1912 Olympic Games Official Report Part 2

Table showing the Results of the Olympic Water PoloCompetition.Great BritainBelgiumSwedenFranceGreat BritainSwedenGreat BritainGreat Britain1:st Prize.AustriaHungaryBelgiumHungaryAustriaBelgiumFranceSwedenAustriaBelgiumAustriaISwedenBelgiumSwedenBelgium2:nd Prize.3:rd Prize.Table showing the number of matches played and goals made in theWater Polo Competitions of the Fifth Olympiad.NationDifferencebetween nr.of goalswon andlost.PrizePointsGreat BritainSwedenBelgiumAustriaHungaryFranceTotalConcluding Words.The Swimming Competitions of the Fifth Olympiad were the greatesthitherto held anywhere in the world. Never before have so manyfine swimmers from so many nations been gathered together to competeagainst each other, and the result showed an enormous increasein interest, and results obtained, in the art of swimming. Therewas not a race but gave a new Olympic record, and in swimming,free style, the world’s records for all distances were broken. Moreneed not be said to characterize the competitions, while, to the swimmingexpert, the two phenomenal racing champions, Kahanamoku andHodgson, presented most interesting studies. By means of its excellentrepresentatives -in breast stroke and back stroke, Germany succeededin obtaining first place in the races, but in the free styles the Anglo-Saxon races were pre-eminent, and thanks, to the results of the Ladies’races, Australasia and Great Britain come first here, with the U. S. A.and Canada as their nearest rivals.In the diving competitions the struggle took place chiefly betweenSweden and Germany, with Great Britain and the U. S. A. next to748