Water polo at the Summer Olympics

Water polo at the Summer Olympics
Governing body	FINA
Events	2 (men: 1; women: 1)
Games
1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 2004 • 2008
Medalists

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 dominated this sport, with the first having won more gold medals than the other two combined.

Medalists

Men

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1900 Paris	Great Britain	Belgium	France (1)
			France (2)
1904 St. Louis	United States	United States	United States
1908 London	Great Britain	Belgium	Sweden
1912 Stockholm	Great Britain	Sweden	Belgium
1920 Antwerp	Great Britain	Belgium	Sweden
1924 Paris	France	Belgium	United States
1928 Amsterdam	Germany	Hungary	France
1932 Los Angeles	Hungary	Germany	United States
1936 Berlin	Hungary	Germany	Belgium
1948 London	Italy	Hungary	Netherlands
1952 Helsinki	Hungary	Yugoslavia	Italy
1956 Melbourne	Hungary	Yugoslavia	Soviet Union
1960 Rome	Italy	Soviet Union	Hungary
1964 Tokyo	Hungary	Yugoslavia	Soviet Union
1968 Mexico City	Yugoslavia	Soviet Union	Hungary
1972 Munich	Soviet Union	Hungary	United States
1976 Montreal	Hungary	Italy	Netherlands
1980 Moscow	Soviet Union	Yugoslavia	Hungary
1984 Los Angeles	Yugoslavia	United States	West Germany
1988 Seoul	Yugoslavia	United States	Soviet Union
1992 Barcelona	Italy	Spain	Unified Team
1996 Atlanta	Spain	Croatia	Italy
2000 Sydney	Hungary	Russia	Yugoslavia
2004 Athens	Hungary	Serbia and Montenegro	Russia
2008 Beijing	Hungary	United States	Serbia

Women

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2000 Sydney	Australia	United States	Russia
2004 Athens	Italy	Greece	United States
2008 Beijing	Netherlands	United States	Australia

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Hungary (HUN)	9	3	3	15
2	Italy (ITA)	4	1	2	7
3	Great Britain (GBR)	4	0	0	4
4	Yugoslavia (YUG)	3	4	1	8
5	Soviet Union (URS)	2	2	3	7
6	United States (USA)	1	4	4	9
7	Germany (GER)	1	2	0	3
8	Spain (ESP)	1	1	0	2
9	France (FRA)	1	0	3	4
10	Netherlands (NED)	1	0	2	2
11	Australia (AUS)	1	0	1	1
12	Belgium (BEL)	0	4	2	6
13	Russia (RUS)	0	1	2	3
	Sweden (SWE)	0	1	2	3
15	Croatia (CRO)	0	1	0	1
	Greece (GRE)	0	1	0	1
	Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)	0	1	0	1
18	Serbia (SRB)	0	0	1	1
	Unified Team (EUN)	0	0	1	1
	West Germany (FRG)	0	0	1	1

Participating nations

Men

(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	Years
Australia	-	-	-	-	-																				Y
Austria	-	-	-	Y	-																				-
Belgium	Y	-	Y	Y	Y																				-
Brazil	-	-	-	-	Y																				-
Canada	-	-	-	-	-																				Y
China	-	-	-	-	-																				Y
Croatia	-	-	-	-	-																				Y
Czechoslovakia	-	-	-	-	Y																				-
France	4[1]	-	-	Y	Y																				-
Germany	Y	-	-	-	-		Y	Y	Y																Y
Great Britain	Y	-	Y	Y	Y																				-
Greece	-	-	-	-	Y																				Y
Hungary	-	-	-	Y	-		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Italy	-	-	-	-	Y																				Y
Montenegro	-	-	-	-	-																				Y
Netherlands	-	-	Y	-	Y																				-
Serbia	-	-	-	-	-																				Y
Spain	-	-	-	-	Y																				Y
Sweden	-	-	Y	Y	Y																				-
Switzerland	-	-	-	-	Y																				-
United States	-	3[2]	-	-	Y														Y	Y				Y	Y
No. of nations	4	1	4	6	12																				12

Notes

1. ^ France had four teams compete in 1900. Bronze medals were given to the losers of both semifinals; France won both.
2. ^ The United States had three local teams compete in 1904. There were no other entrants.

References

• International Olympic Committee results database

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