Men's water polo at the Games of the III Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | U.S. Life Saving Exhibit Lake | |||||||||
Date | September 5 (semifinal) September 6 (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 21 from 1 nation | |||||||||
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At the 1904 Summer Olympics, a water polo tournament was contested, with three club teams of seven players each. [1] A German team tried to enter, but its entry was rejected because their players did not play for the same club. [2]
The event took place in a pond in Forest Park, the location of both the Olympics and the World's Fair. [3] The pond was also used by cattle, and four of the Olympians died of typhus soon after the competition. [2]
Previously, the International Olympic Committee and International Swimming Federation (FINA) considered the water polo event at the 1904 Olympics as a demonstration sport. [1] However, in July 2021, after accepting the recommendation of Olympic historian Bill Mallon, the IOC recognized water polo along with several others as an official sport of the 1904 Olympic program. [4]
The 1904 Summer Olympics were an international multi-sport event held in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, from 29 August to 3 September 1904, as part of an extended sports program lasting from 1 July to 23 November 1904, located at what is now known as Francis Olympic Field on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis. The 1904 Summer Olympics were the first time the Olympic Games were held outside Europe.
The water polo competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia saw Hungary’s return to the gold medal platform and the introduction of the women’s tournament. The Australian women had lobbied the IOC hard for the inclusion of women’s water polo in the Olympics, including showing up at the airport dressed only in their swimsuits during one pre-Olympic visit by members of the IOC.
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.
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