Water polo at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads

The following is the list of squads that took part in the men's water polo tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics.


 * CF=Centre forward
 * CB=Centre back
 * D=Defender
 * GK=Goalkeeper

Argentina
Argentina entered a squad of ten players. They scored six goals but only three scorers are known.

Head coach:

Australia
Australia entered a squad of ten players. They scored two goals but all scorers are unknown.

Head coach:

Austria
Austria entered a squad of eleven players. They scored fourteen goals but all scorers are unknown.

Head coach:

Belgium
Belgium entered an unknown number of players ten of them are known. They scored 27 goals but only two scorers are known.

Head coach:

Brazil
The following players represented Brazil.


 * Claudino Castro
 * Márvio dos Santos
 * Lucio Figueirêdo
 * João Havelange
 * Douglas Lima
 * Henrique Melmann
 * Edson Peri
 * Sérgio Rodrígues
 * Leo Rossi
 * Samuel Schemberg
 * Daniel Sili

Egypt
The following players represented Egypt.


 * Ahmed Fouad Nessim
 * Jack Hakim
 * Samir Gharbo
 * Taha El-Gamal
 * Omar Sabry
 * Abdel Aziz Khalifa
 * Abdel Aziz El-Shafei
 * Dorri Abdel Kader
 * Galal El-Din Abdel Meguid Abou El-Kheir
 * Salah El-Din El-Sahrawi

Germany
The following players represented Germany.


 * Günter Heine
 * Paul Uellendahl
 * Erich Sauermann
 * Wilfried Bode
 * Willi Sturm
 * Heinz Zander
 * Ferdinand Panke
 * Emil Bildstein
 * Philipp Dotzer

Great Britain
The following players represented Great Britain.


 * Ian Johnson
 * Charles Brand
 * Jack Jones
 * Gerry Worsell
 * Ron Turner
 * Terry Miller
 * Jack Fergusson
 * David Murray
 * Stan Hawkins

Hungary
Hungary entered a squad of 13 players. They scored 53 goals.

Head coach:

India
The following players represented India.


 * Birendra Basak
 * David Sopher
 * Kedar Shah
 * Isaac Mansoor
 * Sambhu Saha
 * Sachin Nag
 * Khamlillal Shah
 * Bijoy Barman
 * Jehangir Naegamwalla
 * Ran Chandnani

Italy
Italy entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 43 goals but all scorers are unknown.

Head coach: Giulio De Filippis and Mario Majoni

Mexico
The following players represented Mexico.


 * Juan Trejo
 * Arturo Coste
 * Manuel Castro
 * José Olguín
 * Otilio Olguín
 * Modesto Martínez

Netherlands
The Netherlands entered an unknown number of players only seven of them are known. They scored 43 goals only 38 scorers are unknown.

Head coach: Frans Kuyper

Portugal
Portugal entered a squad of ten players. They scored two goals but both are unknown.

Head coach:

Romania
The following players represented Romania.


 * Zoltan Norman
 * Atila Kelemen
 * Adalbert Iordache
 * Gavrila Törok
 * Zoltan Hospodar
 * Octavian Iosim
 * Francisc Şimon
 * Arcadie Sarcadi

South Africa
The following players represented South Africa.


 * William Aucamp
 * Ron Meredith
 * Gerald Goddard
 * Douglas Melville
 * Johnnie van Gent
 * Des Cohen
 * Solly Yach
 * Dennis Pappas

Soviet Union
The Soviet Union entered a squad of 13 players. They scored 38 goals but only four scorers are known.

Head coach: Vadim Kuznetsov and Ivan Dmitriev

Spain
The following players represented Spain.


 * Leandro Ribera Abad
 * Ricardo Conde
 * Josep Bazán
 * Roberto Queralt
 * Antonio Subirana
 * Agustín Mestres
 * Juan Abellán
 * Francisco Castillo

Sweden
The following players represented Sweden.


 * Rune Källqvist
 * Erik Holm
 * Roland Spångberg
 * Stig Johansson
 * Arne Jutner
 * Hans Hellbrand
 * Åke Julin
 * Bo Larsson

United States
The United States entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 35 goals but only 19 scorers are known.

Head coach: Urho Saari (coach); John Curran (manager)

Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 44 goals but only four scorers are known.

Head coach: