Water polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics

The water polo competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia saw Hungary’s return to the gold medal platform and the introduction of the women’s tournament.<ref name="HistoFINA PDF">Template:Cite HistoFINA wp</ref> The Australian women had lobbied the IOC hard for the inclusion of women’s water polo in the Olympics, including showing up at the airport dressed only in their swimsuits during one pre-Olympic visit by members of the IOC.

Six nations competed in the women’s tournament with home team Australia winning the gold medal over the United States. Twelve nations competed in the men’s tournament and played a total of 48 matches. Spain was unable to follow up their 1996 gold medal performance with a medal. Hungary defeated Russia for the gold medal. The matches were held at Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre and the Sydney Olympic Aquatic Centre.<ref name="SR">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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Men

Events	Dates	Hosts	Quotas	Qualified Teams
Host Country	24 September 1993	Template:Flagicon Monte Carlo	1	Template:Wp
1999 World Cup	28 September - 3 October 1999	Template:Flagicon Sydney	3	Template:Wp
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1999 Pan American Games	23-30 July 1999	Template:Flagicon Winnipeg	1	Template:Wp
1999 European Championship	2-11 September 1999	Template:Flagicon Firenze	1	Template:Wp
2000 Asian Championship	28 March - 2 April 2000	Template:Flagicon Busan	1	Template:Wp
Men's Olympic Water Polo Qualifying Tournament	6-14 May 2000	Template:Flagicon Hannover	5	Template:Wp
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Total			12

Women

Events		Dates	Hosts	Quotas	Qualified Teams
Host Country		24 September 1993	Template:Flagicon Monte Carlo	1	Template:Wpw
1999 World Cup	Europe	24-29 May 1999	Template:Flagicon Winnipeg	1	Template:Wpw
	Americas			1	Template:Wpw
Women's Olympic Water Polo Qualifying Tournament	World	22-30 April 2000	Template:Flagicon Palermo	2	Template:Wpw
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	Asia/Africa/Oceania			1	Template:Wpw
Total				6

Medal summary

Medalists

Men Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOC<ref name="HistoFINA PDF"/> Attila Vári Zoltán Szécsi Bulcsú Székely Zsolt Varga Tamás Märcz Tamás Molnár Barnabás Steinmetz Tamás Kásás Gergely Kiss Zoltán Kósz Tibor Benedek Péter Biros Rajmund Fodor	Template:FlagIOC Irek Zinnourov Dmitri Stratan Revaz Chomakhidze Marat Zakirov Nikolay Kozlov Nikolai Maximov Andrei Rekechinski Sergey Garbuzov Dmitry Gorshkov Yuri Yatsev Roman Balachov Dmitri Douquine Alexandre Erychov	Template:FlagIOC Predrag Zimonjić Jugoslav Vasović Vladimir Vujasinović Nenad Vukanić Aleksandar Šoštar Petar Trbojević Veljko Uskoković Nikola Kuljača Aleksandar Šapić Dejan Savić Aleksandar Ćirić Danilo Ikodinović Viktor Jelenić
Women Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOC<ref name="HistoFINA PDF"/> Taryn Woods Debbie Watson Liz Weekes Danielle Woodhouse Bronwyn Mayer Gail Miller Melissa Mills Simone Hankin Yvette Higgins Kate Hooper Naomi Castle Joanne Fox Bridgette Gusterson	Template:FlagIOC Brenda Villa Kathy Sheehy Coralie Simmons Julie Swail Courtney Johnson Maureen O'Toole Nicolle Payne Heather Petri Ericka Lorenz Heather Moody Bernice Orwig Robin Beauregard Ellen Estes	Template:FlagIOC Ekaterina Vassilieva Elena Smurova Elena Tokoun Irina Tolkounova Ioulia Petrova Tatiana Petrova Galina Rytova Maria Koroleva Natalia Koutouzova Svetlana Kouzina Marina Akobia Ekaterina Anikeeva Sofia Konoukh

Sources

• PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library:
  • Official Results Book – 2000 Olympic Games – Water Polo (download, archive)
• Water polo on the Olympedia website
  • Water polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics (men's tournament, women's tournament)
• Water polo on the Sports Reference website
  • Water polo at the 2000 Summer Games (men's tournament, women's tournament) (archived)

External links

• Official Olympic Report Template:Webarchive

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