Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country |  United Kingdom |
| City | London |
| Venue(s) | Water Polo Arena |
| Dates | 29 July - 12 August 2012 |
| Events | 2 (men's, women's) |
| Teams | 12 (men's), 8 (women's) (from 4 confederations) |
| Competitors | 155 men, 102 women |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Croatia (men) United States (women) |
| Runners-up |  Italy (men) Spain (women) |
| Third place |  Serbia (men) Australia (women) |
| Fourth place |  Montenegro (men) Hungary (women) |
| Tournament statistics (men, women) | |
| Matches | 66 |
| Goals scored | 1,231 (18.65 per match) |
| Multiple appearances | 5-time Olympian(s): 3 players 4-time Olympian(s): 17 players |
| Multiple medalists | 4-time medalist(s): 2 players 3-time medalist(s): 5 players |
| MVPs | Josip Pavić (men's) Maggie Steffens (women's) |
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The water polo tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom was held at the London 2012 Water Polo Arena in the Olympic Park from 29 July to 12 August. The venue's capacity held 5,000 spectators. Twelve teams competed in the men's tournament and eight teams in the women's tournament.[1]
Qualification
Both of Great Britain's teams automatically qualified, while the African qualification tournament was cancelled due as no teams entered, increasing the available spots at each final qualification tournament to four.[2][3]
Men
| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Number of berths |
Nation(s) qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | – | – | 1 | Great Britain
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| 2011 World League Super-Final | 21–26 June 2011 | Florence, Italy |
1 | Serbia
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| 2011 FINA World Championships | 16–31 July 2011 |  Shanghai, China |
3 | Italy Croatia Hungary
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| 2011 Pan American Games | 23–29 October 2011 |  Guadalajara, Mexico |
1 | United States
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| 2012 Asian Water Polo Championship | 23–29 January 2012 |  Chiba City, Japan |
1 |  Kazakhstan
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| Oceania | – | – | 1 | Australia
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| World Qualification Tournament | 1–8 April 2012 |  Edmonton, Canada[4] |
4 | Montenegro Spain Greece Romania
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| Total | 12 | |||
Women
| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Number of berths |
Nation(s) qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | – | – | 1 | Great Britain
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| 2011 Pan American Games | 23–28 October 2011 | Guadalajara, Mexico |
1 | United States
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| 2012 Asian Water Polo Championship | 23–29 January 2012 | Chiba City, Japan |
1 | China
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| Oceania | – | – | 1 | Australia
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| World Qualification Tournament | 15–22 April 2012 | Trieste, Italy[4] |
4 | Spain Italy Russia Hungary
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| Total | 8 | |||
Draw
The draw for the Olympic tournament took place in May 2012. The men were drawn into two groups of six teams, the women were drawn into two groups of four teams.[5]
Men's competition
| Group A | Group B |
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Women's competition
| Group A | Group B |
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Medal summary
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Croatia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| United States | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | Italy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Spain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 |  Australia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Serbia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (6 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
Events
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.
- ^ "Water Polo qualification" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 February 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
- ^ "2012 Olympic Games". Archived from the original on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
- ^ a b "FINA selects Catania, Casablanca as future host cities; Creates Open Water "School for Officials"". Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
- ^ "Draw announced for Olympic Water Polo competition". Archived from the original on 8 December 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
Sources
- PDF documents on the FINA website:
- Water polo on the Olympedia website
- Water polo on the Sports Reference website
External links
Media related to Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics at Wikimedia Commons
- Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics. London2012.com. at the UK Government Web Archive (archived 28 February 2013)
- Official results book – Water Polo. London2012.com. at the Wayback Machine (archived 24 April 2013)
- Water Polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics (archived)
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