Water polo at the Summer Olympics
| 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 | |
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Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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
1 Events
2 Results
2.1 Men
2.2 Women
3 Participating nations
3.1 Men
3.2 Women
4 Medal table
4.1 Men
4.2 Women
4.3 Total
5 See also
6 References
Events
- 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
Men
| Year | Host | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game | Number of teams | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | 4th place | ||||||
1900 Details | Paris | Great Britain (Osborne Swimming Club) | 7–2 | Belgium (Brussels Swimming and Water Polo Club) | France (Libellule de Paris) France (Pupilles de Neptune de Lille #2) | [1] | 8 | ||||
1904 Details | St. Louis | Water polo was a demonstration sport | Water polo was a demonstration sport | ||||||||
1908 Details | London | Great Britain | 9–2 | Belgium | Sweden | [2] | Netherlands | 4 | |||
1912 Details | Stockholm | Great Britain | 8–0 | Sweden | Belgium | 5–4 | Austria | 6 | |||
1920 Details | Antwerp | Great Britain | 3–2 | Belgium | Sweden | 5–0 | United States | 12 | |||
1924 Details | Paris | France | 3–0 | Belgium | United States | 3–2 | Sweden | 13 | |||
1928 Details | Amsterdam | Germany | 5–2 | Hungary | France | 8–1 | Great Britain | 14 | |||
1932 Details | Los Angeles | Hungary | Round-robin | Germany | United States | Round-robin | Japan | 5 | |||
1936 Details | Berlin | Hungary | Round-robin | Germany | Belgium | Round-robin | France | 16 | |||
1948 Details | London | Italy | Round-robin | Hungary | Netherlands | Round-robin | Belgium | 18 | |||
1952 Details | Helsinki | Hungary | Round-robin | Yugoslavia | Italy | Round-robin | United States | 21 | |||
1956 Details | Melbourne | Hungary | Round-robin | Yugoslavia | Soviet Union | Round-robin | Italy | 10 | |||
1960 Details | Rome | Italy | Round-robin | Soviet Union | Hungary | Round-robin | Yugoslavia | 16 | |||
1964 Details | Tokyo | Hungary | Round-robin | Yugoslavia | Soviet Union | Round-robin | Italy | 13 | |||
1968 Details | Mexico City | Yugoslavia | 13–11 (aet) | Soviet Union | Hungary | 9–4 | Italy | 15 | |||
1972 Details | Munich | Soviet Union | Round-robin | Hungary | United States | Round-robin | West Germany | 16 | |||
1976 Details | Montreal | Hungary | Round-robin | Italy | Netherlands | Round-robin | Romania | 12 | |||
1980 Details | Moscow | Soviet Union | Round-robin | Yugoslavia | Hungary | Round-robin | Spain | 12 | |||
1984 Details | Los Angeles | Yugoslavia | Round-robin | United States | West Germany | Round-robin | Spain | 12 | |||
1988 Details | Seoul | Yugoslavia | 9–7 | United States | Soviet Union | 14–13 | West Germany | 12 | |||
1992 Details | Barcelona | Italy | 9–8 (aet) | Spain | Unified Team | 8–4 | United States | 12 | |||
1996 Details | Atlanta | Spain | 7–5 | Croatia | Italy | 20–18 (aet) | Hungary | 12 | |||
2000 Details | Sydney | Hungary | 13–6 | Russia | Yugoslavia | 8–3 | Spain | 12 | |||
2004 Details | Athens | Hungary | 8–7 | Serbia and Montenegro | Russia | 6–5 | Greece | 12 | |||
2008 Details | Beijing | Hungary | 14–10 | United States | Serbia | 6–4 | Montenegro | 12 | |||
2012 Details | London | Croatia | 8–6 | Italy | Serbia | 12–11 | Montenegro | 12 | |||
2016 Details | Rio | Serbia | 11–7 | Croatia | Italy | 12–10 | Montenegro | 12[3] | |||
2020 Details | Tokyo | 12 | |||||||||
Women
| Year | Host | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game | Number of teams | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Men
(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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| Y | Y | Y | Y | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 16 | ||||||||||||
| Y | Y | Y | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 4[4] | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 16 | |||||||||||||
| Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 15 | ||||||||||||||
| Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 22 | |||||||
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| Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 19 | ||||||||||
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| Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 14 | |||||||||||||||
| 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
| Nation | 00 | 04 | 08 | 12 | 16 | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 6th | 5 | |
| 8th | 1 | |||||
| 5th | 7th | 2 | ||||
| 5th | 5th | 7th | 3 | |||
| 8th | 1 | |||||
| 2nd | 8th | 2 | ||||
| 6th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4 | ||
| 1st | 6th | 7th | 2nd | 4 | ||
| 6th | 8th | 2 | ||||
| 4th | 1st | 2 | ||||
| 3rd | 5th | 7th | 6th | 3rd | 5 | |
| 2nd | 5th | 2 | ||||
| 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 5 | |
| Nations | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Medal table
Men
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 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
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 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
- List of Olympic venues in water polo
References
^ 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.