{ "id": "epahkt30xa", "slug": "karl-bahre", "title": "Karl Bahre", "updated": "2026-10-25", "topic_path": [ { "id": "play", "label": "Sports, games, and recreation", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/play" }, { "id": "play.team", "label": "Other team and ball sports", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/play.team" }, { "id": "play.team.hockey", "label": "Hockey and remaining team sports", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/play.team.hockey" }, { "id": "play.team.hockey.water-polo-players-and-coaches", "label": "Water polo players and coaches", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/play.team.hockey.water-polo-players-and-coaches" } ], "geo": [ { "id": "geo.weu.t1800.play.team.hockey", "label": "Western Europe · 1800 to 1945: Hockey and remaining team sports", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t1800.play.team.hockey", "path": [ { "id": "geo.weu", "label": "Western Europe", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu" }, { "id": "geo.weu.t1800", "label": "Western Europe · 1800 to 1945", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t1800" }, { "id": "geo.weu.t1800.play", "label": "Sports, games, and recreation", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t1800.play" }, { "id": "geo.weu.t1800.play.team", "label": "Other team and ball sports", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t1800.play.team" }, { "id": "geo.weu.t1800.play.team.hockey", "label": "Hockey and remaining team sports", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t1800.play.team.hockey" } ] } ], "excerpt": "Karl Bähre (Karl Bahre), German water polo player (1899-1960) of Wasserfreunde 98 Hannover; won gold with Germany at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics, leading German scorer, 33 internationals, four German titles.", "snippet": "Karl Bähre (Karl Bahre), German water polo player (1899-1960) of Wasserfreunde 98 Hannover; won gold with Germany at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics, leading German scorer, 33 internationals, four German titles.", "node": "play.team.hockey.water-polo-players-and-coaches", "markdown": "# Karl Bahre\n\n**Karl Bähre** (11 April 1899 – 14 January 1960) was a German water polo player from Hannover who won the gold medal with the German team at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympic Games and was the leading German scorer of that tournament.[1](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/53984)\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Born / died | 11 April 1899, Hannover; 14 January 1960, Hannover (aged 60 years 9 months 3 days)[1](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/53984) |\n| Club | WASPO 98 Hannover (Wasserfreunde 98 Hannover)[1](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/53984) |\n| Olympic result | Gold, men's water polo, 1928 Amsterdam[1](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/53984) |\n| 1928 scoring | Olympedia's biography credits him with eight goals as the leading German scorer; its match table lists 7 goals in 3 matches[1](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/53984) • [2](https://www.olympedia.org/results/38095) |\n| International career | 33 international matches; European medal placements of third in 1926 and second in 1934 per Olympedia[1](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/53984) |\n| German titles | Four national water polo championships with Wasserfreunde Hannover, 1921, 1922, 1923, and 1927[1](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/53984) • [3](https://www.sgh-wasserball.de/history/Ge_Wasserballspiels.htm) |\n| Family | Brothers Willi and Richard Bähre also played water polo in Hannover[1](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/53984) |\n\n## The 1928 Olympic tournament\n\nThe men's water polo tournament at Amsterdam ran from 4 to 11 August 1928 at the Zwemstadion, with 112 participants from 14 countries in a single-elimination format.[2](https://www.olympedia.org/results/38095) Germany and Hungary advanced to the final, where Germany upset Hungary 5-2 in overtime to take the gold; Hungary took silver, and this began a run of 12 consecutive Olympics in which Hungary earned a water polo medal.[2](https://www.olympedia.org/results/38095) Germany finished the tournament with three wins from three matches and a goal record of 18-10.[2](https://www.olympedia.org/results/38095)\n\nBähre played three matches in the tournament. Olympedia's match table credits him with 7 goals, while its biography gives eight goals and names him the leading German scorer of the Games.[1](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/53984) • [2](https://www.olympedia.org/results/38095) A German water polo history adds that he scored two goals in the 5-2 final against Hungary.[3](https://www.sgh-wasserball.de/history/Ge_Wasserballspiels.htm) The German squad also included [Erich Rademacher](https://www.edgepedia.org/erich-rademacher), Otto Cordes, Emil Benecke, Itze Gunst, Joachim Rademacher, Max Amann, and [Johann Blank](https://www.edgepedia.org/johann-blank), with Heini Atmer, Otto Kühne, and Karl-Heinz Protze listed as non-starters.[4](https://www.olympedia.org/countries/GER/editions/9)\n\n## Club and European career\n\nWith the Wasserfreunde he won German championships in 1921, 1922, 1923, and 1927, part of a club run that produced eight national titles in water polo overall.[1](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/53984)\n\nAt the first European Championships, held in Budapest in 1926, Germany took bronze behind Hungary and Sweden; Olympedia lists Bähre among the Olympians who won a medal at the European Water Polo Championships with that 1926 Budapest bronze.[1](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/53984) The two available records differ on his later European medal: Olympedia places him second at the 1934 Europeans and third in 1926, while the German water polo history credits him with silver at the 3rd European Championships in Paris in 1931.[1](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/53984) • [3](https://www.sgh-wasserball.de/history/Ge_Wasserballspiels.htm) In total he played 33 international matches.[1](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/53984)\n\n## Family\n\n[Water polo](https://www.edgepedia.org/water-polo) was a family activity for the Bähres. His brothers Willi and Richard also played in Hannover, and Willi was briefly a national team member, taking part in some pre-season games before the Amsterdam Olympics.[1](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/53984)\n\n## References\n\n1. [Karl Bähre, Olympedia](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/53984)\n2. [Water Polo, Men, 1928, Olympedia](https://www.olympedia.org/results/38095)\n3. [Höhepunkte eines Wasserball-Jahrhunderts, Schwimm-Gemeinschaft Hannover](https://www.sgh-wasserball.de/history/Ge_Wasserballspiels.htm)\n4. 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