# Water polo at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Final results for the water polo tournament at the 1924 Summer Olympics. All medals were decided by using the Bergvall system.

## Medal summary

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| France (FRA) Albert Delborgies Noël Delberghe Robert Desmettre Paul Dujardin Albert Mayaud Henri Padou Georges RigalR. Bertrand A. Fasani Jean Lasquin L. Perol | Belgium (BEL) Gérard Blitz Maurice Blitz Joseph Cludts Joseph de Combe Pierre Dewin Albert Durant Georges Fleurix Paul Gailly Joseph Pletinckx Jules Thiry Jean-Pierre Vermetten | United States (USA) Arthur Austin Oliver Horn Fred Lauer George Mitchell John Norton Wally O'Connor George Schroth Herb Vollmer Johnny WeissmullerElmer Collett Jam Handy |
Note: The players above the line played at least one game in this tournament, the players below the line were reserve players and did not compete in this tournament. Nevertheless the International Olympic Committee medal database exclusively credits them all as medalists. However the official report did not even count them as competitors.

## Results

| First Round | First Round | First Round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final | Final |
| France | France | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| United States | United States | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| United States | United States | 1 | France | France | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Netherlands | Netherlands | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Netherlands | Netherlands | 7 | Netherlands | Netherlands | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Switzerland | Switzerland | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Switzerland | Switzerland | 0 | | | | France | France | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Sweden | Sweden | 2 | | | | |
| Sweden | Sweden | 7 | | | | | | | Sweden | Sweden | 2 | | | | |
| Italy | Italy | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Italy | Italy | 0 | Sweden | Sweden | 9 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Spain | Spain | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Spain | Spain | | Spain | Spain | 0 | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | | | France | France | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Belgium | Belgium | 0 |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | | | | | | Belgium | Belgium | 0 |
| Belgium | Belgium | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Belgium | Belgium | | Belgium | Belgium | 7 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Hungary | Hungary | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Hungary | Hungary | 7 | Hungary | Hungary | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Great Britain | Great Britain | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Great Britain | Great Britain | 6 | | | | Belgium | Belgium | 5 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovakia | 1 | | | | |
| Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovakia | 6 | | | | | | | Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovakia | 1 | | | | |
| Greece | Greece | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Greece | Greece | 1 | Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovakia | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Ireland | Ireland | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Ireland | Ireland | | Ireland | Ireland | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Austria | Austria | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Silver medal tournament

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Silver Medal Final | Silver Medal Final | Silver Medal Final |
| United States | United States | 4 | | | |
| Netherlands | Netherlands | 2 | | | |
| Netherlands | Netherlands | 2 | United States | United States | 1 |
| | | | Belgium | Belgium | 2 |
| Sweden | Sweden | 3 | Belgium | Belgium | 2 |
| Belgium | Belgium | 4 | | | |

### Bronze medal tournament

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Bronze Medal Final | Bronze Medal Final | Bronze Medal Final |
| Hungary | Hungary | 7 | | | | | | |
| Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovakia | 0 | Hungary | Hungary | 1 | | | |
| | | | Sweden | Sweden | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | | Sweden | Sweden | 2 |
| | | | | | | United States | United States | 3 |
| | | | United States | United States | | | | |

## Participating nations

Each country was allowed to enter a team of 11 players and they all were eligible for participation. Austria withdrew without playing a match. A total of 101 water polo players from 13 nations competed at the Paris Games:
* Belgium (11)
* Czechoslovakia (9)
* France (7)
* Great Britain (7)
* Greece (7)
* Hungary (8)
* Ireland (7)
* Italy (7)
* Netherlands (7)
* Spain (7)
* Sweden (8)
* Switzerland (7)
* United States (9)

## Summary

| Place | Nation |
| 1 | France (FRA) Albert Delborgies Noël Delberghe Robert Desmettre Paul Dujardin Albert Mayaud Henri Padou Georges RigalR. Bertrand A. Fasani Jean Lasquin L. Perol |
| 2 | Belgium (BEL) Gérard Blitz Maurice Blitz Joseph Cludts Joseph de Combe Pierre Dewin Albert Durant Georges Fleurix Paul Gailly Joseph Pletinckx Jules Thiry Jean-Pierre Vermetten |
| 3 | United States (USA) Arthur Austin Oliver Horn Fred Lauer George Mitchell John Norton Wally O'Connor George Schroth Herb Vollmer Johnny WeissmullerElmer Collett Jam HandyCoach: Otto Wahle |
| 4 | Sweden (SWE)Cletus Andersson (SK Neptun) Erik Andersson (Stockholms KK) Vilhelm Andersson (SK Neptun) Nils Backlund (SK Neptun) Theodor Nauman (Stockholms KK) Martin Norberg (Stockholms KK) Gösta Persson (Stockholms KK) Hilmar Wictorin (SK Neptun)S. Friberg Erik Skoglund Nils Skoglund |
| 5 | Hungary (HUN)István Barta (III. ker TVE) Tibor Fazekas (FTC) Lajos Homonnai (III. ker TVE) Márton Homonnai (III. ker TVE) Alajos Keserű (FTC) Ferenc Keserű (III. ker TVE) József Vértesy (FTC) János Wenk (FTC)A. Ivády F. Kann B. Nagy |
| 6 | Czechoslovakia (TCH)Ladislav Ankert Frantšek Franěk Jan Hora Hugo Klempfner František Kůrka Vojtech Neményi Jiří Reitman Josef Tomášek Frantšek VacínFrantišek Cerník J. Humelhans |
| 7 | Netherlands (NED)Gé Bohlander Willy Bohlander Willem Bokhoven Jan den Boer Sjaak Köhler Karel Struijs Han van SenusA. Goedings Abraham van Olst Pieter van Senus R. van Senus |
| 8 | Great Britain (GBR)Harold Annison John Budd Charles Bugbee Richard Hodgson Arthur Hunt Paul Radmilovic Charles Sydney SmithD. Edward R. Haston William Peacock |
| 9 | Ireland (IRL)Stewart Barrett James Beckett James S. Brady Pat Convery Charles Fagan Michael A. O'Connor Noel M.J. PurcellWilliam J. Fagan Norman N. Judd Joseph O'Connor |
| 10 | Spain (ESP)Manuel Basté Jaime Cruells José Fontanet Francisco Gibert Luis Gibert Enrique Granados Gal José María PuigA. Bretos J. Trigo Mariano Trigo Alfonso Tusell Alonso |
| 11 | Italy (ITA)Tito Ambrosini (Doria) Mario Balla (Doria) Arnoldo Berruti (Sturla) Mario Cazzaniga (R.N. Milano) Eugenio Della Casa (Doria) Achille Gavoglio (Doria) Giuseppe Valle (Sturla)Ottone Andreancich (R.N. Milano) Gian Battista Benvenuto Emilio Gavoglio Carmine De Luca (138ª Legione) |
| 12 | Switzerland (SUI)Charles Biefer Henri Demiéville Robert Girod Charles Kopp Albert Mondet Fernand Moret Robert WyssArmand Boppart P. Renevier H. Rich René Ricolfi-Doria |
| 13 | Greece (GRE)Anastasios Theodorakis Andreas Asimakopoulos Nikolaos Baltatzis-Mavrokordatos Georgios Khalkiopoulos Nikolaos Kaloudis Pantelis Psychas Dionysios VasilopoulosChristos Peppas E. Vlassis C. Vourvoulis |