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.
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 26 13 13 13 26 26 26 26 26 13 13 26Total: 16 NOCs 12 8 260
Men`s Water Polo MenDateHostVacanciesQualifiedHost nation5 September 1997 Laussane12003 World League27 June-24 August 2003Various12003 FINA World Championships14-26 July 2003 Barcelona32003 Pan American Games2-10 August 2003 Santo Domingo1 United StatesAsian Qualification Tournament22-24 September 2003 Almaty1African Qualification Tournament 1Oceania Qualification Tournament 1 AustraliaOlympic Qualification Tournament25 January - 1 February Rio de Janeiro3 TOTAL12
Women`s Water Polo WomenDateHostVacanciesQualifiedHost nation5 September 1997 Laussane1Asian Qualification Tournament22-24 September 2003 Almaty12003 Pan American Games2-10 August 2003 Santo Domingo1 United StatesOceanian Qualification Tournament1Olympic Qualification Tournament23-29 February 2004 Imperia4 *TOTAL 8
Canada took the place of the African team.
Medalists
Men's
GoldSilverBronzeTibor BenedekPéter BirosRajmund FodorIstván GergelyTamás KásásGergely KissNorbert MadarasTamás MolnárÁdám SteinmetzBarnabás SteinmetzZoltán SzécsiTamás VargaAttila VáriHead coach:Dénes KeményAleksandar ĆirićVladimir GojkovićDanilo IkodinovićViktor JelenićPredrag JokićNikola KuljačaSlobodan NikićAleksandar ŠapićDejan SavićDenis ŠefikPetar TrbojevićVanja UdovičićVladimir VujasinovićHead coach:Nenad ManojlovićRoman BalashovRevaz ChomakhidzeAlexander YerishevAleksandr FyodorovSerguei GarbouzovDmitry GorshkovNikolay KozlovNikolai MaximovAndrei ReketchinskiDmitri StratanVitaly YurchikMarat ZakirovIrek ZinnurovHead coach:Alexander Kabanov
Women's
GoldSilverBronzeFrancesca ContiMartina MiceliCarmela AllucciSilvia BosurgiElena GigliManuela ZanchiTania di MarioCinzia RagusaGiusi MalatoAlexandra AraujoMaddalena MusumeciMelania GregoNoémi TóthHead coach:Pierluigi FormiconiGeorgia EllinakiDimitra AsilianAntiopi MelidoniAngeliki KarapatakiKyriaki LiosiStavroula KozompoliAikaterini OikonomopoulouAntigoni RoumpesiEvangelia MoraitidouEftychia KaragianniGeorgia LaraAntonia MoraitiAnthoula MylonakiHead coach:Kyriakos IosifidisJacqueline FrankHeather PetriEricka LorenzBrenda VillaEllen EstesNatalie GoldaMargaret DingeldeinKelly RulonHeather MoodyRobin BeauregardAmber StachowskiNicolle PayneThalia MunroHead coach:Guy Baker
Teams
Men's rosters
Women's rosters
See also 2004 Men's Water Polo Olympic Qualifier
References
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