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Tony Azevedo is the top scorer of all time for the United States men's Olympic water polo team, with 61 goals. As a left-hander, Chris Humbert is the American water polo player with the second most goals at the Olympic Games, scoring 37 .
The United States men's national water polo team represents the United States of America internationally in men's water polo. They are the only squad outside of Europe to medal in the men's Olympic water polo tournament , having done so most recently during the 2024 Summer Olympics , winning bronze against Hungary in a penalty shootout.
Men's water polo tournaments have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1900. The United States has participated in 22 of 27 tournaments. The United States team is the only non-European squad to win medals in the men's Olympic water polo tournament.
The United States men's team has participated in Olympic water polo since the 1904 Games in St. Louis, the second Olympic Games to host a water polo tournament. The 1904 squad won the gold medal, the only gold the US men have earned in water polo. Since 1904, the US has won another six Olympic medals (1924, 1932, 1972, 1984, 1988, 2008).
The United States men's national water polo team is the only non-European squad to win medals in the men's Olympic water polo tournament. At the 1904 Olympic Games , The U.S. squad won the gold, silver and bronze medals in the men's water polo tournament (demonstration event).
Australia's best international water polo success came in 1996, when the Sharks won the six-nation Control Cup in Hungary, and followed it up with a bronze medal at an eight nation tournament in Italy in the same year. However, they failed to qualify for that year's Olympics for the first time since 1948.
Katie Ledecky of Team USA and Ariarne Titmus of Team Australia react after competing in the Women's 400-m freestyle heats on day one of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Paris La Defense Arena on ...
Defensive tackle during an underwater rugby match in Sydney, Australia. The ball may be passed in any direction but must not leave the water. The ball "flies" about 2 to 3 meters before water resistance stops it. The players need a variety of abilities: strength, speed, agility, and teamwork are all equally important. [1]