Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country |  Greece |
| City | Athens |
| Venue(s) | Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre |
| Dates | 15–29 August 2004 |
| Events | 2 (men's, women's) |
| Teams | 12 (men's), 8 (women's) (from 5 confederations) |
| Competitors | 154 men, 101 women |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Hungary (men) Italy (women) |
| Runners-up |  Serbia and Montenegro (men) Greece (women) |
| Third place |  Russia (men) United States (women) |
| Fourth place | Greece (men) Australia (women) |
| Tournament statistics (men, women) | |
| Matches | 64 |
| Multiple appearances | 5-time Olympian(s): 2 4-time Olympian(s): 8 |
| Multiple medalists | 3-time medalist(s): 2 |
| MVPs | Gergely Kiss (men's) Tania Di Mario (women's) |
Olympic Aquatic Centre at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Olympic Aquatic Centre where women competed for only the second time in the event at the Summer Olympics.[1]
Twelve teams competed in the men's event, where Russia was trying to avenge their defeat by Hungary at the Sydney Olympics. There were eight teams in the women's event, where holders Australia were hoping to retain the title.
Men's teams
Group A: Croatia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro and United States.
Group B: Australia, Egypt, Germany, Greece, Italy and Spain
Women's teams
Group A: Australia, Greece, Italy and Kazakhstan.
Group B: Canada, Hungary, Russia and United States.
Qualification[]
Men`s[]
| Water Polo Men | Date | Host | Vacancies | Qualified |
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| Host nation | 5 September 1997 |  Laussane
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1 | Greece
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| 2003 World League | 27 June-24 August 2003 | Various | 1 | Hungary
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| 2003 FINA World Championships | 14-26 July 2003 |  Barcelona
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3 | Italy
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| Serbia and Montenegro
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| Spain
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| 2003 Pan American Games | 2-10 August 2003 |  Santo Domingo
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1 | United States
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| Asian Qualification Tournament | 15-23 September 2003 |  Almaty
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1 | Kazakhstan
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| African Qualification Tournament | 1 |  Egypt
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| Oceania Qualification Tournament | 1 | Australia
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| Olympic Qualification Tournament | 25 January - 1 February |  Rio de Janeiro
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3 |  Croatia Germany
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| TOTAL | 12 | |||
Women`s[]
| Water Polo Women | Date | Host | Vacancies | Qualified |
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| Host nation | 5 September 1997 | Laussane
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1 | Greece
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| Asian Qualification Tournment | 15-23 September 2003 | Almaty
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1 | Kazakhstan
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| 2003 Pan American Games | 2-10 August 2003 | Santo Domingo
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1 | United States
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| Oceanian Qualification Tournment | 1 | Australia
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| Olympic Qualification Tournment | 23-29 February, 2004 | Imperia
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4 | Hungary Italy Russia Canada *
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| TOTAL | 8 | |||
- Canada took the place of the African team.
Medalists[]
Men's[]
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
 Hungary[1]Tibor Benedek Péter Biros Rajmund Fodor István Gergely Tamás Kásás Gergely Kiss Norbert Madaras Tamás Molnár Ádám Steinmetz Barnabás Steinmetz Zoltán Szécsi Tamás Varga Attila Vári Head Coach: Dénes Kemény |
 Serbia and MontenegroAleksandar Ćirić Vladimir Gojković Danilo Ikodinović Viktor Jelenić Predrag Jokić Nikola Kuljača Slobodan Nikić Aleksandar Šapić Dejan Savić Denis Šefik Petar Trbojević Vanja Udovičić Vladimir Vujasinović Head Coach: Nenad Manojlović |
 RussiaRoman Balashov Revaz Chomakhidze Alexander Yerishev Aleksandr Fyodorov Serguei Garbouzov Dmitry Gorshkov Nikolay Kozlov Nikolai Maximov Andrei Reketchinski Dmitri Stratan Vitaly Yurchik Marat Zakirov Irek Zinnurov Head Coach: Alexander Kabanov |
Women's[]
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
 Italy[1]Francesca Conti Martina Miceli Carmela Allucci Silvia Bosurgi Elena Gigli Manuela Zanchi Tania di Mario Cinzia Ragusa Giusi Malato Alexandra Araujo Maddalena Musumeci Melania Grego Noémi Tóth Head Coach: |
 GreeceGeorgia Ellinaki Dimitra Asilian Antiopi Melidoni Angeliki Karapataki Kyriaki Liosi Stavroula Kozompoli Aikaterini Oikonomopoulou Antigoni Roumpesi Evangelia Moraitidou Eftychia Karagianni Georgia Lara Antonia Moraiti Anthoula Mylonaki Head Coach: Kyriakos Iosifidis |
 United StatesJacqueline Frank Heather Petri Ericka Lorenz Brenda Villa Ellen Estes Natalie Golda Margaret Dingeldein Kelly Rulon Heather Moody Robin Beauregard Amber Stachowski Nicolle Payne Thalia Munro Head Coach: Guy Baker |
Teams[]
Men's rosters[]
Australia[]
- Pietro Figlioli, Trent Franklin, Toby Jenkins, Craig Miller, , Tim Neesham, , Dean Semmens, James Stanton, Rafael Sterk, Nathan Thomas, Thomas Whalan and Gavin Woods.
- Head Coach: Erkin Shagaev.
Croatia[]
- Samir Barač, Damir Burić, Elvis Fatović, Nikola Franković, Igor Hinić, , Danijel Premuš, Dubravko Šimenc, Mile Smodlaka, Ratko Štritof, Frano Vićan, Goran Volarević and Tihomil Vranješ.
- Head Coach: Zoran Roje.
Egypt[]
- Ragy Abdel Hady, Karim Abdelmohsen, Ahmed abdo, Ahmed Badr, , Shady El Helw, Omar El Sammany, Mohamed Gamaleldin, Sherif Khalil, Bassel Mashhour, , , Amr Mohamed, Walid Rezk, Hassan Sultan, Bassem Hemdan and
- Head Coach: .
Germany[]
- Steffen Dierolf, Lukasz Kieloch, Tobias Kreuzmann, Soeren Mackeben, Heiko Nossek, Jens Pohlmann, Marc Politze, Thomas Schertwitis, Fabian Schroedter, Alexander Tchigir, Patrick Weissinger, Tim Wollthan and Michael Zellmer.
- Head Coach: Hagen Stamm.
Greece[]
- Christos Afroudakis, Georgios Afroudakis, Theodoros Chatzitheodorou, Nikolaos Deligiannis, Theodoros Kalakonas, Konstantinos Loudis, Dimitrios Mazis, Georgios Reppas, Stefanos Santa, Anastasios Schizas, Argyris Theodoropoulos, Ioannis Thomakos and Antonios Vlontakis.
- Head Coach: Alessandro Campagna.
Hungary[]
- Tibor Benedek, Péter Biros, Rajmund Fodor, István Gergely, Tamás Kásás, Gergely Kiss, Norbert Madaras, Tamás Molnár, Ádám Steinmetz, Barnabás Steinmetz, Zoltán Szécsi, Tamás Varga and Attila Vári
- Head Coach: Dénes Kemény.
Italy[]
- Alberto Angelini, Fabio Bencivenga, Leonardo Binchi, Fabrizio Buonocore, Alessandro Calcaterra, Roberto Calcaterra, Maurizio Felugo, Goran Fiorentini, Marco Gerini, Francesco Postiglione, Bogdan Rath, Carlo Silipo and Stefano Tempesti.
- Head Coach: .
Kazakhstan[]
- , Sergey Drozdov, Alexandr Elke, Alexandr Gaidukov, Sergey Gorovoy, Alexandr Polukhin, Artemiy Sevostyanov, Alexandr Shidlovskiy, Alexandr Shvedov, Yuriy Smolovyy, Igor Zagoruiko, Ivan Zaytsev and Yevgeniy Zhilyayev.
- Head Coach: Askar Orazalinov.
Russia[]
- Roman Balashov, Revaz Tchomakhidze, Alexander Yerishev, Aleksandr Fyodorov, Serguei Garbouzov, Dmitry Gorshkov, Nikolay Kozlov, Nikolai Maximov, Andrei Reketchinski, Dmitri Stratan, Vitaly Yurchik, Marat Zakirov and Irek Zinnurov.
- Head Coach: Aleksandr Kabanov.
Spain[]
- Ángel Andreo, Daniel Ballart, Xavier García, Salvador Gómez, Gabriel Hernández Paz, Gustavo Marcos, Guillermo Molina, Daniel Moro, Iván Moro, Sergi Pedrerol, Iván Pérez, Jesús Rollán and Javier Sanchez Toril.
- Head Coach: .
Serbia and Montenegro[]
- Aleksandar Ćirić, Vladimir Gojković, Danilo Ikodinović, Viktor Jelenić, Predrag Jokić, Nikola Kuljača, Slobodan Nikić, Aleksandar Šapić, Dejan Savić, Denis Šefik, Petar Trbojević, Vanja Udovičić and Vladimir Vujasinović.
- Head Coach: Nenad Manojlović.
United States[]
- Omar Amr, Tony Azevedo, Ryan Bailey, Layne Beaubien, Brandon Brooks, Genai Kerr, Daniel Klatt, Brett Ormsby, Jeffrey Powers, Christopher Segesman, Jesse Smith, Wolf Wigo and Adam Wright.
- Head Coach: Ratko Rudić.
Women's rosters[]
Australia[]
- Belinda Brooks, Naomi Castle, Nikita Cuffe, Joanne Fox, Jemma Brownlow, Kate Gynther, Kelly Heuchan, Emma Knox, Elise Norwood, Melissa Rippon, Rebecca Rippon, Bronwyn Smith and Jodie Stuhmcke.
- Head Coach: .
Canada[]
- Marie Luc Arpin, Johanne Begin, Cora Campbell, Melissa Collins, Andrea Dewar, Valerie Dionne, Ann Dow, Susan Gardiner, Marianne Illing, Whynter Lamarre, Rachel Riddell, Christine Robinson and Jana Salat.
- Head Coach: Patrick Oaten.
Greece[]
- Dimitra Asilian, Georgia Ellinaki, Eftychia Karagianni, Angeliki Karapataki, Stavroula Kozompoli, Georgia Lara, Kyriaki Liosi, Antiopi Melidoni, Antonia Moraiti, Evangelia Moraitidou, Anthoula Mylonaki, Aikaterini Oikonomopoulou and Antigoni Roumpesi.
- Head Coach:Kyriakos Iosifidis.
Hungary[]
- Rita Dravucz, Anett Gyore, Dora Kisteleki, Aniko Pelle, Ágnes Primász, Mercedes Stieber, Krisztina Szremko, Zsuzsanna Tiba, Andrea Toth, , , Krisztina Zantleitner and .
- Head Coach: Tamás Faragó.
Italy[]
- Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Silvia Bosurgi, Francesca Conti, Tania di Mario, Elena Gigli, Melania Grego, Martina Miceli, Giusi Malato, Maddalena Musumeci, Cinzia Ragusa, Noémi Tóth and Manuela Zanchi.
- Head Coach: .
Kazakhstan[]
- Yekaterina Gariyeva, Marina Gritsenko, Tatyana Gubina, Natalya Ignatyeva, Assel Jakayeva, Svetlana Khapsalis, Alyona Klimenko, Svetlana Koroleva, Natalya Krassilnikova, Larissa Mikhailova, Galina Rytova, Irina Tolkunova and Anna Zubkova.
- Head Coach: .
Russia[]
- Svetlana Bogdanova, Sofya Konukh, Tatiana Petrova, Ekaterina Salimova, Natalia Shepelina, Ekaterina Shishova, Elena Smurova, Olga Turova, Ekaterina Vassilieva, Valentina Vorontsova, Maria Yaina, Galina Zlotnikova and .
- Head Coach: .
United States[]
- Robin Beauregard, Margaret Dingeldein, Ellen Estes, Jacqueline Frank, Natalie Golda, Ericka Lorenz, Heather Moody, Thalia Munro, Nicolle Payne, Heather Petri, Kelly Rulon, Amber Stachowski and Brenda Villa.
- Head Coach: Guy Baker.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b c "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. pp. 4, 56. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
Sources[]
- PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library:
- Water polo on the Olympedia website
- Water polo on the Sports Reference website
External links[]
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