Polo at the Summer Olympics
| Polo at the Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC Code | POL |
| Governing body | FIP |
| Events | 1 (men) |
| Summer Olympics | |
Polo was introduced in the Summer Olympics at the 1900 Games. It was contested in another four Olympics before being removed from the official programme after the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Polo declined in relative popularity around the time of World War II due at least in part to the logistical and financial difficulties of competing in the sport.[1] In 1996, the International Olympic Committee voted to classify polo as a recognized sport.[2]
Polo was accepted as a demonstration sport for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.[3]
Events
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| Men's tournament | X | X | X | X | X | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Events | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Year | 96 | 00 | 04 | 08 | 12 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 48 | 52 | 56 | 60 | 64 | 68 | 72 | 76 | 80 | 84 | 88 | 92 | 96 | 00 | 04 | 08 | 5 |
Tournaments
| Year | Host | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game | ||||||
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| Gold medalist | Score | Silver medalist | Bronze medalist | Score | Fourth place | ||||
| 1900 Details |
 Paris |
 Great Britain (Foxhunters Hurlingham) |
3–1 | Great Britain (BLO Polo Club Rugby) |
France (Bagatelle Polo Club de Paris)  Mixed team(United States and Mexico) |
Round Robin | — | ||
| 1908 Details |
London |
Great Britain (Roehampton) |
two matches | Great Britain (Hurlingham) Great Britain (Ireland) |
— | only 3 teams | — | ||
| 1920 Details |
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Great Britain |
13–11 | .svg.png){kind=small} Spain |
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11–3 | Belgium | ||
| 1924 Details |
Paris |
 Argentina |
Round Robin | United States |
Great Britain |
Round Robin | Spain | ||
| 1936 Details |
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Argentina |
11–0 | Great Britain |
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16–2 | .svg.png){kind=small} Hungary | ||
Medal table
Sources:[4]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Great Britain | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 | Argentina | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 |  United States | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 |  Spain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Mexico | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mixed team | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (7 entries) | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 | |
Players per nation
| Year | 1896 | 1900 | 1904 | 1908 | 1912 | 1920 | 1924 | 1928 | 1932 | 1936 |
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| Argentina | - | - | - | 5 | 4 | |||||
| Belgium | - | - | 4 | - | - | |||||
| France | 6 | - | - | 5 | - | |||||
| Great Britain | 7 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |||||
 Germany | - | - | - | - | 4 | |||||
 Hungary | - | - | - | - | 5 | |||||
| Mexico | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | |||||
| Spain | - | - | 4 | 6 | - | |||||
| United States | 3 | - | 4 | 4 | - | |||||
| Number of nations | - | 4 | - | 1 | - | 4 | 5 | - | - | 5 |
Medalists
Among the contestants were 87 men from nine countries. The youngest participant was 21-year-old Roberto Cavanagh from Argentina, while the oldest was 52-year-old Justo San Miguel of Spain. The top country medal winner was Great Britain with six medals. No equestrian had more than two medals, but four riders, all from Great Britain, won two medals each.[5][6] In 1900, at the first appearance of the sport, all medals went to "mixed teams",[7] while in the second appearance at the 1908 Games, all medals went to British teams.[8]
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See also
References
- ↑ Fetters, Ashley (July 20, 2012). "Lost Sports of the Summer Olympics". The Atlantic. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ↑ Austen, Catherine (June 14, 2013). "Polo: Campaigners push for Olympic inclusion". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 2022-12-11. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ↑ "Polo en los Juegos Olímpicos de la Juventud 2018". Asociación Argentina de Polo. 18 July 2017. Archived from the original on 15 March 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
- ↑ "Olympic Analytics - Medals by Countries". olympanalyt.com. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
- ↑ Kubatko, Justin. "Polo". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved February 13, 2010.
- ↑ Bryant, Jennifer O. (2000). Olympic Equestrian: The Sports and the Stories from Stockholm to Sydney. Canada: The Blood-Horse, Inc. pp. 24–25. ISBN 1-58150-044-0.
- ↑ "Paris 1900 Polo Men Results". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
- ↑ Kubatko, Justin. "Polo Men's Polo Medalists". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved February 13, 2010.
- General
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved February 13, 2010.
- Kubatko, Justin. "Polo". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved February 13, 2010.
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