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Water Polo, Men

Date	8 – 15 August 1936
Status	Olympic
Location	Schwimmstadion, Reichssportfeld, Berlin
Participants	142 from 16 countries
Format	Series of round-robin elimination pools, followed by round-robin semi-final pools, and then round-robin final pools.

Hungary was the clear favorite, having won four straight European Championships, the most recent in 1934, and was the defending champion. Their biggest challenge was expected to come from the host Germans, runner-up in 1932, champions in 1928, and silver medalist at the Europeans in 1931 and 1934. The four first round groups were won Hungary, Germany, Austria, and Belgium. In the semi-finals, Hungary won Group A and Germany Group B, as both favorites made it to the final round without losing a game. When the two favorites met it resulted in a 2-2 tie, and the pool ended with both teams winning one other game, losing one other, and carrying over a win from the previous rounds, but Hungary won the gold medal on goal differential. Belgium took bronze, their sixth Olympic medal in the sport, but with no golds. It was also their last Olympic water polo medal, at least through 2008.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC
1	Hungary	HUN	Gold
	János Németh • Olivér Halassy • Márton Homonnai • Miklós Sárkány • György Bródy • Kálmán Hazai • Jenő Brandi • Mihály Bozsi • György Kutasi • Sándor Tarics • István Molnár
2	Germany	GER	Silver
	Paul Klingenburg • Bernhard Baier • Gustav Schürger • Itze Gunst • Josef Hauser • Hans Schneider • Hans Schulze • Fritz Stolze • Heinrich Krug • Alfred Kienzle • Helmut Schwenn
3	Belgium	BEL	Bronze
	Henri Disy • Joseph De Combe • Henri Stoelen • Fernand Isselé • Albert Casteleyns • Gérard Blitz • Pierre Coppieters • Henri De Pauw • Edmond Michiels
4	France	FRA
	Georges Delporte • Paul Lambert • Maurice Lefèbvre • Henri Padou, Sr. • Roger Van de Casteele • André Busch • René Joder
5	Netherlands	NED
	Joop van Woerkom • Soesoe van Oostrom Soede • Ru den Hamer • Gé Regter • Hans Maier • Kees van Aelst • Lex Franken • Herman Veenstra • Jan van Heteren
6	Austria	AUT
	Franz Wenninger • Karl Seitz • Karl Steinbach • Sebastian Ploner • Franz Schönfels • Alfred Lergetporer • Wilhelm Hawlik • Erwin Blasl • Otto Müller • Anton Kunz • Peter Riedl
7	Sweden	SWE
	Åke Nauman • Bertil Berg • Tore Ljungqvist • Gösta Persson • Erik Holm • Georg Svensson • Göte Andersson • Tore Lindzén • Runor Sandström • Sven Pettersson
8	Great Britain	GBR
	Ted Temme • Alfred North • David Grogan • Freddie Milton • Reg Sutton • Bill Martin • Bobby Mitchell • Les Ablett • David McGregor • Ernie Blake • Leslie Palmer
=9	United States	USA
	Herb Wildman • Charley Finn • Harold McCallister • Dixon Fiske • Wally O'Connor • Kenneth Beck • Phil Daubenspeck • Ray Ruddy • Fred Lauer
=9	Yugoslavia	YUG
	Miro Mihovilović • Mirko Tarana • Vinko Cvjetković • Ante Roje • Filip Bonačić • Luka Ciganović • Bogdan Tošović
=9	Czechoslovakia	TCH
	Josef Bušek • Josef Medřický • Kurt Epstein • Konstantin Koutek • Lešek Boubela • Karel Schmuck • Hugo Vondřejc
=9	Switzerland	SUI
	Ferdy Denzler • Benjamin Vessaz • Roger Zirilli • Robert Mermoud • Robert Wyss • Heinz Meier • Werner Kopp • Jean Gysel
=13	Uruguay	URU
	Enrique Pereira • Julio César Costemalle • Maximino García • Francisco Figueroa • Hugo García • Alberto Batignani • José Castro
=13	Malta	MLT
	Jack Frendo Azzopardi • Joseph Demicoli • Alfred Lanzon • Frank Wismayer • Pippo Schembri • Babsie Podestá • Sydney Scott • Wilfred Podestá • Jimmy Chetcuti
=13	Japan	JPN
	Jihei Furusho • Kosei Tano • Shigetaka Katsuhisa • Takimi Wakayama • Yasutaro Sakagami • Torajiro Kataoka • Zenjiro Takahashi • Koichi Wada
=13	Iceland	ISL
	Jón Ingi Guðmundsson • Þórður Guðmundsson • Jónas Halldórsson • Þorsteinn Hjálmarsson • Jón Jónsson • Stefán Jónsson • Magnús Pálsson • Úlfar Þórðarson

Preliminary Round (8 – 10 August 1936)

Group A (8 – 10 August 1936)

Round-robin pool.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points	Goals For	GA
1	Belgium	BEL	2	1	0	5	6	4

2	Netherlands	NED	1	2	0	4	5	4

3	United States	USA	1	0	2	2	7	8

4	Uruguay	URU	0	1	2	1	2	4

Match #1	BEL	1 – 0	URU
Match #2	NED	3 – 2	USA
Match #3	USA	2 – 1	URU
Match #4	BEL	1 – 1	NED
Match #5	NED	1 – 1	URU
Match #6	BEL	4 – 3	USA

Group B (8 – 10 August 1936)

Round-robin pool.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points	Goals For	GA
1	Hungary	HUN	3	0	0	6	26	2

2	Great Britain	GBR	2	0	1	4	13	15

3	Yugoslavia	YUG	1	0	2	2	11	8

4	Malta	MLT	0	0	3	0	2	27

Match #1	GBR	8 – 2	MLT
Match #2	HUN	4 – 1	YUG
Match #3	HUN	12 – 0	MLT
Match #4	GBR	4 – 3	YUG
Match #5	YUG	7 – 0	MLT
Match #6	HUN	10 – 1	GBR

Group C (8 – 10 August 1936)

Round-robin pool.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points	Goals For	GA
1	Germany	GER	3	0	0	6	27	3

2	France	FRA	2	0	1	4	12	10

3	Czechoslovakia	TCH	1	0	2	2	7	12

4	Japan	JPN	0	0	3	0	4	25

Match #1	GER	8 – 1	FRA
Match #2	TCH	4 – 3	JPN
Match #3	FRA	8 – 0	JPN
Match #4	GER	6 – 1	TCH
Match #5	GER	13 – 1	JPN
Match #6	FRA	3 – 2	TCH

Group D (8 – 10 August 1936)

Round-robin pool.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points	Goals For	GA
=1	Austria	AUT	3	0	0	6	17	1

=1	Sweden	SWE	2	0	1	4	18	2

3	Switzerland	SUI	1	0	2	2	7	16

4	Iceland	ISL	0	0	3	0	1	24

Match #1	SUI	7 – 1	ISL
Match #2	AUT	2 – 1	SWE
Match #3	AUT	9 – 0	SUI
Match #4	SWE	11 – 0	ISL
Match #5	SWE	6 – 0	SUI
Match #6	AUT	6 – 0	ISL

Classification Round 5-8 (13 – 14 August 1936)

Classification matches.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points	Goals For	GA
1	Netherlands	NED	2	1	0	5	13	11	1

2	Austria	AUT	1	1	1	3	9	9	2

3	Sweden	SWE	1	0	2	2	8	8	3

4	Great Britain	GBR	0	2	1	2	9	11	4

Match #1	NED	5 – 4	AUT
Match #2	SWE	4 – 2	GBR
Match #3	NED	4 – 3	SWE
Match #4	AUT	3 – 3	GBR

Semi-Finals (11 – 12 August 1936)

Group A (11 – 12 August 1936)

Round-robin pool.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points	Goals For	GA
1	Hungary	HUN	3	0	0	6	21	1	5

2	Belgium	BEL	1	1	1	3	7	5	6

3	Netherlands	NED	0	2	1	2	5	13	7

4	Great Britain	GBR	0	1	2	1	6	20	8

Match #1	GBR	4 – 4	NED
Match #2	HUN	3 – 0	BEL
Match #3	BEL	6 – 1	GBR
Match #4	HUN	8 – 0	NED

Group B (11 – 12 August 1936)

Round-robin pool.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points	Goals For	GA
1	Germany	GER	3	0	0	6	15	3	9

2	France	FRA	2	0	1	4	7	11	10

3	Austria	AUT	1	0	2	2	5	8	11

4	Sweden	SWE	0	0	3	0	3	8	12

Match #1	FRA	2 – 1	SWE
Match #2	GER	3 – 1	AUT
Match #3	FRA	4 – 2	AUT
Match #4	GER	4 – 1	SWE

Final Round (14 – 15 August 1936)

Medal round.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points	Goals For	GA
1	Hungary	HUN	2	1	0	5	10	2	13

2	Germany	GER	2	1	0	5	14	4	14

3	Belgium	BEL	1	0	2	2	4	8	15

4	France	FRA	0	0	3	0	2	16	16

Match #1	BEL	3 – 1	FRA
Match #2	GER	2 – 2	HUN
Match #3	GER	4 – 1	BEL
Match #4	HUN	5 – 0	FRA