Water polo at the 1932 Summer Olympics
Final results for the water polo tournament at the 1932 Summer Olympics:[1][2]
| Men's water polo at the Games of the X Olympiad | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venue | Los Angeles | |||||||||
| Dates | 4–13 August | |||||||||
| Competitors | 41 from 5 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
| ||||||||||
Medal summary
Results
- 6 August
| Hungary | 6 – 2 | Germany |
- 7 August
| United States | 10 – 0 | Japan |
- 8 August
| Hungary | 18 – 0[3] | Japan |
- 9 August
| United States | 4 – 4 | Germany |
- 11 August
| Hungary | 7 – 0 | United States |
- 12 August
| Germany | 10 – 0 | Japan |
Final standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | HUN | GER | USA | JPN | BRA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary (HUN) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 2 | +29 | 6 | 6–2 | 7–0 | 18–0 | n/p | |||
| Germany (GER) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 3 | 2–6 | 4–4 | 10–0 | ||||
| United States (USA) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 3 | 0–7 | 4–4 | 10–0 | ||||
| 4 | Japan (JPN) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 38 | −38 | 0 | 0–18 | 0–10 | 0–10 | n/p | ||
| DSQ | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0[lower-alpha 1] | n/p | n/p |
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Notes:
Notes:
- Brazil were ejected from the competition after their players assaulted referee Bela Komjadi and other officials following the end of their match against Germany, resulting in the entire team being arrested. Their two matches were annulled.[4]
Participating nations
Each country was allowed to enter a team of 11 players and all were eligible for participation.
A total of 41(*) water polo players from five nations competed at the Los Angeles Games:
- Brazil (8)
- Germany (8)
- Hungary (10)
- Japan (8)
- United States (7)
(*) NOTE: Only those players are counted, who participated in one game at least.
Not all reserve players are known.
Summary
References
- "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- "Water Polo at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
- 17-0 in the 1932 Official book, but 18-0 in 1932 newspapers which gave the goalscorers
- Encyclopedia of the Modern Olympic Movement, John E. Findling, Kimberly D. Pelle, Greenwood Publishing group, 2004
Sources
- PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library:
- Official Report of the 1932 Olympic Games (download, archive) (pp. 619–623, 646–652)
- Water polo on the Olympedia website
- Water polo on the Sports Reference website
- Water polo at the 1932 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
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