Water polo at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships

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The water polo events at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships were held from 19 March to 1 April 2007, in Melbourne, Australia. [1]

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Medal summary

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia  (CRO)1001
Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)1001
3Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia  (AUS)0101
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)0101
5Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)0011
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)0011
Totals (6 entries)2226

Medalists

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men
details
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia [1]
Samir Barač
Miho Bošković
Damir Burić
Andro Bušlje
Teo Đogaš
Igor Hinić
Maro Joković
Aljoša Kunac
Pavo Marković
Josip Pavić
Mile Smodlaka
Frano Vićan
Zdeslav Vrdoljak

Head coach
Ratko Rudić
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Tibor Benedek
Péter Biros
Rajmund Fodor
Tamás Kásás
Gábor Kis
Gergely Kiss
Norbert Madaras
Tamás Molnár
Viktor Nagy
Zoltán Szécsi
Márton Szivós
Dániel Varga
Dénes Varga

Head coach
Dénes Kemény
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Iñaki Aguilar
Ángel Andreo
Iván Gallego
Mario García
Xavier García
David Martín
Marc Minguell
Guillermo Molina
Iván Pérez
Felipe Perrone
Ricardo Perrone
Svilen Piralkov
Xavier Vallès

Head coach
Rafael Aguilar
Women
details
Flag of the United States.svg  United States [1]
Elizabeth Armstrong
Patricia Cardenas
Kameryn Craig
Natalie Golda
Alison Gregorka
Brittany Hayes
Jaime Hipp
Ericka Lorenz
Heather Petri
Moriah van Norman
Brenda Villa
Lauren Wenger
Elsie Windes

Head coach
Guy Baker
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Gemma Beadsworth
Nikita Cuffe
Suzie Fraser
Taniele Gofers
Kate Gynther
Gemma Hadley
Amy Hetzel
Bronwen Knox
Emma Knox
Alicia McCormack
Melissa Rippon
Rebecca Rippon
Mia Santoromito

Head coach
Greg McFadden
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Valentina Vorontsova
Natalya Shepelina
Ekaterina Zubacheva
Sofya Konukh
Alena Vylegzhanina
Nadezda Glyzina
Ekaterina Pantyulina
Evgenia Soboleva
Natalya Ryzhova-Alenicheva
Olga Fomicheva
Elena Smurova
Anastasia Zubkova
Maria Kovtunovskaya

Head coach
Alexander Kleymenov

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