Water polo at the Summer Olympics
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Water polo at the Summer Olympics | |
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Governing body | FINA |
Events | 2 (men: 1; women: 1) |
Games | |
Note: demonstration or exhibition sport years indicated in italics | |
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 has been the most successful country in men's tournament, while the United States is the only team to win multiple times at the women's tournament since its introduction.
Contents
Events[edit]
- Notes
- The X indicates that the tournament was held on the appropriate olympic game
- The bullet (•) denotes that it was contested as a demonstration sport.
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 | 12 | 16 | 20 | Games |
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Men's tournament | X | • | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 27 | |
Women's tournament | X | X | X | X | X | X | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Results[edit]
Men[edit]
Women[edit]
Year | Host | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game | Number of teams | |||||||
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Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | 4th place | ||||||
2000 Details |
![]() Sydney |
![]() Australia |
4–3 | ![]() United States |
![]() Russia |
4–3 | ![]() Netherlands |
6 | |||
2004 Details |
![]() Athens |
![]() Italy |
10–9 (aet) | ![]() Greece |
![]() United States |
6–5 | ![]() Australia |
8 | |||
2008 Details |
![]() Beijing |
![]() Netherlands |
9–8 | ![]() United States |
![]() Australia |
9–9 (aet) (3–2) (ps) |
![]() Hungary |
8 | |||
2012 Details |
![]() London |
![]() United States |
8–5 | ![]() Spain |
![]() Australia |
13–11 (aet) | ![]() Hungary |
8 | |||
2016 Details |
![]() Rio |
![]() United States |
12–5 | ![]() Italy |
![]() Russia |
12–12 (7–6) (ps) |
![]() Hungary |
8 | |||
2020 Details |
![]() Tokyo |
10 |
Participating nations[edit]
Men[edit]
(Note: Where applicable, numbers refer to the number of teams from each country; italic number in header means demonstration tournament was held)
Nation | 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 | 12 | 16 | Games |
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Nations | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 21 | 10 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Women[edit]
Nation | 00![]() |
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08![]() |
12 ![]() |
16 ![]() |
Games |
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1st | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 6th | 5 |
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8th | 1 | ||||
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5th | 7th | 2 | |||
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5th | 5th | 7th | 3 | ||
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8th | 1 | ||||
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2nd | 8th | 2 | |||
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6th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4 | |
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1st | 6th | 7th | 2nd | 4 | |
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6th | 8th | 2 | |||
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4th | 1st | 2 | |||
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3rd | 5th | 7th | 6th | 3rd | 5 |
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2nd | 5th | 2 | |||
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2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 5 |
Nations | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Medal table[edit]
Men[edit]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 9 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
5 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
6 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
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8 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
9 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
10 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
11 | ![]() | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
12 | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
13 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
14 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
15 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
16 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
17 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (18 nations) | 26 | 26 | 27 | 79 |
Women[edit]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
2 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
3 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
5 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Totals (7 nations) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
Total[edit]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 9 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
3 | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
5 | ![]() | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
6 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
7 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
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![]() | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
10 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
11 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
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![]() | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
14 | ![]() | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
15 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
16 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
17 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
19 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (20 nations) | 31 | 31 | 32 | 94 |
See also[edit]
- List of Olympic venues in water polo
- List of water polo world medalists
- Major achievements in water polo by nation
References[edit]
- ^ There was no bronze medal match for the 1900 Games in Paris.
- ^ There was no bronze medal match for the 1908 Games in London. Belgium beat Netherlands in the only one first round match and beats Sweden in the only one semifinal.
- ^ Qualification System, fina.org
- ^ France had four teams compete in 1900. Bronze medals were given to the losers of both semifinals; France took both bronze.