The water polo tournaments at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom were held at the London 2012 Water Polo Arena in the Olympic Park from 29 July to 12 August. The venue's capacity held 5,000 spectators. Twelve teams competed in the men's tournament and eight teams in the women's tournament.
Qualification
Both of Great Britain's teams automatically qualified, while the African qualification tournament was cancelled due as no teams entered, increasing the available spots at each final qualification tournament to four.
Men
Means of qualification Date Venue Numberof berths Nation(s)qualified Host nation – – 1 2011 World League Super-Final 21–26 June 2011 Florence, Italy 1 2011 FINA World Championships 16–31 July 2011 Shanghai, China 3 2011 Pan American Games 23–29 October 2011 Guadalajara, Mexico 1 2012 Asian Water Polo Championship 23–29 January 2012 Chiba City, Japan 1 Oceania – – 1 World Qualification Tournament 1–8 April 2012 Edmonton, Canada 4 Total 12
Women
Means of qualification Date Venue Numberof berths Nation(s)qualified Host nation – – 1 2011 Pan American Games 23–28 October 2011 Guadalajara, Mexico 1 2012 Asian Water Polo Championship 23–29 January 2012 Chiba City, Japan 1 Oceania – – 1 World Qualification Tournament 15–22 April 2012 Trieste, Italy 4 Total 8
Draw The draw for the Olympic tournament took place in May 2012. The men were drawn into two groups of six teams, the women were drawn into two groups of four teams.
Men's competition Group AGroup B
Women's competition Group AGroup B
Medal summary Medal table
Events Men Josip PavićDamir BurićMiho BoškovićNikša DobudMaro JokovićPetar MuslimIvan BuljubašićAndro BušljeSandro SuknoSamir BaraćIgor HinićPaulo ObradovićFrano Vićan Stefano TempestiAmaurys PérezNiccolò GittoPietro FiglioliAlex GiorgettiMaurizio FelugoMassimo GiacoppoValentino GalloChristian PresciuttiDeni FiorentiniMatteo AicardiDanijel PremušGiacomo Pastorino Slobodan SoroAleksa ŠaponjićŽivko GocićVanja UdovičićDušan MandićDuško PijetlovićSlobodan NikićMilan AleksićNikola RađenFilip FilipovićAndrija PrlainovićStefan MitrovićGojko PijetlovićWomen Elizabeth ArmstrongHeather PetriMelissa SeidemannBrenda VillaLauren WengerMaggie SteffensCourtney MathewsonJessica SteffensElsie WindesKelly RulonAnnika DriesKami CraigTumua Anae Laura EsterMarta BachAnni EsparRoser TarragóMatilde OrtizJennifer ParejaLorena MirandaMaría del Pilar PeñaAndrea BlasOna MeseguerMaría García GodoyLaura LópezAna CopadoVictoria BrownGemma BeadsworthSophie SmithHolly Lincoln-SmithJane MoranBronwen KnoxRowena WebsterKate GyntherGlencora RalphAshleigh SouthernMelissa RipponNicola ZagameAlicia McCormack
References
Sources PDF documents on the FINA website: Official Results Book – 2012 Olympic Games – Diving, Swimming, Synchronised Swimming, Water Polo (archive) (pp. 284–507) Water polo on the Olympedia website Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics (men's tournament, women's tournament) Water polo on the Sports Reference website Water polo at the 2012 Summer Games (men's tournament, women's tournament) (archived)
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