Water Polo
France won its first gold medal in water polo in 1924, in its fourth appearance in Olympic competition in the sport.
- Roster
- R. Bertrand
- Albert Delborgies
- Noël Delberghe
- Robert Desmettre
- Paul Dujardin
- A. Fasani
- Jean Lasquin
- Albert Mayaud
- Henri Padou
- L. Perol
- Georges Rigal
- First round
| France | 3 – 1 | United States | Piscine des Tourelles |
- Quarterfinals
| France | 6 – 3 | Netherlands | Piscine des Tourelles |
- Semifinals
| France | 4 – 2 | Sweden | Piscine des Tourelles |
- Final
| France | 3 – 0 | Belgium | Piscine des Tourelles |
Read more about this topic: France At The 1924 Summer Olympics
Famous quotes containing the word water:
“I think of the nestling fallen into the deep grass,
The turtle gasping in the dusty rubble of the highway,
The paralytic stunned in the tub, and the water rising,—
All things innocent, hapless, forsaken.”
—Theodore Roethke (1908–1963)