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Water Polo — Water Polo, Men

Times held	27
Total participants	2261
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	156	18
1952	Water Polo, Men	Olympic	191	21
1956	Water Polo, Men	Olympic	96	10
1960	Water Polo, Men	Olympic	150	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	153	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

Medal winners

Year	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1900	Osborne Swimming Club, Manchester	GBR	Brussels Swimming and Water Polo Club	BEL	Libellule de Paris Pupilles de Neptune de Lille #2	FRA FRA
1904	New York Athletic Club	USA	Chicago Athletic Association	USA	Missouri Athletic Club	USA
1908	Great Britain	GBR	Belgium	BEL	Sweden	SWE
1912	Great Britain	GBR	Sweden	SWE	Belgium	BEL
1920	Great Britain	GBR	Belgium	BEL	Sweden	SWE
1924	France	FRA	Belgium	BEL	United States	USA
1928	Germany	GER	Hungary	HUN	France	FRA
1932	Hungary	HUN	Germany	GER	United States	USA
1936	Hungary	HUN	Germany	GER	Belgium	BEL
1948	Italy	ITA	Hungary	HUN	Netherlands	NED
1952	Hungary	HUN	Yugoslavia	YUG	Italy	ITA
1956	Hungary	HUN	Yugoslavia	YUG	Soviet Union	URS
1960	Italy	ITA	Soviet Union	URS	Hungary	HUN
1964	Hungary	HUN	Yugoslavia	YUG	Soviet Union	URS
1968	Yugoslavia	YUG	Soviet Union	URS	Hungary	HUN
1972	Soviet Union	URS	Hungary	HUN	United States	USA
1976	Hungary	HUN	Italy	ITA	Netherlands	NED
1980	Soviet Union	URS	Yugoslavia	YUG	Hungary	HUN
1984	Yugoslavia	YUG	United States	USA	West Germany	FRG
1988	Yugoslavia	YUG	United States	USA	Soviet Union	URS
1992	Italy	ITA	Spain	ESP	Unified Team	EUN
1996	Spain	ESP	Croatia	CRO	Italy	ITA
2000	Hungary	HUN	Russian Federation	RUS	Yugoslavia	SCG
2004	Hungary	HUN	Serbia and Montenegro	SCG	Russian Federation	RUS
2008	Hungary	HUN	United States	USA	Serbia	SRB
2012	Croatia	CRO	Italy	ITA	Serbia	SRB
2016	Serbia	SRB	Croatia	CRO	Italy	ITA

Medals by country

NOC		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Hungary	HUN	9	3	3	15
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
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
Serbia	SRB	1	0	2	3
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
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