Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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Olympic Aquatic Centre at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Olympic Aquatic Centre where women competed for only the second time in the event at the Summer Olympics.<ref name="HistoFINA PDF">Template:Cite HistoFINA wp</ref>

Twelve teams competed in the men's event, where Russia was trying to avenge their defeat by Hungary at the Sydney Olympics. There were eight teams in the women's event, where holders Australia were hoping to retain the title.

Qualification

Nation	Men's	Women's	Athletes
Template:FlagIOC	Template:Ya	Template:Ya	26
Template:FlagIOC		Template:Ya	13
Template:FlagIOC	Template:Ya		13
Template:FlagIOC	Template:Ya		13
Template:FlagIOC	Template:Ya	Template:Ya	26
Template:FlagIOC	Template:Ya	Template:Ya	26
Template:FlagIOC	Template:Ya	Template:Ya	26
Template:FlagIOC	Template:Ya	Template:Ya	26
Template:FlagIOC	Template:Ya	Template:Ya	26
Template:FlagIOC	Template:Ya		13
Template:FlagIOC	Template:Ya		13
Template:FlagIOC	Template:Ya	Template:Ya	26
Total: 16 NOCs	12	8	260

Men`s

Water Polo Men	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	5 September 1997	Template:Flagicon Laussane	1	Template:Wp
2003 World League	27 June-24 August 2003	Various	1	Template:Wp
2003 FINA World Championships	14-26 July 2003	Template:Flagicon Barcelona	3	Template:Wp
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2003 Pan American Games	2-10 August 2003	Template:Flagicon Santo Domingo	1	Template:Flagicon United States
Asian Qualification Tournament	22-24 September 2003	Template:Flagicon Almaty	1	Template:Wp
African Qualification Tournament	Template:N/a	Template:N/a	1	Template:Wp
Oceania Qualification Tournament	Template:N/a	Template:N/a	1	Template:Flagicon Australia
Olympic Qualification Tournament	25 January - 1 February	Template:Flagicon Rio de Janeiro	3	Template:Wp
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TOTAL			12

Women`s

Water Polo Women	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	5 September 1997	Template:Flagicon Laussane	1	Template:Wpw
Asian Qualification Tournament	22-24 September 2003	Template:Flagicon Almaty	1	Template:Wpw
2003 Pan American Games	2-10 August 2003	Template:Flagicon Santo Domingo	1	Template:Flagicon United States
Oceanian Qualification Tournament	Template:N/a	Template:N/a	1	Template:Wpw
Olympic Qualification Tournament	23-29 February 2004	Template:Flagicon Imperia	4	Template:Wpw
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TOTAL			8

• Canada took the place of the African team.

Medalists

Men's

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Gold	Silver	Bronze
Template:FlagIOC<ref name="HistoFINA PDF"/> Tibor Benedek Péter Biros Rajmund Fodor István Gergely Tamás Kásás Gergely Kiss Norbert Madaras Tamás Molnár Ádám Steinmetz Barnabás Steinmetz Zoltán Szécsi Tamás Varga Attila Vári Head coach: Dénes Kemény	Template:FlagIOC Aleksandar Ćirić Vladimir Gojković Danilo Ikodinović Viktor Jelenić Predrag Jokić Nikola Kuljača Slobodan Nikić Aleksandar Šapić Dejan Savić Denis Šefik Petar Trbojević Vanja Udovičić Vladimir Vujasinović Head coach: Nenad Manojlović	Template:FlagIOC Roman Balashov Revaz Chomakhidze Alexander Yerishev Aleksandr Fyodorov Serguei Garbouzov Dmitry Gorshkov Nikolay Kozlov Nikolai Maximov Andrei Reketchinski Dmitri Stratan Vitaly Yurchik Marat Zakirov Irek Zinnurov Head coach: Alexander Kabanov

Women's

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Gold	Silver	Bronze
Template:FlagIOC<ref name="HistoFINA PDF"/> Francesca Conti Martina Miceli Carmela Allucci Silvia Bosurgi Elena Gigli Manuela Zanchi Tania di Mario Cinzia Ragusa Giusi Malato Alexandra Araujo Maddalena Musumeci Melania Grego Noémi Tóth Head coach: Pierluigi Formiconi	Template:FlagIOC Georgia Ellinaki Dimitra Asilian Antiopi Melidoni Angeliki Karapataki Kyriaki Liosi Stavroula Kozompoli Aikaterini Oikonomopoulou Antigoni Roumpesi Evangelia Moraitidou Eftychia Karagianni Georgia Lara Antonia Moraiti Anthoula Mylonaki Head coach: Kyriakos Iosifidis	Template:FlagIOC Jacqueline Frank Heather Petri Ericka Lorenz Brenda Villa Ellen Estes Natalie Golda Margaret Dingeldein Kelly Rulon Heather Moody Robin Beauregard Amber Stachowski Nicolle Payne Thalia Munro Head coach: Guy Baker

Teams

Men's rosters

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Women's rosters

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See also

• 2004 Men's Water Polo Olympic Qualifier

Sources

• PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library:
  • Official Results Book – 2004 Olympic Games – Water Polo (download, archive)
• Water polo on the Olympedia website
  • Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics (men's tournament, women's tournament)
• Water polo on the Sports Reference website
  • Water polo at the 2004 Summer Games (men's tournament, women's tournament) (archived)

External links

• result book – Water Polo

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