Water polo at the Summer Olympics
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Water polo has been part of the Summer Olympics program since the second games, in 1900. A women's water polo tournament was introduced for the 2000 Summer Olympics. Hungary, Italy and Great Britain have historically dominated this sport, with the first having won more gold medals than the other two combined.
Main article: Blood in the Water match
The most famous water polo match in history is probably the 1956 Summer Olympics semi-final match between Hungary and the Soviet Union. As the athletes left for the games, the Hungarian revolution began, and the Soviet army crushed the uprising. The Hungarians defeated the Soviets 4–0 before the game was called off in the final minute to prevent angry Hungarians in the crowd reacting to Valentin Prokopov punching Ervin Zador's eye open.
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Medalists[edit]
Men[edit]
- Only American teams contested Water polo at the 1904 Olympics; Water polo is mentioned in the games reports for the 1904 Summer Olympics, but currently Water polo event is not included in the IOC's medal database for 1904 Olympics, and currently IOC consider Water polo event as part of unofficial programme in 1904.
Women[edit]
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 Sydney |  Australia (AUS) |
 United States (USA) |
 Russia (RUS) |
| 2004 Athens |  Italy (ITA) |
 Greece (GRE) |
United States (USA) |
| 2008 Beijing |  Netherlands (NED) |
United States (USA) |
Australia (AUS) |
| 2012 London | United States (USA) |
 Spain (ESP) |
Australia (AUS) |
Medal table[edit]
Men[edit]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Hungary (HUN) |
9 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| 2 |  Great Britain (GBR) |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 |  Serbia (SRB) 1 |
3 | 5 | 3 | 11 |
| 4 | Italy (ITA) |
3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Russia (RUS) 2 |
2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | United States (USA) 3 |
1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 |  Germany (GER) |
1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 |  Croatia (CRO) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Spain (ESP) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 10 |  France (FRA) |
1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 11 |  Belgium (BEL) |
0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 12 |  Sweden (SWE) |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | Netherlands (NED) |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 |  Unified Team (EUN) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
- 1.^ Serbia is official successor of Yugoslavia and Serbia & Montenegro teams.[1]
- 2.^ Russia is official successor of the Soviet Union team.[1]
- 3.^ Including gold, silver and bronze medals at the 1904 Olympics water polo tournament (unofficial programme).
Women[edit]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States (USA) |
1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Australia (AUS) |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Netherlands (NED) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Italy (ITA) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 | Greece (GRE) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Spain (ESP) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | Russia (RUS) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Participating nations[edit]
Men[edit]
(Note: Where applicable, numbers refer to the number of teams from each country)
| Nation | 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 | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Argentina |
– | – | – | – | – | – | Y | – | – | Y | Y | – | Y | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Australia |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Y | Y | Y | Y | – | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | – | Y | Y | Y | Y |
 Austria |
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| Belgium |
Y | – | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | – | Y | Y | Y | – | Y | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
 Brazil |
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 Bulgaria |
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 Canada |
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 Chile |
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 China |
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| Croatia |
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 Cuba |
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 Czechoslovakia |
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 East Germany |
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 Egypt |
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| France |
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| Germany |
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| Great Britain |
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| Greece |
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| Hungary |
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 Iceland |
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 India |
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 Iran |
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 Ireland |
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| Italy |
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 Japan |
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 Kazakhstan |
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 Luxembourg |
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 Malta |
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 Mexico |
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 Montenegro |
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| Netherlands |
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 Portugal |
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 Romania |
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| Russia |
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| Serbia |
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 Serbia and Montenegro |
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 Singapore |
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 Slovakia |
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 South Africa |
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 South Korea |
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 Soviet Union |
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| Spain |
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| Sweden |
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 Switzerland |
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 Ukraine |
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| Unified Team |
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| United States |
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 Uruguay |
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 Yugoslavia |
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