Water polo at the 2024 Summer Olympics facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Water polo at the Games of the Olympiad
Water polo pictogram for the 2024 Summer Olympics
Venue	Paris Aquatic Centre (prelims phase) Paris La Défense Arena (final phase)
Dates	27 July – 11 August 2024
No. of events	2 (1 men, 1 women)
Competitors	286 from 15 nations
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Get ready for some exciting water polo action! The water polo games at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris were held from July 27 to August 11. These exciting matches took place at two cool venues. The first games were at the Paris Aquatic Centre. Then, the final championship matches moved to the amazing Paris La Défense Arena. Just like in the last Olympics, 22 teams competed. There were 12 men's teams and 10 women's teams, all battling for gold!

How Teams Qualified for the Olympics

To play water polo at the Paris 2024 Olympics, teams had to qualify. The rules for qualifying were set by the International Olympic Committee and World Aquatics. France, as the host country, automatically got a spot for both their men's and women's teams.

Other teams earned their spots in different ways. The best teams from the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Japan qualified. Also, top teams from special events held in different parts of the world (like Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas) earned a place. If a continent didn't have its own qualifying event, the best team from that continent at the next World Championships would get the spot.

Finally, more teams qualified at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Qatar. The top four men's teams and top two women's teams from that event completed the list of countries going to Paris.

Teams That Qualified

Here's a quick look at the countries that sent water polo teams to the Olympics:

Nation	Men's	Women's	Athletes
Australia			26
Canada	N/A		13
China	N/A		13
Croatia		N/A	13
France			26
Greece			26
Hungary			26
Italy			26
Japan		N/A	13
Montenegro		N/A	13
Netherlands	N/A		13
Romania		N/A	13
Serbia		N/A	13
Spain			26
United States			26
Total: 15 NOCs	156	130	286

Medals Won in Water Polo

Here's who won the medals in water polo at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Medal Table

  *   Host nation (France)

Rank	NOC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Serbia	1	0	0	1
	Spain	1	0	0	1
3	Australia	0	1	0	1
	Croatia	0	1	0	1
5	Netherlands	0	0	1	1
	United States	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		2	2	2	6

Medal Winners

These are the amazing athletes who won medals for their countries:

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's tournament	Serbia Radoslav Filipović Dušan Mandić Strahinja Rašović Sava Ranđelović Miloš Ćuk Nikola Dedović Radomir Drašović Nikola Jakšić Nemanja Ubović Nemanja Vico Petar Jakšić Viktor Rašović Vladimir Mišović	Croatia Marko Bijač Rino Burić Loren Fatović Luka Lončar Maro Joković Luka Bukić Ante Vukičević Marko Žuvela Jerko Marinić Kragić Josip Vrlić Matias Biljaka Konstantin Kharkov Toni Popadić	United States Alex Bowen Luca Cupido Hannes Daube Chase Dodd Ryder Dodd Ben Hallock Drew Holland Johnny Hooper Max Irving Alex Obert Marko Vavic Adrian Weinberg Dylan Woodhead
Women's tournament	Spain Paula Camus Paula Crespí Anni Espar Laura Ester Judith Forca Maica García Godoy Paula Leitón Beatriz Ortiz Pili Peña Nona Pérez Isabel Piralkova Elena Ruiz Martina Terré	Australia Abby Andrews Charlize Andrews Zoe Arancini Elle Armit Keesja Gofers Sienna Green Bronte Halligan Sienna Hearn Danijela Jackovich Matilda Kearns Genevieve Longman Gabriella Palm Alice Williams	Netherlands Laura Aarts Sarah Buis Kitty-Lynn Joustra Maartje Keuning Lola Moolhuijzen Bente Rogge Lieke Rogge Vivian Sevenich Brigitte Sleeking Nina ten Broek Simone van de Kraats Sabrina van der Sloot Iris Wolves

See also

In Spanish: Waterpolo en los Juegos Olímpicos de París 2024 para niños

• Water polo at the 2023 Pan American Games