Water Polo — Water Polo, Men

Times held 28
Total participants 2346
Total countries 51

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1900 Water Polo, Men Olympic 53 4
1904 Water Polo, Men Olympic 21 1
1908 Water Polo, Men Olympic 28 4
1912 Water Polo, Men Olympic 45 6
1920 Water Polo, Men Olympic 101 12
1924 Water Polo, Men Olympic 101 13
1928 Water Polo, Men Olympic 112 14
1932 Water Polo, Men Olympic 41 5
1936 Water Polo, Men Olympic 142 16
1948 Water Polo, Men Olympic 157 18
1952 Water Polo, Men Olympic 191 21
1956 Water Polo, Men Olympic 96 10
1960 Water Polo, Men Olympic 149 16
1964 Water Polo, Men Olympic 137 13
1968 Water Polo, Men Olympic 162 15
1972 Water Polo, Men Olympic 176 16
1976 Water Polo, Men Olympic 131 12
1980 Water Polo, Men Olympic 132 12
1984 Water Polo, Men Olympic 154 12
1988 Water Polo, Men Olympic 156 12
1992 Water Polo, Men Olympic 152 12
1996 Water Polo, Men Olympic 153 12
2000 Water Polo, Men Olympic 153 12
2004 Water Polo, Men Olympic 154 12
2008 Water Polo, Men Olympic 153 12
2012 Water Polo, Men Olympic 155 12
2016 Water Polo, Men Olympic 154 12
2020 Water Polo, Men Olympic 156 12

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1900 Osborne Swimming Club, ManchesterGBR Brussels Swimming and Water Polo ClubBEL Libellule de Paris
Pupilles de Neptune de Lille #2
FRA
FRA
1904 New York Athletic ClubUSA Chicago Athletic AssociationUSA Missouri Athletic ClubUSA
1908 Great BritainGBR BelgiumBEL SwedenSWE
1912 Great BritainGBR SwedenSWE BelgiumBEL
1920 Great BritainGBR BelgiumBEL SwedenSWE
1924 FranceFRA BelgiumBEL United StatesUSA
1928 GermanyGER HungaryHUN FranceFRA
1932 HungaryHUN GermanyGER United StatesUSA
1936 HungaryHUN GermanyGER BelgiumBEL
1948 ItalyITA HungaryHUN NetherlandsNED
1952 HungaryHUN YugoslaviaYUG ItalyITA
1956 HungaryHUN YugoslaviaYUG Soviet UnionURS
1960 ItalyITA Soviet UnionURS HungaryHUN
1964 HungaryHUN YugoslaviaYUG Soviet UnionURS
1968 YugoslaviaYUG Soviet UnionURS HungaryHUN
1972 Soviet UnionURS HungaryHUN United StatesUSA
1976 HungaryHUN ItalyITA NetherlandsNED
1980 Soviet UnionURS YugoslaviaYUG HungaryHUN
1984 YugoslaviaYUG United StatesUSA West GermanyFRG
1988 YugoslaviaYUG United StatesUSA Soviet UnionURS
1992 ItalyITA SpainESP Unified TeamEUN
1996 SpainESP CroatiaCRO ItalyITA
2000 HungaryHUN Russian FederationRUS YugoslaviaSCG
2004 HungaryHUN Serbia and MontenegroSCG Russian FederationRUS
2008 HungaryHUN United StatesUSA SerbiaSRB
2012 CroatiaCRO ItalyITA SerbiaSRB
2016 SerbiaSRB CroatiaCRO ItalyITA
2020 SerbiaSRB GreeceGRE HungaryHUN

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Hungary HUN 9 3 4 16
Great Britain GBR 4 0 0 4
Yugoslavia YUG 3 4 0 7
Italy ITA 3 2 3 8
Soviet Union URS 2 2 3 7
Serbia SRB 2 0 2 4
United States USA 1 4 4 9
Croatia CRO 1 2 0 3
Germany GER 1 2 0 3
Spain ESP 1 1 0 2
France FRA 1 0 3 4
Belgium BEL 0 4 2 6
Sweden SWE 0 1 2 3
Russian Federation RUS 0 1 1 2
Serbia and Montenegro SCG 0 1 1 2
Greece GRE 0 1 0 1
Netherlands NED 0 0 2 2
Unified Team EUN 0 0 1 1
West Germany FRG 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Dezső Gyarmati HUN 3 1 1 5
György Kárpáti HUN 3 0 1 4
Paul Radmilovic GBR 3 0 0 3
Charles Smith GBR 3 0 0 3
Tibor Benedek HUN 3 0 0 3
Tamás Kásás HUN 3 0 0 3
Péter Biros HUN 3 0 0 3
Gergő Kiss HUN 3 0 0 3
Tamás Molnár HUN 3 0 0 3
Zoltán Szécsi HUN 3 0 0 3

Participation by year

Country # 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Argentina ARG 4 =9 =9 =13 =9
Australia AUS 17 =13 =17 9 =13 =9 12 11 7 5 8 5 8 9 8 7 9 9
Austria AUT 3 4 6 =13
Belgium BEL 11 Silver Silver Bronze Silver Silver =5 Bronze 4 6 =13 7
Brazil BRA 8 =6 DQ =13 =13 13 13 12 8
Bulgaria BUL 2 11 12
Canada CAN 4 16 9 10 11
Chile CHI 1 =13
Croatia CRO 7 Silver 7 10 6 Gold Silver 5
Cuba CUB 5 8 9 7 5 8
Czechoslovakia TCH 5 =11 6 =9 =9 12
East Germany GDR 1 6
Egypt EGY 5 7 =9 =9 15 12
France FRA 11 Bronze, Bronze, =5, =5 =5 =9 Gold Bronze 4 6 =9 10 11 11
Germany GER 12 =5 Gold Silver Silver =13 6 6 6 7 9 5 10
Great Britain GBR 11 Gold Gold Gold Gold =10 4 8 =13 =9 7 12
Greece GRE 16 =6 =10 =13 14 =13 10 8 9 10 6 10 4 7 9 6 Silver
Hungary HUN 23 =5 5 Silver Gold Gold Silver Gold Gold Bronze Gold Bronze Silver Gold Bronze 5 6 4 Gold Gold Gold 5 5 Bronze
Iceland ISL 1 =13
India IND 2 =9 =17
Ireland IRL 2 =8 =9
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 1 12
Italy ITA 21 =11 =10 Gold Bronze 4 Gold 4 4 6 Silver 8 7 7 Gold Bronze 5 8 9 Silver Bronze 7
Japan JPN 9 4 =13 =13 =9 12 =13 11 12 10
Kazakhstan KAZ 4 9 11 11 11
Luxembourg LUX 1 =9
Malta MLT 2 =5 =13
Mexico MEX 4 =17 11 =13 10
Montenegro MNE 4 4 4 4 8
Netherlands NED 17 4 5 7 =5 5 Bronze 5 8 8 7 7 Bronze 6 6 9 10 11
People's Republic of China CHN 3 9 11 12
Portugal POR 1 =17
Republic of Korea KOR 1 12
Romania ROU 9 =17 8 5 5 8 4 9 11 10
Russian Federation RUS 3 5 Silver Bronze
Serbia SRB 4 Bronze Bronze Gold Gold
Serbia and Montenegro SCG 3 8 Bronze Silver
Singapore SGP 1 10
Slovakia SVK 1 12
South Africa RSA 3 =9 =9 12
Soviet Union URS 9 7 Bronze Silver Bronze Silver Gold 8 Gold Bronze
Spain ESP 18 8 =8 =9 8 8 9 10 4 4 6 Silver Gold 4 6 5 6 7 4
Sweden SWE 8 Bronze Silver Bronze 4 7 5 =9 11
Switzerland SUI 5 =9 =10 =9 =9 =13
Ukraine UKR 1 12
Unified Team EUN 1 Bronze
United Arab Republic UAR 1 =9
United States USA 23 Gold, Silver, Bronze 4 Bronze =5 Bronze =9 =9 4 5 7 =9 5 Bronze Silver Silver 4 7 6 7 Silver 8 10 6
Uruguay URU 2 =13 =13
West Germany FRG 5 10 4 6 Bronze 4
Yugoslavia YUG 12 =9 =9 Silver Silver 4 Silver Gold 5 5 Silver Gold Gold