Water polo at the Mediterranean Games

Water polo has been played consistently at the Mediterranean Games since the year 1951. The Italy men's national water polo team is the most successful team among men, while for women it is the Spain women's national water polo team that gain success with the first inaugural Edition in 2018 Mediterranean Games.

Men's tournament

Year	Host		Gold medal game				Bronze medal game
			Gold medalist	Score	Silver medalist		Bronze medalist	Score	Fourth place
1951 Details	Alexandria		Spain		Egypt		Greece		No Fourth
1955 Details	Barcelona		Italy		France		Spain		Egypt
1959 Details	Beirut		Yugoslavia		Italy		United Arab Republic		Lebanon
1963 Details	Naples		Italy		Yugoslavia		France		United Arab Republic
1967 Details	Tunis		Yugoslavia		Italy		Spain		Greece
1971 Details	İzmir		Yugoslavia		Italy		Spain		Greece
1975 Details	Algiers		Italy		Yugoslavia		Spain		Greece
1979 Details	Split		Yugoslavia		Italy		Spain		Greece
1983 Details	Casablanca		Yugoslavia		Spain		Italy		France
1987 Details	Latakia		Italy		Spain		Turkey		Greece
1991 Details	Athens		Italy		Yugoslavia		Greece		France
1993 Details	Languedoc-Roussillon		Italy		Croatia		Greece		Spain
1997 Details	Bari		FR Yugoslavia		Croatia		Spain		Italy
2001 Details	Tunis		Spain	6–5	Italy		France	6–4	FR Yugoslavia
2005 Details	Almería		Spain	9–7	Italy		Serbia and Montenegro	9–8	Croatia
2009 Details	Pescara		Serbia	9–4	Spain		Italy	10–9	Croatia
2013 Details	Mersin		Croatia	11–9	Spain		Greece	9–8	Italy
2018 Details	Tarragona		Serbia	12–10	Greece		Montenegro	6–4	Spain
2022 Details	Oran		Serbia	9 – 8	Montenegro		Spain	16 – 8	Italy
2026 Details	Taranto
2030 Details	Pristina

Medals Summary, Men

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy	6	6	2	14
2	Yugoslavia	5	3	0	8
3	Spain	3	4	7	14
4	Serbia	3	0	0	3
5	Croatia	1	2	0	3
6	Serbia and Montenegro	1	0	1	2
7	Greece	0	1	4	5
8	France	0	1	2	3
9	Egypt[1]	0	1	1	2
	Montenegro	0	1	1	2
11	Turkey	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 entries)		19	19	19	57

Women's tournament

Year	Host		Gold medal game				Bronze medal game
			Gold medalist	Score	Silver medalist		Bronze medalist	Score	Fourth place
2018 Details	Tarragona		Spain	9 – 8	Italy		Greece	15 – 5	France
2022	Oran		No women's tournament				No women's tournament

Medals Summary, Women

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Spain	1	0	0	1
2	Italy	0	1	0	1
3	Greece	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 entries)		1	1	1	3