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The following is the list of squads that took part in the men's water polo tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[1]
- CF=Centre forward
- CB=Centre back
- D=Defender
- GK=Goalkeeper
Argentina entered a squad of ten players. They scored six goals but only three scorers are known.[2]
Head coach:
| No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osvaldo Codaro | 9 December 1930 | 21 | ? | 3 | ? | |||
| GK | Luis Díez | 2 November 1923 | 28 | ? | 3 | ? | ||
| Luis González | ? | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Rubén Maidana | ? | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Roberto Marino | ? | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Luis Normandín | 19 September 1932 | 19 | ? | 3 | ? | |||
| Mario Sebastián | 7 May 1926 | 26 | ? | 3 | 3 | |||
| Ladislao Szabo | 11 April 1923 | 29 | ? | 3 | ? | |||
| Carlos Visentín | 28 November 1918 | 33 | ? | 3 | ? | |||
| Marcelo Visentín | 30 May 1914 | 38 | ? | 3 | ? |
Australia entered a squad of ten players. They scored two goals but all scorers are unknown.[3]
Head coach:
| No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Bennett | 11 July 1926 | 26 | ? |  Dolfish Swimming Team Paramaribo | 2 | ? | ||
| Anthony Fenech | ? | 0 | 0 | |||||
| John Foster | 11 May 1931 | 21 | ? | 2 | ? | |||
| Malcolm Hastie | 29 February 1929 | 23 | ? |  Victoria | 2 | ? | ||
| Frank Jordan | 19 August 1932 | 19 | ? | 2 | ? | |||
| GK | Doug Laing | 19 March 1931 | 21 | ? | 2 | ? | ||
| James O'Doherty | ? | 0 | 0 | |||||
| William Orchard | 31 October 1929 | 22 | ? | 2 | ? | |||
| Raymond Smee | 25 October 1930 | 21 | ? | 2 | ? | |||
| Keith Whitehead | 9 September 1931 | 20 | ? | 0 | 0 |
Austria entered a squad of eleven players. They scored fourteen goals but all scorers are unknown.[4]
Head coach:
| No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erich Bohuslav | 28 April 1927 | 25 | ? |  Schwimm-Union Wien | 5 | ? | ||
| Julius Depaoli | 29 March 1923 | 29 | ? | Schwimm-Union Wien | 5 | ? | ||
| Ernst Endl | 25 December 1929 | 22 | ? | 3 | ? | |||
| Anton Kunz | 9 January 1915 | 37 | ? | 1 | ? | |||
| Heinrich Krumpfholz | 19 March 1925 | 27 | ? | Schwimm-Union Wien | 3 | ? | ||
| Johann Liebenberger | 27 October 1930 | 21 | ? | 5 | ? | |||
| GK | Johann Reichel | 20 July 1922 | 30 | ? | 5 | ? | ||
| Peter Steinwender | 2 November 1928 | 23 | ? | Schwimm-Union Wien | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rudolf Styskalik | 18 May 1929 | 23 | ? | Schwimm-Union Wien | 4 | ? | ||
| Hellmut Theimer | 15 February 1928 | 22 | ? | 2 | ? | |||
| Franz Zigon | 9 March 1924 | 28 | ? | 2 | ? |
Belgium entered an unknown number of players ten of them are known. They scored 27 goals but only two scorers are known.[5]
Head coach:
| No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Théo-Léo de Smet | 9 November 1917 | 34 | ? | 7 | ? | ||
| Marcel Heyninck | 9 March 1931 | 21 | ? | 8 | 1 | |||
| André Laurent | 14 February 1931 | 21 | ? | 8 | ? | |||
| Georges Leenheere | 21 November 1919 | 32 | ? | 2 | ? | |||
| GK | François Maesschalck | 19 October 1921 | 30 | ? | 1 | ? | ||
| Alphonse Martin | 18 April 1930 | 22 | ? | 8 | ? | |||
| Joseph Reynders | 16 December 1929 | 22 | ? | 1 | ? | |||
| Roland Sierens | 15 July 1925 | 27 | ? | 6 | ? | |||
| Jozef Smits | 28 March 1930 | 22 | ? | 7 | ? | |||
| Johan Van Den Steen | 8 January 1929 | 23 | ? | 8 | 1 |
The following players represented Brazil.[6]
The following players represented Egypt.[7]
The following players represented Germany.[8]
The following players represented Great Britain.[9]
Hungary entered a squad of 13 players. They scored 53 goals.[10]
Head coach:
| No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Róbert Antal | 21 July 1921 | 31 | ? |  Budapesti Bástya | 2 | 0 | |
| Antal Bolvári | 6 May 1932 | 20 | ? | Budapesti Honvéd Sportegyesület | 6 | 1 | ||
| Dezső Fábián | 17 December 1918 | 33 | ? | Budapesti Kinizsi | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dezső Gyarmati | 23 October 1927 | 24 | ? | Budapesti Dózsa | 8 | 7 | ||
| István Hasznos | 8 December 1924 | 27 | ? | Szolnoki Dózsa | 2 | 7 | ||
| GK | László Jeney | 30 May 1923 | 29 | ? | Budapesti Vasas Sport Club | 6 | 0 | |
| György Kárpáti | 23 June 1935 | 17 | ? | Budapesti Kinizsi | 5 | 4 | ||
| Dezső Lemhényi | 9 December 1917 | 34 | ? | Budapesti Dózsa | 2 | 5 | ||
| Kálmán Markovits | 26 August 1931 | 20 | ? | Budapesti Vasas Sport Club | 6 | 3 | ||
| Miklós Martin | 29 June 1931 | 21 | ? | Újpesti Dózsa Sportegyesület | 2 | 5 | ||
| Károly Szittya | 18 June 1918 | 34 | ? | Ferencvárosi Torna Club | 3 | 5 | ||
| István Szivós | 20 August 1920 | 31 | ? | Budapesti Vasas Sport Club | 6 | 16 | ||
| György Vizvári | 18 December 1928 | 23 | ? | Budapesti Dózsa | 7 | 0 |
The following players represented India.[11]
Italy entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 43 goals but all scorers are unknown.[12]
Head coach: Giulio De Filippis and Mario Majoni
| No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gildo Arena | 25 February 1921 | 31 | ? |  Canottieri Napoli | 8 | ? | ||
| Lucio Ceccarini | 13 December 1930 | 21 | ? | S.S. Lazio Nuoto | 1 | ? | ||
| Renato De Sanzuane | 5 March 1925 | 27 | ? | Rari Nantes Camogli | 7 | ? | ||
| GK | Raffaello Gambino | 28 April 1928 | 24 | ? | S.S. Lazio Nuoto | 7 | ? | |
| Salvatore Gionta | 22 December 1930 | 21 | ? | S.S. Lazio Nuoto | 2 | ? | ||
| Maurizio Mannelli | 1 January 1930 | 22 | ? | Circolo Canottieri Napoli | 8 | ? | ||
| Geminio Ognio | 13 December 1917 | 34 | ? | S.S. Lazio Nuoto | 4 | ? | ||
| Carlo Peretti | 5 March 1930 | 22 | ? | Rari Nantes Florentia | 5 | ? | ||
| Enzo Polito | 29 October 1926 | 25 | ? | Circolo Canottieri Napoli | 6 | ? | ||
| Cesare Rubini | 2 November 1923 | 28 | ? | Rari Nantes Camogli | 7 | ? | ||
| GK | Renato Traiola | 19 December 1924 | 27 | ? | Circolo Canottieri Napoli | 1 | ? |
The following players represented Mexico.[13]
The Netherlands entered an unknown number of players only seven of them are known. They scored 43 goals only 38 scorers are unknown.[14]
Head coach: Frans Kuyper
| No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerrit Bijlsma | 17 November 1929 | 22 | ? |  't IJ Amsterdam | 9 | 3 | ||
| Cor Braasem | 15 May 1923 | 29 | ? | Neptunus Arnhem | 9 | 5 | ||
| Joop Cabout | 28 October 1927 | 24 | ? | HZC De Robben | 9 | 1 | ||
| Rudy van Feggelen | 14 April 1924 | 28 | ? | Haagse Zwem- en Polo Club | 9 | 18 | ||
| GK | Max van Gelder | 20 October 1924 | 27 | ? | Haagse Zwem- en Polo Club | 9 | ? | |
| Nijs Korevaar | 31 December 1927 | 24 | ? | Zwemvereniging De Maas Rotterdam | 9 | 3 | ||
| Frits Smol | 6 July 1924 | 28 | ? | Haagse Zwem- en Polo Club | 9 | 8 |
Portugal entered a squad of ten players. They scored two goals but both are unknown.[15]
Head coach:
| No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francisco Alves | 24 May 1923 | 29 | ? |  Sport Algés e Dafundo | 2 | ? | ||
| Eduardo Barbeiro | 11 January 1932 | 20 | ? | Sport Algés e Dafundo | 2 | ? | ||
| Óscar Cabral | 18 November 1921 | 30 | ? | Sport Algés e Dafundo | 1 | ? | ||
| José Manuel Correia | 26 July 1925 | 26 | ? | Sport Algés e Dafundo | 1 | ? | ||
| GK | Máximo Couto | 14 September 1923 | 28 | ? | Sport Algés e Dafundo | 2 | ? | |
| João Franco do Vale | 13 July 1930 | 22 | ? | Sport Algés e Dafundo | 2 | ? | ||
| Rodrigo Basto Junior | 29 March 1919 | 33 | ? | Sport Algés e Dafundo | 1 | ? | ||
| Fernando Madeira | 12 May 1932 | 20 | ? | Sport Algés e Dafundo | 1 | ? | ||
| Armando Moutinho | 4 January 1915 | 37 | ? | Sport Algés e Dafundo | 2 | ? |
The following players represented Romania.[16]
The following players represented South Africa.[17]
The Soviet Union entered a squad of 13 players. They scored 38 goals but only four scorers are known.[18]
Head coach: Vadim Kuznetsov and Ivan Dmitriev
| No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vadim Bubok | 1926 | ? |  ? Leningrad | 0 | 0 | |||
| GK | Boris Goykhman | 28 April 1919 | 33 | ? | VVS MVO Moscow | 9 | ? | |
| Lev Kokorin | 1918 | ? | VMS Leningrad | 5 | ? | |||
| GK | Igor Libel | 1914 | ? | VMS Leningrad | 0 | 0 | ||
| Aleksandr Liferenko | 1930 | ? | CDSA Moscow | 8 | ? | |||
| P'et're Mshveniyeradze | 24 March 1929 | 23 | ? | VVS MVO Moscow | 9 | 1 | ||
| Valentin Prokopov | 10 June 1929 | 23 | ? | CDSA Moscow | 9 | 2 | ||
| Nikolay Prostyakov | ? | VVS MVO Moscow | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Yevgeny Semyonov | 1920 | ? | VVS MVO Moscow | 9 | ? | |||
| Yury Shlyapin | 11 February 1932 | 20 | ? | Dinamo Moscow | 5 | ? | ||
| Yury Teplov | 1931 | ? | Torpedo Moscow | 6 | ? | |||
| Vitaly Ushakov | 1920 | ? | Torpedo Moscow | 1 | ? | |||
| Anatoly Yegorov | 1922 | ? | VVS MVO Moscow | 2 | 1 |
The following players represented Spain.[19]
The following players represented Sweden.[20]
The United States entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 35 goals but only 19 scorers are known.[21]
Head coach: Urho Saari (coach); John Curran (manager)
| No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Harry Bisbey | 10 May 1931 | 21 | ? |  U.S. Coast Guard | 9 | ? | |
| Marvin Burns | 6 July 1928 | 24 | ? | Lynwood Swim Club | 5 | 1 | ||
| Norman Dornblaser | 4 November 1933 | 18 | ? | El Segundo Swim Club | 7 | 1 | ||
| Robert Hughes | 15 December 1930 | 21 | ? | University of Southern California | 9 | 6 | ||
| Edward Jaworski | 11 March 1926 | 26 | ? | New York Athletic Club | 8 | ? | ||
| Robert Koehler | ? | 0 | 0 | |||||
| William Kooistra | 26 August 1926 | 25 | ? | Illinois Athletic Club | 7 | 7 | ||
| Norman Lake | 8 December 1932 | 19 | ? | El Segundo Swim Club | 2 | ? | ||
| James Norris | 7 July 1930 | 22 | ? | El Segundo Swim Club | 8 | ? | ||
| John Spargo | 3 June 1931 | 21 | ? | U.S. Air Force | 5 | 4 | ||
| Peter Stange | 28 February 1931 | 21 | ? | El Segundo Swim Club | 3 | ? |
Yugoslavia entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 44 goals but only four scorers are known.[22]
Head coach:
| No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juraj Amšel | 1924 | ? |  HAVK Mladost | 0 | 0 | |||
| Veljko Bakašun | 14 June 1920 | 32 | ? | Jadran Split | 6 | ? | ||
| Marko Brainović | 17 July 1920 | 32 | ? | Jadran Split | 3 | ? | ||
| Vladimir Ivković | 25 July 1929 | 23 | ? | VK Jug Dubrovnik | 9 | ? | ||
| Zdravko Ježić | 17 August 1931 | 20 | ? | HAVK Mladost | 2 | ? | ||
| GK | Zdravko-Ćiro Kovačić | 6 July 1925 | 27 | ? | Primorj Rijeka | 9 | ? | |
| Ivo Kurtini | 23 June 1922 | 30 | ? | Primorj Rijeka | 9 | 4 | ||
| Lovro Radonjić | 26 November 1925 | 26 | ? | Mornar Split | 9 | ? | ||
| Dragoslav D. Šiljak | 1933 | 19 | ? | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ivo Štakula | 25 February 1923 | 29 | ? | VK Jug Dubrovnik | 9 | ? | ||
| Boško Vuksanović | 4 January 1928 | 24 | ? | VK Partizan | 6 | ? |
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