Water Polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held from 15 to 29 August 2004 at the Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre.
Medal Table[]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Hungary |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Italy |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 |  Greece |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Serbia and Montenegro |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 |  Russia |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 United States |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medalists[]
| Event | 
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|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Hungary Tibor Benedek Peter Biros Rajmund Fodor Istvan Gergely Tamas Kasas Gergely Kiss Norbert Madaras Tamas Molnar Adam Steinmetz Barnabas Steinmetz Zoltan Szecsi Tamas Varga Attila Vari |
Serbia and Montenegro Aleksandar Ciric Vladimir Gojkovic Danilo Ikodinovic Viktor Jelenic Predrag Jokic Nikola Kuljaca Slobodan Nikic Aleksandar Sapic Dejan Savic Denis Sefik Petar Trbojevic Vanja Udovicic Vladimir Vujasinovic |
Russia Roman Balashov Revaz Chomakhidze Alexander Eryshov Alexander Fedorov Sergey Garbuzov Dmitry Gorshkov Nikolay Kozlov Nikolay Maksimov Andrey Rekechinsky Dmitry Stratan Vitaly Yurchik Marat Zakirov Irek Zinnurov |
| Women | Italy Carmela Allucci Alexandra Araujo Silvia Bosurgi Francesca Conti Elena Gigli Melania Grego Giusy Malato Tania di Mario Martina Miceli Maddalena Musumeci Cinzia Ragusa Noemi Toth Manuela Zanchi |
Greece Dimitra Asilian Georgia Ellinaki Eftychia Karagianni Angeliki Karapataki Stavroula Kozompoli Georgia Lara Kryiaki Liosi Aniopi Melidoni Antonia Moraiti Evangelia Moraitidou Anthoula Mylonaki Aikaterini Oikonomopoulou Antigoni Roumpesi |
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 Brenda Villa |
Statistics[]
- There were 255 total athletes from 13 countries.
- Elena Gigli was the youngest participant with 19 years and 38 days.
- Aleksandr Polukhin was the oldest participant with 42 years and 304 days.
- Dubravko Simenc of Croatia was the only water polo player chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
- 6 nations won a medal at this event, the highest number possible, with all nations winning one medal.