Polo at the 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 at the Summer Olympics
IOC Code	POL
Governing body	FIP
Events	1 (men)
Summer Olympics
1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 2028
Medalists

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

Event	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	Years
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
			Gold medalist	Score	Silver medalist		Bronze medalist	Score	Fourth place
1900 Details	Paris		Mixed team (Great Britain and United States)	3-1	Mixed team (Great Britain, United States and France)		Mixed team (Great Britain and France)  Mixed team (United States and Mexico)	Round Robin	—
1908 Details	London		Great Britain	Round Robin	Great Britain Great Britain		—	only 3 teams	—
1920 Details	Antwerp		Great Britain	13-11	Spain		United States	11-3	Belgium
1924 Details	Paris		Argentina	Round Robin	United States		Great Britain	Round Robin	Spain
1936 Details	Berlin		Argentina	11-0	Great Britain		Mexico	16-2	Hungary

Medal table

Sources:^[4]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain (GBR)	2	3	1	6
2	Argentina (ARG)	2	0	0	2
3	Mixed team (ZZX)	1	1	2	4
4	United States (USA)	0	1	1	2
5	Spain (ESP)	0	1	0	1
6	Mexico (MEX)	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		5	6	5	16

Teams by nation

Event	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	Years
Argentina		-		-		-	5			1
Belgium		-		-		4	-			-
France		6		-		-	5			-
Great Britain		7		12		4	4			2
Germany		-		-		-	-			5
Hungary		-		-		-	-			4
Mexico		4		-		-	-			3
Spain		-		-		4	6			-
United States		3		-		4	4			-
Nations	-	4	-	1	-	4	5	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

See also

• List of Olympic venues in discontinued events

References

1. Fetters, Ashley (July 20, 2012). "Lost Sports of the Summer Olympics". The Atlantic. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
2. 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.
3. "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.
4. "Olympic Analytics - Medals by Countries". olympanalyt.com. Retrieved 2022-01-31.