Water Polo at the 1996 Summer Olympics was held from 20 to 28 July 1996 at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center.
Medal Table[]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Spain |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 |  Croatia |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 |  Italy |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medalists[]
| Event | 
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|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Spain Jose Maria Abarca Angel Andreo Daniel Ballart Manuel Estiarte Pedro Garcia Salvador Gomez Ivan Moro Miguel Oca Jorge Paya Sergi Pedrerol Jesus Rollan Jordi Sans Carlos Sanz |
Croatia Maro Balic Perica Bukic Damir Glavan Igor Hinic Vjekoslav Kobescak Josko Krekovic Ognjen Krzic Dubravko Simenc Sinisa Skolnekovic Ratko Stritof Tino Vegar Renato Vrbicic Zdeslav Vrdoljak |
Italy Alberto Angelini Francesco Attolico Fabio Bencivenga Alessandro Bovo Alessandro Calcaterra Roberto Calcaterra Marco Gerini Alberto Ghibellini Luca Giustolisi Amedeo Pomilio Francesco Postiglione Carlo Silipo Leonardo Sottani |
Statistics[]
- There were 153 total athletes from 12 countries.
- Aleksandar Sapic was the youngest participant with 18 years and 49 days.
- Mike Evans was the oldest participant with 36 years and 124 days.
- Perica Bukic of Croatia and Igor Milanovic of Serbia and Montenegro were the only water polo players chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
- Spain won its first-ever gold medal in the sport.
- Croatia won its first-ever medal in the sport.
