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The water polo tournaments at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris were held from 27 July to 11 August. [1] [2] Preliminary water polo matches occurred at Paris Aquatic Centre, with the final playoffs staged at the iconic Paris La Défense Arena. Similar to the previous edition, twenty-two teams (twelve for men and ten for women) competed against ...
The men's tournament of water polo at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France was held from 28 July to 11 August 2024 at the Paris Aquatic Centre and Paris La Défense Arena. [1] It was the 28th official appearance of the tournament, which was not held in 1896 and was a demonstration sport in 1904 but otherwise has been held at every Olympics.
The women's tournament of water polo at the 2024 Summer Olympics at Paris, France was held from 27 July to 10 August 2024. It was held at the Paris Aquatic Centre and Paris La Défense Arena. [1] It is the seventh official appearance of the tournament. Spain won their first title after defeating Australia in the final.
First, the 2023 World Aquatics Championships, scheduled for 16 to 28 July in Fukuoka, Japan, produced the winners and runners-up of the women's water polo tournament qualifying for Paris 2024. Five more quota places were awarded to the highest-ranked eligible NOC at each of the continental meets (Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania ...
First, the 2023 World Aquatics Championships, scheduled for 17 to 29 July in Fukuoka, Japan, produced the winners and runners-up of the men's water polo tournament qualifying for Paris 2024. Five more quota places were awarded to the highest-ranked eligible NOC at each of the continental meets (Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania ...
Paris 1900 Great Britain (1st title) — Thomas Coe: 2: St. Louis 1904: Water polo was an unofficial sport: 3 London 1908 Great Britain (2nd title) — Charles Smith: 4 Stockholm 1912 Great Britain (3rd title) — George Wilkinson: 5 Antwerp 1920 Great Britain (4th title) — Paul Radmilovic: 6 Paris 1924 France (1st title) — Georges Rigal: 7 ...
Spanish water polo player Miki Oca won a silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Four years later, he won a gold medal at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. As a head coach, he guided Spain women's national water polo team to a gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics, and silver medals at London 2012 and Tokyo 2020. [63] Legend
From 1908 to 1920, the Great Britain men's national water polo team won three consecutive gold medals at the Olympics, becoming the first team to have an Olympic winning streak in water polo. Hungary is the most successful country in the men's Olympic water polo tournament, with nine Olympic gold medals. The team won three gold medals in a row ...