At the XXVIII. 2004 Olympic Games   in Athens  two found water polo   tournaments held. The venue was the Olympic Water Sports Center in the Athens Olympic Sports Complex  .
Men 
 
The first placed in both preliminary round groups, each with six teams, qualified directly for the semifinals, while the second and third placed played cross-wise for a place in the semifinals. The losers of this semi-final qualification made fifth place among themselves. The fourth to sixth places in both preliminary round groups played for places 7 to 12.
Medalist  
space
 
country
 
player
 
 
1
 
Hungary   HUN 
 
Tibor Benedek  , Péter Biros  , Rajmund Fodor  , István Gergely  , Tamás Kásás  , Gergely Kiss  , Norbert Madaras  , Tamás Molnár  , Ádám Steinmetz  , Barnabás Steinmetz  , Zoltán Szécsi  , Tamás Varga  , Attila Vári 
 
 
2
 
Serbia and Montenegro   SCG 
 
Aleksandar Ćirić  , Vladimir Gojković  , Danilo Ikodinović  , Viktor Jelenić  , Predrag Jokić  , Nikola Kuljaca  , Slobodan Nikić  , Aleksandar Šapić  , Dejan Savić  , Denis Šefik  , Petar Trbojević  , Vanja Udovičić  , Vlada Vujasinović 
 
 
3
 
Russia   RUS 
 
Roman Balaschow  , Alexander Fedorow  , Sergei Garbusow  , Dmitri Gorshkov  , Alexander Yeryschow  , Vitaly Yurtschik  , Nikolai Koslow  , Nikolai Maximow  , Andrei Reketschinski  , Marat Sakirow  , Irek Sinnurow  , Dmitri Stratan  , Revas Tschomakidze 
 
 
 
Preliminary round  
Group A 
space 
team 
Victories 
Unent. 
Ndlg. 
Gates 
Diff. 
Points
 
 
1. 
Hungary   Hungary 
 
5 
0 
0 
44:27 
+ 17 
10
 
 
2. 
Serbia and Montenegro   Serbia and Montenegro 
 
4th 
0 
1 
37:26 
+ 11 
8th
 
 
3. 
Russia   Russia 
 
3 
0 
2 
32:28 
+ 4 
6th
 
 
4th 
United States   United States 
 
2 
0 
3 
32:37 
- 5th 
4th
 
 
5. 
Croatia   Croatia 
 
1 
0 
4th 
35:41 
- 6 
2
 
 
6th 
Kazakhstan   Kazakhstan 
 
0 
0 
5 
21:42 
- 21 
0
 
 
 
15th of August 
10:45 
Russia  
Kazakhstan 
5: 2
 
 
16:30 
Serbia and Montenegro 
Hungary  
4: 6
 
 
22:15 
Croatia 
United States  
6: 7
 
 
17th August 
16:30 
Kazakhstan 
United States  
6: 9
 
 
17:45 
Russia 
Serbia and Montenegro  
3: 4
 
 
22:15 
Hungary  
Croatia 
10: 8
 
 
August 19th 
09:30 
Serbia and Montenegro  
Kazakhstan 
9: 5
 
 
10:45 
United States 
Hungary  
5: 7
 
 
22:15 
Croatia 
Russia  
8: 9
 
 
August 21 
09:30 
Kazakhstan 
Hungary  
4:14
 
 
21:00 
Serbia and Montenegro  
Croatia 
11: 8
 
 
22:15 
Russia  
United States 
9: 7
 
 
August 23 
10:45 
Croatia  
Kazakhstan 
5: 4
 
 
18:15 
Russia 
Hungary  
6: 7
 
 
21:00 
United States 
Serbia and Montenegro  
4: 9
 
 
 
Group B 
space 
team 
Victories 
Unent. 
Ndlg. 
Gates 
Diff. 
Points
 
 
1. 
Greece   Greece 
 
4th 
0 
1 
43:27 
+ 16 
8th
 
 
2. 
Germany   Germany 
 
3 
1 
1 
40:28 
+ 12 
7th
 
 
3. 
Spain   Spain 
 
3 
0 
2 
35:31 
+ 4 
6th
 
 
4th 
Italy   Italy 
 
3 
0 
2 
39:24 
+ 15 
6th
 
 
5. 
Australia   Australia 
 
1 
1 
3 
37:35 
+ 2 
3
 
 
6th 
Egypt   Egypt 
 
0 
0 
5 
18:67 
- 49 
0
 
 
 
15th of August 
09:30 
Egypt 
Australia  
3:14
 
 
17:45 
Italy 
Spain  
4: 5
 
 
21:00 
Germany  
Greece 
5: 4
 
 
17th August 
09:30 
Australia 
Italy  
4: 8
 
 
10:45 
Germany  
Egypt 
13: 3
 
 
21:00 
Greece  
Spain 
8: 5
 
 
August 19th 
16:30 
Spain 
Australia 
8: 4
 
 
17:45 
Italy  
Germany 
10: 5
 
 
21:00 
Egypt 
Greece  
4:15
 
 
August 21 
10:45 
Egypt 
Italy  
4:13
 
 
16:30 
Germany  
Spain 
11: 5
 
 
17:45 
Greece  
Australia 
10: 9
 
 
August 23 
09:30 
Germany 
Australia 
6: 6
 
 
17:00 
Spain  
Egypt 
12: 4
 
 
22:15 
Italy 
Greece  
4: 6
 
 
 
Placement round  
7-12 place 
August 25 
09:30 
Kazakhstan 
Australia  
5:10 (2: 2, 1: 4, 1: 3, 1: 1)
 
 
10:45 
Croatia  
Egypt 
12: 1 (4: 0, 2: 0, 4: 0, 2: 1)
 
 
 
Game for 11th place 
August 27 
09:30 
Kazakhstan  
Egypt 
15: 7 (6: 0, 1: 2, 5: 3, 3: 2)
 
  
Place 7-10 
August 27 
10:45 
United States  
Australia 
6: 5 (2: 0, 1: 1, 2: 2, 1: 2)
 
 
17:00 
Italy  
Croatia 
11: 7 (2: 1, 3: 4, 1: 1, 5: 1)
 
 
 
Play for 9th place 
29th August 
09:30 
Australia  
Croatia 
8: 7 (2: 0, 3: 4, 1: 1, 2: 2)
 
  
Game for 7th place 
29th August 
10:45 
United States  
Italy 
9: 8 (2: 2, 2: 0, 2: 3, 3: 3)
 
  
Final round  
Semi-final qualification 
August 25 
17:00 
Russia  
Germany 
12: 5 (2: 1, 2: 1, 5: 0, 3: 3)
 
 
18:15 
Serbia and Montenegro  
Spain 
7: 5 (3: 2, 2: 0, 0: 2, 2: 1)
 
 
 
Semifinals 
August 27 
18:15 
Hungary  
Russia 
7: 5 (2: 2, 3: 3, 2: 0, 0: 0)
 
 
21:00 
Greece 
Serbia and Montenegro  
3: 7 (1: 2, 1: 3, 1: 1, 0: 1)
 
 
 
Play for 5th place 
29th August 
12:00 
Germany  
Spain 
6: 4 (2: 2, 3: 1, 0: 0, 1: 1)
 
  
3rd place match 
29th August 
16:00 
Russia  
Greece 
6: 5 (1: 1, 3: 1, 1: 2, 1: 1)
 
  
final 
29th August 
17:30 
Hungary  
Serbia and Montenegro 
8: 7 (2: 3, 3: 2, 0: 2, 3: 0)
 
  
Women  
The first placed in both preliminary round groups, each with six teams, qualified directly for the semifinals, while the second and third placed played cross-wise for a place in the semifinals. The losers of this semi-final qualification made fifth place among themselves. The fourth placed in both preliminary round groups played for seventh place.
Medalists  
space
 
country
 
Players
 
 
1
 
Italy   ITA 
 
Carmela Allucci  , Alexandra Araujo  , Silvia Bosurgi  , Francesca Conti  , Tania Di Mario  , Elena Gigli  , Melania Grego  , Giusi Malato  , Martina Miceli  , Maddalena Musumeci  , Cinzia Ragusa  , Noémi Tóth  , Emanuela Zanchi 
 
 
2
 
Greece   GRE 
 
Dimitra Asilian  , Georgia Ellinaki  , Eftychia Karagianni  , Angeliki Karapataki  , Stavroula Kozompoli  , Georgia Lara  , Kyriaki Liosi  , Antiopi Melidoni  , Antonia Moraiti  , Evangelia Moraitidou  , Anthoula Mylonaki  , Katerina Oikonomopoulou  , Antigoni Roubessi 
 
 
3
 
United States   United States 
 
Robin Beauregard  , Margaret Dingeldein  , Ellen Estes  , Jacqueline Frank  , Natalie Golda  , Ericka Lorenz  , Heather Moody  , Thalia Munro  , Nicolle Payne  , Heather Petri  , Kelly Rulon  , Amber Stachowski  , Brenda Villa 
 
 
 
Preliminary round  
Group A 
space 
team 
Victories 
Unent. 
Ndlg. 
Gates 
Diff. 
Points
 
 
1. 
Australia   Australia 
 
2 
1 
0 
22:16 
+ 6 
5
 
 
2. 
Italy   Italy 
 
2 
0 
1 
20:14 
+ 6 
4th
 
 
3. 
Greece   Greece 
 
1 
1 
1 
17:20 
- 3 
3
 
 
4th 
Kazakhstan   Kazakhstan 
 
0 
0 
3 
16:25 
- 9 
0
 
 
 
August 16 
10:45 
Australia  
Italy 
6: 5
 
 
17:45 
Greece  
Kazakhstan 
8: 6
 
 
18th of August 
09:30 
Australia  
Kazakhstan 
9: 4
 
 
17:45 
Greece 
Italy  
2: 7
 
 
20th of August 
09:00 
Italy  
Kazakhstan 
8: 6
 
 
18:00 
Australia  
Greece 
7: 7
 
 
 
Group B 
space 
team 
Victories 
Unent. 
Ndlg. 
Gates 
Diff. 
Points
 
 
1. 
United States   United States 
 
2 
0 
1 
20:16 
+ 4 
4th
 
 
2. 
Russia   Russia 
 
2 
0 
1 
21:22 
- 1 
4th
 
 
3. 
Hungary   Hungary 
 
1 
0 
2 
19:20 
- 1 
2
 
 
4th 
Canada   Canada 
 
1 
0 
2 
16:18 
- 2nd 
2
 
 
 
August 16 
09:30 
United States  
Hungary 
7: 6
 
 
16:30 
Russia  
Canada 
8: 6
 
 
18th of August 
10:45 
United States 
Canada  
5: 6
 
 
16:30 
Russia  
Hungary 
9: 8
 
 
20th of August 
10:15 
United States  
Russia 
8: 4
 
 
16:45 
Hungary  
Canada 
5: 4
 
 
 
Final round  
Game for 7th place 
August 22nd 
10:45 
Kazakhstan 
Canada  
4:10 (0: 2, 1: 4, 3: 3, 0: 1)
 
  
Semi-final qualification 
August 22nd 
17:00 
Greece  
Russia 
7: 4 (2: 1, 3: 0, 2: 1, 0: 2)
 
 
18:15 
Italy  
Hungary 
8: 5 (2: 1, 2: 2, 2: 2, 2: 0)
 
 
 
Play for 5th place 
August 24th 
10:45 
Russia  
Hungary 
12:11 n.V. (3: 5, 1: 2, 4: 0, 2: 3, 2: 1)
 
  
Semifinals 
August 24th 
17:00 
United States 
Italy  
5: 6 (2: 1, 1: 1, 1: 0, 1: 4)
 
 
18:15 
Australia 
Greece  
2: 6 (1: 4, 0: 1, 1: 1, 0: 0)
 
 
 
3rd place match 
26th of August 
17:00 
Australia 
United States  
5: 6 (0: 0, 0: 4, 3: 1, 2: 1)
 
  
final 
26th of August 
18:15 
Greece 
Italy  
9:10 a.d. (3: 2, 3: 3, 0: 1, 1: 1, 2: 3)
 
  
source  
Water polo.   (PDF; 2.9 MB) In: Official Results Book.   ATHOC  , 2004, accessed April 7, 2010  .  
  
 
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