Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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Water polo
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Tournament details
Host country Greece
CityAthens
Venue(s)Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
Dates15–29 August 2004
Events2 (men's, women's)
Teams12 (men's), 8 (women's)
(from 5 confederations)
Competitors154 men, 101 women
Final positions
Champions Hungary (men)
 Italy (women)
Runners-up Serbia and Montenegro (men)
 Greece (women)
Third place Russia (men)
 United States (women)
Fourth place Greece (men)
 Australia (women)
Tournament statistics (men, women)
Matches64
Multiple
appearances
5-time Olympian(s): 2
4-time Olympian(s): 8
Multiple
medalists
3-time medalist(s): 2
MVPsHungary Gergely Kiss (men's)
Italy Tania Di Mario (women's)
2000
2008
Olympic Aquatic Centre at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Summer Olympics.[1]

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
 Australia Yes Yes 26
 Canada Yes 13
 Croatia Yes 13
 Egypt Yes 13
 Greece Yes Yes 26
 Hungary Yes Yes 26
 Italy Yes Yes 26
 Kazakhstan Yes Yes 26
 Russia Yes Yes 26
 Serbia and Montenegro Yes 13
 Spain Yes 13
 United States Yes Yes 26
Total: 16 NOCs 12 8 260

Men`s

Water Polo Men Date Host Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 5 September 1997 Switzerland Laussane 1  Greece
2003 World League 27 June-24 August 2003 Various 1  Hungary
2003 FINA World Championships 14-26 July 2003 Spain Barcelona 3  Italy
 Serbia and Montenegro
 Spain
2003 Pan American Games 2-10 August 2003 Dominican Republic Santo Domingo 1 United States United States
Asian Qualification Tournament 22-24 September 2003 Kazakhstan Almaty 1  Kazakhstan
African Qualification Tournament 1  Egypt
Oceania Qualification Tournament 1
Australia
Olympic Qualification Tournament 25 January - 1 February Brazil Rio de Janeiro 3  Croatia
 Germany
 Russia
TOTAL 12

Women`s

Water Polo Women Date Host Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 5 September 1997 Switzerland Laussane 1  Greece
Asian Qualification Tournament 22-24 September 2003 Kazakhstan Almaty 1  Kazakhstan
2003 Pan American Games 2-10 August 2003 Dominican Republic Santo Domingo 1 United States United States
Oceanian Qualification Tournament 1  Australia
Olympic Qualification Tournament 23-29 February 2004
Imperia
4  Hungary
 Italy
 Russia
 Canada *
TOTAL 8
  • Canada took the place of the African team.

Medalists

Men's

Gold Silver Bronze
 Hungary[1]
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
 Serbia and Montenegro
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
 
Alexander Kabanov

Women's

Gold Silver Bronze
   Greece
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
 

Teams

Men's rosters

Women's rosters

See also

  • 2004 Men's Water Polo Olympic Qualifier

References

Sources

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