Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held from 10 August to 24 August 2008 at the Ying Tung Natatorium in Beijing, People's Republic of China.^[1]

Water polo
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad

Tournament details
Host country	China
City	Beijing
Venue(s)	Ying Tung Natatorium
Dates	10–24 August 2008
Events	2 (men's, women's)
Teams	12 (men's), 8 (women's) (from 4 confederations)
Competitors	153 men, 103 women
Final positions
Champions	Hungary (men)  Netherlands (women)
Runners-up	United States (men)  United States (women)
Third place	Serbia (men)  Australia (women)
Fourth place	Montenegro (men)  Hungary (women)
Tournament statistics (men, women)
Matches	64
Multiple appearances	5-time Olympian(s): 1 4-time Olympian(s): 10
Multiple medalists	3-time medalist(s): 12
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The Ying Tung Natatorium after the Olympic Games.

Medalists

Men's medalists

Main article: Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Hungary (HUN)[1] Zoltán Szécsi Tamás Varga Norbert Madaras Dénes Varga Tamás Kásás Norbert Hosnyánszky Gergely Kiss Tibor Benedek Dániel Varga Péter Biros Gábor Kis Tamás Molnár István Gergely	United States (USA) Merrill Moses Peter Varellas Peter Hudnut Jeff Powers Adam Wright Rick Merlo Layne Beaubien Tony Azevedo Ryan Bailey Tim Hutten Jesse Smith J. W. Krumpholz Brandon Brooks	Serbia (SRB) Denis Šefik Živko Gocić Andrija Prlainović Vanja Udovičić Dejan Savić Duško Pijetlović Nikola Rađen Filip Filipović Aleksandar Ćirić Aleksandar Šapić Vladimir Vujasinović Branko Peković Slobodan Soro

Women's medalists

Main article: Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Netherlands (NED)[1] Ilse van der Meijden Yasemin Smit Mieke Cabout Biurakn Hakhverdian Marieke van den Ham Daniëlle de Bruijn Iefke van Belkum Noeki Klein Gillian van den Berg Alette Sijbring Rianne Guichelaar Simone Koot Meike de Nooy Head coach: Robin van Galen	United States (USA) Elizabeth Armstrong Heather Petri Brittany Hayes Brenda Villa Lauren Wenger Natalie Golda Patty Cardenas Jessica Steffens Elsie Windes Alison Gregorka Moriah van Norman Kami Craig Jaime Hipp Head coach: Guy Baker	Australia (AUS) Emma Knox Gemma Beadsworth Nikita Cuffe Rebecca Rippon Suzie Fraser Bronwen Knox Taniele Gofers Kate Gynther Jenna Santoromito Mia Santoromito Melissa Rippon Amy Hetzel Alicia McCormack Head coach: Greg McFadden

Qualification

Main article: Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Men

Africa	Americas	Asia	Europe	Oceania
	Canada  United States	China	Croatia  Germany  Greece  Hungary  Italy  Montenegro  Serbia  Spain	Australia

Women

Africa	Americas	Asia	Europe	Oceania
	United States	China	Greece  Hungary  Italy  Netherlands  Russia	Australia