Event: | Men's water polo |
Games: | 1904 Summer |
Venue: | U.S. Life Saving Exhibit Lake |
Date: | September 5 (semifinal) September 6 (final) |
Competitors: | 21 |
Nations: | 1 |
Longnames: | yes |
Gold: | New York Athletic Club |
Goldnoc: | USA |
Silver: | Chicago Athletic Association |
Silvernoc: | USA |
Bronze: | Missouri Athletic Club |
Bronzenoc: | USA |
Prev: | 1900 |
Next: | 1908 |
At the 1904 Summer Olympics, a water polo tournament was contested, with three club teams of seven players each.[1] A German team tried to enter, but its entry was refused because their players did not play for the same club.[2]
The event took place in a pond in Forest Park, the location of both the Olympics and the World's Fair.[3] Four of the Olympians died of typhus soon after the competition, possibly from a common outbreak of that disease.[2]
Previously, the International Olympic Committee and International Swimming Federation (FINA) considered the water polo event at the 1904 Olympics as a demonstration sport.[1] However, in July 2021, after accepting the recommendation of Olympic historian Bill Mallon, the IOC recognized water polo along with several others as an official sport of the 1904 Olympic program.[4]