Andersson(4–0)?
Final standings Place Nation 1 2 3 4 Rudolf BuchfelderRichard ManuelWalter SchachlitzOtto ScheffJosef WagnerErnst KovácsHermann Buchfelder 5 Sándor ÁdámLászló BeleznaiTibor FazekasJenő HégnerKároly RémiJános WenkImre Zachár 6 Gustave ProuvostGaston Van LaereGeorges RigalPaul BeulqueJean ThoraillerHenri DecoinPaul VasseurJean Rodier
References
Sources PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library: Official Report of the 1912 Olympic Games (download, archive) (pp. 1021–1024, 1031–1037) Water polo on the Olympedia website Water polo at the 1912 Summer Olympics (men's tournament) Water polo on the Sports Reference website Water polo at the 1912 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
External links
International Olympic Committee medal database