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Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The ina ...

, there are 34

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that have been or will be used for

water polo Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with th ...

. Debuting in

1900 As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15), 2 ...

, the first venues took place similar to that of the

swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...

events. By the 1908 Games, the first water polo venue not located on a river or a lake took place. It was not until the 1920 Games that a separate venue was created for the aquatic venues.

1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...

was the first Olympics in water polo took place both indoor and in more than one venue. The first separate water polo venue that was not connected to other aquatic venues was at the

1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this h ...

in Tokyo.

List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics This is a list of records and statistics of the men's Olympic water polo tournament since the inaugural official edition in 1900. Abbreviations General statistics Confederation statistics Best performances by tournament All-time best per ...

List of women's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics This is a list of records and statistics of the women's Olympic water polo tournament since the inaugural official edition in 2000. Abbreviations General statistics This is a summary of women's water polo at the Summer Olympics by tournament. ...

List of Olympic champions in men's water polo This is a list of Water polo at the Summer Olympics, Olympic champions in men's water polo since the inaugural official edition in Water polo at the 1900 Summer Olympics, 1900. Abbreviations History Water polo at the Summer Olympics, Men's wat ...

List of Olympic champions in women's water polo This is a list of Olympic champions in women's water polo since the inaugural official edition in 2000. Abbreviations History Women's water polo became an Olympic sport at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. As of 2016, women's teams from Europe, Nort ...

National team appearances in the men's Olympic water polo tournament This article presents the national team appearances in the men's Olympic water polo tournament since the inaugural official edition in 1900. As of the 2020 Summer Olympics, 52 men's national water polo teams from six continents have competed at t ...

** National team appearances in the women's Olympic water polo tournament **

List of players who have appeared in multiple men's Olympic water polo tournaments This is a list of male players who have been named in the national water polo team squad in at least three or four Olympic tournaments since the inaugural official edition in 1900. Abbreviations Overall multi-time Olympians As of the 2020 Sum ...

List of players who have appeared in multiple women's Olympic water polo tournaments This is a list of female players who have been named in the national water polo team squad in at least two or three Olympic tournaments since the inaugural official edition in 2000. Abbreviations Overall multi-time Olympians As of 2016, 22 fe ...

List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men) Men's water polo has been part of the Summer Olympics program since 1900. Hungary men's national water polo team has won sixteen Olympic medals, becoming the most successful country in men's tournament. There are fifty-nine male athletes who have ...

List of Olympic medalists in water polo (women) Women's water polo became an Olympic sport at the 2000 Olympics. Since then, the United States women's team has won six consecutive medals. There are thirty-five female athletes who have won two or more Olympic medals in water polo. Heather Pet ...

List of men's Olympic water polo tournament top goalscorers This is a list of top goalscorers in the men's Olympic water polo tournament since the inaugural official edition in 1900. Abbreviations Overall top goalscorers As of 2016, 57 male players have scored 30 or more goals at the Summer Olympics. ...

List of women's Olympic water polo tournament top goalscorers This is a list of top goalscorers in the women's Olympic water polo tournament since the inaugural official edition in 2000. Abbreviations Overall top goalscorers As of 2016, eighteen female players have scored 20 or more goals at the Summer O ...

List of men's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers This is a list of male goalkeepers who have been named in the national water polo team at the Summer Olympics. Abbreviations Winning goalkeepers The following table is pre-sorted by edition of the Olympics (in ascending order), cap number o ...

List of women's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers This is a list of female goalkeepers who have been named in the national water polo team for the Summer Olympics. Abbreviations Winning goalkeepers The following table is pre-sorted by edition of the Olympics (in ascending order), cap number ...

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Water polo Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with th ...

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