Water polo at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Final results for the water polo tournament at the 1928 Summer Olympics:

Medal summary

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Germany Max Amann Karl Bähre Emil Benecke Johann Blank Otto Cordes Fritz Gunst Erich Rademacher Joachim Rademacher	Hungary István Barta Olivér Halassy Márton Homonnai Sándor Ivády Alajos Keserű Ferenc Keserű József Vértesy	France Émile Bulteel Henri Cuvelier Paul Dujardin Jules Keignaert Henri Padou Ernest Rogez Albert Thévenon Achille Tribouillet Albert Vandeplancke

Results

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

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
	Malta	3									France	3
	Luxembourg	1				Malta	0							Third place
	Spain	0				France	16									Great Britain	1
	France	4														France	8

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:

• Argentina (7)
• Belgium (9)
• France (9)
• Germany (8)
• Great Britain (9)
• Hungary (7)
• Ireland 7
• Luxembourg (7)
• Malta (9)
• Netherlands (7)
• Spain (7)
• Switzerland (7)
• Czechoslovakia (7)
• United States (9)

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

Final standings

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

References

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