List of Olympic champions in polo

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Olympic polo competitions pictogram

The list of Olympic champions in polo lists all medal winners from competitions in polo at the Summer Olympics . Between 1900 and 1936, polo was represented as an Olympic sport five times .

List of medal winners

Olympic games gold silver bronze
1900 (II) Mixed teamMixed team Mixed team
(Foxhunters Hurlingham)
United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland John George Beresford Denis Daly Foxhall Keene Frank Mackey Alfred Rawlinson
United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
United States 45United States
United States 45United States
United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Mixed teamMixed team Mixed team
(BLO Polo Club Rugby)
United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Walter Buckmaster Frederick Freake Jean De Madre Walter McCreery
United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
FranceFrance
United States 45United States
0
Mixed teamMixed team Mixed team
(Bagatelle Polo Club de Paris)
FranceFrance Robert Fournier-Sarlovèze Frederick Gill Maurice Raoul-Duval Édouard de Rothschild
United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
FranceFrance
FranceFrance
Mixed teamMixed team Mixed team
(Mexico)
Mexico 1893Mexico Eustaquio Escandón Manuel Escandón Pablo Escandón William Wright
Mexico 1893Mexico
Mexico 1893Mexico
United States 45United States
1904 (III) not an Olympic sport
1908 (IV) United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland United Kingdom
(Roehampton Club)
Charles Miller
George Miller
Patteson Nickalls
Herbert Wilson
United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland United Kingdom
(Hurlingham Club)
Walter Buckmaster
Frederick Freake
Walter Jones
John Wodehouse
-
United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland United Kingdom
(Ireland)
Hardress Lloyd
John McCann
Auston Rotheram
Percy O'Reilly
1912 (V) not an Olympic sport
1916 (VI) Olympic Games canceled (First World War)
1920 (VII) United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland United Kingdom
Frederick W. Barrett
Vivian Lockett
Tim Melvill
John Wodehouse
0
Spain 1875Spain Spain
Álvaro de Figueroa
José de Figueroa
Hernando Fitz-James Stuart y Falcó
Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart y Falcó
Leopoldo Saínz de la Maza
United States 48United States United States
Terry Allen
Arthur Harris
Nelson Margetts
Jack Montgomery
0
1924 (VIII) ArgentinaArgentina Argentina
Guillermo Brooke-Naylor
Arturo Kenny
Juan Miles
Jack Nelson
Enrique Padilla
United States 48United States United States
Elmer Boeseke
Tommy Hitchcock
Fred Roe
Rod Wanamaker
0
United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland United Kingdom
Frederick W. Barrett
Denis Bingham
Frederick Guest
Percival Wise
0
1928 (IX) not an Olympic sport
1932 (X) not an Olympic sport
1936 (XI) ArgentinaArgentina Argentina
Manuel Andrada
Roberto Cavanagh
Luis Duggan
Andrés Gazzotti
United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
David Dawnay
Bryan Fowler
Humphrey Guinness
William Hinde
Mexico 1934Mexico Mexico
Juan García
Julio Müller
Antonio Nava
Alberto Ramos

Leaderboards

Multiple medalists

rank Surname nation gold silver bronze
1. John Wodehouse United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland United Kingdom 1920 1908
2. Frederick W. Barrett United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland United Kingdom 1920 1924
3. Walter Buckmaster Mixed teamMixed team Mixed team
( United Kingdom ) United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 
1900, 1908 
3. Frederick Freake Mixed teamMixed team Mixed team
( United Kingdom ) United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 
1900, 1908 

Nations ranking

rank nation gold silver bronze total
1. United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland United Kingdom (1900–1924) United Kingdom (1936)
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
2 3 1 6th
2. ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 2 0 0 2
3. Mixed teamMixed team Mixed team 1 1 2 4th
4th United States 48United States United States 0 1 1 2
5. Spain 1875Spain Spain 0 1 0 1
6th Mexico 1934Mexico Mexico 0 0 1 1

Web links

  • Polo on Sports-Reference.com (English)