List of water polo world medalists

This article contains lists of those nations that have won a water polo world medal, referring to any of the men's and women's tournament at the Olympic Games, men's and women's tournament at the FINA World Aquatics Championships, men's and women's FINA Water Polo World Cup, and men's and women's FINA Water Polo World League.

Men's water polo world medalists[edit]

For the making of these lists, results from following world tournaments are consulted:

Governing body	Tournament	Abbr.	Edition			Ref.
Governing body	Tournament	Abbr.	First	Latest	Next	Ref.
FINA & IOC	Men's water polo tournament at the Summer Olympics	OG	1900	2020	2024	^[1]^: 5
FINA	Men's water polo tournament at the World Aquatics Championships	WCH	1973	2019	2022	^[1]^: 15
	FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup	WCp	1979	2018	TBD	^[1]^: 25
	FINA Men's Water Polo World League	WL	2002	2020	2022	^[1]^: 40

FINA: Fédération internationale de natation
IOC: International Olympic Committee

Medals for the unofficial events are NOT counted. Medals earned by athletes from defunct National Olympic Committees (NOCs) or historical teams are NOT merged with the results achieved by their immediate successor states. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) does NOT combine medals of these nations or teams.^[2]

1900–2001[edit]

Legend

Team – Winning three or more gold medals in a row, excluding the FINA World League
Team^† – Defunct team

Tournament	Host	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1900 OG	Paris, France	Great Britain	Belgium	France^[a]
1904 OG	St. Louis, United States	Water polo was an unofficial sport
1908 OG	London, United Kingdom	Great Britain	Belgium	Sweden
1912 OG	Stockholm, Sweden	Great Britain	Sweden	Belgium
1920 OG	Antwerp, Belgium	Great Britain	Belgium	Sweden
1924 OG	Paris, France	France	Belgium	United States
1928 OG	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Germany	Hungary	France
1932 OG	Los Angeles, United States	Hungary	Germany	United States
1936 OG	Berlin, Germany	Hungary	Germany	Belgium
1948 OG	London, United Kingdom	Italy	Hungary	Netherlands
1952 OG	Helsinki, Finland	Hungary	Yugoslavia^†	Italy
1956 OG	Melbourne, Australia	Hungary	Yugoslavia^†	Soviet Union^†
1960 OG	Rome, Italy	Italy	Soviet Union^†	Hungary
1964 OG	Tokyo, Japan	Hungary	Yugoslavia^†	Soviet Union^†
1968 OG	Mexico City, Mexico	Yugoslavia^†	Soviet Union^†	Hungary
1972 OG	Munich, West Germany	Soviet Union^†	Hungary	United States
1973 WCH	Belgrade, Yugoslavia	Hungary	Soviet Union^†	Yugoslavia^†
1975 WCH	Cali, Colombia	Soviet Union^†	Hungary	Italy
1976 OG	Montreal, Canada	Hungary	Italy	Netherlands
1978 WCH	West Berlin, West Germany	Italy	Hungary	Yugoslavia^†
1979 WCp	Belgrade & Rijeka, Yugoslavia	Hungary	United States	Yugoslavia^†
1980 OG	Moscow, Soviet Union	Soviet Union^†	Yugoslavia^†	Hungary
1981 WCp	Long Beach, United States	Soviet Union^†	Yugoslavia^†	Cuba
1982 WCH	Guayaquil, Ecuador	Soviet Union^†	Hungary	West Germany^†
1983 WCp	Malibu, United States	Soviet Union^†	West Germany^†	Italy
1984 OG	Los Angeles, United States	Yugoslavia^†	United States	West Germany^†
1985 WCp	Duisburg, West Germany	West Germany^†	United States	Spain
1986 WCH	Madrid, Spain	Yugoslavia^†	Italy	Soviet Union^†
1987 WCp	Thessaloniki, Greece	Yugoslavia^†	Soviet Union^†	West Germany^†
1988 OG	Seoul, South Korea	Yugoslavia^†	United States	Soviet Union^†
1989 WCp	West Berlin, West Germany	Yugoslavia^†	Italy	Hungary
1991 WCH	Perth, Australia	Yugoslavia^†	Spain	Hungary
1991 WCp	Barcelona, Spain	United States	Yugoslavia^†	Spain
1992 OG	Barcelona, Spain	Italy	Spain	Unified Team^†^[b]
1993 WCp	Athens, Greece	Italy	Hungary	Australia
1994 WCH	Rome, Italy	Italy	Spain	Russia
1995 WCp	Atlanta, United States	Hungary	Italy	Russia
1996 OG	Atlanta, United States	Spain	Croatia	Italy
1997 WCp	Athens, Greece	United States	Greece	Hungary
1998 WCH	Perth, Australia	Spain	Hungary	Yugoslavia^†^[c]
1999 WCp	Sydney, Australia	Hungary	Italy	Spain
2000 OG	Sydney, Australia	Hungary	Russia	Yugoslavia^†^[c]
2001 WCH	Fukuoka, Japan	Spain	Yugoslavia^†^[c]	Russia

2002–present[edit]

Legend

Team – Winning three or more gold medals in a row, excluding the FINA World League
Team – Winning five or more gold medals in a row, including the FINA World League
Team^† – Defunct team

Tournament	Host	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Tournament	Host	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2002 WL	Patras, Greece	Russia	Spain	Hungary	2002 WCp	Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia	Russia	Hungary	Yugoslavia^†^[c]
2003 WL	New York, United States	Hungary	Italy	United States	2003 WCH	Barcelona, Spain	Hungary	Italy	Serbia and Montenegro^†
2004 WL	Long Beach, United States	Hungary	Serbia and Montenegro^†	Greece	2004 OG	Athens, Greece	Hungary	Serbia and Montenegro^†	Russia
2005 WL	Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro	Serbia and Montenegro^†	Hungary	Germany	2005 WCH	Montreal, Canada	Serbia and Montenegro^†	Hungary	Greece
2006 WL	Athens, Greece	Serbia and Montenegro^†	Spain	Greece	2006 WCp	Budapest, Hungary	Serbia and Montenegro^†	Hungary	Spain
2007 WL	Berlin, Germany	Serbia	Hungary	Australia	2007 WCH	Melbourne, Australia	Croatia	Hungary	Spain
2008 WL	Genoa, Italy	Serbia	United States	Australia	2008 OG	Beijing, China	Hungary	United States	Serbia
2009 WL	Podgorica, Montenegro	Montenegro	Croatia	Serbia	2009 WCH	Rome, Italy	Serbia	Spain	Croatia
2010 WL	Niš, Serbia	Serbia	Montenegro	Croatia	2010 WCp	Oradea, Romania	Serbia	Croatia	Spain
2011 WL	Florence, Italy	Serbia	Italy	Croatia	2011 WCH	Shanghai, China	Italy	Serbia	Croatia
2012 WL	Almaty, Kazakhstan	Croatia	Spain	Italy	2012 OG	London, United Kingdom	Croatia	Italy	Serbia
2013 WL	Chelyabinsk, Russia	Serbia	Hungary	Montenegro	2013 WCH	Barcelona, Spain	Hungary	Montenegro	Croatia
2014 WL	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Serbia	Hungary	Montenegro	2014 WCp	Almaty, Kazakhstan	Serbia	Hungary	Croatia
2015 WL	Bergamo, Italy	Serbia	Croatia	Brazil	2015 WCH	Kazan, Russia	Serbia	Croatia	Greece
2016 WL	Huizhou, China	Serbia	United States	Greece	2016 OG	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Serbia	Croatia	Italy
2017 WL	Ruza, Russia	Serbia	Italy	Croatia	2017 WCH	Budapest, Hungary	Croatia	Hungary	Serbia
2018 WL	Budapest, Hungary	Montenegro	Hungary	Spain	2018 WCp	Berlin, Germany	Hungary	Australia	Serbia
2019 WL	Belgrade, Serbia	Serbia	Croatia	Australia	2019 WCH	Gwangju, South Korea	Italy	Spain	Croatia
2020 WL	Tbilisi, Georgia	Montenegro	United States	Greece	2020 OG	Tokyo, Japan	Serbia	Greece	Hungary

Team statistics[edit]

World medals by team[edit]

Last updated: 9 August 2021 (after the 2020 Summer Olympics).

Legend

Team^† – Defunct team

Men's team	OG			WCH			WCp			WL
Men's team	G	S	B	G	S	B	G	S	B	G	S	B
Australia (AUS)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3
Belgium (BEL)	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brazil (BRA)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Croatia (CRO)	1	2	0	2	1	4	0	1	1	1	3	3
Cuba (CUB)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
France (FRA)^[a]	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Germany (GER)	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Great Britain (GBR)	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greece (GRE)	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	4
Hungary (HUN)	9	3	4	3	7	1	4	4	2	2	5	1
Italy (ITA)	3	2	3	4	2	1	1	3	1	0	3	1
Montenegro (MNE)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	2
Men's team	OG			WCH			WCp			WL
Men's team	G	S	B	G	S	B	G	S	B	G	S	B
Netherlands (NED)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Russia (RUS)	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0
Serbia (SRB)	2	0	2	2	1	1	2	0	1	10	0	1
Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)^†	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0
Soviet Union (URS)^†	2	2	3	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0
Spain (ESP)	1	1	0	2	4	1	0	0	5	0	3	1
Sweden (SWE)	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Unified Team (EUN)^†^[b]	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
United States (USA)	0	3	3	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	3	1
West Germany (FRG)^†	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0
Yugoslavia (YUG)^†	3	4	0	2	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0
Yugoslavia (FRY)^†^[c]	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
Totals (24 men's teams)	27	27	28	18	18	18	16	16	16	19	19	19

Medal table by team[edit]

The following tables are pre-sorted by number of gold medals (in descending order), number of silver medals (in descending order), number of bronze medals (in descending order), name of the team (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 9 August 2021 (after the 2020 Summer Olympics).

Legend

Team^† – Defunct team

Medal table (excluding the FINA World League)
Rank	Men's team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Hungary (HUN)	16	14	7	37
2	Italy (ITA)	8	7	5	20
3	Yugoslavia (YUG)^†	7	6	3	16
4	Soviet Union (URS)^†	6	4	4	14
5	Serbia (SRB)	6	1	4	11
6	Great Britain (GBR)	4	0	0	4
7	Spain (ESP)	3	5	6	14
8	Croatia (CRO)	3	4	5	12
9	United States (USA)	2	5	3	10
10	Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)^†	2	1	1	4
11	Germany (GER)	1	2	0	3
12	Russia (RUS)	1	1	4	6
13	West Germany (FRG)^†	1	1	3	5
14	France (FRA)^[a]	1	0	3	4
15	Belgium (BEL)	0	4	2	6
16	Greece (GRE)	0	2	2	4
17	Yugoslavia (FRY)^†^[c]	0	1	3	4
18	Sweden (SWE)	0	1	2	3
19	Australia (AUS)	0	1	1	2
20	Montenegro (MNE)	0	1	0	1
21	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	2	2
22	Cuba (CUB)	0	0	1	1
22	Unified Team (EUN)^†^[b]	0	0	1	1
Totals (23 entries)		61	61	62	184

Medal table (including the FINA World League)
Rank	Men's team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Hungary (HUN)	18	19	8	45
2	Serbia (SRB)	16	1	5	22
3	Italy (ITA)	8	10	6	24
4	Yugoslavia (YUG)^†	7	6	3	16
5	Soviet Union (URS)^†	6	4	4	14
6	Croatia (CRO)	4	7	8	19
7	Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)^†	4	2	1	7
8	Great Britain (GBR)	4	0	0	4
9	Spain (ESP)	3	8	7	18
10	Montenegro (MNE)	3	2	2	7
11	United States (USA)	2	8	4	14
12	Russia (RUS)	2	1	4	7
13	Germany (GER)	1	2	1	4
14	West Germany (FRG)^†	1	1	3	5
15	France (FRA)^[a]	1	0	3	4
16	Belgium (BEL)	0	4	2	6
17	Greece (GRE)	0	2	6	8
18	Australia (AUS)	0	1	4	5
19	Yugoslavia (FRY)^†^[c]	0	1	3	4
20	Sweden (SWE)	0	1	2	3
21	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	2	2
22	Brazil (BRA)	0	0	1	1
	Cuba (CUB)	0	0	1	1
	Unified Team (EUN)^†^[b]	0	0	1	1
Totals (24 entries)		80	80	81	241

National teams by decade[edit]

The following tables are pre-sorted by decade (in ascending order), total number of medals (in descending order), number of gold medals (in descending order), number of silver medals (in descending order), three-letter country code (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 9 August 2021 (after the 2020 Summer Olympics).

Legend

Team^† – Defunct team

**Men's national teams by decade** (excluding the FINA World League)
Rank	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
1900s	GBR 2 G/0 S/0 B Totals: 2	BEL 0 G/2 S/0 B Totals: 2	FRA^[a] 0 G/0 S/2 B Totals: 2	SWE 0 G/0 S/1 B Totals: 1	—	—	—	—	—	—
1910s	GBR 1 G/0 S/0 B Totals: 1	SWE 0 G/1 S/0 B Totals: 1	BEL 0 G/0 S/1 B Totals: 1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1920s	FRA 1 G/0 S/1 B Totals: 2	BEL 0 G/2 S/0 B Totals: 2	GBR GER 1 G/0 S/0 B Totals: 1	—	HUN 0 G/1 S/0 B Totals: 1	SWE USA 0 G/0 S/1 B Totals: 1	—	—	—	—
1930s	HUN 2 G/0 S/0 B Totals: 2	GER 0 G/2 S/0 B Totals: 2	BEL USA 0 G/0 S/1 B Totals: 1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1940s	ITA 1 G/0 S/0 B Totals: 1	HUN 0 G/1 S/0 B Totals: 1	NED 0 G/0 S/1 B Totals: 1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1950s	HUN 2 G/0 S/0 B Totals: 2	YUG^† 0 G/2 S/0 B Totals: 2	ITA URS^† 0 G/0 S/1 B Totals: 1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Rank	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
1960s	HUN 1 G/0 S/2 B Totals: 3	URS^† 0 G/2 S/1 B Totals: 3	YUG^† 1 G/1 S/0 B Totals: 2	ITA 1 G/0 S/0 B Totals: 1	—	—	—	—	—	—
1970s	HUN 3 G/3 S/0 B Totals: 6	URS^† 2 G/1 S/0 B Totals: 3	ITA 1 G/1 S/1 B Totals: 3	YUG^† 0 G/0 S/3 B Totals: 3	USA 0 G/1 S/1 B Totals: 2	NED 0 G/0 S/1 B Totals: 1	—	—	—	—
1980s	YUG^† 5 G/2 S/0 B Totals: 7	URS^† 4 G/1 S/2 B Totals: 7	FRG^† 1 G/1 S/3 B Totals: 5	USA 0 G/3 S/0 B Totals: 3	ITA 0 G/2 S/1 B Totals: 3	HUN 0 G/1 S/2 B Totals: 3	CUB ESP 0 G/0 S/1 B Totals: 1	—	—	—
1990s	ESP 2 G/3 S/2 B Totals: 7	ITA 3 G/2 S/1 B Totals: 6	HUN 2 G/2 S/2 B Totals: 6	USA 2 G/0 S/0 B Totals: 2	YUG^† 1 G/1 S/0 B Totals: 2	RUS 0 G/0 S/2 B Totals: 2	CRO GRE 0 G/1 S/0 B Totals: 1	—	AUS EUN^†^[b] FRY^†^[c] 0 G/0 S/1 B Totals: 1	—
2000s	HUN 4 G/4 S/0 B Totals: 8	SCG^† 2 G/1 S/1 B Totals: 4	ESP RUS 1 G/1 S/2 B Totals: 4	—	FRY^†^[c] 0 G/1 S/2 B Totals: 3	CRO SRB 1 G/0 S/1 B Totals: 2	—	ITA USA 0 G/1 S/0 B Totals: 1	—	GRE 0 G/0 S/1 B Totals: 1
2010s	CRO 2 G/3 S/4 B Totals: 9	SRB 4 G/1 S/3 B Totals: 8	HUN 2 G/2 S/0 B Totals: 4	ITA 2 G/1 S/1 B Totals: 4	ESP 0 G/1 S/1 B Totals: 2	AUS MNE 0 G/1 S/0 B Totals: 1	—	GRE 0 G/0 S/1 B Totals: 1	—	—
2020s	SRB 1 G/0 S/0 B Totals: 1	GRE 0 G/1 S/0 B Totals: 1	HUN 0 G/0 S/1 B Totals: 1
Rank	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10

**Men's national teams by decade** (including the FINA World League)
Rank	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
2000s	HUN 6 G/6 S/1 B Totals: 13	SCG^† 4 G/2 S/1 B Totals: 7	ESP 1 G/3 S/2 B Totals: 6	SRB 3 G, 0 S/2 B Totals: 5	RUS 2 G/1 S/2 B Totals: 5	CRO 1 G/1 S/1 B Totals: 3	USA 0 G/2 S/1 B Totals: 3	FRY^†^[c] 0 G/1 S/2 B Totals: 3	GRE 0 G/0 S/3 B Totals: 3	ITA 0 G/2 S/0 B Totals: 2	AUS 0 G/0 S/2 B Totals: 2	MNE 1 G/0 S/0 B Totals: 1	GER 0 G/0 S/1 B Totals: 1
2010s	SRB 12 G/1 S/3 B Totals: 16	CRO 3 G/5 S/7 B Totals: 15	HUN 2 G/5 S/0 B Totals: 7	ITA 2 G/3 S/2 B Totals: 7	MNE 1 G/2 S/2 B Totals: 5	ESP 0 G/2 S/2 B Totals: 4	AUS 0 G/1 S/1 B Totals: 2	GRE 0 G/0 S/2 B Totals: 2	USA 0 G/1 S/0 B Totals: 1	BRA 0 G/0 S/1 B Totals: 1	—	—	—
2020s	GRE 0 G/1 S/1 B Totals: 2	MNE SRB 1 G/0 S/0 B Totals: 1	USA 0 G/1 S/0 B Totals: 1	HUN 0 G/0 S/1 B Totals: 1

Consecutive gold medals[edit]

Last updated: 9 August 2021 (after the 2020 Summer Olympics).

Legend

Team^† – Defunct team

#	Men's team	Three or more consecutive gold medals (excluding the FINA World League)
1	Great Britain	1908 OG (1), 1912 OG (2), 1920 OG (3)
2	Soviet Union^†	1980 OG (1), 1981 WCp (2), 1982 WCH (3), 1983 WCp (4)
3	Yugoslavia^†	1986 WCH (1), 1987 WCp (2), 1988 OG (3), 1989 WCp (4), 1991 WCH (5)
4	Italy	1992 OG (1), 1993 WCp (2), 1994 WCH (3)
5	Serbia	2014 WCp (1), 2015 WCH (2), 2016 OG (3)

#	Men's team	Five or more consecutive gold medals (including the FINA World League)
1	Serbia	2014 WL (1), 2014 WCp (2), 2015 WL (3), 2015 WCH (4), 2016 WL (5), 2016 OG (6), 2017 WL (7)

Confederation statistics[edit]

National teams by confederation[edit]

Last updated: 9 August 2021 (after the 2020 Summer Olympics).

Legend

Team^† – Defunct team

Confederation	Africa – CANA	Americas – UANA	Asia – AASF	Europe – LEN	Oceania – OSA
Men's team	None	Brazil Cuba United States	None	Belgium Croatia France Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Italy Montenegro Netherlands Russia Serbia Serbia and Montenegro^† Soviet Union^† Spain Sweden Unified Team^†^[b] West Germany^† Yugoslavia^† Yugoslavia^†^[c]	Australia
Totals (24 teams)	0 teams	3 teams	0 teams	20 teams (including 6 defunct teams)	1 team

Medal table by confederation[edit]

The following tables are pre-sorted by number of gold medals (in descending order), number of silver medals (in descending order), number of bronze medals (in descending order), name of the confederation (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 9 August 2021 (after the 2020 Summer Olympics).

Medal table (excluding the FINA World League)
Rank	Confederation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Europe – LEN^[a]	59	55	57	171
2	Americas – UANA	2	5	4	11
3	Oceania – OSA	0	1	1	2
4	Asia – AASF	0	0	0	0
4	Africa – CANA	0	0	0	0
Totals (5 entries)		61	61	62	184

Medal table (including the FINA World League)
Rank	Confederation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Europe – LEN^[a]	78	71	71	220
2	Americas – UANA	2	8	6	16
3	Oceania – OSA	0	1	4	5
4	Asia – AASF	0	0	0	0
4	Africa – CANA	0	0	0	0
Totals (5 entries)		80	80	81	241

Women's water polo world medalists[edit]

For the making of these lists, results from following world tournaments are consulted:

Governing body	Tournament	Abbr.	Edition			Ref.
Governing body	Tournament	Abbr.	First	Latest	Next	Ref.
FINA & IOC	Women's water polo tournament at the Summer Olympics	OG	2000	2020	2024	^[1]^: 56
FINA	Women's water polo tournament at the World Aquatics Championships	WCH	1986	2019	2022	^[1]^: 57
	FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup	WCp	1979	2018	TBD	^[1]^: 67
	FINA Women's Water Polo World League	WL	2004	2020	2022	^[1]^: 78

FINA: Fédération internationale de natation
IOC: International Olympic Committee

Medals for the unofficial events are NOT counted. Medals earned by athletes from defunct National Olympic Committees (NOCs) or historical teams are NOT merged with the results achieved by their immediate successor states. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) does NOT combine medals of these nations or teams.^[2]

1979–2003[edit]

Legend

Team – Winning three or more gold medals in a row, excluding the FINA World League

Tournament	Host	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1979 WCp	Merced, United States	United States	Netherlands	Australia
1980 WCp	Breda, Netherlands	Netherlands	United States	Canada
1981 WCp	Brisbane, Australia	Canada	Netherlands	Australia
1983 WCp	Sainte-Foy, Canada	Netherlands	United States	Australia
1984 WCp	Irvine, United States	Australia	United States	Netherlands
1986 WCH	Madrid, Spain	Australia	Netherlands	United States
1988 WCp	Christchurch, New Zealand	Netherlands	Hungary	Canada
1989 WCp	Eindhoven, Netherlands	Netherlands	United States	Hungary
1991 WCH	Perth, Australia	Netherlands	Canada	United States
1991 WCp	Long Beach, United States	Netherlands	Australia	United States
1993 WCp	Catania, Italy	Netherlands	Italy	Hungary
1994 WCH	Rome, Italy	Hungary	Netherlands	Italy
1995 WCp	Sydney, Australia	Australia	Netherlands	Hungary
1997 WCp	Nancy, France	Netherlands	Russia	Australia
1998 WCH	Perth, Australia	Italy	Netherlands	Australia
1999 WCp	Winnipeg, Canada	Netherlands	Australia	Italy
2000 OG	Sydney, Australia	Australia	United States	Russia
2001 WCH	Fukuoka, Japan	Italy	Hungary	Canada
2002 WCp	Perth, Australia	Hungary	United States	Canada
2003 WCH	Barcelona, Spain	United States	Italy	Russia

2004–present[edit]

Legend

Team – Winning three or more gold medals in a row, excluding the FINA World League
Team – Winning five or more gold medals in a row, including the FINA World League

Tournament	Host	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Tournament	Host	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2004 WL	Long Beach, United States	United States	Hungary	Italy	2004 OG	Athens, Greece	Italy	Greece	United States
2005 WL	Kirishi, Russia	Greece	Russia	Australia	2005 WCH	Montreal, Canada	Hungary	United States	Canada
2006 WL	Cosenza, Italy	United States	Italy	Russia	2006 WCp	Tianjin, China	Australia	Italy	Russia
2007 WL	Montreal, Canada	United States	Australia	Greece	2007 WCH	Melbourne, Australia	United States	Australia	Russia
2008 WL	Santa Cruz, Spain	Russia	United States	Australia	2008 OG	Beijing, China	Netherlands	United States	Australia
2009 WL	Kirishi, Russia	United States	Canada	Australia	2009 WCH	Rome, Italy	United States	Canada	Russia
2010 WL	La Jolla, United States	United States	Australia	Greece	2010 WCp	Christchurch, New Zealand	United States	Australia	China
2011 WL	Tianjin, China	United States	Italy	Australia	2011 WCH	Shanghai, China	Greece	China	Russia
2012 WL	Changshu, China	United States	Australia	Greece	2012 OG	London, United Kingdom	United States	Spain	Australia
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List of water polo world medalists

Men's water polo world medalists[edit]

1900–2001[edit]

2002–present[edit]

Team statistics[edit]

World medals by team[edit]

Medal table by team[edit]

National teams by decade[edit]

Consecutive gold medals[edit]

Confederation statistics[edit]

National teams by confederation[edit]

Medal table by confederation[edit]

Women's water polo world medalists[edit]

1979–2003[edit]

2004–present[edit]

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