Water polo at the 1924 Summer Olympics
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Final results for the water polo tournament at the 1924 Summer Olympics.[1] All medals were decided by using the Bergvall system.[2]
VenueParis
Dates13–20 July
Competitors101 from 13 nations
| Men's water polo at the Games of the VIII Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Paris | |||||||||
| Dates | 13–20 July | |||||||||
| Competitors | 101 from 13 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Medal summary
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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
 France
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
 United States
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| France
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Netherlands
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands
| 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Switzerland
| 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| France
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Sweden
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sweden
| 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Italy
| 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sweden
| 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Spain
| 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Spain
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| bye | |||||||||||||||||||
France 
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Belgium
| 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||||||||
| Belgium
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| Belgium
| 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Hungary
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hungary
| 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Great Britain
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Belgium
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Czechoslovakia
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Greece
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Ireland
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ireland
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 Austria [3]
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Silver medal tournament
| Semifinals | Silver Medal Final | ||||||||
| United States
| 4 | ||||||||
| Netherlands
| 2 | ||||||||
| United States
| 1 | ||||||||
Belgium 
| 2[4] | ||||||||
| Sweden
| 3 | ||||||||
| Belgium
| 4 | ||||||||
Bronze medal tournament
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Bronze Medal Final | ||||||||||||
| Hungary
| 7 | |||||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia
| 0 | Hungary
| 1 | |||||||||||
| Sweden
| 4 | |||||||||||||
| Sweden
| 2 | |||||||||||||
United States 
| 3 | |||||||||||||
| United States[5]
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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)
