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 dominated this sport, with the former having won as many gold medals as the other two combined.

Contents 1 Medal table 2 Medalists 2.1 Men 2.2 Women 3 Reference

[edit] Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Hungary (HUN)	8	3	3	14
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	Germany (GER)	1	2	0	3
7	Spain (ESP)	1	1	0	2
8	France (FRA)	1	0	3	4
9	Australia (AUS)	1	0	0	1
10	Belgium (BEL)	0	4	2	6
11	United States (USA)	0	3	4	7
12	Russia (RUS)	0	1	2	3
	Sweden (SWE)	0	1	2	3
14	Croatia (CRO)	0	1	0	1
	Greece (GRE)	0	1	0	1
	Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)	0	1	0	1
17	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	2	2
18	Unified Team (EUN)	0	0	1	1
	West Germany (FRG)	0	0	1	1

[edit] Medalists

See also: List of Olympic medalists in water polo

[edit] Men

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1900 Paris	Great Britain	Belgium	France (1)
			France (2)
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

[edit] Women

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

[edit] Reference

• International Olympic Committee results database

Water polo at the Summer Olympics
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 See also: List of Olympic medalists in water polo