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{{short description|Water polo competition}}
{{Infobox Olympic sport
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|sport = water polo
|code = WPO
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|otherlinks = Overall statistics ([[List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics|men]] • [[List of women's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics|women]])<br />Champions ([[List of Olympic champions in men's water polo|men]] • [[List of Olympic champions in women's water polo|women]])<br />Team appearances ([[National team appearances in the men's Olympic water polo tournament|men]] • [[National team appearances in the women's Olympic water polo tournament|women]])<br />Player appearances ([[List of players who have appeared in multiple men's Olympic water polo tournaments|men]] • [[List of players who have appeared in multiple women's Olympic water polo tournaments|women]])<br />Top goalscorers ([[List of men's Olympic water polo tournament top goalscorers|men]] • [[List of women's Olympic water polo tournament top goalscorers|women]])<br />Goalkeepers ([[List of men's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers|men]] • [[List of women's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers|women]])<br />[[Water polo at the Summer Olympics#Water polo people at the opening and closing ceremonies|Flag bearers and oath takers]]<br />[[List of Olympic venues in water polo|Venues]]
}}
[[File:Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre (1).jpg|thumb|220px|upright|[[Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]]]

[[Water polo]] has been part of the [[Summer Olympic Games|Summer Olympics]] program since the second games, in [[1900 Summer Olympics|1900]]. A women's water polo tournament was introduced for the [[2000 Summer Olympics]]. [[Hungary at the Olympics|Hungary]] has been the most successful country in men's tournament, while the [[United States at the Olympics|United States]] is the only team to win multiple times at the women's tournament since its introduction. [[Italy at the Olympics|Italy]] is the first and only country to win both the men's and women's water polo tournaments.

==History==
{{Main|History of water polo}}

The history of [[water polo]] as a [[team sport]] began in mid-19th century England and Scotland, where [[water sports]] were a feature of county fairs and festivals.<ref name=EB1911>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Water Polo |volume=28 |pages=384–385 |first=William |last=Henry }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Barr |first=David |title=A Guide to Water Polo |publisher=Sterling Publishing (London) |year=1981 |isbn=978-0-8069-9164-1 }}</ref> Water polo has been included in every Summer Olympic Games as a men's competition [[Olympic sports|sport]], except 1896. Women's water polo made its debut in the Summer Olympics in 2000.

===Beginnings===
[[File:London 1908 Water Polo.jpg|thumb|220px|upright|Water polo final at the 1908 London Olympics]]

Men's water polo was among the first team sports introduced at the modern Olympic Games in 1900.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last1=Mallon |first1=Bill |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9mM0XzW03AcC |title=Historical Dictionary of the Olympic Movement |last2=Heijmans |first2=Jeroen |date=2011-08-11 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-7522-7 |language=en}}</ref> Seven [[Europe]]an teams from four countries, including four from the host nation France, took part in the competition. The British team was the inaugural champion.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History of Water Polo |url=https://www.britishswimming.org/browse-sport/water-polo/about-water-polo/history-water-polo/ |access-date=2023-02-08 |website=British Swimming}}</ref>

At the 1904 Summer Olympics, a water polo tournament was contested, three club teams of seven players each entered.<ref name="HistoFINA PDF"/> A German team tried to enter, but its entry was refused because the players did not play for the same club.<ref name="1904Games OP">{{cite web|title=Water Polo at the 1904 Summer Olympics |url=https://www.olympedia.org/editions/3/sports/WAP |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=2 August 2021 }}</ref> The event took place in a pond in Forest Park, the location of both the Olympics and the World's Fair.<ref name="SR">{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1904/WAP/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417050127/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1904/WAP/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Water Polo at the 1904 St. Louis Summer Games |work=Sports Reference |access-date=16 November 2019}}</ref> Previously, the [[International Olympic Committee]] and [[FINA|International Swimming Federation]] (FINA) considered the water polo event at the 1904 Olympics as a demonstration sport.<ref name="HistoFINA PDF"/> However, in July 2021, after accepting the recommendation of Olympic historian Bill Mallon, the IOC recognized water polo along with several others as an official sport of the 1904 Olympic program.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/st-louis-1904/results/water-polo/water-polo-men |title=St. Louis 1904 Water Polo Men Results |website=IOC |access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref> Water polo was not played at the 1906 Olympics.<ref name=":0" />

From 1908 to 1920, the [[Great Britain men's national water polo team]] won three consecutive gold medals at the Olympics, becoming the first water polo team to have an Olympic [[winning streak]] (winning three or more Olympic titles in a row).

===Hungarian dominance===
[[Hungary men's national water polo team]] has participated in 22 of 27 Olympic tournaments, with fifteen Olympic medals (nine gold, three silver and three bronze). From 1928 to 1980, the Hungarians won twelve consecutive medals in water polo. Twenty years later, the team won three golds in a row between 2000 and 2008, becoming the second team to have an Olympic winning streak in water polo.

====Blood in the Water match====
{{Main|Blood in the Water match}}

The most famous water polo match in Olympic history often referred to as the ''[[Blood in the Water match]]'', was a [[Water polo at the 1956 Summer Olympics|1956 Summer Olympics]] semi-final match between Hungary and the [[Soviet Union men's national water polo team|Soviet Union]], played in [[Melbourne]] on 6 December 1956. As the athletes left for the games, the [[Hungarian revolution of 1956|Hungarian revolution]] began, and the Soviet army crushed the uprising. The match was bloody and violent. 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 Soviet player [[Valentin Prokopov]] punching Hungarian player [[Ervin Zádor]]. Pictures of Zádor's injuries were published around the world, leading to the "Blood in the Water" moniker.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2012/03/02/sport/olympics-polo-blood-hungary/index.html |title='Blood in the water' - Hungary's sporting battle against Soviet oppression |last=Knight |first=Matthew |date=2 March 2012 |work=[[CNN]] |access-date=4 December 2018 }}</ref>

The Hungarians went on to win the Olympic gold medal by defeating [[Yugoslavia men's national water polo team|Yugoslavia]] 2–1 in the final.

===Addition of women's program===
Women's water polo became an Olympic sport at the [[Water polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney Olympics]]. Six nations competed in the women's tournament with home team [[Australia women's national water polo team|Australia]] winning the gold medal over the [[United States women's national water polo team|United States]].

From 2012 to 2021, the United States women's team won three consecutive gold medals at the Summer Olympics, becoming the first women's water polo team to have an Olympic winning streak.

==Geography==
{{Main|Geography of water polo}}

Water polo is now popular in many countries around the world, notably Europe (particularly in Croatia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, [[Water polo in Malta|Malta]], Montenegro, the Netherlands, Romania, Russia, Serbia and [[Water polo in Spain|Spain]]), [[Water polo in Australia|Australia]], Brazil, Canada and the [[Water polo in the United States|United States]].

As of the 2020 Summer Olympics, 51 [[National Olympic Committee]]s (NOCs) from six [[continent]]s have sent their water polo teams to the Olympic Games. Men's water polo teams of European NOCs won all 27 official tournaments, while women's teams from Europe, [[North America]] and [[Oceania]] won all six gold medals. Water polo teams from [[Africa]], [[Asia]] and [[South America]] have not won an Olympic medal yet.

==Venues==
[[File:Tatsumi Water Polo Centre.jpg|thumb|220px|upright|[[Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center]] was used at the 2020 Olympics in water polo.]]
{{Main|List of Olympic venues in water polo}}

For the [[Summer Olympics]], there are 34 venues that have been or will be used for water polo.

The [[Seine]] in Paris hosted the first water polo competitions at the [[Water polo at the 1900 Summer Olympics|1900 Olympics]]. The [[Forest Park (St. Louis)|Forest Park]] in St. Louis hosted the water polo events for the [[Water polo at the 1904 Summer Olympics|1904 Summer Olympics]].

The first water polo venue not located on a river or a lake took place at the [[Water polo at the 1908 Summer Olympics|1908 London Olympics]]. It was not until the [[Water polo at the 1920 Summer Olympics|1920 Olympics]] that a separate venue was created for the aquatic venues. The [[Water polo at the 1948 Summer Olympics|1948 Games]] were the first Olympics in which water polo took place both indoors and in more than one venue. The first separate water polo venue that was not connected to other aquatic venues was at the [[Water polo at the 1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Tokyo Olympics]].

The [[Water Polo Arena]] of the [[Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London Olympics]] was the first dedicated water polo venue to be built for an Olympics, the structure was taken down after the games.

{{div col}}
# {{flagicon|France}} Paris 1900: [[Seine]], [[Paris]]
# {{flagicon|United States|1896}} St. Louis 1904: [[Forest Park (St. Louis, Missouri)|Forest Park]], [[St. Louis]]
# {{flagicon|Great Britain}} London 1908: [[White City Stadium]], [[White City, London|White City]]
# {{flagicon|Sweden}} Stockholm 1912: [[Djurgårdsbrunnsviken]], [[Stockholm]]
# {{flagicon|Belgium}} Antwerp 1920: [[Stade Nautique d'Antwerp]], [[Antwerp]]
# {{flagicon|France}} Paris 1924: [[Piscine des Tourelles]], [[Paris]]
# {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Amsterdam 1928: [[Olympic Sports Park Swim Stadium]], [[Amsterdam]]
# {{flagicon|United States|1912}} Los Angeles 1932: [[LA84 Foundation/John C. Argue Swim Stadium|Swimming Stadium]], [[Los Angeles]]
# {{flagicon|Germany|Nazi}} Berlin 1936: [[Olympiapark Schwimmstadion Berlin|Olympic Swimming Stadium]], [[Berlin]]
# {{flagicon|Great Britain}} London 1948: [[Wembley Arena|Empire Pool]] (final), [[Wembley]]; and [[Finchley Lido]], [[North Finchley]]
# {{flagicon|Finland}} Helsinki 1952: [[Helsinki Swimming Stadium|Swimming Stadium]], [[Helsinki]]
# {{flagicon|Australia}} Melbourne 1956: [[Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre|Swimming/Diving Stadium]], [[Melbourne]]
# {{flagicon|Italy}} Rome 1960: [[Piscina delle Rose]] and [[Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto]] (final), both in [[Rome]]
# {{flagicon|Japan|1870}} Tokyo 1964: [[Tokyo Metropolitan Indoor Swimming Pool]], [[Tokyo]]
# {{flagicon|Mexico}} Mexico City 1968: [[Alberca Olímpica Francisco Márquez|Francisco Márquez Olympic Pool]] (final) and [[University City Swimming Pool]], both in [[Mexico City]]
# {{flagicon|West Germany}} Munich 1972: [[Dantebad]] and [[Olympia Schwimmhalle|Schwimmhalle]] (final), both in [[Munich]]
# {{flagicon|Canada}} Montreal 1976: {{lang|fr|[[Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard]]|italic=no}} and [[Olympic Pool, Montreal|Olympic Pool]] (final), both in [[Montreal]]
# {{flagicon|Soviet Union}} Moscow 1980: [[Olympic Pool, Moscow|Swimming Pool - Moscow]] and [[Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex|Swimming Pool - Olimpiysky]] (final), both in [[Moscow]]
# {{flagicon|United States}} Los Angeles 1984: [[Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool]], [[Malibu, California]]
# {{flagicon|South Korea}} Seoul 1988: [[Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool]], [[Seoul]]
# {{flagicon|Spain}} Barcelona 1992: [[Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc]] and [[Piscines Bernat Picornell]] (finals), both in [[Barcelona]]
# {{flagicon|United States}} Atlanta 1996: [[Georgia Tech Campus Recreation Center|Georgia Tech Aquatic Center]], [[Atlanta]]
# {{flagicon|Australia}} Sydney 2000: [[Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre]], [[Ryde, New South Wales|Ryde]]; and [[Sydney International Aquatic Centre]], [[Sydney]]
# {{flagicon|Greece}} Athens 2004: [[Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre]], [[Athens]]
# {{flagicon|China}} Beijing 2008: [[Ying Tung Natatorium]], [[Beijing]]
# {{flagicon|Great Britain}} London 2012: [[Water Polo Arena]], [[London]]
# {{flagicon|Brazil}} Rio de Janeiro 2016: [[Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre]] and [[Olympic Aquatics Stadium]] (finals), [[Rio de Janeiro]]
# {{flagicon|Japan}} Tokyo 2020: [[Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center]], [[Tokyo]]
# {{flagicon|France}} Paris 2024: [[Paris Aquatics Centre]] (prelims phase) and [[Paris La Défense Arena]] (final phase)
# {{flagicon|United States}} Los Angeles 2028: [[Downtown Long Beach|Long Beach Waterfront]]
# {{flagicon|Australia}} Brisbane 2032: [[Sleeman Centre (Brisbane)|Sleeman Centre]]
{{div col end}}

Sources:
* [[#Official Reports (IOC)|Official Reports]] (PDF): 1900–1996;
* [[#Official Results Books (IOC)|Official Results Books]] (PDF): 2000–2016;
* [[#Olympedia|Olympedia]]: Water polo venues.

==Events==
;Notes:
:The '''X''' indicates that the tournament was held as a full Olympic medal sport.
:The [[Bullet (typography)|bullet]] ({{bigbullet}}) denotes that it was contested as an unofficial sport.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 90%; margin-left: 1em;"
! Event || <span style="color:#A0A0A0;">96</span> || [[Water polo at the 1900 Summer Olympics|00]] || [[Water polo at the 1904 Summer Olympics|04]] || [[Water polo at the 1908 Summer Olympics|08]] || [[Water polo at the 1912 Summer Olympics|12]] || [[Water polo at the 1920 Summer Olympics|20]] || [[Water polo at the 1924 Summer Olympics|24]] || [[Water polo at the 1928 Summer Olympics|28]] || [[Water polo at the 1932 Summer Olympics|32]] || [[Water polo at the 1936 Summer Olympics|36]] || [[Water polo at the 1948 Summer Olympics|48]] || [[Water polo at the 1952 Summer Olympics|52]] || [[Water polo at the 1956 Summer Olympics|56]] || [[Water polo at the 1960 Summer Olympics|60]] || [[Water polo at the 1964 Summer Olympics|64]] || [[Water polo at the 1968 Summer Olympics|68]] || [[Water polo at the 1972 Summer Olympics|72]] || [[Water polo at the 1976 Summer Olympics|76]] || [[Water polo at the 1980 Summer Olympics|80]] || [[Water polo at the 1984 Summer Olympics|84]] || [[Water polo at the 1988 Summer Olympics|88]] || [[Water polo at the 1992 Summer Olympics|92]] || [[Water polo at the 1996 Summer Olympics|96]] || [[Water polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics|00]] || [[Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics|04]] || [[Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics|08]] || [[Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics|12]] || [[Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics|16]] || [[Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics|20]] || [[Water polo at the 2024 Summer Olympics|24]] || Games
|-
| Men's tournament
|
| [[Water polo at the 1900 Summer Olympics|X]]
| [[Water polo at the 1904 Summer Olympics|X]]
| [[Water polo at the 1908 Summer Olympics|X]]
| [[Water polo at the 1912 Summer Olympics|X]]
| [[Water polo at the 1920 Summer Olympics|X]]
| [[Water polo at the 1924 Summer Olympics|X]]
| [[Water polo at the 1928 Summer Olympics|X]]
| [[Water polo at the 1932 Summer Olympics|X]]
| [[Water polo at the 1936 Summer Olympics|X]]
| [[Water polo at the 1948 Summer Olympics|X]]
| [[Water polo at the 1952 Summer Olympics|X]]
| [[Water polo at the 1956 Summer Olympics|X]]
| [[Water polo at the 1960 Summer Olympics|X]]
| [[Water polo at the 1964 Summer Olympics|X]]
| [[Water polo at the 1968 Summer Olympics|X]]
| [[Water polo at the 1972 Summer Olympics|X]]
| [[Water polo at the 1976 Summer Olympics|X]]
| [[Water polo at the 1980 Summer Olympics|X]]
| [[Water polo at the 1984 Summer Olympics|X]]
| [[Water polo at the 1988 Summer Olympics|X]]
| [[Water polo at the 1992 Summer Olympics|X]]
| [[Water polo at the 1996 Summer Olympics|X]]
| [[Water polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|X]]
| [[Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|X]]
| [[Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|X]]
| [[Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|X]]
| [[Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|X]]
| [[Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|X]]
| [[Water polo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|X]]
| 29
|-
| Women's tournament
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| [[Water polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|X]]
| [[Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|X]]
| [[Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|X]]
| [[Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|X]]
| [[Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|X]]
| [[Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|X]]
| [[Water polo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|X]]
| 7
|- style="background-color: lightgrey;"
|colspan="32"| 
|-
! 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 !! 2 !!
|}

==Rules==
===Qualification Summary===

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
!Year||M||W
|-
|1900-1956||No Qualification||rowspan=11|No Tournament
|-
|[[Water polo at the 1960 Summer Olympics|1960]]||[[Water polo at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification|1960 Men's Qualification]]
|-
|[[Water polo at the 1964 Summer Olympics|1964]]||[[Water polo at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification|1964 Men's Qualification]]
|-
|[[Water polo at the 1968 Summer Olympics|1968]]||[[Water polo at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification|1968 Men's Qualification]]
|-
|[[Water polo at the 1972 Summer Olympics|1972]]||[[Water polo at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification|1972 Men's Qualification]]
|-
|[[Water polo at the 1976 Summer Olympics|1976]]||[[Water polo at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification|1976 Men's Qualification]]
|-
|[[Water polo at the 1980 Summer Olympics|1980]]||[[Water polo at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification|1980 Men's Qualification]]
|-
|[[Water polo at the 1984 Summer Olympics|1984]]||[[Water polo at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification|1984 Men's Qualification]]
|-
|[[Water polo at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988]]||[[Water polo at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification|1988 Men's Qualification]]
|-
|[[Water polo at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992]]||[[Water polo at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification|1992 Men's Qualification]]
|-
|[[Water polo at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996]]||[[Water polo at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification|1996 Men's Qualification]]
|-
|[[Water polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000]]||[[Water polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification|2000 Men's Qualification]]||[[Water polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification|2000 Women's Qualification]]
|-
|[[Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004]]||[[Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification|2004 Men's Qualification]]||[[Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification|2004 Women's Qualification]]
|-
|[[Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008]]||[[Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification|2008 Men's Qualification]]||[[Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification|2008 Women's Qualification]]
|-
|[[Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012]]||[[Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification|2012 Men's Qualification]]||[[Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification|2012 Women's Qualification]]
|-
|[[Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics|2016]]||[[Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification|2016 Men's Qualification]]||[[Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification|2016 Women's Qualification]]
|-
|[[Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics|2020]]||[[Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification|2020 Men's Qualification]]||[[Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification|2020 Women's Qualification]]
|-
|[[Water polo at the 2024 Summer Olympics|2024]]||[[Water polo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification|2024 Men's Qualification]]||[[Water polo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification|2024 Women's Qualification]]
|-
!'''Total'''||17||7
|}

===Qualification===
Since 2012, the qualifying process consists of five stages:
# The team of the host nation qualifies automatically.
# No more than one team qualifies as the top team in the [[FINA Water Polo World League|FINA World League]].
# No more than three teams qualify as the top teams in the [[Water polo at the World Aquatics Championships|World Aquatics Championships]].
# No more than five teams qualify as the continental Olympic qualification tournament champions.
# No more than four teams qualify through a world qualifying tournament, in which the best teams which did not qualify directly from each continent compete for the remaining berths.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; margin-left: 1em;"
|+ '''Men's qualification'''
|-
! rowspan="2" | Stage !! rowspan="2" | Zone !! rowspan="2" | Tournament !! colspan="3" | Berths
|-
! [[Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification|2012]] !! [[Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification|2016]] !! [[Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification|2020]]
|-
| 1 || — || style="text-align: left;" | Host nation || 1 (from<br />Europe) || 1 (from<br />Americas) || 1 (from<br />Asia)
|-
| 2 || style="text-align: left;" | World – [[FINA]] || style="text-align: left;" | [[FINA Water Polo World League]] || 1 || 1 {{steady}} || 1 {{steady}}
|-
| 3 || style="text-align: left;" | World – FINA || style="text-align: left;" | [[Water polo at the World Aquatics Championships|World Aquatics Championships]] || 3 || 2 {{decrease}} || 2 {{steady}}
|-
| rowspan="5" | 4 || style="text-align: left;" | Africa – [[African Swimming Confederation|CANA]] || style="text-align: left;" | African Continental Selection || 0 || 0 {{steady}} || 1 {{increase}}
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | {{nowrap|Americas – [[Swimming Union of the Americas|UANA]]}} || style="text-align: left;" | [[Water polo at the Pan American Games|Pan American Games]] || 1 || 1 {{steady}} || 1 {{steady}}
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | Asia – [[Asia Swimming Federation|AASF]] || style="text-align: left;" | [[Asian Water Polo Championship]] || 1 || 1 {{steady}} || 1 {{steady}}
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | Europe – [[LEN]] || style="text-align: left;" | [[European Water Polo Championship]] || 0 || 1 {{increase}} || 1 {{steady}}
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | Oceania – [[Oceania Swimming Association|OSA]] || style="text-align: left;" | Oceanian Continental Selection || 1 || 1 {{steady}} || 1 {{steady}}
|-
| 5 || style="text-align: left;" | World – FINA || style="text-align: left;" | World Qualification Tournament || 4 || 4 {{steady}} || 3 {{decrease}}
|-
! colspan="3" | Total !! 12 {{steady}} !! 12 {{steady}} !! 12 {{steady}}
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; margin-left: 1em;"
|+ '''Women's qualification'''
|-
! rowspan="2" | Stage !! rowspan="2" | Zone !! rowspan="2" | Tournament !! colspan="3" | Berths
|-
! [[Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification|2012]] !! [[Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification|2016]] !! [[Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification|2020]]
|-
| 1 || — || style="text-align: left;" | Host nation || 1 (from<br />Europe) || 1 (from<br />Americas) || 1 (from<br />Asia)
|-
| 2 || style="text-align: left;" | World – [[FINA]] || style="text-align: left;" | [[FINA Water Polo World League]] || 0 || 0 {{steady}} || 1 {{increase}}
|-
| 3 || style="text-align: left;" | World – FINA || style="text-align: left;" | [[Water polo at the World Aquatics Championships|World Aquatics Championships]] || 0 || 0 {{steady}} || 1 {{increase}}
|-
| rowspan="5" | 4 || style="text-align: left;" | Africa – [[African Swimming Confederation|CANA]] || style="text-align: left;" | African Continental Selection || 0 || 0 {{steady}} || 1 {{increase}}
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | {{nowrap|Americas – [[Swimming Union of the Americas|UANA]]}} || style="text-align: left;" | [[Water polo at the Pan American Games|Pan American Games]] || 1 || 0 {{decrease}} || 1 {{increase}}
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | Asia – [[Asia Swimming Federation|AASF]] || style="text-align: left;" | [[Asian Water Polo Championship]] || 1 || 1 {{steady}} || 1 {{steady}}
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | Europe – [[LEN]] || style="text-align: left;" | [[European Water Polo Championship]] || 0 || 1 {{increase}} || 1 {{steady}}
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | Oceania – [[Oceania Swimming Association|OSA]] || style="text-align: left;" | Oceanian Continental Selection || 1 || 1 {{steady}} || 1 {{steady}}
|-
| 5 || style="text-align: left;" | World – FINA || style="text-align: left;" | World Qualification Tournament || 4 || 4 {{steady}} || 2 {{decrease}}
|-
! colspan="3" | Total !! 8 !! 8 {{steady}} !! 10 {{increase}}
|}

===Players===
====Eligibility====
According to the ''FINA General Rules'',<ref name="FINA General Rules"/> the list below shows the requirements for a player to be eligible to play in international tournaments:

* "GR 1.1: All competitors shall be registered with their National Federation to be eligible to compete."
* "GR 2.5: When a competitor or competition official represents his/her country in a competition, he/she shall be a citizen, whether by birth or naturalisation, of the nation he/she represents, provided that a naturalised citizen shall have lived in that country for '''at least one year''' prior to that competition. Competitors, who have more than one nationality according to the laws of the respective nations must choose one 'Sport Nationality'. This choice shall be exercised by the first representation of the competitor for one of the countries."
* "GR 2.6: Any competitor or competition official changing his sport nationality from one national governing body to another must have resided in the territory of and been under the jurisdiction of the latter for '''at least twelve months''' prior to his first representation for the country."

===Competition format===
For both the men's and women's tournaments at the 2020 Olympics (which was postponed to 2021 due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]),<ref name="Postponed to 2021 IOC"/> the competition consists of a [[Round-robin tournament|round-robin]] group stage followed by a [[Single-elimination tournament|knockout]] stage. Teams are placed into two groups, with each team playing each other team in its group once. Teams earn 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss. The top four teams in each group advance to the knockout rounds. The knockout rounds are a single-elimination tournament consisting of quarterfinals, semifinals, and the gold and bronze medal matches.

Matches consist of four quarters of eight minutes each. During the knockout rounds, if the score is tied after four quarters (32 minutes), [[penalty shootout]]s, which is 5 rounds, plus extra rounds if tied, are used to determine the winner.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; margin-left: 1em;"
|+ '''Men's tournament'''
|-
! rowspan="2" | # !! rowspan="2" | Year !! rowspan="2" | Dates !! colspan="2" | Number of !! rowspan="2" | Competition format
|-
! Teams !! Matches
|-
| 1 || [[Water polo at the 1900 Summer Olympics|1900]] || 11–12 August || 7 teams || 6 matches || rowspan="4" style="text-align: left;" | [[Single-elimination tournament]]
|-
| 2 || [[Water polo at the 1904 Summer Olympics|1904]] || 5–6 September || 3 teams {{decrease}} || 2 matches {{decrease}}
|-
| 3 || [[Water polo at the 1908 Summer Olympics|1908]] || 15–22 July || 4 teams {{increase}} || 4 matches {{increase}}
|-
| 4 || [[Water polo at the 1912 Summer Olympics|1912]] || 7–16 July || 6 teams {{increase}} || 10 matches {{increase}}
|-
| 5 || [[Water polo at the 1920 Summer Olympics|1920]] || 22–29 August || 12 teams {{increase}} || 19 matches {{increase}} || rowspan="2" style="text-align: left;" | Single-elimination tournament; [[Bergvall system]] for second- and third-place
|-
| 6 || [[Water polo at the 1924 Summer Olympics|1924]] || 13–20 July || 13 teams {{increase}} || 19 matches {{steady}}
|-
| 7 || [[Water polo at the 1928 Summer Olympics|1928]] || 4–11 August || 14 teams {{increase}} || 18 matches {{decrease}} || style="text-align: left;" | Single-elimination tournament; Bergvall system for third-place
|-
| 8 || [[Water polo at the 1932 Summer Olympics|1932]] || 4–13 August || 5 teams {{decrease}} || 8 matches{{efn |name=1932Matches}} {{decrease}} || style="text-align: left;" | [[Round-robin tournament]]
|-
| 9 || [[Water polo at the 1936 Summer Olympics|1936]] || 8–15 August || 16 teams {{increase}} || 40 matches {{increase}} || style="text-align: left;" | Round-robin pools advanced teams to the round-robin semi-final pool; round-robin semi-final pools advanced teams to the round-robin final pool
|-
| 10 || [[Water polo at the 1948 Summer Olympics|1948]] || 28 July – 7 August || {{nowrap|18 teams {{increase}}}} || {{nowrap|40 matches{{efn |name=1948Matches}} {{steady}}}} || style="text-align: left;" | Series of round-robin elimination pools, followed by round-robin semi-final pools, and then round-robin final pools
|-
| 11 || [[Water polo at the 1952 Summer Olympics|1952]] || 25 July – 2 August || {{nowrap|21 teams {{increase}}}} || {{nowrap|56 matches{{efn |name=1952Matches}} {{increase}}}} || style="text-align: left;" | Single-elimination tournament qualifying; round-robin pools advanced teams to the round-robin semi-final pool; round-robin semi-final pools advanced teams to the round-robin final pool
|-
| 12 || [[Water polo at the 1956 Summer Olympics|1956]] || {{nowrap|28 November – 7 December}} || 10 teams {{decrease}} || 29 matches {{decrease}} || style="text-align: left;" | Round-robin pools advanced teams to the round-robin final pool
|-
| 13 || [[Water polo at the 1960 Summer Olympics|1960]] || 25 August – 3 September || 16 teams {{increase}} || 40 matches {{increase}} || rowspan="2" style="text-align: left;" | Round-robin pools advanced teams to the round-robin semi-final pool; round-robin semi-final pools advanced teams to the round-robin final pool
|-
| 14 || [[Water polo at the 1964 Summer Olympics|1964]] || 11–18 October || 13 teams {{decrease}} || 31 matches {{decrease}}
|-
| 15 || [[Water polo at the 1968 Summer Olympics|1968]] || 14–26 October || 15 teams {{increase}} || 63 matches {{increase}} || style="text-align: left;" | Round-robin pools advanced teams to [[classification match]]es
|-
| 16 || [[Water polo at the 1972 Summer Olympics|1972]] || 27 August – 4 September || 16 teams {{increase}} || 59 matches {{decrease}} || rowspan="4" style="text-align: left;" | Round-robin pools advanced teams to the round-robin final pool
|-
| 17 || [[Water polo at the 1976 Summer Olympics|1976]] || 18–27 July || 12 teams {{decrease}} || 48 matches {{decrease}}
|-
| 18 || [[Water polo at the 1980 Summer Olympics|1980]] || 20–29 July || 12 teams {{steady}} || 48 matches {{steady}}
|-
| 19 || [[Water polo at the 1984 Summer Olympics|1984]] || 1–10 August || 12 teams {{steady}} || 42 matches {{decrease}}
|-
| 20 || [[Water polo at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988]] || 21 September – 1 October || 12 teams {{steady}} || 42 matches {{steady}} || rowspan="9" style="text-align: left;" | Round-robin pools advanced teams to classification matches
|-
| 21 || [[Water polo at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992]] || 1–9 August || 12 teams {{steady}} || 42 matches {{steady}}
|-
| 22 || [[Water polo at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996]] || 20–28 July || 12 teams {{steady}} || 48 matches {{increase}}
|-
| 23 || [[Water polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2000]] || 23 September – 1 October || 12 teams {{steady}} || 48 matches {{steady}}
|-
| 24 || [[Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2004]] || 15–29 August || 12 teams {{steady}} || 44 matches {{decrease}}
|-
| 25 || [[Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2008]] || 10–24 August || 12 teams {{steady}} || 44 matches {{steady}}
|-
| 26 || [[Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2012]] || 29 July – 12 August || 12 teams {{steady}} || 42 matches {{decrease}}
|-
| 27 || [[Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2016]] || 6–20 August || 12 teams {{steady}} || 42 matches {{steady}}
|-
| 28 || [[Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2020]] || 25 July – 8 August 2021<ref name="Postponed to 2021 IOC"/> || 12 teams {{steady}} || 42 matches {{steady}}
|-
! rowspan="2" | # !! rowspan="2" | Year !! rowspan="2" | Dates !! Teams !! Matches !! rowspan="2" | Competition format
|-
! colspan="2" | Number of
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; margin-left: 1em;"
|+ '''Women's tournament'''
|-
! rowspan="2" | # !! rowspan="2" | Year !! rowspan="2" | Dates !! colspan="2" | Number of !! rowspan="2" | Competition format
|-
! Teams !! Matches
|-
| 1 || [[Water polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2000]] || 16–23 September || 6 teams || 20 matches || rowspan="6" style="text-align: left;" | [[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]] pools advanced teams to [[classification match]]es
|-
| 2 || [[Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2004]] || 16–26 August || 8 teams {{increase}} || 20 matches {{steady}}
|-
| 3 || [[Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2008]] || 11–21 August || 8 teams {{steady}} || 20 matches {{steady}}
|-
| 4 || [[Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2012]] || 30 July – 9 August || 8 teams {{steady}} || 24 matches {{increase}}
|-
| 5 || [[Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2016]] || 9–19 August || 8 teams {{steady}} || 24 matches {{steady}}
|-
| 6 || [[Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2020]] || 24 July – 7 August 2021<ref name="Postponed to 2021 IOC"/> || 10 teams {{increase}} || 32 matches {{increase}}
|}
Sources:
* [[#Official Reports (IOC)|Official Reports]] (PDF): 1900–1996;
* [[#Official Results Books (IOC)|Official Results Books]] (PDF): 2000–2016;
* [[#Olympedia|Olympedia]]: 1900–2016;
* [[#Sports Reference|Sports Reference]]: 1900–2016.

===Game rules===
{{Main|Rules of water polo}}

====Maximum number of players per team====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; margin-left: 1em;"
|+ '''Men's tournament'''
|-
! rowspan="2" | !! colspan="4" | Maximum number of players
|-
! 1900–1904 !! 1908–1980 !! 1984–2016 !! 2020–
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | In the playing area of the pool during an Olympic match || 7 || 7 {{steady}} || 7 {{steady}} || 7 {{steady}}
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | During an Olympic match || 11 || 11 {{steady}} || 13 {{increase}} || 12<ref name="Players quota 2020 TWP"/> {{decrease}}
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | During an Olympic tournament || 11 || 11 {{steady}} || 13 {{increase}} || 13<ref name="Players quota 2020 TWP"/> {{steady}}
|-
| || {{nowrap|per club}} || {{nowrap|per nation}} || {{nowrap|per nation}} || {{nowrap|per nation}}
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; margin-left: 1em;"
|+ '''Women's tournament'''
|-
! rowspan="2" | !! colspan="2" | Maximum number of players
|-
! 2000–2016 !! 2020–
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | In the playing area of the pool during an Olympic match || 7 || 7 {{steady}}
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | During an Olympic match || 13 || 12<ref name="Players quota 2020 TWP"/> {{decrease}}
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | During an Olympic tournament || 13 || 13<ref name="Players quota 2020 TWP"/> {{steady}}
|-
| || {{nowrap|per nation}} || {{nowrap|per nation}}
|}
Sources:
* [[#Official Reports (IOC)|Official Reports]] (PDF): 1900–1996;
* [[#Official Results Books (IOC)|Official Results Books]] (PDF): 2000–2016.

===Anti-doping===
{{Main|Doping at the Olympic Games|List of doping cases in sport}}

The FINA follows the [[World Anti-Doping Agency]]'s (WADA) regulations on [[Doping in sport|performance-enhancing drugs]]. According to the WADA, a positive in-competition test results in disqualification of the player and a suspension that varies based on the number of offences. When a player tests positive, the rest of their team is subjected to testing; another positive test can result in a disqualification of the entire team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/fileadmin/user_upload/PDF/Sport/World_Anti-Doping_Code_2003.pdf|title=World Anti-Doping Code|publisher=[[World Anti-Doping Agency]]|year=2003|pages=24–37|location=Montreal}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=NHL discusses doping procedures|url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2001/03/08/olympics010308.html|publisher=CBC Sports|access-date=18 March 2009|date=8 March 2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=N.H.L. and I.O.C. Disagree on Drug Policy|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C04E0D7173AF93AA35750C0A9679C8B63|work=The New York Times|access-date=18 March 2009|date=9 March 2001|author=Roberts, Selena}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9404E7DF153CF931A15750C0A9679C8B63|title=Drug Testing Agreement Made Final|work=The New York Times|date=22 March 2001|access-date=17 March 2009}}</ref>

==Men's tournament==
===Results summary===
{| border=1 style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%; text-align: center" cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0
|-
!rowspan=2 width=3%|#
!rowspan=2 width=6%|Year<ref name="HistoFINA PDF"/>
!rowspan=2 width=9%|Hosts
!width=1% rowspan=31 bgcolor=#ffffff|
!colspan=3|Gold medal game
!width=1% rowspan=31 bgcolor=#ffffff|
!colspan=3|Bronze medal game
!width=1% rowspan=31 bgcolor=#ffffff|
!rowspan=2 width=5%|Number of teams
|-
!width=14% bgcolor=#ffd700|Gold
!width=8% bgcolor=#efefef|Score
!width=14% bgcolor=#c0c0c0|Silver
!width=14% bgcolor=#cc9966|Bronze
!width=8% bgcolor=#efefef|Score
!width=14% bgcolor=#9acdff|4th place
|-
|1
|'''1900'''<br />''[[Water polo at the 1900 Summer Olympics|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|France}}<br />[[Paris]]
|'''{{wp-big|Great Britain}}''' ([[Mixed team at the 1900 Summer Olympics|Mixed team]])<br />('''Osborne Swimming Club''')
|'''7–2'''
|{{wp-big|Belgium}}<br />(Brussels Swimming and Water Polo Club)
|{{wp-big|France}} ([[Mixed team at the 1900 Summer Olympics|Mixed team]])<br />(Libellule de Paris)<br />{{wp-big|France}}<br />(Pupilles de Neptune de Lille #2)
|{{efn |name=1900Matches}}
|
|7
|-
|''2''
|'''1904'''<br />''[[Water polo at the 1904 Summer Olympics|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|United States|1896}}<br />''[[St. Louis]]''
|colspan="3"|''Water polo was an unofficial sport''
|colspan="3"|''Water polo was an unofficial sport''
|
|-
|3
|'''1908'''<br />''[[Water polo at the 1908 Summer Olympics|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|Great Britain}}<br />[[London]]
|'''{{wp-big|Great Britain}}'''
|'''9–2'''{{efn |name=1908Gold}}
|{{wp-big|Belgium}}
|{{wp-big|Sweden}}
|{{efn |name=1908Bronze}}
|{{wp-big|Netherlands}}
|4
|-
|4
|'''1912'''<br />''[[Water polo at the 1912 Summer Olympics|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|Sweden}}<br />[[Stockholm]]
|'''{{wp-big|Great Britain}}'''
|'''8–0'''
|{{wp-big|Sweden}}
|{{wp-big|Belgium}}
|'''5–4'''
|{{wp-big|Austria|empire}}
|6
|-
|5
|'''1920'''<br />''[[Water polo at the 1920 Summer Olympics|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|Belgium}}<br />[[Antwerp]]
|'''{{wp-big|Great Britain}}'''
|'''3–2'''
|{{wp-big|Belgium}}
|{{wp-big|Sweden}}
|'''5–0'''
|{{wp-big|United States|1912}}
|12
|-
|6
|'''1924'''<br />''[[Water polo at the 1924 Summer Olympics|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|France}}<br />[[Paris]]
|'''{{wp-big|France}}'''
|'''3–0'''
|{{wp-big|Belgium}}
|{{wp-big|United States|1912}}
|'''3–2'''
|{{wp-big|Sweden}}
|13
|-
|7
|'''1928'''<br />''[[Water polo at the 1928 Summer Olympics|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|Netherlands}}<br />[[Amsterdam]]
|'''{{wp-big|Germany|Weimar}}'''
|'''5–2'''
|{{wp-big|Hungary|1920}}
|{{wp-big|France}}
|'''8–1'''
|{{wp-big|Great Britain}}
|14
|-
|8
|'''1932'''<br />''[[Water polo at the 1932 Summer Olympics|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|United States|1912}}<br />[[Los Angeles]]
|'''{{wp-big|Hungary|1920}}'''
|[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
|{{wp-big|Germany}}
|{{wp-big|United States|1912}}
|[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
|{{wp-big|Japan|1870}}
|5
|-
|9
|'''1936'''<br />''[[Water polo at the 1936 Summer Olympics|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|Germany|Nazi}}<br />[[Berlin]]
|'''{{wp-big|Hungary|1920}}'''
|[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
|{{wp-big|Germany|Nazi}}
|{{wp-big|Belgium}}
|[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
|{{wp-big|France}}
|16
|-
|10
|'''1948'''<br />''[[Water polo at the 1948 Summer Olympics|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|Great Britain}}<br />[[London]]
|'''{{wp-big|Italy}}'''
|[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
|{{wp-big|Hungary|1946}}
|{{wp-big|Netherlands}}
|[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
|{{wp-big|Belgium}}
|18
|-
|11
|'''1952'''<br />''[[Water polo at the 1952 Summer Olympics|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|Finland}}<br />[[Helsinki]]
|'''{{wp-big|Hungary|1949}}'''
|[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
|{{wp-big|Yugoslavia}}
|{{wp-big|Italy}}
|[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
|{{wp-big|United States|1912}}
|21
|-
|12
|'''1956'''<br />''[[Water polo at the 1956 Summer Olympics|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|Australia}}<br />[[Melbourne]]
|'''{{wp-big|Hungary|1956}}'''
|[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
|{{wp-big|Yugoslavia}}
|{{wp-big|Soviet Union}}
|[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
|{{wp-big|Italy}}
|10
|-
|13
|'''1960'''<br />''[[Water polo at the 1960 Summer Olympics|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|Italy}}<br />[[Rome]]
|'''{{wp-big|Italy}}'''
|[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
|{{wp-big|Soviet Union}}
|{{wp-big|Hungary}}
|[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
|{{wp-big|Yugoslavia}}
|16
|-
|14
|'''1964'''<br />''[[Water polo at the 1964 Summer Olympics|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|Japan|1870}}<br />[[Tokyo]]
|'''{{wp-big|Hungary}}'''
|[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
|{{wp-big|Yugoslavia}}
|{{wp-big|Soviet Union}}
|[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
|{{wp-big|Italy}}
|13
|-
|15
|'''1968'''<br />''[[Water polo at the 1968 Summer Olympics|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|Mexico}}<br />[[Mexico City]]
|'''{{wp-big|Yugoslavia}}'''
|'''13–11''' ([[Overtime (sports)|aet]])
|{{wp-big|Soviet Union}}
|{{wp-big|Hungary}}
|'''9–4'''
|{{wp-big|Italy}}
|15
|-
|16
|'''1972'''<br />''[[Water polo at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|West Germany}}<br />[[Munich]]
|'''{{wp-big|Soviet Union}}'''
|[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
|{{wp-big|Hungary}}
|{{wp-big|United States}}
|[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
|{{wp-big|West Germany}}
|16
|-
|17
|'''1976'''<br />''[[Water polo at the 1976 Summer Olympics|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|Canada}}<br />[[Montreal]]
|'''{{wp-big|Hungary}}'''
|[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
|{{wp-big|Italy}}
|{{wp-big|Netherlands}}
|[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
|{{wp-big|Romania|1965}}
|12
|-
|18
|'''1980'''<br />''[[Water polo at the 1980 Summer Olympics|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|Soviet Union}}<br />[[Moscow]]
|'''{{wp-big|Soviet Union}}'''
|[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
|{{wp-big|Yugoslavia}}
|{{wp-big|Hungary}}
|[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
|{{flagicon image|Olympic flag.svg|size=30x27px}}<br />[[Spain men's national water polo team|Spain]]
|12
|-
|19
|'''1984'''<br />''[[Water polo at the 1984 Summer Olympics|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|United States}}<br />[[Los Angeles]]
|'''{{wp-big|Yugoslavia}}'''
|[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
|{{wp-big|United States}}
|{{wp-big|West Germany}}
|[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
|{{wp-big|Spain}}
|12
|-
|20
|'''1988'''<br />''[[Water polo at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|South Korea}}<br />[[Seoul]]
|'''{{wp-big|Yugoslavia}}'''
|'''9–7''' ([[Overtime (sports)|aet]])
|{{wp-big|United States}}
|{{wp-big|Soviet Union}}
|'''14–13'''
|{{wp-big|West Germany}}
|12
|-
|21
|'''1992'''<br />''[[Water polo at the 1992 Summer Olympics|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|Spain}}<br />[[Barcelona]]
|'''{{wp-big|Italy}}'''
|'''9–8''' ([[Overtime (sports)|aet]])
|{{wp-big|Spain}}
|{{flagicon image|Olympic flag.svg|size=30x27px}}<br />[[Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics|Unified Team]]{{efn |name=UnifiedTeam}}
|'''8–4'''
|{{wp-big|United States}}
|12
|-
|22
|'''1996'''<br />''[[Water polo at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|United States}}<br />[[Atlanta]]
|'''{{wp-big|Spain}}'''
|'''7–5'''
|{{wp-big|Croatia}}
|{{wp-big|Italy}}
|'''20–18''' ([[Overtime (sports)|aet]])
|{{wp-big|Hungary}}
|12
|-
|23
|'''2000'''<br />''[[Water polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|Australia}}<br />[[Sydney]]
|'''{{wp-big|Hungary}}'''
|'''13–6'''
|{{wp-big|Russia}}
|{{wp-big|FRY}}{{efn |name=FRYugoslavia}}
|'''8–3'''
|{{wp-big|Spain}}
|12
|-
|24
|'''2004'''<br />''[[Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|Greece}}<br />[[Athens]]
|'''{{wp-big|Hungary}}'''
|'''8–7'''
|{{wp-big|Serbia and Montenegro}}
|{{wp-big|Russia}}
|'''6–5'''
|{{wp-big|Greece}}
|12
|-
|25
|'''2008'''<br />''[[Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|China}}<br />[[Beijing]]
|'''{{wp-big|Hungary}}'''
|'''14–10'''
|{{wp-big|United States}}
|{{wp-big|Serbia}}
|'''6–4'''
|{{wp-big|Montenegro}}
|12
|-
|26
|'''2012'''<br />''[[Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|Great Britain}}<br />[[London]]
|'''{{wp-big|Croatia}}'''
|'''8–6'''
|{{wp-big|Italy}}
|{{wp-big|Serbia}}
|'''12–11'''
|{{wp-big|Montenegro}}
|12
|-
|27
|'''2016'''<br />''[[Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|Brazil}}<br />[[Rio de Janeiro|Rio]]
|'''{{wp-big|Serbia}}'''
|'''11–7'''
|{{wp-big|Croatia}}
||{{wp-big|Italy}}
|'''12–10'''
||{{wp-big|Montenegro}}
|12
|-
|28
|'''2020'''<br />''[[Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|Japan}}<br />[[Tokyo]]
|'''{{wp-big|Serbia}}'''
|'''13–10'''
|{{wp-big|Greece}}
||{{wp-big|Hungary}}
|'''9–5'''
||{{wp-big|Spain}}
|12
|-
|20
|'''2024'''<br />''[[Water polo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|France}}<br />[[Paris]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|12
|}
Sources:
* [[#Official Reports (IOC)|Official Reports]] (PDF): 1900–1996 (men's tournaments);
* [[#Official Results Books (IOC)|Official Results Books]] (PDF): 2000–2020 (men's tournaments);
* [[#Olympedia|Olympedia]]: 1900–2020 (men's tournaments);
* [[#Sports Reference|Sports Reference]]: 1900–2016 (men's tournaments).

===Confederation statistics===
{{Main|National team appearances in the men's Olympic water polo tournament#Confederation statistics}}

====Best performances by tournament====
{{transcluded section|List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics|Best performances by tournament}}
{{#section:List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics|Best performances by tournament}}
===Team statistics===
{{Main|National team appearances in the men's Olympic water polo tournament}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left; font-size: 90%; margin-left: 1em;"
|-
! Rk
| Rank
! Ref
| Reference
! p.
| page
! pp.
| pages
|}

====Comprehensive team results by tournament====
{{transcluded section|List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics#Comprehensive team results by tournament}}
{{#section:List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics|Comprehensive team results by tournament}}
====Finishes in the top four====
{{transcluded section|List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics#Finishes in the top four}}
{{#section:List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics|Finishes in the top four}}
====Medal table====
{{transcluded section|List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics#Medal table}}
{{#section:List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics|Medal table}}
====Champions (results, squads)====
{{Main|List of Olympic champions in men's water polo}}
'''Champions (results)'''<br>{{#section:List of Olympic champions in men's water polo|Results}}
'''Champions (squads)'''<br>{{#section:List of Olympic champions in men's water polo|Squads}}

====Team records====
{{Main|List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics#Team records}}
===Player statistics===
{{Main|List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics#Player statistics}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left; font-size: 90%; margin-left: 1em;"
|-
! Rk
| Rank
! Ref
| Reference
! (C)
| [[Captain (sports)|Captain]]
|-
! Pos
| [[Water polo#Positions|Playing position]]
! FP
| [[Glossary of water polo#F|Field player]]
! GK
| [[Goalkeeper (water polo)|Goalkeeper]]
|-
! L/R
| [[Handedness]]
! L
| Left-handed
! R
| Right-handed
|-
! p.
| page
! pp.
| pages
!
| 
|}

====Multiple appearances (five-time Olympians)====
{{Main|List of players who have appeared in multiple men's Olympic water polo tournaments}}
{{See also|List of athletes with the most appearances at Olympic Games}}
{{#section:List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics|Multiple appearances}}
====Multiple medalists====
{{Main|List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)}}
{{See also|List of multiple Olympic medalists in one event}}
{{#section:List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics|Multiple medalists}}
====Multiple gold medalists====
{{Main|List of Olympic champions in men's water polo}}
{{See also|List of multiple Olympic gold medalists in one event}}
{{#section:List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics|Multiple gold medalists}}
====Top goalscorers (one match, one tournament, all-time)====
'''Top goalscorers (one match)'''
{{Main|List of men's Olympic water polo tournament top goalscorers#One match}}

'''Top goalscorers (one tournament)'''
{{Main|List of men's Olympic water polo tournament top goalscorers#One tournament}}
{{#section:List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics|Top goalscorers (one tournament by goals)}}
{{#section:List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics|Top goalscorers (one tournament by matches)}}
'''Top goalscorers (all-time)'''
{{Main|List of men's Olympic water polo tournament top goalscorers#All-time}}
{{#section:List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics|Top goalscorers (all-time)}}
====Top goalkeepers (one match, one tournament, all-time)====
'''Top goalkeepers (one match)'''
{{Main|List of men's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers#One match}}

'''Top goalkeepers (one tournament)'''
{{Main|List of men's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers#One tournament}}
{{#section:List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics|Top goalkeepers (one tournament)}}
'''Top goalkeepers (all-time)'''
{{Main|List of men's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers#All-time}}

===Coach statistics===
{{Main|List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics#Coach statistics}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left; font-size: 90%; margin-left: 1em;"
|-
! Rk
| Rank
! Ref
| Reference
! p.
| page
! pp.
| pages
|}

====Most successful coaches====
{{#section:List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics|Most successful coaches}}
====Medals as coach and player====
{{#section:List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics|Medals as coach and player}}
==Women's tournament==
===Results summary===
{| border=1 style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%; text-align: center" cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0
|-
!rowspan=2 width=3%|#
!rowspan=2 width=6%|Year<ref name="HistoFINA PDF"/>
!rowspan=2 width=9%|Hosts
!width=1% rowspan=9 bgcolor=#ffffff|
!colspan=3|Gold medal game
!width=1% rowspan=9 bgcolor=#ffffff|
!colspan=3|Bronze medal game
!width=1% rowspan=9 bgcolor=#ffffff|
!rowspan=2 width=5%|Number of teams
|-
!width=14% bgcolor=#ffd700|Gold
!width=8% bgcolor=#efefef|Score
!width=14% bgcolor=#c0c0c0|Silver
!width=14% bgcolor=#cc9966|Bronze
!width=8% bgcolor=#efefef|Score
!width=14% bgcolor=#9acdff|4th place
|-
|1
|'''2000'''<br />''[[Water polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|Australia}}<br />[[Sydney]]
|'''{{wpw-big|Australia}}'''
|'''4–3'''
|{{wpw-big|United States}}
|{{wpw-big|Russia}}
|'''4–3'''
|{{wpw-big|Netherlands}}
|6
|-
|2
|'''2004'''<br />''[[Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|Greece}}<br />[[Athens]]
|'''{{wpw-big|Italy}}'''
|'''10–9''' ([[Overtime (sports)|aet]])
|{{wpw-big|Greece}}
|{{wpw-big|United States}}
|'''6–5'''
|{{wpw-big|Australia}}
|8
|-
|3
|'''2008'''<br />''[[Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|China}}<br />[[Beijing]]
|'''{{wpw-big|Netherlands}}'''
|'''9–8'''
|{{wpw-big|United States}}
|{{wpw-big|Australia}}
|'''9–9''' ([[Overtime (sports)|aet]])<br />'''(3–2)''' ([[Penalty shootout#Water polo|ps]])
|{{wpw-big|Hungary}}
|8
|-
|4
|'''2012'''<br />''[[Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|Great Britain}}<br />[[London]]
|'''{{wpw-big|United States}}'''
|'''8–5'''
|{{wpw-big|Spain}}
|{{wpw-big|Australia}}
|'''13–11''' ([[Overtime (sports)|aet]])
|{{wpw-big|Hungary}}
|8
|-
|5
|'''2016'''<br />''[[Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|Brazil}}<br />[[Rio de Janeiro|Rio]]
|'''{{wpw-big|United States}}'''
|'''12–5'''
|{{wpw-big|Italy}}
|{{wpw-big|Russia}}
|'''12–12'''<br />'''(7–6)''' ([[Penalty shootout#Water polo|ps]])
|{{wpw-big|Hungary}}
|8
|-
|6
|'''2020'''<br />''[[Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|Japan}}<br />[[Tokyo]]
|'''{{wpw-big|United States}}'''
|'''14–5'''
|{{wpw-big|Spain}}
|{{wpw-big|Hungary}}
|'''11–9'''
|{{wpw-big|Russia|roc-olympics|name=ROC}}
|10
|-
|7
|'''2024'''<br />''[[Water polo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|France}}<br />[[Paris]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|10
|}
Sources:
* [[#Official Results Books (IOC)|Official Results Books]] (PDF): 2000–2016 (women's tournaments);
* [[#Olympedia|Olympedia]]: 2000–2016 (women's tournaments);
* [[#Sports Reference|Sports Reference]]: 2000–2016 (women's tournaments).

===Confederation statistics===
{{Main|National team appearances in the women's Olympic water polo tournament#Confederation statistics}}

====Best performances by tournament====
{{#section:List of women's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics|Best performances of confederations (by tournament)}}

===Team statistics===
{{Main|National team appearances in the women's Olympic water polo tournament}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left; font-size: 90%; margin-left: 1em;"
|-
! Rk
| Rank
! Ref
| Reference
! p.
| page
! pp.
| pages
|}

====Comprehensive team results by tournament====
{{#section:List of women's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics|Participating teams}}

====Finishes in the top four====
{{#section:List of women's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics|Finishes in top four}}

====Medal table====
{{#section:List of women's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics|Medal table}}

====Champions (results, squads)====
{{Main|List of Olympic champions in women's water polo}}
'''Champions (results)'''
{{#section:List of women's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics|Champions (results)}}
'''Champions (squads)'''
{{#section:List of women's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics|Champions (squads)}}
====Team records====
{{Main|List of women's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics#Team records}}

===Player statistics===
{{Main|List of women's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics#Player statistics}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left; font-size: 90%; margin-left: 1em;"
|-
! Rk
| Rank
! Ref
| Reference
! (C)
| [[Captain (sports)|Captain]]
|-
! Pos
| [[Water polo#Positions|Playing position]]
! FP
| [[Glossary of water polo#F|Field player]]
! GK
| [[Goalkeeper (water polo)|Goalkeeper]]
|-
! L/R
| [[Handedness]]
! L
| Left-handed
! R
| Right-handed
|-
! p.
| page
! pp.
| pages
!
| 
|}

====Multiple appearances (four-time Olympians)====
{{Main|List of players who have appeared in multiple women's Olympic water polo tournaments}}

{{#section:List of women's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics|Multiple appearances}}

====Multiple medalists====
{{Main|List of Olympic medalists in water polo (women)}}
{{See also|List of multiple Olympic medalists in one event}}

{{#section:List of women's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics|Multiple medalists}}

====Multiple gold medalists====
{{Main|List of Olympic champions in women's water polo}}

{{#section:List of women's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics|Multiple gold medalists}}

====Top goalscorers (one match, one tournament, all-time)====
'''Top goalscorers (one match)'''
{{Main|List of women's Olympic water polo tournament top goalscorers#One match}}

'''Top goalscorers (one tournament)'''
{{Main|List of women's Olympic water polo tournament top goalscorers#One tournament}}
{{#section:List of women's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics|Top goalscorers (one tournament by goals)}}
{{#section:List of women's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics|Top goalscorers (one tournament by matches)}}
'''Top goalscorers (all-time)'''
{{Main|List of women's Olympic water polo tournament top goalscorers#All-time}}
{{#section:List of women's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics|Top goalscorers (all-time)}}
====Top goalkeepers (one match, one tournament, all-time)====
'''Top goalkeepers (one match)'''
{{Main|List of women's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers#One match}}

'''Top goalkeepers (one tournament)'''
{{Main|List of women's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers#One tournament}}

{{#section:List of women's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics|Top goalkeepers (one tournament)}}

'''Top goalkeepers (all-time)'''
{{Main|List of women's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers#All-time}}

===Coach statistics===
{{Main|List of women's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics#Coach statistics}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left; font-size: 90%; margin-left: 1em;"
|-
! Rk
| Rank
! Ref
| Reference
! p.
| page
! pp.
| pages
|}

====Most successful coaches====
{{#section:List of women's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics|Most successful coaches}}

====Medals as coach and player====
{{#section:List of women's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics|Medals as coach and player}}

==Overall medal table==
The following table is pre-sorted by number of Olympic gold medals (in descending order), number of Olympic silver medals (in descending order), number of Olympic bronze medals (in descending order), name of the [[National Olympic Committee|NOC]] (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 31 December 2021.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://olympanalyt.com/OlympAnalytics.php?param_pagetype=MedalsByCountries&param_dbversion=&param_country=USA&param_games=ALL&param_sport=Water%20Polo |title=Olympic Analytics - Medals by Countries |website=olympanalyt.com |access-date=2022-01-31}}</ref>

Italy is the only country to win both the men's and women's water polo tournaments at the Summer Olympics. [[Italy men's national water polo team|Italy men's national team]] won gold medals at the 1948, 1960 and 1992 Olympics, while the [[Italy women's national water polo team|women's team]] was Olympic champions in 2004.

;Legend
* '''NOC'''<sup>◊</sup> – NOC that won medals in both the men's and women's tournaments
* ''NOC''<sup>†</sup> – Defunct NOC

{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = 
 | show_limit     = 
 | remaining_text = 
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 | team           = NOC
 | gold_HUN = 9 | silver_HUN = 3 | bronze_HUN = 5 | name_HUN = '''{{flagIOCteam|HUN}}'''<sup>◊</sup>
 | gold_USA = 4 | silver_USA = 6 | bronze_USA = 5 | name_USA = '''{{flagIOCteam|USA}}'''<sup>◊</sup> | note_USA = {{efn |name=1904USA |Previously, the [[International Olympic Committee]] and [[FINA|International Swimming Federation]] (FINA) considered the water polo event at the 1904 Olympics as a demonstration sport.<ref name="HistoFINA PDF"/> However, in July 2021, after accepting the recommendation of Olympic historian Bill Mallon, the IOC recognized water polo along with several others as an official sport of the 1904 Olympic program.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/st-louis-1904/results/water-polo/water-polo-men |title=St. Louis 1904 Water Polo Men Results |website=IOC |access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref>}}
 | gold_ITA = 4 | silver_ITA = 3 | bronze_ITA = 3 | name_ITA = '''{{flagIOCteam|ITA}}'''<sup>◊</sup>
 | gold_YUG = 3 | silver_YUG = 4 | bronze_YUG = 0 | name_YUG = ''{{flagIOCteam|YUG}}''<sup>†</sup>
 | gold_GBR = 3 | silver_GBR = 0 | bronze_GBR = 0 | note_GBR = {{efn |name=1900GBR}}
 | gold_URS = 2 | silver_URS = 2 | bronze_URS = 3 | name_URS = ''{{flagIOCteam|URS}}''<sup>†</sup>
 | gold_SRB = 2 | silver_SRB = 0 | bronze_SRB = 2
 | gold_ESP = 1 | silver_ESP = 3 | bronze_ESP = 0 | name_ESP = '''{{flagIOCteam|ESP}}'''<sup>◊</sup>
 | gold_GER = 1 | silver_GER = 2 | bronze_GER = 0
 | gold_CRO = 1 | silver_CRO = 2 | bronze_CRO = 0
 | gold_FRA = 1 | silver_FRA = 0 | bronze_FRA = 2 | note_FRA = {{efn |name=1900Matches}}
 | gold_AUS = 1 | silver_AUS = 0 | bronze_AUS = 2
 | gold_NED = 1 | silver_NED = 0 | bronze_NED = 2 | name_NED = '''{{flagIOCteam|NED}}'''<sup>◊</sup>
 | gold_ZZX = 1 | silver_ZZX = 0 | bronze_ZZX = 1 | name_ZZX = ''{{flagIOCteam|ZZX}}''<sup>†</sup>
 | gold_BEL = 0 | silver_BEL = 4 | bronze_BEL = 2
 | gold_GRE = 0 | silver_GRE = 2 | bronze_GRE = 0 | name_GRE = '''{{flagIOCteam|GRE}}'''<sup>◊</sup>
 | gold_RUS = 0 | silver_RUS = 1 | bronze_RUS = 3 | name_RUS = '''{{flagIOCteam|RUS}}'''<sup>◊</sup>
 | gold_SWE = 0 | silver_SWE = 1 | bronze_SWE = 2
 | gold_SCG = 0 | silver_SCG = 1 | bronze_SCG = 1 | name_SCG = ''{{flagIOCteam|SCG}}''<sup>†</sup>
 | gold_EUN = 0 | silver_EUN = 0 | bronze_EUN = 1 | name_EUN = ''{{flagIOCteam|EUN}}''<sup>†</sup> | note_EUN = {{efn |name=UnifiedTeam}}
 | gold_FRG = 0 | silver_FRG = 0 | bronze_FRG = 1 | name_FRG = ''{{flagIOCteam|FRG}}''<sup>†</sup>
}}

===Winning two medals in one edition of the Games===
As of the 2020 Summer Olympics, four [[National Olympic Committee|NOC]]s won two medals in one edition of the Games.

;Legend
* {{border|width=2px|color=blue|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;}} – Hosts

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 90%; margin-left: 1em;"
|-
! rowspan="2" | Year !! colspan="3" | Men's tournament !! !! colspan="3" | Women's tournament
|-
! style="width: 9em; background-color: gold;" | Gold !! style="width: 9em; background-color: silver;" | Silver !! style="width: 9em; background-color: #cc9966;" | Bronze !! !! style="width: 9em; background-color: gold;" | Gold !! style="width: 9em; background-color: silver;" | Silver !! style="width: 9em; background-color: #cc9966;" | Bronze
|-
| [[Water polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000]] || || style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Russia}} || || || || || style="text-align: left;" | {{wpw|Russia}}
|-
| [[Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004]] || || || || || || || 
|-
| [[Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008]] || || style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|United States}} || || || || style="text-align: left;" | {{wpw|United States}} || 
|-
| [[Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012]] || || || || || || || 
|-
| [[Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics|2016]] || || || style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Italy}} || || || style="text-align: left;" | {{wpw|Italy}} || 
|-
| [[Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics|2020]] || || || style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Hungary}} || || || || style="text-align: left;" | {{wpw|Hungary}}
|}

==Water polo people at the opening and closing ceremonies==
===Flag bearers===
[[File:Evert Kroon 1976.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Evert Kroon]] was the flag bearer for the Netherlands at the closing ceremony of the 1976 Olympics.]]

Some sportspeople were chosen to [[flag bearer|carry the national flag of their country]] at the opening and closing [[Olympic Games ceremony|ceremonies of the Olympic Games]]. As of the 2020 Summer Olympics, thirty water polo people from six continents were given the honour. Among them, three flag bearers won the tournament with his/her team.

[[Charles Sydney Smith|Charles Smith]], representing Great Britain, was the first water polo player to be a flag bearer at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics.<ref name="Charles Smith OP"/>

Six-time Olympian [[Manuel Estiarte]] of Spain was the flag bearer during the opening ceremony at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.<ref name="Manuel Estiarte OP"/>

After winning gold in the women's tournament, [[Carmela Allucci]], the captain of the Italian women's water polo team, carried the national flag of Italy at the closing ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics,<ref name="Carmela Allucci OP"/> becoming the first female water polo player to be given the honour.

;Legend
* {{border|color=black|&nbsp;2008 O&nbsp;}} – Opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics
* {{border|color=black|&nbsp;2012 C&nbsp;}} – Closing ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics
* {{border|width=2px|color=blue|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;}} – Hosts
* {{color box|pink|Flag bearer}} – Female flag bearer
* '''Flag bearer'''<sup>‡</sup> – Flag bearer who won the tournament with his/her team

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 80%; margin-left: 1em;"
|+ '''Water polo people who were flag bearers at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games'''
|-
! rowspan="2" | # !! rowspan="2" | Year !! rowspan="2" | Country !! rowspan="2" | Flag bearer !! rowspan="2" | Birth !! rowspan="2" | Age !! rowspan="2" | Height !! rowspan="2" | Team !! rowspan="2" | Pos !! colspan="6" | Water polo tournaments !! rowspan="2" | Period<br />(age of<br />first/last) !! colspan="4" | Medals !! rowspan="2" class="unsortable" | Ref
|-
! 1 !! class="unsortable" | 2 !! class="unsortable" | 3 !! class="unsortable" | 4 !! class="unsortable" | 5 !! class="unsortable" | 6 !! style="background-color: gold;" | G !! style="background-color: silver;" | S !! style="background-color: #cc9966;" | B !! T
|-
| 1 || 1912 O || style="text-align: left;" | {{flagdeco|Great Britain}} [[List of flag bearers for Great Britain at the Olympics|Great Britain]] || style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Smith, Charles" | '''[[Charles Sydney Smith|Charles Smith]]'''<sup>‡</sup> || {{Date table sorting|format=y|26 January 1879}} || 33 || {{cvt|1.86|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} || style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Great Britain}} || GK || style="border: 2px solid blue; background-color: gold;" | 1908 || style="background-color: gold;" | 1912 || style="background-color: gold;" | 1920 || 1924 || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || 16 years<br />(29/45) || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''3''' || <ref name="Charles Smith OP"/>
|-
| 2 || 1920 O || style="border: 2px solid blue; text-align: left;" | {{flagdeco|Belgium}} [[List of flag bearers for Belgium at the Olympics|Belgium]] || style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Boin, Victor" | [[Victor Boin]] || {{Date table sorting|format=y|28 February 1886}} || 34 || <!-- height --> || style="border: 2px solid blue; text-align: left;" | {{wp|Belgium}} || FP || style="background-color: silver;" | 1908 || style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1912 || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || 4 years<br />(22/26) || 0 || 1 || 1 || '''2''' || <ref name="Victor Boin OP"/>
|-
| 3 || 1924 O || style="text-align: left;" | {{flagdeco|Great Britain}} [[List of flag bearers for Great Britain at the Olympics|Great Britain]] || style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Hunt, Arthur" | [[Arthur Hunt (water polo)|Arthur Hunt]] || {{Date table sorting|format=y|27 August 1886}} || 37 || <!-- height --> || style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Great Britain}} || FP || 1924 || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || 0 years<br />(37/37) || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || <ref name="Arthur Hunt OP"/>
|-
| 4 || 1928 O || style="text-align: left;" | {{flagdeco|France}} [[List of flag bearers for France at the Olympics|France]] || style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Thorailler, Jean" | [[Jean Thorailler]] || {{Date table sorting|format=y|7 January 1888}} || 40 || <!-- height --> || style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|France}} || GK || 1912 || 1920 || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || 8 years<br />(24/32) || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || <ref name="Jean Thorailler OP"/>
|-
| 5 || rowspan="2" | 1948 O || style="text-align: left;" | {{flagdeco|Australia}} [[List of flag bearers for Australia at the Olympics|Australia]] || style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="McKay, Les" | [[Les McKay]] || {{Date table sorting|format=y|27 May 1917}} || 31 || <!-- height --> || style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Australia}} || FP || 1948 || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || 0 years<br />(31/31) || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || <ref name="Les McKay OP"/>
|-
| 6 || style="text-align: left;" | {{flagdeco|Yugoslavia}} [[List of flag bearers for Yugoslavia at the Olympics|Yugoslavia]] || style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Grkinić, Božo" | [[Božo Grkinić]] || {{Date table sorting|format=y|17 November 1913}} || 34 || <!-- height --> || style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Yugoslavia}} || FP || 1948 || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || 0 years<br />(34/34) || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || <ref name="Božo Grkinić OP"/>
|-
| 7 || 1952 O || style="text-align: left;" | {{flagdeco|Egypt|1922}} [[List of flag bearers for Egypt at the Olympics|Egypt]] || style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Nessim, Ahmed Fouad" | [[Ahmed Fouad Nessim]] || {{Date table sorting|format=y|19 September 1924}} || 27 || <!-- height --> || style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Egypt|1922}} || GK || 1948 || 1952 || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || 4 years<br />(23/27) || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || <ref name="Ahmed Fouad Nessim OP"/>
|-
| 8 || rowspan="2" | 1956 O || style="text-align: left;" | {{flagdeco|Singapore|colonial}} [[List of flag bearers for Singapore at the Olympics|Singapore]] || style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Chee, Lionel" | [[Lionel Chee]] || {{Date table sorting|format=y|4 August 1931}} || 25 || <!-- height --> || style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Singapore|colonial}} || FP || 1956 || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || 0 years<br />(25/25) || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || <ref name="Lionel Chee OP"/>
|-
| 9 || style="text-align: left;" | {{flagdeco|Yugoslavia}} [[List of flag bearers for Yugoslavia at the Olympics|Yugoslavia]] || style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Kovačić, Zdravko-Ćiro" | [[Zdravko-Ćiro Kovačić]] || {{Date table sorting|format=y|6 July 1925}} || 31 || <!-- height --> || style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Yugoslavia}} || GK || 1948 || style="background-color: silver;" | 1952 || style="background-color: silver;" | 1956 || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || 8 years<br />(23/31) || 0 || 2 || 0 || '''2''' || <ref name="Zdravko-Ćiro Kovačić OP"/>
|-
| 10 || rowspan="2" | 1968 O || style="text-align: left;" | {{flagdeco|Brazil}} [[List of flag bearers for Brazil at the Olympics|Brazil]] || style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Gonçalves, João" | [[João Gonçalves Filho|João Gonçalves]] || {{Date table sorting|format=y|7 December 1934}} || 33 || {{cvt|1.75|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} || style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Brazil}} || FP || 1960 || 1964 || 1968 || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || 8 years<br />(25/33) || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || <ref name="João Gonçalves OP"/>
|-
| data-sort-value="11 O" | 11 || style="text-align: left;" | {{flagdeco|Netherlands}} [[List of flag bearers for the Netherlands at the Olympics|Netherlands]] || style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Dorp, Fred van" | [[Fred van Dorp]] || {{Date table sorting|format=y|13 October 1938}} || 30 || {{cvt|1.90|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} || style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Netherlands}} || FP || 1960 || 1964 || 1968 || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || 8 years<br />(21/30) || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || <ref name="Fred van Dorp OP"/>
|-
| data-sort-value="11 Z" | 11 || data-sort-value="1968 Z" | 1968 C || style="text-align: left;" | {{flagdeco|Netherlands}} [[List of flag bearers for the Netherlands at the Olympics|Netherlands]] || style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Dorp, Fred van" | [[Fred van Dorp]] || {{Date table sorting|format=y|13 October 1938}} || 30 || {{cvt|1.90|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} || style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Netherlands}} || FP || 1960 || 1964 || 1968 || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || 8 years<br />(21/30) || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || <ref name="Fred van Dorp OP"/>
|-
| 12 || 1972 O || style="text-align: left;" | {{flagdeco|Yugoslavia}} [[List of flag bearers for Yugoslavia at the Olympics|Yugoslavia]] || style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Sandić, Mirko" | [[Mirko Sandić]] || {{Date table sorting|format=y|9 May 1942}} || 30 || {{cvt|1.98|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} || style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Yugoslavia}} || FP || 1960 || style="background-color: silver;" | 1964 || style="background-color: gold;" | 1968 || 1972 || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || 12 years<br />(18/30) || 1 || 1 || 0 || '''2''' || <ref name="Mirko Sandić OP"/>
|-
| 13 || data-sort-value="1976 Z" | 1976 C || style="text-align: left;" | {{flagdeco|Netherlands}} [[List of flag bearers for the Netherlands at the Olympics|Netherlands]] || style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Kroon, Evert" | [[Evert Kroon]] || {{Date table sorting|format=y|9 September 1946}} || 29 || {{cvt|1.92|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} || style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Netherlands}} || GK || 1968 || 1972 || style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1976 || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || 8 years<br />(22/29) || 0 || 0 || 1 || '''1''' || <ref name="Evert Kroon OP"/>
|-
| 14 || 1980 O || style="text-align: left;" | {{flagdeco|Hungary}} [[List of flag bearers for Hungary at the Olympics|Hungary]] || style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Szívós, István Sr." | [[István Szívós (water polo, born 1920)|István Szívós Sr.]] || {{Date table sorting|format=y|20 August 1920}} || 59 || {{cvt|1.85|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} || style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Hungary}} || FP || style="background-color: silver;" | 1948 || style="background-color: gold;" | 1952 || style="background-color: gold;" | 1956 || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || 8 years<br />(27/36) || 2 || 1 || 0 || '''3''' || <ref name="István Szívós Sr. OP"/>
|-
| 15 || 1984 O || style="text-align: left;" | {{flagdeco|Netherlands}} [[List of flag bearers for the Netherlands at the Olympics|Netherlands]] || style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Buunk, Ton" | [[Ton Buunk]] || {{Date table sorting|format=y|18 September 1952}} || 31 || {{cvt|1.96|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} || style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Netherlands}} || FP || 1972 || style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1976 || 1980 || 1984 || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || 12 years<br />(19/31) || 0 || 0 || 1 || '''1''' || <ref name="Ton Buunk OP"/>
|-
| 16 || data-sort-value="1988 Z" | 1988 C || style="text-align: left;" | {{flagdeco|United States}} [[List of flag bearers for the United States at the Olympics|United States]] || style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Schroeder, Terry" | [[Terry Schroeder]] || {{Date table sorting|format=y|9 October 1958}} || 29 || {{cvt|1.90|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} || style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|United States}} || FP || style="border: 2px solid blue; background-color: silver;" | 1984 || style="background-color: silver;" | 1988 || 1992 || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || 8 years<br />(25/33) || 0 || 2 || 0 || '''2''' || <ref name="Terry Schroeder OP"/>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 17 || rowspan="4" | 1996 O || rowspan="2" style="text-align: left;" | {{flagdeco|Croatia}} [[List of flag bearers for Croatia at the Olympics|Croatia]] || rowspan="2" style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Bukić, Perica" | [[Perica Bukić]] || rowspan="2" | {{Date table sorting|format=y|20 February 1966}} || rowspan="2" | 30 || rowspan="2" | {{cvt|1.98|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} || style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Yugoslavia}} || FP || style="background-color: gold;" | 1984 || style="background-color: gold;" | 1988 || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || rowspan="2" | 12 years<br />(18/30) || rowspan="2" | 2 || rowspan="2" | 1 || rowspan="2" | 0 || rowspan="2" | '''3''' || rowspan="2" | <ref name="Perica Bukić OP"/>
|- class="expand-child"
| style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Croatia}} || FP || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: silver;" | 1996 || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | 
|-
| rowspan="2" | 18 || rowspan="2" style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Yugoslavia, FR" | {{flagdeco|FR Yugoslavia}} [[List of flag bearers for Serbia and Montenegro at the Olympics|FR Yugoslavia]] || rowspan="2" style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Milanović, Igor" | [[Igor Milanović]] || rowspan="2" | {{Date table sorting|format=y|18 December 1965}} || rowspan="2" | 30 || rowspan="2" | {{cvt|1.95|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} || style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Yugoslavia}} || FP || style="background-color: gold;" | 1984 || style="background-color: gold;" | 1988 || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || rowspan="2" | 12 years<br />(18/30) || rowspan="2" | 2 || rowspan="2" | 0 || rowspan="2" | 0 || rowspan="2" | '''2''' || rowspan="2" | <ref name="Igor Milanović OP"/>
|- class="expand-child"
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Yugoslavia, FR" | {{wp|FR Yugoslavia}} || FP || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || 1996 || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | 
|-
| 19 || 2000 O || style="text-align: left;" | {{flagdeco|Spain}} [[List of flag bearers for Spain at the Olympics|Spain]] || style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Estiarte, Manuel" | [[Manuel Estiarte]] || {{Date table sorting|format=y|26 October 1961}} || 38 || {{cvt|1.78|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} || style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Spain}} || FP || 1980 || 1984 || 1988 || style="border: 2px solid blue; background-color: silver;" | 1992 || style="background-color: gold;" | 1996 || 2000 || 20 years<br />(18/38) || 1 || 1 || 0 || '''2''' || <ref name="Manuel Estiarte OP"/>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 20 || rowspan="2" data-sort-value="2004 O" | 2004 O || rowspan="2" style="text-align: left;" | {{flagdeco|Croatia}} [[List of flag bearers for Croatia at the Olympics|Croatia]] || rowspan="2" style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Šimenc, Dubravko" | [[Dubravko Šimenc]] || rowspan="2" | {{Date table sorting|format=y|2 November 1966}} || rowspan="2" | 37 || rowspan="2" | {{cvt|2.01|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} || style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Yugoslavia}} || FP || style="background-color: gold;" | 1988 || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || rowspan="2" | 16 years<br />(21/37) || rowspan="2" | 1 || rowspan="2" | 1 || rowspan="2" | 0 || rowspan="2" | '''2''' || rowspan="2" | <ref name="Dubravko Šimenc OP"/>
|- class="expand-child"
| style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Croatia}} || FP || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: silver;" | 1996 || 2000 || 2004 || style="background-color: #ececec;" | 
|-
| 21 || data-sort-value="2004 Z" | 2004 C || style="text-align: left;" | {{flagdeco|Italy}} [[List of flag bearers for Italy at the Olympics|Italy]] || style="background-color: pink; text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Allucci, Carmela" | '''[[Carmela Allucci]]'''<sup>‡</sup> || {{Date table sorting|format=y|22 January 1970}} || 34 || {{cvt|1.67|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} || style="text-align: left;" | {{wpw|Italy}} || FP || style="background-color: gold;" | 2004 || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || 0 years<br />(34/34) || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''1''' || <ref name="Carmela Allucci OP"/>
|-
| rowspan="2" data-sort-value="22 O" | 22 || rowspan="2" | 2008 O || rowspan="2" style="text-align: left;" | {{flagdeco|Montenegro}} [[List of flag bearers for Montenegro at the Olympics|Montenegro]] || rowspan="2" style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Uskoković, Veljko" | [[Veljko Uskoković]] || rowspan="2" | {{Date table sorting|format=y|29 March 1971}} || rowspan="2" | 37 || rowspan="2" | {{cvt|1.85|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} || style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Yugoslavia, FR" | {{wp|FR Yugoslavia}} || FP || 1996 || style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 2000 || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || rowspan="2" | 12 years<br />(25/37) || rowspan="2" | 0 || rowspan="2" | 0 || rowspan="2" | 1 || rowspan="2" | '''1''' || rowspan="2" | <ref name="Veljko Uskoković OP"/>
|- class="expand-child"
| style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Montenegro}} || FP || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || 2008 || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | 
|-
| rowspan="2" data-sort-value="22 Z" | 22 || rowspan="2" data-sort-value="2008 Z" | 2008 C || rowspan="2" style="text-align: left;" | {{flagdeco|Montenegro}} [[List of flag bearers for Montenegro at the Olympics|Montenegro]] || rowspan="2" style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Uskoković, Veljko" | [[Veljko Uskoković]] || rowspan="2" | {{Date table sorting|format=y|29 March 1971}} || rowspan="2" | 37 || rowspan="2" | {{cvt|1.85|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} || style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Yugoslavia, FR" | {{wp|FR Yugoslavia}} || FP || 1996 || style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 2000 || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || rowspan="2" | 12 years<br />(25/37) || rowspan="2" | 0 || rowspan="2" | 0 || rowspan="2" | 1 || rowspan="2" | '''1''' || rowspan="2" | <ref name="Veljko Uskoković OP"/>
|- class="expand-child"
| style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Montenegro}} || FP || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || 2008 || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | 
|-
| 23 || 2012 O || style="text-align: left;" | {{flagdeco|Hungary}} [[List of flag bearers for Hungary at the Olympics|Hungary]] || style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Biros, Péter" | [[Péter Biros]] || {{Date table sorting|format=y|5 April 1976}} || 36 || {{cvt|1.96|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} || style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Hungary}} || FP || style="background-color: gold;" | 2000 || style="background-color: gold;" | 2004 || style="background-color: gold;" | 2008 || 2012 || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || 12 years<br />(24/36) || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''3''' || <ref name="Péter Biros OP"/>
|-
| 24 || 2016 O || style="text-align: left;" | {{flagdeco|Croatia}} [[List of flag bearers for Croatia at the Olympics|Croatia]] || style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Pavić, Josip" | [[Josip Pavić]] || {{Date table sorting|format=y|15 January 1982}} || 34 || {{cvt|1.95|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} || style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Croatia}} || GK || 2008 || style="background-color: gold;" | 2012 || style="background-color: silver;" | 2016 || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || 8 years<br />(26/34) || 1 || 1 || 0 || '''2''' || <ref name="Josip Pavić OP"/>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 25 || rowspan="2" data-sort-value="2016 Z" | 2016 C || rowspan="2" style="text-align: left;" | {{flagdeco|Montenegro}} [[List of flag bearers for Montenegro at the Olympics|Montenegro]] || rowspan="2" style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Jokić, Predrag" | [[Predrag Jokić]] || rowspan="2" | {{Date table sorting|format=y|3 February 1983}} || rowspan="2" | 33 || rowspan="2" | {{cvt|1.88|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} || style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Serbia and Montenegro}} || FP || style="background-color: silver;" | 2004 || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || rowspan="2" | 12 years<br />(21/33) || rowspan="2" | 0 || rowspan="2" | 1 || rowspan="2" | 0 || rowspan="2" | '''1''' || rowspan="2" | <ref name="Predrag Jokić OP"/>
|- class="expand-child"
| style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Montenegro}} || FP || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || 2008 || 2012 || 2016 || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | 
|-
| 26 || rowspan="2" | 2020 O || style="text-align: left;" | {{flagdeco|SRB}} [[List of flag bearers for Serbia at the Olympics|Serbia]] || style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Filipović, Filip" | '''[[Filip Filipović (water polo)|Filip Filipović]]'''<sup>‡</sup> || {{Date table sorting|format=y|2 May 1987}} || 34 || {{cvt|1.96|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} || style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Serbia}} || FP || style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 2008 || style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 2012 || style="background-color: gold;" | 2016 || style="background-color: gold;" | 2020 || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || 13 years<br />(21/34) || 2 || 0 || 2 || '''4''' || <ref name="Filip Filipović OP"/>
|-
| 27 || style="text-align: left;" | {{flagdeco|Montenegro}} [[List of flag bearers for Montenegro at the Olympics|Montenegro]] || style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Brguljan, Draško" | [[Draško Brguljan]] || {{Date table sorting|format=y|27 December 1984}} || 36 || {{cvt|1.94|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} || style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Montenegro}} || FP || 2008 || 2012 || 2016 || 2020 || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || 13 years<br />(23/36) || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || <ref name="Draško Brguljan OP"/>
|-
| 28 || rowspan="3" data-sort-value="2020 Z" | 2020 C || style="text-align: left;" | {{flagdeco|Greece}} [[List of flag bearers for Greece at the Olympics|Greece]] || style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Fountoulis, Ioannis" | [[Ioannis Fountoulis]] || {{Date table sorting|format=y|25 May 1988}} || 33 || {{cvt|1.85|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} || style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Greece}} || FP || 2012 || 2016 || style="background-color: silver;" | 2020 || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || 9 years<br />(24/33) || 0 || 1 || 0 || '''1''' || <ref name="Ioannis Fountoulis OP"/>
|-
| 29 || style="text-align: left;" | {{flagdeco|Croatia}} [[List of flag bearers for Croatia at the Olympics|Croatia]] || style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Bušlje, Andro" | [[Andro Bušlje]] || {{Date table sorting|format=y|4 January 1986}} || 35 || {{cvt|1.99|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} || style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Croatia}} || FP || 2008 || style="background-color: gold;" | 2012 || style="background-color: silver;" | 2016 || 2020 || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || 13 years<br />(22/35) || 1 || 1 || 0 || '''2''' || <ref name="Andro Bušlje OP"/>
|-
| 30 || style="text-align: left;" | {{flagdeco|Montenegro}} [[List of flag bearers for Montenegro at the Olympics|Montenegro]] || style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Matković, Dušan" | [[Dušan Matković]] || {{Date table sorting|format=y|1 February 1999}} || 22 || {{cvt|1.90|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} || style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Montenegro}} || FP || 2020 || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || 0 years<br />(22/22) || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || <ref name="Dušan Matković OP"/>
|-
! rowspan="2" | # !! rowspan="2" | Year !! rowspan="2" | Country !! rowspan="2" | Flag bearer !! rowspan="2" | Birth !! rowspan="2" | Age !! rowspan="2" | Height !! rowspan="2" | Team !! rowspan="2" | Pos !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! rowspan="2" | Period<br />(age of<br />first/last) !! style="background-color: gold;" | G !! style="background-color: silver;" | S !! style="background-color: #cc9966;" | B !! T !! rowspan="2" | Ref
|-
! colspan="6" | Water polo tournaments !! colspan="4" | Medals
|}

===Oath takers===
[[File:Victor Boin 1922.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Victor Boin]] was the Oath taker at the opening ceremony of the 1920 Olympics.]]

Some sportspeople from the host nations were chosen to take the [[Olympic Oath]] at the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games. As of the 2020 Summer Olympics, four water polo people were given the honour.<ref name="Athletes' Oath OP"/><ref name="Officials' Oath OP"/>

As an athlete, [[Victor Boin]] of Belgium took the first ever Olympic Oath at the 1920 Games in Antwerp.<ref name="Victor Boin OP"/>

[[Eugeni Asensio]], a Spanish water polo [[referee]], took the Officials' Oath at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.<ref name="Eugeni Asensio OP"/>

As a water polo referee, Australian [[Peter Kerr (water polo)|Peter Kerr]] took the Officials' Oath at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.<ref name="Peter Kerr OP"/>

[[Asumi Tsuzaki]] of Japan took the Officials' Oath at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo,<ref name="Asumi Tsuzaki WWPRA"/> becoming the first female water polo referee to be given the honour.

;Legend
* {{border|width=2px|color=blue|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;}} – Hosts
* {{color box|pink|Oath taker}} – Female oath taker
* '''Oath taker'''<sup>‡</sup> – Oath taker who won the tournament with his/her team

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 85%; margin-left: 1em;"
|+ '''Water polo people who were oath takers at the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games'''
|-
! # !! Year !! Oath !! Country !! Oath taker !! Birth !! Age !! colspan="3" | Water polo tournament !! class="unsortable" | Ref
|-
| 1 || 1920 || style="text-align: left;" | Athletes' Oath || style="border: 2px solid blue; text-align: left;" | {{flagu|Belgium}} || style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Boin, Victor" | [[Victor Boin]] || {{Date table sorting|format=y|28 February 1886}} || 34 || style="background-color: silver;" | 1908 || style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1912 || style="text-align: left;" | As player || <ref name="Victor Boin OP"/>
|-
| 2 || 1992 || style="text-align: left;" | Officials' Oath || style="border: 2px solid blue; text-align: left;" | {{flagu|Spain}} || style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Asensio, Eugeni" | [[Eugeni Asensio]] || <!-- birthdate --> || <!-- age --> || style="border: 2px solid blue;" | 1992 || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="text-align: left;" | As referee (official) || <ref name="Eugeni Asensio OP"/>
|-
| 3 || 2000 || style="text-align: left;" | Officials' Oath || style="border: 2px solid blue; text-align: left;" | {{flagu|Australia}} || style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Kerr, Peter" | [[Peter Kerr (water polo)|Peter Kerr]] || <!-- birthdate --> || <!-- age --> || 1996 || style="border: 2px solid blue;" | 2000 || style="text-align: left;" | As referee (official) || <ref name="Peter Kerr OP"/>
|-
| 4 || 2020 || style="text-align: left;" | Officials' Oath || style="border: 2px solid blue; text-align: left;" | {{flagu|Japan}} || style="background-color: pink; text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Tsuzaki, Asumi" | [[Asumi Tsuzaki]] || {{Date table sorting|format=y|22 March 1989}} || 32 || style="border: 2px solid blue;" | 2020 || style="background-color: #ececec;" | || style="text-align: left;" | As referee (official) || <ref name="Asumi Tsuzaki WWPRA"/>
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|Olympic Games}}
{{div col}}
* [[Lists of Olympic water polo records and statistics]]
** [[List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics]]
** [[List of women's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics]]
** [[List of Olympic champions in men's water polo]]
** [[List of Olympic champions in women's water polo]]
** [[National team appearances in the men's Olympic water polo tournament]]
** [[National team appearances in the women's Olympic water polo tournament]]
** [[List of players who have appeared in multiple men's Olympic water polo tournaments]]
** [[List of players who have appeared in multiple women's Olympic water polo tournaments]]
** [[List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)]]
** [[List of Olympic medalists in water polo (women)]]
** [[List of men's Olympic water polo tournament top goalscorers]]
** [[List of women's Olympic water polo tournament top goalscorers]]
** [[List of men's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers]]
** [[List of women's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers]]
** [[List of Olympic venues in water polo]]
{{div col end}}
* [[Water polo at the World Aquatics Championships]]
* [[FINA Water Polo World Rankings]]
* [[List of water polo world medalists]]
* [[Major achievements in water polo by nation]]

==Notes==
{{notelist|refs=

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{{efn |name=1900Matches |France had four teams compete in 1900. Bronze medals were given to the losers of both semifinals; France took both bronze. [[Bill Burgess]], a member of one of the French bronze team was a British nationality, so later [[IOC]] attributed one bronze medal to [[Mixed team at the 1900 Summer Olympics|Mixed team]]. }}

{{efn |name=1900GBR |British team won gold medal in 1900. [[Victor Lindberg]], a member of British team was a New Zealander, so later [[IOC]] attributed gold medal to [[Mixed team at the 1900 Summer Olympics|Mixed team]].}}

{{efn |name=1908Gold |Having drawn a [[Bye (sports)|bye]] in the first round and having received a [[walkover]] against Austria in the semi-final, the final was the only match that Great Britain played during the tournament. }}

{{efn |name=1908Bronze |There was no bronze medal match for the 1908 Games in London. Belgium beat the Netherlands in the only one first round match and beats Sweden in the only one semifinal. }}

{{efn |name=1932Matches |At the 1932 Olympics, Brazil was disqualified after their players attacked the Hungarian referee at the end of their match against Germany. Their two matches were annulled. Therefore, Hungary and Japan won their games scheduled with Brazil, by forfeit. For more details, please see the [[#Official Reports (IOC)|Official Report of the 1932 Olympic Games]] (pp.&nbsp;650–651), and [https://www.olympedia.org/results/38119 here]. }}

{{efn |name=1948Matches |At the 1948 Olympics, the water polo match between Italy and Yugoslavia in Group D, and the match between Egypt and Hungary in Group E were both replayed. For more details, please see [https://www.olympedia.org/results/38179 here]. }}

{{efn |name=1952Matches |At the 1952 Olympics, the water polo match between the Netherlands and Yugoslavia in Group C was replayed. For more details, please see [https://www.olympedia.org/results/38237 here]. }}

<!--Teams-->

{{efn |name=FRYugoslavia |After the [[breakup of Yugoslavia]], [[FR Yugoslavia men's national water polo team]] participated at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics, and won a bronze medal in 2000. In 2003, after the country was renamed from FR Yugoslavia to Serbia and Montenegro, the team was also renamed to "[[Serbia and Montenegro men's national water polo team]]". Despite the renaming of the country name, both team of FR Yugoslavia and team of Serbia and Montenegro represented the same national entity: a joint state of Montenegro and Serbia. }}

{{efn |name=SovietUnion |The Olympic Committee of the Soviet Union was formed on 21 April 1951, and was recognised by the International Olympic Committee on 7 May 1951. }}

{{efn |name=UnifiedTeam |In 1992, 12 of the 15 former Soviet Republics competed together as the Unified Team and marched under the Olympic Flag in the Barcelona Games. }}

{{efn |name=1968AustraliaCase |While Australia had qualified to compete as one of sixteen water polo teams, the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) did not endorse them. The Australian players responded by paying their own way to travel to Mexico City, but the team were not allowed to compete. For more details, please see here ([https://www.olympedia.org/editions/17/sports/WAP 1], [http://www.todor66.com/Water_Polo/Olympic/Men_1968.html 2]). }}

<!--Squads-->

{{efn |name=Average_height_9_players |Average height of 9 players. }}

{{efn |name=Average_height_11_players |Average height of 11 players. }}

{{efn |name=Average_weight_8_players |Average weight of 8 players. }}

{{efn |name=Average_weight_11_players |Average weight of 11 players. }}

}}

==References==
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<!--General-->

<ref name="HistoFINA PDF">{{Cite HistoFINA wp |pages=og |format=dmy }}</ref>

<ref name="1904Games OP">{{cite web|title=Water Polo at the 1904 Summer Olympics |url=https://www.olympedia.org/editions/3/sports/WAP |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=2 August 2021 }}</ref>

<ref name="FINA General Rules">{{cite web|title=FINA General Rules |url=https://www.fina.org/sites/default/files/logo_fina_general_rules_as_approved_by_the_ec_on_22.07.2017_final_3.pdf |website=fina.org |publisher=[[FINA]] |date=22 July 2017 |pages=2–3 |access-date=15 May 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Players quota 2020 TWP">{{cite web|title=Final agreement: 12-player roster + 1 substitution at 2020 Olympics |url=https://total-waterpolo.com/final-agreement-12-player-roster-1-substitution-at-2020-olympics/ |website=total-waterpolo.com |publisher=Total Waterpolo |first=Ivan |last=Curcic |date=30 November 2019 |access-date=15 May 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Athletes' Oath OP">{{cite web|title=Takers of the Athletes' Oath |url=https://www.olympedia.org/ceremonies/athlete_oath |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=28 October 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Officials' Oath OP">{{cite web|title=Takers of the Officials' Oath |url=https://www.olympedia.org/ceremonies/official_oath |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=28 October 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Postponed to 2021 IOC">{{cite web|title=Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee |url=https://www.olympic.org/news/joint-statement-from-the-international-olympic-committee-and-the-tokyo-2020-organising-committee |website=olympic.org |publisher=[[International Olympic Committee]] |access-date=25 January 2021 }}</ref>

<!--Teams-->

<ref name="USAMNT Olympians">{{cite web|title=Men's Senior National Team - History |url=https://usawaterpolo.org/sports/2018/11/28/sports-m-senior-archive-history-html.aspx?path=mwpolo |website=usawaterpolo.org |publisher=[[USA Water Polo]] |date=28 November 2018 |access-date=5 May 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715192525/https://usawaterpolo.org/sports/2018/11/28/sports-m-senior-archive-history-html.aspx?path=mwpolo |archive-date=15 July 2019 }}</ref>

<ref name="USAWNT Olympians">{{cite web|title=Women's Senior National Team - History |url=https://usawaterpolo.org/sports/2018/11/28/sports-w-senior-archive-history-html.aspx?path=wwpolo |website=usawaterpolo.org |publisher=[[USA Water Polo]] |date=28 November 2018 |access-date=5 May 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517180439/https://usawaterpolo.org/sports/2018/11/28/sports-w-senior-archive-history-html.aspx?path=wwpolo |archive-date=17 May 2019 }}</ref>

<!--Coaches-->

<ref name="Guy Baker USAWP">{{cite web|title=Guy Baker |url=https://usawaterpolo.org/hof.aspx?hof=2 |website=usawaterpolo.org |publisher=[[USA Water Polo]] |access-date=5 May 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Dénes Kemény ISHOF">{{cite web|title=Dr. Denes Kemeny (HUN) |url=https://ishof.org/dr.-denes-kemeny-(hun).html |website=ishof.org |publisher=[[International Swimming Hall of Fame|ISHOF]] |access-date=5 May 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Adam Krikorian OP">{{cite web|title=Adam Krikorian |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/5000010 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=18 January 2021 }}</ref>

<ref name="Greg McFadden OP">{{cite web|title=Greg McFadden |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/53413 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=18 January 2021 }}</ref>

<ref name="Greg McFadden WPA">{{cite web |title=Greg McFadden steps down as Head Coach |url=http://waterpoloaustralia.com.au/greg-mcfadden-steps-down-as-head-coach/ |website=waterpoloaustralia.com.au |publisher=[[Water Polo Australia]] |access-date=25 September 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925083224/http://waterpoloaustralia.com.au/greg-mcfadden-steps-down-as-head-coach/ }}</ref>

<!--Coaches and players-->

<ref name="Alessandro Campagna ISHOF">{{cite web|title=Alessandro Campagna (ITA) |url=https://ishof.org/alessandro-campagna.html |website=ishof.org |publisher=[[International Swimming Hall of Fame|ISHOF]] |access-date=5 May 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Alessandro Campagna OP">{{cite web|title=Alessandro Campagna |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/54290 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=18 January 2021 }}</ref>

<ref name="István Görgényi OP">{{cite web|title=István Görgényi |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/54159 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=18 January 2021 }}</ref>

<ref name="István Görgényi WPA">{{cite web|title=Hall of Fame Inductees |url=https://www.waterpoloaustralia.com.au/about-us/hall-of-fame/ |website=waterpoloaustralia.com.au |publisher=[[Water Polo Australia]] |access-date=26 June 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Dezső Gyarmati FINA">{{cite web|title=FINA in mourning - Water polo legend Dezso Gyarmati passed away |url=http://www.fina.org/news/fina-mourning-water-polo-legend-dezso-gyarmati-passed-away |website=fina.org |date=19 August 2013 |publisher=[[FINA]] |access-date=20 June 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Dezső Gyarmati OP">{{cite web|title=Dezső Gyarmati |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/54156 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=18 January 2021 }}</ref>

<ref name="Aleksandr Kabanov ISHOF">{{cite web|title=Aleksandr S. Kabanov (URS) |url=https://ishof.org/aleksandr-s.-kabanov-(urs).html |website=ishof.org |publisher=[[International Swimming Hall of Fame|ISHOF]] |access-date=5 May 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Aleksandr Kabanov OP">{{cite web|title=Aleksandr Kabanov |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/54829 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=18 January 2021 }}</ref>

<ref name="Dezső Lemhényi ISHOF">{{cite web|title=Dezso Lemhenyi (HUN) |url=https://ishof.org/dezso-lemhenyi-(hun).html |website=ishof.org |publisher=[[International Swimming Hall of Fame|ISHOF]] |access-date=5 May 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Dezső Lemhényi OP">{{cite web|title=Dezső Lemhényi |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/54188 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=18 January 2021 }}</ref>

<ref name="Gianni Lonzi ISHOF">{{cite web|title=Gianni Lonzi (ITA) |url=https://ishof.org/gianni-lonzi-(ita).html |website=ishof.org |publisher=[[International Swimming Hall of Fame|ISHOF]] |access-date=5 May 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Gianni Lonzi OP">{{cite web|title=Gianni Lonzi |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/54324 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=18 January 2021 }}</ref>

<ref name="Mario Majoni ISHOF">{{cite web|title=Mario Majoni (ITA) |url=https://ishof.org/mario-majoni--(ita).html |website=ishof.org |publisher=[[International Swimming Hall of Fame|ISHOF]] |access-date=5 May 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Mario Majoni OP">{{cite web|title=Mario Majoni |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/54326 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=18 January 2021 }}</ref>

<ref name="Miki Oca OP">{{cite web|title=Miki Oca |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/53783 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=18 January 2021 }}</ref>

<ref name="Boris Popov ISHOF">{{cite web|title=Boris Popov (RUS) |url=https://ishof.org/boris-popov.html |website=ishof.org |publisher=[[International Swimming Hall of Fame|ISHOF]] |access-date=5 May 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Boris Popov OP">{{cite web|title=Boris Popov |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/54851 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=1 July 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Ratko Rudić ISHOF">{{cite web|title=Ratko Rudic (YUG/ITA/USA/CRO) |url=https://ishof.org/ratko-rudic.html |website=ishof.org |publisher=[[International Swimming Hall of Fame|ISHOF]] |access-date=5 May 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Ratko Rudić OP">{{cite web|title=Ratko Rudić |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/55046 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=1 July 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Ratko Rudić Rio2016">{{cite web|title=Legendary coach and naturalised players take Brazilian men's water polo team into medal contention |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/news/legendary-coach-takes-brazilian-men-s-water-polo-team-into-medal-contention-at-rio-2016 |website=rio2016.com |publisher=Rio 2016 |date=8 June 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610132824/https://www.rio2016.com/en/news/legendary-coach-takes-brazilian-men-s-water-polo-team-into-medal-contention-at-rio-2016 |archive-date=10 June 2016 }}</ref>

<ref name="Dejan Savić OP">{{cite web|title=Dejan Savić |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/55049 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=1 July 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Terry Schroeder OP">{{cite web|title=Terry Schroeder |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/54964 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=16 July 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Ivo Trumbić ISHOF">{{cite web|title=Ivo Trumbic (CRO/YUG/NED) |url=https://ishof.org/ivo-trumbic.html |website=ishof.org |publisher=[[International Swimming Hall of Fame|ISHOF]] |access-date=5 May 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Ivo Trumbić OP">{{cite web|title=Ivo Trumbić |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/55063 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=18 January 2021 }}</ref>

<!--Flag bearers and oath takers-->

<ref name="Carmela Allucci OP">{{cite web|title=Carmela Allucci |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/109375 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=25 January 2021 }}</ref>

<ref name="Eugeni Asensio OP">{{cite web|title=Eugeni Asensio |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/1100054 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=16 July 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Péter Biros OP">{{cite web|title=Péter Biros |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/94620 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=16 July 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Victor Boin OP">{{cite web|title=Victor Boin |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/21227 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=16 July 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Draško Brguljan OP">{{cite web|title=Draško Brguljan |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/114218 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=23 July 2021 }}</ref>

<ref name="Perica Bukić OP">{{cite web|title=Perica Bukić |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/53655 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=16 July 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Andro Bušlje OP">{{cite web|title=Andro Bušlje |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/114178 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=27 July 2021 }}</ref>

<ref name="Ton Buunk OP">{{cite web|title=Ton Buunk |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/54492 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=16 July 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Lionel Chee OP">{{cite web|title=Lionel Chee |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/54678 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=16 July 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Fred van Dorp OP">{{cite web|title=Fred van Dorp |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/54568 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=16 July 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Manuel Estiarte OP">{{cite web|title=Manuel Estiarte |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/53757 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=16 July 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Manuel Estiarte SR">{{cite web|title=Manuel Estiarte |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/es/manuel-estiarte-1.html |website=sports-reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=1 May 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417092419/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/es/manuel-estiarte-1.html |archive-date=17 April 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Filip Filipović OP">{{cite web|title=Filip Filipović |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/114222 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=23 July 2021 }}</ref>

<ref name="Filip Filipović SR">{{cite web|title=Filip Filipović |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fi/filip-filipovic-1.html |website=sports-reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=1 May 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417085310/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fi/filip-filipovic-1.html |archive-date=17 April 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Ioannis Fountoulis OP">{{cite web|title=Ioannis Fountoulis |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/125531 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=8 August 2021 }}</ref>

<ref name="João Gonçalves OP">{{cite web|title=João Gonçalves |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/45640 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=16 July 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Božo Grkinić OP">{{cite web|title=Božo Grkinić |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/55010 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=16 July 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Arthur Hunt OP">{{cite web|title=Arthur Hunt |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/53929 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=16 July 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Predrag Jokić OP">{{cite web|title=Predrag Jokić |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/109471 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=16 July 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Peter Kerr OP">{{cite web|title=Peter Kerr |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/1100056 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=12 October 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Zdravko-Ćiro Kovačić OP">{{cite web|title=Zdravko-Ćiro Kovačić |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/55018 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=16 July 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Evert Kroon OP">{{cite web|title=Evert Kroon |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/54522 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=16 July 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Dušan Matković OP">{{cite web|title=Dušan Matković |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/145398 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=27 July 2021 }}</ref>

<ref name="Les McKay OP">{{cite web|title=Les McKay |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/53414 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=16 July 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Igor Milanović OP">{{cite web|title=Igor Milanović |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/55028 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=16 July 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Ahmed Fouad Nessim OP">{{cite web|title=Ahmed Fouad Nessim |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/53729 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=16 July 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Josip Pavić OP">{{cite web|title=Josip Pavić |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/114176 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=16 July 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Mirko Sandić OP">{{cite web|title=Mirko Sandić |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/55047 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=16 July 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Vladimir Semyonov OP">{{cite web|title=Vladimir Semyonov |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/54858 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=18 January 2021 }}</ref>

<ref name="Dubravko Šimenc OP">{{cite web|title=Dubravko Šimenc |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/53661 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=16 July 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Charles Smith OP">{{cite web|title=Charles Smith |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/53952 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=16 July 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="István Szívós Sr. OP">{{cite web|title=István Szívós Sr. |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/54212 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=16 July 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="István Szívós Sr. SR">{{cite web|title=István Szívós Sr. |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sz/istvan-szivos-sr-1.html |website=sports-reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=1 May 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417045507/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sz/istvan-szivos-sr-1.html |archive-date=17 April 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Jean Thorailler OP">{{cite web|title=Jean Thorailler |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/53896 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=16 July 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Asumi Tsuzaki WWPRA">{{cite web|title=Asumi Tsuzaki, Officials Oath at the Olympic Games Opening Ceremony |url=https://wwpra.org/2021/07/23/asumi-tsuzaki-officials-oath-at-the-olympic-games-opening-ceremony/ |website=wwpra.org |publisher=World Water Polo Referees' Association |access-date=23 July 2021 }}</ref>

<ref name="Veljko Uskoković OP">{{cite web|title=Veljko Uskoković |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/55064 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=16 July 2020 }}</ref>

<!--Players-->

<ref name="Georgios Afroudakis OP">{{cite web|title=Georgios Afroudakis |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/54067 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=18 January 2021 }}</ref>

<ref name="Erik Andersson SR">{{cite web|title=Erik Andersson |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/an/erik-andersson-1.html |website=sports-reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=1 May 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417070915/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/an/erik-andersson-1.html |archive-date=17 April 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Robert Andersson SR">{{cite web|title=Robert Andersson |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/an/robert-andersson-2.html |website=sports-reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=1 May 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417070114/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/an/robert-andersson-2.html |archive-date=17 April 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Elizabeth Armstrong OP">{{cite web|title=Elizabeth Armstrong |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/114139 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=23 December 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Tony Azevedo OP">{{cite web|title=Tony Azevedo |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/94860 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=18 January 2021 }}</ref>

<ref name="Tony Azevedo SR">{{cite web|title=Tony Azevedo |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/az/tony-azevedo-1.html |website=sports-reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=1 May 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417103621/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/az/tony-azevedo-1.html |archive-date=17 April 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Tibor Benedek OP">{{cite web|title=Tibor Benedek |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/54135 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=18 January 2021 }}</ref>

<ref name="Tibor Benedek SR">{{cite web|title=Tibor Benedek |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/tibor-benedek-1.html |website=sports-reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=1 May 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417085259/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/tibor-benedek-1.html |archive-date=17 April 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="András Bodnár OP">{{cite web|title=András Bodnár |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/54136 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=18 January 2021 }}</ref>

<ref name="Daniëlle de Bruijn SR">{{cite web|title=Daniëlle de Bruijn |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/danielle-de-bruijn-1.html |website=sports-reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=1 May 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417103836/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/danielle-de-bruijn-1.html |archive-date=17 April 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Arie van de Bunt OP">{{cite web|title=Arie van de Bunt |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/54561 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=23 December 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Alessandro Calcaterra SR">{{cite web|title=Alessandro Calcaterra |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/alessandro-calcaterra-1.html |website=sports-reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=1 May 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417095022/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/alessandro-calcaterra-1.html |archive-date=17 April 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Philip Daubenspeck SR">{{cite web|title=Philip Daubenspeck |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/da/phil-daubenspeck-1.html |website=sports-reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=1 May 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417091127/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/da/phil-daubenspeck-1.html |archive-date=17 April 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Gianni De Magistris OP">{{cite web|title=Gianni De Magistris |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/54302 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=18 January 2021 }}</ref>

<ref name="Gianni De Magistris SR">{{cite web|title=Gianni De Magistris |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/gianni-de-magistris-1.html |website=sports-reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=1 May 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417095324/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/gianni-de-magistris-1.html |archive-date=17 April 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Pierre Dewin SR">{{cite web|title=Pierre Dewin |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/pierre-dewin-1.html |website=sports-reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=1 May 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417085312/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/pierre-dewin-1.html |archive-date=17 April 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Tania Di Mario OP">{{cite web|title=Tania Di Mario |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/109387 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=18 January 2021 }}</ref>

<ref name="Tania Di Mario SR">{{cite web|title=Tania Di Mario |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/di/tania-di-mario-1.html |website=sports-reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=1 May 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417085032/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/di/tania-di-mario-1.html |archive-date=17 April 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Christopher Duplanty OP">{{cite web|title=Christopher Duplanty |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/54915 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=23 December 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Tamás Faragó SR">{{cite web|title=Tamás Faragó |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fa/tamas-farago-1.html |website=sports-reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=1 May 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417085303/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fa/tamas-farago-1.html |archive-date=17 April 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Ruud van Feggelen SR">{{cite web|title=Ruud van Feggelen |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/ruud-van-feggelen-1.html |website=sports-reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=1 May 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417153703/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/ruud-van-feggelen-1.html |archive-date=17 April 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Fernand Feyaerts SR">{{cite web|title=Fernand Feyaerts |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fe/fernand-feyaerts-1.html |website=sports-reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=1 May 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417085300/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fe/fernand-feyaerts-1.html |archive-date=17 April 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Pietro Figlioli OP">{{cite web|title=Pietro Figlioli |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/109410 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=26 July 2021 }}</ref>

<ref name="Jacqueline Frank OP">{{cite web|title=Jacqueline Frank |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/109405 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=23 December 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Xavier García OP">{{cite web|title=Xavier García |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/109436 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=26 July 2021 }}</ref>

<ref name="Aldo Ghira SR">{{cite web|title=Aldo Ghira |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gh/aldo-ghira-1.html |website=sports-reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=1 May 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417100324/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gh/aldo-ghira-1.html |archive-date=17 April 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Elena Gigli OP">{{cite web|title=Elena Gigli |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/109379 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=23 December 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Nadezhda Glyzina OP">{{cite web|title=Nadezhda Glyzina |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/114133 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=27 July 2021 }}</ref>

<ref name="Salvador Gómez OP">{{cite web|title=Salvador Gómez |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/53765 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=18 January 2021 }}</ref>

<ref name="Giulia Gorlero OP">{{cite web|title=Giulia Gorlero |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/121820 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=23 December 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Bridgette Gusterson SR">{{cite web|title=Bridgette Gusterson |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gu/bridgette-gusterson-1.html |website=sports-reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=1 May 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417104840/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gu/bridgette-gusterson-1.html |archive-date=17 April 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Kate Gynther SR">{{cite web|title=Kate Gynther |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gy/kate-gynther-1.html |website=sports-reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=1 May 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417085029/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gy/kate-gynther-1.html |archive-date=17 April 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Dan Hackett OP">{{cite web|title=Dan Hackett |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/54928 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=23 December 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Igor Hinić OP">{{cite web|title=Igor Hinić |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/53657 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=18 January 2021 }}</ref>

<ref name="Ma Huanhuan SR">{{cite web|title=Ma Huanhuan |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/ma-huanhuan-1.html |website=sports-reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=1 May 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417145343/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/ma-huanhuan-1.html |archive-date=17 April 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="John Jarvis SR">{{cite web|title=John Jarvis |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ja/john-jarvis-1.html |website=sports-reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=1 May 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417042808/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ja/john-jarvis-1.html |archive-date=17 April 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="László Jeney OP">{{cite web|title=László Jeney |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/54171 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=18 January 2021 }}</ref>

<ref name="Ashleigh Johnson OP">{{cite web|title=Ashleigh Johnson |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/132182 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=23 December 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Rubén Junco SR">{{cite web|title=Rubén Junco |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ju/ruben-junco-1.html |website=sports-reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=1 May 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417145312/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ju/ruben-junco-1.html |archive-date=17 April 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="György Kárpáti OP">{{cite web|title=György Kárpáti |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/54173 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=18 January 2021 }}</ref>

<ref name="Tamás Kásás OP">{{cite web|title=Tamás Kásás |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/54174 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=18 January 2021 }}</ref>

<ref name="Tamás Kásás SR">{{cite web|title=Tamás Kásás |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/tamas-kasas-1.html |website=sports-reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=1 May 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417085252/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/tamas-kasas-1.html |archive-date=17 April 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Ferenc Keserű SR">{{cite web|title=Ferenc Keserű |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ke/ferenc-keseru-2.html |website=sports-reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=1 May 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417135221/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ke/ferenc-keseru-2.html |archive-date=17 April 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Gergely Kiss OP">{{cite web|title=Gergely Kiss |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/94621 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=18 January 2021 }}</ref>

<ref name="Bronwen Knox OP">{{cite web|title=Bronwen Knox |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/114087 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=27 July 2021 }}</ref>

<ref name="Sofia Konukh OP">{{cite web|title=Sofia Konukh |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/94687 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=18 January 2021 }}</ref>

<ref name="Sofia Konukh SR">{{cite web|title=Sofia Konukh |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ko/sofiya-konukh-1.html |website=sports-reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=1 May 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417074112/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ko/sofiya-konukh-1.html |archive-date=17 April 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Simone van de Kraats OP">{{cite web|title=Simone van de Kraats |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/145532 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=12 August 2021 }}</ref>

<ref name="Nikolay Maksimov OP">{{cite web|title=Nikolay Maksimov |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/54675 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=23 December 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="George Mavrotas OP">{{cite web|title=George Mavrotas |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/54098 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=18 January 2021 }}</ref>

<ref name="Mihály Mayer OP">{{cite web|title=Mihály Mayer |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/54192 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=18 January 2021 }}</ref>

<ref name="Petre Mshvenieradze SR">{{cite web|title=Petre Mshvenieradze |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ms/petre-mshvenieradze-1.html |website=sports-reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=1 May 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417131537/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ms/petre-mshvenieradze-1.html |archive-date=17 April 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Guillermo Molina SR">{{cite web|title=Guillermo Molina |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/guillermo-molina-1.html |website=sports-reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=1 May 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417050359/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/guillermo-molina-1.html |archive-date=17 April 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Endre Molnár OP">{{cite web|title=Endre Molnár |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/54194 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=18 January 2021 }}</ref>

<ref name="Tamás Molnár OP">{{cite web|title=Tamás Molnár |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/94623 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=18 January 2021 }}</ref>

<ref name="Rosemary Morris OP">{{cite web|title=Rosemary Morris |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/126893 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=23 December 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Maddie Musselman OP">{{cite web|title=Maddie Musselman |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/132186 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=12 August 2021 }}</ref>

<ref name="Beatriz Ortiz OP">{{cite web|title=Beatriz Ortiz |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/130009 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=12 August 2021 }}</ref>

<ref name="Heather Petri OP">{{cite web|title=Heather Petri |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/94896 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=18 January 2021 }}</ref>

<ref name="Duško Pijetlović OP">{{cite web|title=Duško Pijetlović |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/114223 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=11 August 2021 }}</ref>

<ref name="Eraldo Pizzo SR">{{cite web|title=Eraldo Pizzo |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pi/eraldo-pizzo-1.html |website=sports-reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=1 May 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417094841/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pi/eraldo-pizzo-1.html |archive-date=17 April 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Joseph Pletincx OP">{{cite web|title=Joseph Pletincx |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/53513 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=18 January 2021 }}</ref>

<ref name="Karla Plugge OP">{{cite web|title=Karla Plugge |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/94681 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=23 December 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Andrija Prlainović OP">{{cite web|title=Andrija Prlainović |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/114221 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=11 August 2021 }}</ref>

<ref name="Andrija Prlainović SR">{{cite web|title=Andrija Prlainović |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pr/andrija-prlainovic-1.html |website=sports-reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=1 May 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417085307/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pr/andrija-prlainovic-1.html |archive-date=17 April 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Ekaterina Prokofyeva OP">{{cite web|title=Ekaterina Prokofyeva |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/114127 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=27 July 2021 }}</ref>

<ref name="Paul Radmilovic OP">{{cite web|title=Paul Radmilovic |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/53949 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=18 January 2021 }}</ref>

<ref name="Jesús Rollán OP">{{cite web|title=Jesús Rollán |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/53796 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=18 January 2021 }}</ref>

<ref name="Carlos Sánchez SR">{{cite web|title=Carlos Sánchez |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/carlos-sanchez-1.html |website=sports-reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=1 May 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417141328/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/carlos-sanchez-1.html |archive-date=17 April 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Jordi Sans OP">{{cite web|title=Jordi Sans |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/53803 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=18 January 2021 }}</ref>

<ref name="Aleksandar Šapić SR">{{cite web|title=Aleksandar Šapić |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/aleksandar-sapic-1.html |website=sports-reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=1 May 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417085308/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/aleksandar-sapic-1.html |archive-date=17 April 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Hans Schneider SR">{{cite web|title=Hans Schneider |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sc/hans-schneider-1.html |website=sports-reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=1 May 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417080052/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sc/hans-schneider-1.html |archive-date=17 April 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Melissa Seidemann OP">{{cite web|title=Melissa Seidemann |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/126734 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=18 January 2021 }}</ref>

<ref name="Siniša Školneković OP">{{cite web|title=Siniša Školneković |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/53662 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=23 December 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Jesse Smith OP">{{cite web|title=Jesse Smith |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/109483 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=26 July 2021 }}</ref>

<ref name="Evgenia Soboleva OP">{{cite web|title=Evgenia Soboleva |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/114126 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=27 July 2021 }}</ref>

<ref name="Slobodan Soro OP">{{cite web|title=Slobodan Soro |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/114225 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=23 December 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Maggie Steffens OP">{{cite web|title=Maggie Steffens |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/126741 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=18 January 2021 }}</ref>

<ref name="Maggie Steffens SR">{{cite web|title=Maggie Steffens |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/maggie-steffens-1.html |website=sports-reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=1 May 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417085031/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/maggie-steffens-1.html |archive-date=17 April 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Zoltán Szécsi OP">{{cite web|title=Zoltán Szécsi |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/94625 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=18 January 2021 }}</ref>

<ref name="István Szívós Jr. OP">{{cite web|title=István Szívós Jr. |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/54213 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=18 January 2021 }}</ref>

<ref name="Stefano Tempesti OP">{{cite web|title=Stefano Tempesti |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/94629 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=18 January 2021 }}</ref>

<ref name="Fred Tisue SR">{{cite web|title=Fred Tisue |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ti/fred-tisue-1.html |website=sports-reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=1 May 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417152545/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ti/fred-tisue-1.html |archive-date=17 April 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Charles Turner SR">{{cite web|title=Charles Turner |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/tu/charles-turner-1.html |website=sports-reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=1 May 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417121532/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/tu/charles-turner-1.html |archive-date=17 April 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Brenda Villa OP">{{cite web|title=Brenda Villa |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/94900 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=18 January 2021 }}</ref>

<ref name="Brenda Villa SR">{{cite web|title=Brenda Villa |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/vi/brenda-villa-1.html |website=sports-reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=1 May 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417085028/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/vi/brenda-villa-1.html |archive-date=17 April 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Nico van der Voet SR">{{cite web|title=Nico van der Voet |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/nico-van-der-voet-1.html |website=sports-reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=1 May 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417153301/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/nico-van-der-voet-1.html |archive-date=17 April 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Yang Jun OP">{{cite web|title=Yang Jun |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/114099 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=23 December 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Aurel Zahan SR">{{cite web|title=Aurel Zahan |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/za/aurel-zahan-1.html |website=sports-reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=1 May 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417123559/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/za/aurel-zahan-1.html |archive-date=17 April 2020 }}</ref>

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==Sources==
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===Official Reports (IOC)===
[[PDF]] documents in the [[LA84 Foundation]] Digital Library:
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* [https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll8/id/6403 Official Report of the 1896 Olympic Games] ([https://digital.la84.org/digital/enwiki/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/6403/download download], [https://web.archive.org/web/20200511101131/https://digital.la84.org/digital/enwiki/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/6403/download archive])
* [https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll8/id/7199 Official Report of the 1900 Olympic Games] ([https://digital.la84.org/digital/enwiki/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/7199/download download], [https://web.archive.org/web/20200511100905/https://digital.la84.org/digital/enwiki/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/7199/download archive])
* [https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll8/id/8216 Official Report of the 1904 Olympic Games] ([https://digital.la84.org/digital/enwiki/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/8216/download download], [https://web.archive.org/web/20190412135458/https://digital.la84.org/digital/enwiki/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/8216/download archive])
* [https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll8/id/9081 Official Report of the 1908 Olympic Games] ([https://digital.la84.org/digital/enwiki/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/9081/download download], [https://web.archive.org/web/20200511101221/https://digital.la84.org/digital/enwiki/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/9081/download archive]) (pp.&nbsp;359–361)
* [https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll8/id/11660 Official Report of the 1912 Olympic Games] ([https://digital.la84.org/digital/enwiki/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/11660/download download], [https://web.archive.org/web/20200511065045/https://digital.la84.org/digital/enwiki/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/11660/download archive]) (pp.&nbsp;1021–1024, 1031–1037)
* [https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll8/id/9586 Official Report of the 1920 Olympic Games] ([https://digital.la84.org/digital/enwiki/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/9586/download download], [https://web.archive.org/web/20190926033834/https://digital.la84.org/digital/enwiki/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/9586/download archive]) (p.&nbsp;130)
* [https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll8/id/13498 Official Report of the 1924 Olympic Games] ([https://digital.la84.org/digital/enwiki/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/13498/download download], [https://web.archive.org/web/20191008040053/https://digital.la84.org/digital/enwiki/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/13498/download archive]) (pp.&nbsp;439–440, 486–494)
* [https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll8/id/14512 Official Report of the 1928 Olympic Games] ([https://digital.la84.org/digital/enwiki/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/14512/download download], [https://web.archive.org/web/20191008035742/https://digital.la84.org/digital/enwiki/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/14512/download archive]) (pp.&nbsp;746–757, 797–807)
* [https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll8/id/8040 Official Report of the 1932 Olympic Games] ([https://digital.la84.org/digital/enwiki/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/8040/download download], [https://web.archive.org/web/20191008035640/https://digital.la84.org/digital/enwiki/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/8040/download archive]) (pp.&nbsp;619–623, 646–652)
* [https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll8/id/15824 Official Report of the 1936 Olympic Games, v.2] ([https://digital.la84.org/digital/enwiki/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/15824/download download], [https://web.archive.org/web/20191008035640/https://digital.la84.org/digital/enwiki/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/15824/download archive]) (pp.&nbsp;345–356)
* [https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll8/id/5717 Official Report of the 1948 Olympic Games] ([https://digital.la84.org/digital/enwiki/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/5717/download download], [https://web.archive.org/web/20191008040216/https://digital.la84.org/digital/enwiki/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/5717/download archive]) (pp.&nbsp;537–540, 640–647)
* [https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll8/id/4950 Official Report of the 1952 Olympic Games] ([https://digital.la84.org/digital/enwiki/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/4950/download download], [https://web.archive.org/web/20191008035644/https://digital.la84.org/digital/enwiki/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/4950/download archive]) (pp.&nbsp;600–608)
* [https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll8/id/17236 Official Report of the 1956 Olympic Games] ([https://digital.la84.org/digital/enwiki/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/17236/download download], [https://web.archive.org/web/20191008035956/https://digital.la84.org/digital/enwiki/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/17236/download archive]) (pp.&nbsp;592–594, 624–627)
* [https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll8/id/21636 Official Report of the 1960 Olympic Games] ([https://digital.la84.org/digital/enwiki/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/21636/download download], [https://web.archive.org/web/20191008035644/https://digital.la84.org/digital/enwiki/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/21636/download archive]) (pp.&nbsp;552–555, 617–634)
* [https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll8/id/27246 Official Report of the 1964 Olympic Games, v.2] ([https://digital.la84.org/digital/enwiki/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/27246/download download], [https://web.archive.org/web/20191008035930/https://digital.la84.org/digital/enwiki/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/27246/download archive]) (pp.&nbsp;682–698)
* [https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll8/id/23888 Official Report of the 1968 Olympic Games, v.3] ([https://digital.la84.org/digital/enwiki/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/23888/download download], [https://web.archive.org/web/20191008040114/https://digital.la84.org/digital/enwiki/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/23888/download archive]) (pp.&nbsp;449–466, 811–826)
* [https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll8/id/25846 Official Report of the 1972 Olympic Games, v.3] ([https://digital.la84.org/digital/enwiki/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/25846/download download], [https://web.archive.org/web/20191008035821/https://digital.la84.org/digital/enwiki/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/25846/download archive]) (pp.&nbsp;331, 353–365)
* [https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll8/id/30215 Official Report of the 1976 Olympic Games, v.3] ([https://digital.la84.org/digital/enwiki/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/30215/download download], [https://web.archive.org/web/20200511061619/https://digital.la84.org/digital/enwiki/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/30215/download archive]) (pp.&nbsp;446–447, 484–497)
* [https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll8/id/30856 Official Report of the 1980 Olympic Games, v.3] ([https://digital.la84.org/digital/enwiki/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/30856/download download], [https://web.archive.org/web/20181126051023/https://digital.la84.org/digital/enwiki/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/30856/download archive]) (pp.&nbsp;458, 495–510)
* [https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll8/id/45252 Official Report of the 1984 Olympic Games, v.2] ([https://digital.la84.org/digital/enwiki/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/45252/download download], [https://web.archive.org/web/20181118132706/https://digital.la84.org/digital/enwiki/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/45252/download archive]) (pp.&nbsp;528–534)
* [https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll8/id/32613 Official Report of the 1988 Olympic Games, v.2] ([https://digital.la84.org/digital/enwiki/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/32613/download download], [https://web.archive.org/web/20190805133803/https://digital.la84.org/digital/enwiki/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/32613/download archive]) (pp.&nbsp;590–598)
* [https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll8/id/36764 Official Report of the 1992 Olympic Games, v.5] ([https://digital.la84.org/digital/enwiki/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/36764/download download], [https://web.archive.org/web/20191008035804/https://digital.la84.org/digital/enwiki/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/36764/download archive]) (pp.&nbsp;354, 386–400)
* [https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll8/id/36226 Official Report of the 1996 Olympic Games, v.3] ([https://digital.la84.org/digital/enwiki/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/36226/download download], [https://web.archive.org/web/20191008040025/https://digital.la84.org/digital/enwiki/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/36226/download archive]) (pp.&nbsp;56–73)
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===Official Results Books (IOC)===
[[PDF]] documents in the [[LA84 Foundation]] Digital Library:
* [https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll8/id/53061 Official Results Book – 2000 Olympic Games – Water Polo] ([https://digital.la84.org/digital/enwiki/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/53061/download download], [https://web.archive.org/web/20191008040312/https://digital.la84.org/digital/enwiki/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/53061/download archive])
* [https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll8/id/58318 Official Results Book – 2004 Olympic Games – Water Polo] ([https://digital.la84.org/digital/enwiki/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/58318/download download], [https://web.archive.org/web/20181121094054/https://digital.la84.org/digital/enwiki/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/58318/download archive])
* [https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll8/id/69293 Official Results Book – 2008 Olympic Games – Water Polo] ([https://digital.la84.org/digital/enwiki/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/69293/download download], [https://web.archive.org/web/20190728014530/https://digital.la84.org/digital/enwiki/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/69293/download archive])

PDF documents on the [[FINA]] website:
* [https://fina.org/sites/default/files/general/2012-ro-s-london_official_results_fina2.pdf Official Results Book – 2012 Olympic Games – Diving, Swimming, Synchronised Swimming, Water Polo] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20181214205330/https://fina.org/sites/default/files/general/2012-ro-s-london_official_results_fina2.pdf archive]) (pp.&nbsp;284–507)

PDF documents in the [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] World Library:
* [https://library.olympic.org/Default/digitalCollection/DigitalCollectionAttachmentDownloadHandler.ashx?parentDocumentId=165312&documentId=165323 Official Results Book – 2016 Olympic Games – Water Polo] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20181218145826/https://library.olympic.org/Default/digitalCollection/DigitalCollectionAttachmentDownloadHandler.ashx?parentDocumentId=165312&documentId=165323 archive])

PDF documents on the [[International Olympic Committee]] website:
* [https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WPO/OG2020-_WPO_B99_WPO-------------------------------.pdf Official Results Book – 2020 Olympic Games – Water Polo] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20210810131802/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WPO/OG2020-_WPO_B99_WPO-------------------------------.pdf archive])

===Official Reports (FINA)===
PDF documents on the FINA website:
* [https://resources.fina.org/fina/document/2021/02/20/232cd7f6-8cd2-4b12-93fd-ec8f785b0726/histofina_wp_2019_final.pdf HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics (as of September 2019)] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20210801030719/https://resources.fina.org/fina/document/2021/02/20/232cd7f6-8cd2-4b12-93fd-ec8f785b0726/histofina_wp_2019_final.pdf archive]) (pp.&nbsp;4–13,&nbsp;56)
* [https://admin.fina.org/sites/default/files/general/fina_wp_evolution_leaflet_08_with_rules_evolution.pdf 1870–2020 &#124; 150 years of Water Polo – Evolution of its rules] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20210417091530/https://admin.fina.org/sites/default/files/general/fina_wp_evolution_leaflet_08_with_rules_evolution.pdf archive])

===Official website (IOC)===
Water polo on the [[International Olympic Committee]] website:
* [https://www.olympic.org/water-polo Water polo]
* [https://www.olympic.org/water-polo/12-team-tournament-men Men's water polo]
* [https://www.olympic.org/water-polo/8-team-tournament-women Women's water polo]

===Olympedia===
Water polo on the Olympedia website:
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* [https://www.olympedia.org/sports/WAP Water polo]
* [https://www.olympedia.org/event_names/631 Men's water polo]
* [https://www.olympedia.org/event_names/632 Women's water polo]
* [https://www.olympedia.org/counts/sport/WAP Athlete count for water polo]
* [https://www.olympedia.org/venues/sports/WAP Water polo venues]
* [https://www.olympedia.org/editions/2/sports/WAP Water polo at the 1900 Summer Olympics] ([https://www.olympedia.org/results/38000 men's tournament])
* [https://www.olympedia.org/editions/3/sports/WAP Water polo at the 1904 Summer Olympics] ([https://www.olympedia.org/results/38011 men's tournament])
* [https://www.olympedia.org/editions/5/sports/WAP Water polo at the 1908 Summer Olympics] ([https://www.olympedia.org/results/38017 men's tournament])
* [https://www.olympedia.org/editions/6/sports/WAP Water polo at the 1912 Summer Olympics] ([https://www.olympedia.org/results/38025 men's tournament])
* [https://www.olympedia.org/editions/7/sports/WAP Water polo at the 1920 Summer Olympics] ([https://www.olympedia.org/results/38041 men's tournament])
* [https://www.olympedia.org/editions/8/sports/WAP Water polo at the 1924 Summer Olympics] ([https://www.olympedia.org/results/38068 men's tournament])
* [https://www.olympedia.org/editions/9/sports/WAP Water polo at the 1928 Summer Olympics] ([https://www.olympedia.org/results/38095 men's tournament])
* [https://www.olympedia.org/editions/10/sports/WAP Water polo at the 1932 Summer Olympics] ([https://www.olympedia.org/results/38119 men's tournament])
* [https://www.olympedia.org/editions/11/sports/WAP Water polo at the 1936 Summer Olympics] ([https://www.olympedia.org/results/38129 men's tournament])
* [https://www.olympedia.org/editions/12/sports/WAP Water polo at the 1948 Summer Olympics] ([https://www.olympedia.org/results/38179 men's tournament])
* [https://www.olympedia.org/editions/13/sports/WAP Water polo at the 1952 Summer Olympics] ([https://www.olympedia.org/results/38237 men's tournament])
* [https://www.olympedia.org/editions/14/sports/WAP Water polo at the 1956 Summer Olympics] ([https://www.olympedia.org/results/38305 men's tournament])
* [https://www.olympedia.org/editions/15/sports/WAP Water polo at the 1960 Summer Olympics] ([https://www.olympedia.org/results/38341 men's tournament])
* [https://www.olympedia.org/editions/16/sports/WAP Water polo at the 1964 Summer Olympics] ([https://www.olympedia.org/results/38391 men's tournament])
* [https://www.olympedia.org/editions/17/sports/WAP Water polo at the 1968 Summer Olympics] ([https://www.olympedia.org/results/38432 men's tournament])
* [https://www.olympedia.org/editions/18/sports/WAP Water polo at the 1972 Summer Olympics] ([https://www.olympedia.org/results/38502 men's tournament])
* [https://www.olympedia.org/editions/19/sports/WAP Water polo at the 1976 Summer Olympics] ([https://www.olympedia.org/results/38568 men's tournament])
* [https://www.olympedia.org/editions/20/sports/WAP Water polo at the 1980 Summer Olympics] ([https://www.olympedia.org/results/38623 men's tournament])
* [https://www.olympedia.org/editions/21/sports/WAP Water polo at the 1984 Summer Olympics] ([https://www.olympedia.org/results/38678 men's tournament])
* [https://www.olympedia.org/editions/22/sports/WAP Water polo at the 1988 Summer Olympics] ([https://www.olympedia.org/results/38727 men's tournament])
* [https://www.olympedia.org/editions/23/sports/WAP Water polo at the 1992 Summer Olympics] ([https://www.olympedia.org/results/38777 men's tournament])
* [https://www.olympedia.org/editions/24/sports/WAP Water polo at the 1996 Summer Olympics] ([https://www.olympedia.org/results/38827 men's tournament])
* [https://www.olympedia.org/editions/25/sports/WAP Water polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics] ([https://www.olympedia.org/results/38884 men's tournament], [https://www.olympedia.org/results/38941 women's tournament])
* [https://www.olympedia.org/editions/26/sports/WAP Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics] ([https://www.olympedia.org/results/38966 men's tournament], [https://www.olympedia.org/results/39019 women's tournament])
* [https://www.olympedia.org/editions/53/sports/WAP Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics] ([https://www.olympedia.org/results/262918 men's tournament], [https://www.olympedia.org/results/262970 women's tournament])
* [https://www.olympedia.org/editions/54/sports/WAP Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics] ([https://www.olympedia.org/results/330000 men's tournament], [https://www.olympedia.org/results/330051 women's tournament])
* [https://www.olympedia.org/editions/59/sports/WAP Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics] ([https://www.olympedia.org/results/396300 men's tournament], [https://www.olympedia.org/results/396351 women's tournament])
* [https://www.olympedia.org/editions/61/sports/WAP Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics] ([https://www.olympedia.org/results/19001580 men's tournament], [https://www.olympedia.org/results/19001631 women's tournament])
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===Sports Reference===
Water polo on the [[Sports Reference]] website:
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20200428225707/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/sports/WAP/ Country Medal Leaders & Athlete Medal Leaders (1900–2016)] (archived)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417044614/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/sports/WAP/mens-water-polo.html Men's water polo (1900–2016)] (archived)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417101433/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/sports/WAP/womens-water-polo.html Women's water polo (2000–2016)] (archived)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417044615/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1900/WAP/ Water polo at the 1900 Summer Games] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20200417044617/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1900/WAP/mens-water-polo.html men's tournament]) (archived)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417050127/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1904/WAP/ Water polo at the 1904 Summer Games] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165211/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1904/WAP/mens-water-polo.html men's tournament]) (archived)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417050323/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1908/WAP/ Water polo at the 1908 Summer Games] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20200417114845/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1908/WAP/mens-water-polo.html men's tournament]) (archived)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417063913/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1912/WAP/ Water polo at the 1912 Summer Games] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20200417063914/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1912/WAP/mens-water-polo.html men's tournament]) (archived)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417060243/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/WAP/ Water polo at the 1920 Summer Games] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20200417063913/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/WAP/mens-water-polo.html men's tournament]) (archived)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417060313/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1924/WAP/ Water polo at the 1924 Summer Games] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20200417113728/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1924/WAP/mens-water-polo.html men's tournament]) (archived)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417060015/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1928/WAP/ Water polo at the 1928 Summer Games] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20200417161537/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1928/WAP/mens-water-polo.html men's tournament]) (archived)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417072019/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1932/WAP/ Water polo at the 1932 Summer Games] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165214/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1932/WAP/mens-water-polo.html men's tournament]) (archived)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417041853/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1936/WAP/ Water polo at the 1936 Summer Games] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20200417090823/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1936/WAP/mens-water-polo.html men's tournament]) (archived)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417063443/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1948/WAP/ Water polo at the 1948 Summer Games] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20200417162042/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1948/WAP/mens-water-polo.html men's tournament]) (archived)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417071659/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1952/WAP/ Water polo at the 1952 Summer Games] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20200417162039/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1952/WAP/mens-water-polo.html men's tournament]) (archived)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417054613/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1956/WAP/ Water polo at the 1956 Summer Games] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20200417101136/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1956/WAP/mens-water-polo.html men's tournament]) (archived)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417045818/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1960/WAP/ Water polo at the 1960 Summer Games] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20200417102353/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1960/WAP/mens-water-polo.html men's tournament]) (archived)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417072523/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1964/WAP/ Water polo at the 1964 Summer Games] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20200417110334/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1964/WAP/mens-water-polo.html men's tournament]) (archived)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417045638/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1968/WAP/ Water polo at the 1968 Summer Games] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20200417110335/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1968/WAP/mens-water-polo.html men's tournament]) (archived)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055241/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/WAP/ Water polo at the 1972 Summer Games] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165212/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/WAP/mens-water-polo.html men's tournament]) (archived)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417052324/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1976/WAP/ Water polo at the 1976 Summer Games] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165214/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1976/WAP/mens-water-polo.html men's tournament]) (archived)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417071142/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1980/WAP/ Water polo at the 1980 Summer Games] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165214/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1980/WAP/mens-water-polo.html men's tournament]) (archived)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417043055/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1984/WAP/ Water polo at the 1984 Summer Games] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20200417121427/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1984/WAP/mens-water-polo.html men's tournament]) (archived)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417044113/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/WAP/ Water polo at the 1988 Summer Games] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20200417101601/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/WAP/mens-water-polo.html men's tournament]) (archived)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417043818/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1992/WAP/ Water polo at the 1992 Summer Games] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20200417101627/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1992/WAP/mens-water-polo.html men's tournament]) (archived)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417044235/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/WAP/ Water polo at the 1996 Summer Games] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20200417164503/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/WAP/mens-water-polo.html men's tournament]) (archived)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417042526/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2000/WAP/ Water polo at the 2000 Summer Games] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20200417105700/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2000/WAP/mens-water-polo.html men's tournament], [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417105700/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2000/WAP/womens-water-polo.html women's tournament]) (archived)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055740/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2004/WAP/ Water polo at the 2004 Summer Games] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20200417163522/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2004/WAP/mens-water-polo.html men's tournament], [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417183651/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2004/WAP/womens-water-polo.html women's tournament]) (archived)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417044342/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2008/WAP/ Water polo at the 2008 Summer Games] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20200417101524/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2008/WAP/mens-water-polo.html men's tournament], [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417101432/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2008/WAP/womens-water-polo.html women's tournament]) (archived)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417073921/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2012/WAP/ Water polo at the 2012 Summer Games] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20200417163332/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2012/WAP/mens-water-polo.html men's tournament], [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417101428/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2012/WAP/womens-water-polo.html women's tournament]) (archived)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417065443/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2016/WAP/ Water polo at the 2016 Summer Games] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165212/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2016/WAP/mens-water-polo.html men's tournament], [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417101428/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2016/WAP/womens-water-polo.html women's tournament]) (archived)
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===Todor66===
Water polo on the Todor66 website:
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* [http://www.todor66.com/Water_Polo/Olympic/index.html Water polo at the Summer Games]
* Water polo at the 1900 Summer Olympics ([http://www.todor66.com/Water_Polo/Olympic/Men_1900.html men's tournament])
* Water polo at the 1904 Summer Olympics ([http://www.todor66.com/Water_Polo/Olympic/Men_1904.html men's tournament])
* Water polo at the 1908 Summer Olympics ([http://www.todor66.com/Water_Polo/Olympic/Men_1908.html men's tournament])
* Water polo at the 1912 Summer Olympics ([http://www.todor66.com/Water_Polo/Olympic/Men_1912.html men's tournament])
* Water polo at the 1920 Summer Olympics ([http://www.todor66.com/Water_Polo/Olympic/Men_1920.html men's tournament])
* Water polo at the 1924 Summer Olympics ([http://www.todor66.com/Water_Polo/Olympic/Men_1924.html men's tournament])
* Water polo at the 1928 Summer Olympics ([http://www.todor66.com/Water_Polo/Olympic/Men_1928.html men's tournament])
* Water polo at the 1932 Summer Olympics ([http://www.todor66.com/Water_Polo/Olympic/Men_1932.html men's tournament])
* Water polo at the 1936 Summer Olympics ([http://www.todor66.com/Water_Polo/Olympic/Men_1936.html men's tournament])
* Water polo at the 1948 Summer Olympics ([http://www.todor66.com/Water_Polo/Olympic/Men_1948.html men's tournament])
* Water polo at the 1952 Summer Olympics ([http://www.todor66.com/Water_Polo/Olympic/Men_1952.html men's tournament])
* Water polo at the 1956 Summer Olympics ([http://www.todor66.com/Water_Polo/Olympic/Men_1956.html men's tournament])
* Water polo at the 1960 Summer Olympics ([http://www.todor66.com/Water_Polo/Olympic/Men_1960.html men's tournament])
* Water polo at the 1964 Summer Olympics ([http://www.todor66.com/Water_Polo/Olympic/Men_1960.html men's tournament])
* Water polo at the 1968 Summer Olympics ([http://www.todor66.com/Water_Polo/Olympic/Men_1968.html men's tournament], [http://www.todor66.com/Water_Polo/Olympic/Men_OQ_1968.html men's qualification])
* Water polo at the 1972 Summer Olympics ([http://www.todor66.com/Water_Polo/Olympic/Men_1972.html men's tournament], [http://www.todor66.com/Water_Polo/Olympic/Men_OQ_1972.html men's qualification])
* Water polo at the 1976 Summer Olympics ([http://www.todor66.com/Water_Polo/Olympic/Men_1976.html men's tournament], [http://www.todor66.com/Water_Polo/Europe/Men_OQ_1976.html men's European qualification])
* Water polo at the 1980 Summer Olympics ([http://www.todor66.com/Water_Polo/Olympic/Men_1980.html men's tournament], [http://www.todor66.com/Water_Polo/Europe/Men_OQ_1979.html men's European qualification], [http://www.todor66.com/Water_Polo/Olympic/Men_OQ_1980.html men's world qualification])
* Water polo at the 1984 Summer Olympics ([http://www.todor66.com/Water_Polo/Olympic/Men_1984.html men's tournament], [http://www.todor66.com/Water_Polo/Olympic/Men_OQ_1984.html men's qualification])
* Water polo at the 1988 Summer Olympics ([http://www.todor66.com/Water_Polo/Olympic/Men_1988.html men's tournament], [http://www.todor66.com/Water_Polo/Olympic/Men_OQ_1988.html men's qualification])
* Water polo at the 1992 Summer Olympics ([http://www.todor66.com/Water_Polo/Olympic/Men_1992.html men's tournament], [http://www.todor66.com/Water_Polo/Olympic/Men_OQ_1992.html men's qualification])
* Water polo at the 1996 Summer Olympics ([http://www.todor66.com/Water_Polo/Olympic/Men_1996.html men's tournament], [http://www.todor66.com/Water_Polo/Olympic/Men_OQ_1996.html men's qualification])
* Water polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics ([http://www.todor66.com/Water_Polo/Olympic/Men_2000.html men's tournament], [http://www.todor66.com/Water_Polo/Olympic/Men_OQ_2000.html men's qualification], [http://www.todor66.com/Water_Polo/Olympic/Women_2000.html women's tournament], [http://www.todor66.com/Water_Polo/Olympic/Women_OQ_2000.html women's qualification])
* Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics ([http://www.todor66.com/Water_Polo/Olympic/Men_2004.html men's tournament], [http://www.todor66.com/Water_Polo/Olympic/Men_OQ_2004.html men's qualification], [http://www.todor66.com/Water_Polo/Olympic/Women_2004.html women's tournament], [http://www.todor66.com/Water_Polo/Olympic/Women_OQ_2004.html women's qualification])
* Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics ([http://www.todor66.com/Water_Polo/Olympic/Men_2008.html men's tournament], [http://www.todor66.com/Water_Polo/Olympic/Men_OQ_2008.html men's qualification], [http://www.todor66.com/Water_Polo/Olympic/Women_2008.html women's tournament], [http://www.todor66.com/Water_Polo/Olympic/Women_OQ_2008.html women's qualification])
* Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics ([http://www.todor66.com/Water_Polo/Olympic/Men_2012.html men's tournament], [http://www.todor66.com/Water_Polo/Olympic/Men_OQ_2012.html men's qualification], [http://www.todor66.com/Water_Polo/Olympic/Women_2012.html women's tournament], [http://www.todor66.com/Water_Polo/Olympic/Women_OQ_2012.html women's qualification])
* Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics ([http://www.todor66.com/Water_Polo/Olympic/Men_2016.html men's tournament], [http://www.todor66.com/Water_Polo/Olympic/Men_OQ_2016.html men's qualification], [http://www.todor66.com/Water_Polo/Olympic/Women_2016.html women's tournament], [http://www.todor66.com/Water_Polo/Olympic/Women_OQ_2016.html women's qualification])
* Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics ([http://www.todor66.com/Water_Polo/Olympic/Men_2020.html men's tournament], [http://www.todor66.com/Water_Polo/Olympic/Men_OQ_2020.html men's qualification], [http://www.todor66.com/Water_Polo/Olympic/Women_2020.html women's tournament], [http://www.todor66.com/Water_Polo/Olympic/Women_OQ_2020.html women's qualification])
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==External links==
* [https://www.olympic.org/water-polo Official website]

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