Water Polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held from 10 to 24 August 2008 at the Ying Tung Natatorium.
Medal Table[]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Hungary |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Netherlands |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 |  United States |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 |  Australia |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Serbia |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medalists[]
| Event | 
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| Men | Hungary Tibor Benedek Peter Biros Istvan Gergely Norbert Hosnyanszky Tamas Kasas Gabor Kis Gergely Kiss Norbert Madaras Tamas Molnar Zoltan Szecsi Daniel Rudolf Varga Denes Andor Varga Tamas Varga |
United States Tony Azevedo Ryan Bailey Layne Beaubien Brandon Brooks Peter Hudnut Tim Hutten James Krumpholz Rick Merlo Merrill Moses Jeffrey Powers Jesse Smith Peter Varellas Adam Wright |
Serbia Aleksandar Ciric Filip Filipovic Zivko Gocic Branko Pekovic Dusko Pijetlovic Andrija Prlainiovic Nikola Radjen Aleksandar Sapic Dejan Savic Denis Sefik Slobodan Soro Vanja Udovicic Vladimir Vujasinovic |
| Women | Netherlands Iefke van Belkum Gillian van den Berg Danielle de Bruijn Mieke Cabout Rianne Guichelaar Biurakn Hakhverdian Marieke van den Ham Noeki Klein Simone Koot Ilse van der Meijden Meike de Nooy Alette Sijbring Yasemin Smit |
United States Elizabeth Armstrong Patty Cardenas Kami Craig Natalie Golda Alison Gregorka Brittany Hayes Jaime Hipp Moriah van Norman Heather Petri Jessica Steffens Brenda Villa Lauren Wenger Elsie Windes |
Australia Gemma Beadsworth Nikita Cuffe Suzie Fraser Taniele Gofers Kate Gynther Amy Hetzel Bronwen Knox Emma Knox Alicia McCormack Melissa Rippon Rebecca Rippon Jenna Santoromito Mia Santoromito |
Statistics[]
- There were 256 total athletes from 14 countries.
- Christina Tsoukala was the youngest participant with 17 years and 34 days.
- Alexander Tchigir was the oldest participant with 39 years and 279 days.
- Veljko Uskokovic was the only participant to be chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
