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At the 1904 Summer Olympics, a water polo tournament was contested, with three club teams of seven players each. A German team tried to enter, but its entry was rejected because their players did not play for the same club.
A water polo tournament was held on the Seine on 11 and 12 August 1900 as part of the 1900 Summer Olympics. Eight teams from four countries, all European, entered the event, although only seven ended up playing. The Osborne Swimming Club of Manchester, England, which has been listed with two rosters that are nearly entirely different, became the first Olympic water polo champions by defeating the Brussels Swimming and Water Polo Club of Belgium. Third place went to the two French-based semi-finalists, Libellule de Paris and Pupilles de Neptune de Lille, the latter of whom entered two teams, but merged them together after the first round.
The water polo tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held from 1 to 10 August 1984, at the Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool in Malibu, California. The tournament featured 12 teams, playing two rounds of round-robin play: preliminaries and finals.
Water polo at the 1988 Summer Olympics as usual was part of the swimming sport, the other two being swimming and diving. They were not seen as three separate sports, because they all were governed by one federation — FINA. Water polo discipline consisted of one event: the men's team competition.
Water polo has been part of the Summer Olympics program since the second games, in 1900. A women's water polo tournament was introduced for the 2000 Summer Olympics. Hungary has been the most successful country in men's tournament, while the United States is the only team to win multiple times at the women's tournament since its introduction. Italy is the first and only country to win both the men's and women's water polo tournaments.
Final results for the water polo tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Final results for the water polo tournament at the 1932 Summer Olympics:
The 1928 Summer Olympics Water Polo event was held between the fourth and eleventh of August. The final results of the tournament follow below.
The 2007 FINA Men's Water Polo World League was the sixth edition of the annual event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA. After six preliminary rounds the Super Final was held in Berlin, Germany from August 7 to August 12, 2007.
The following is the list of squads that took part in the men's water polo tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
Germany competed at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, China between July 16 and 31, 2011.
Werner Obschernikat is a German former water polo player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics, in the 1984 Summer Olympics, and in the 1988 Summer Olympics. He won a bronze medal in water polo.
Alexander Tchigir is a Russian and later German water polo player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics, in the 2004 Summer Olympics, and in the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Marc Torsten Politze is a German male former water polo player. He was part of the Germany men's national water polo team in the 2004 Summer Olympics and in the 2008 Summer Olympics. He competed also at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships.
The following are complete rosters for the twelve men's water polo teams that competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics water polo tournament played in August 1984. Each team registered 13 players which are ordered by their respective team numbers. Players marked with † were unused throughout the tournament. Names of coaches are taken from the official Olympics report. Player ages are correct as of 1 August 1984, the starting day of the tournament.
This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Hungary men's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.
This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Germany men's national water polo team, the United Team of Germany men's national water polo team, and the West Germany men's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.
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