Water polo at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships

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The water polo events at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships were held from 7 to 18 January 1998, in Perth, Western Australia. [1]

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Medal summary

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)1001
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)1001
3Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)0101
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)0101
5Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia  (AUS)0011
Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  FR Yugoslavia  (FRY)0011
Totals (6 entries)2226

Medalists

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men
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Flag of Spain.svg  Spain [1]
Daniel Ballart
Manuel Estiarte
Pedro Garcia
Salvador Gomez
Miguel Gonzales
Gustavo Marcos
Ruben Michavilla
Ivan Moro
Sergi Pedresol
Ivan Perez
Jesus Rollan
Jordi Sans
Carlos Sanz

Head coach:
Juan Jané
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary

Zoltán Kovacs
Zoltán Kósz
Tibor Benedek
Gergely Kiss
Frank Toth
Rajmund Fodor
Zsolt Varga
Barnabás Steinmetz
Balázs Vincze
Tamás Molnár
Tamás Kásás
Attila Vári
Tamás Marcz

Head coach:
Dénes Kemény

Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  FR Yugoslavia

Aleksandar Ćirić
Danilo Ikodinović
Dragan Jovanović
Nikola Kuljača
Aleksandar Nikolić
Dušan Popović
Dejan Savić
Aleksandar Šapić
Petar Trbojević
Veljko Uskoković
Željko Vičević
Vladimir Vujasinović
Nenad Vukanić

Head coach:
Nikola Stamenić

Women
details
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy [1]
Carmela Alluci
Alexandra Araujo
Cristina Consoli
Francesca Conti
Antonella Di Giacinto
Eleonora Gay
Melania Grego
Stefania Larucci
Giusi Malato
Martina Micelli
Maddalena Musumeci
Monica Vaillant
Milena Virzi
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Karla van der Boon
Carla van Usen
Ellen Bast
Gillian van den Berg
Daniëlle de Bruijn
Edmée Hiemstra
Karin Kuipers
Ingrid Leijendekker
Petra Meerdink
Carla Quint
Sandra Scherrenburg
Mariëlle Schothans
Marjan op den Velde
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Naomi Castle,
Simone Dixon,
Kylie English,
Bridgette Gusterson,
Yvette Higgins,
Bronwyn Mayer,
Melissa Mills,
Stephanie Neesham,
Marian Taylor,
Liz Weekes,
Sharan Wheelock,
Danielle Woodhouse,
Taryn Woods.

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