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

Governingbody Tournament Abbr. Edition Ref. First Latest Next FINA & IOC Men's water polo tournament at the Summer Olympics OG 1900 2020 2024 FINA Men's water polo tournament at the World Aquatics Championships WCH 1973 2019 2022 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup WCp 1979 2018 TBD FINA Men's Water Polo World League WL 2002 2020 2022 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.

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

2002–present Legend – Winning three or more gold medals in a row, excluding the FINA World League – 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 2002 WCp Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia † 2003 WL New York, United States 2003 WCH Barcelona, Spain † 2004 WL Long Beach, United States † 2004 OG Athens, Greece † 2005 WL Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro † 2005 WCH Montreal, Canada † 2006 WL Athens, Greece † 2006 WCp Budapest, Hungary † 2007 WL Berlin, Germany 2007 WCH Melbourne, Australia 2008 WL Genoa, Italy 2008 OG Beijing, China 2009 WL Podgorica, Montenegro 2009 WCH Rome, Italy 2010 WL Niš, Serbia 2010 WCp Oradea, Romania 2011 WL Florence, Italy 2011 WCH Shanghai, China 2012 WL Almaty, Kazakhstan 2012 OG London, United Kingdom 2013 WL Chelyabinsk, Russia 2013 WCH Barcelona, Spain 2014 WL Dubai, United Arab Emirates 2014 WCp Almaty, Kazakhstan 2015 WL Bergamo, Italy 2015 WCH Kazan, Russia 2016 WL Huizhou, China 2016 OG Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2017 WL Ruza, Russia 2017 WCH Budapest, Hungary 2018 WL Budapest, Hungary 2018 WCp Berlin, Germany 2019 WL Belgrade, Serbia 2019 WCH Gwangju, South Korea 2020 WL Tbilisi, Georgia 2020 OG Tokyo, Japan

Team statistics World medals by team

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

Legend Team† – Defunct team

Men's team OG WCH WCp WL G S B G S B G S B G S B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 4 0 1 1 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 4 9 3 4 3 7 1 4 4 2 2 5 1 3 2 3 4 2 1 1 3 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 Men's team OG WCH WCp WL G S B G S B G S B G S B 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 1 1 2 0 1 10 0 1 † 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 † 2 2 3 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 4 1 0 0 5 0 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 † 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 3 1 † 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 † 3 4 0 2 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 † 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 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

National teams by decade 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 2 G/0 S/0 BTotals: 2 0 G/2 S/0 BTotals: 2 0 G/0 S/2 BTotals: 2 0 G/0 S/1 BTotals: 1 — — — — — — 1910s 1 G/0 S/0 BTotals: 1 0 G/1 S/0 BTotals: 1 0 G/0 S/1 BTotals: 1 — — — — — — — 1920s 1 G/0 S/1 BTotals: 2 0 G/2 S/0 BTotals: 2 1 G/0 S/0 BTotals: 1 — 0 G/1 S/0 BTotals: 1 0 G/0 S/1 BTotals: 1 — — — — 1930s 2 G/0 S/0 BTotals: 2 0 G/2 S/0 BTotals: 2 0 G/0 S/1 BTotals: 1 — — — — — — — 1940s 1 G/0 S/0 BTotals: 1 0 G/1 S/0 BTotals: 1 0 G/0 S/1 BTotals: 1 — — — — — — — 1950s 2 G/0 S/0 BTotals: 2 †0 G/2 S/0 BTotals: 2 †0 G/0 S/1 BTotals: 1 — — — — — — — Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1960s 1 G/0 S/2 BTotals: 3 †0 G/2 S/1 BTotals: 3 †1 G/1 S/0 BTotals: 2 1 G/0 S/0 BTotals: 1 — — — — — — 1970s 3 G/3 S/0 BTotals: 6 †2 G/1 S/0 BTotals: 3 1 G/1 S/1 BTotals: 3 †0 G/0 S/3 BTotals: 3 0 G/1 S/1 BTotals: 2 0 G/0 S/1 BTotals: 1 — — — — 1980s †5 G/2 S/0 BTotals: 7 †4 G/1 S/2 BTotals: 7 †1 G/1 S/3 BTotals: 5 0 G/3 S/0 BTotals: 3 0 G/2 S/1 BTotals: 3 0 G/1 S/2 BTotals: 3 0 G/0 S/1 BTotals: 1 — — — 1990s 2 G/3 S/2 BTotals: 7 3 G/2 S/1 BTotals: 6 2 G/2 S/2 BTotals: 6 2 G/0 S/0 BTotals: 2 †1 G/1 S/0 BTotals: 2 0 G/0 S/2 BTotals: 2 0 G/1 S/0 BTotals: 1 — EUN††0 G/0 S/1 BTotals: 1 — 2000s 4 G/4 S/0 BTotals: 8 †2 G/1 S/1 BTotals: 4 1 G/1 S/2 BTotals: 4 — †0 G/1 S/2 BTotals: 3 1 G/0 S/1 BTotals: 2 — 0 G/1 S/0 BTotals: 1 — 0 G/0 S/1 BTotals: 1 2010s 2 G/3 S/4 BTotals: 9 4 G/1 S/3 BTotals: 8 2 G/2 S/0 BTotals: 4 2 G/1 S/1 BTotals: 4 0 G/1 S/1 BTotals: 2 0 G/1 S/0 BTotals: 1 — 0 G/0 S/1 BTotals: 1 — — 2020s 1 G/0 S/0 BTotals: 1 0 G/1 S/0 BTotals: 1 0 G/0 S/1 BTotals: 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 6 G/6 S/1 BTotals: 13 †4 G/2 S/1 BTotals: 7 1 G/3 S/2 BTotals: 6 3 G, 0 S/2 BTotals: 5 2 G/1 S/2 BTotals: 5 1 G/1 S/1 BTotals: 3 0 G/2 S/1 BTotals: 3 †0 G/1 S/2 BTotals: 3 0 G/0 S/3 BTotals: 3 0 G/2 S/0 BTotals: 2 0 G/0 S/2 BTotals: 2 1 G/0 S/0 BTotals: 1 0 G/0 S/1 BTotals: 1 2010s 12 G/1 S/3 BTotals: 16 3 G/5 S/7 BTotals: 15 2 G/5 S/0 BTotals: 7 2 G/3 S/2 BTotals: 7 1 G/2 S/2 BTotals: 5 0 G/2 S/2 BTotals: 4 0 G/1 S/1 BTotals: 2 0 G/0 S/2 BTotals: 2 0 G/1 S/0 BTotals: 1 0 G/0 S/1 BTotals: 1 — — — 2020s 0 G/1 S/1 BTotals: 2 1 G/0 S/0 BTotals: 1 0 G/1 S/0 BTotals: 1 0 G/0 S/1 BTotals: 1

Consecutive gold medals 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 1908 OG (1), 1912 OG (2), 1920 OG (3) 2 † 1980 OG (1), 1981 WCp (2), 1982 WCH (3), 1983 WCp (4) 3 † 1986 WCH (1), 1987 WCp (2), 1988 OG (3), 1989 WCp (4), 1991 WCH (5) 4 1992 OG (1), 1993 WCp (2), 1994 WCH (3) 5 2014 WCp (1), 2015 WCH (2), 2016 OG (3)

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

Confederation statistics National teams by confederation 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 None †† Unified Team†††† Totals(24 teams) 0 teams 3 teams 0 teams 20 teams(including 6 defunct teams) 1 team

Medal table by confederation 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).

Women's water polo world medalists For the making of these lists, results from following world tournaments are consulted:

Governingbody Tournament Abbr. Edition Ref. First Latest Next FINA & IOC Women's water polo tournament at the Summer Olympics OG 2000 2020 2024 FINA Women's water polo tournament at the World Aquatics Championships WCH 1986 2019 2022 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup WCp 1979 2018 TBD FINA Women's Water Polo World League WL 2004 2020 2022 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.

1979–2003 Legend – Winning three or more gold medals in a row, excluding the FINA World League

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

2004–present Legend – Winning three or more gold medals in a row, excluding the FINA World League – 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 2004 OG Athens, Greece 2005 WL Kirishi, Russia 2005 WCH Montreal, Canada 2006 WL Cosenza, Italy 2006 WCp Tianjin, China 2007 WL Montreal, Canada 2007 WCH Melbourne, Australia 2008 WL Santa Cruz, Spain 2008 OG Beijing, China 2009 WL Kirishi, Russia 2009 WCH Rome, Italy 2010 WL La Jolla, United States 2010 WCp Christchurch, New Zealand 2011 WL Tianjin, China 2011 WCH Shanghai, China 2012 WL Changshu, China 2012 OG London, United Kingdom 2013 WL Beijing, China 2013 WCH Barcelona, Spain 2014 WL Kunshan, China 2014 WCp Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia 2015 WL Shanghai, China 2015 WCH Kazan, Russia 2016 WL Shanghai, China 2016 OG Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2017 WL Shanghai, China 2017 WCH Budapest, Hungary 2018 WL Kunshan, China 2018 WCp Surgut, Russia 2019 WL Budapest, Hungary 2019 WCH Gwangju, South Korea 2020 WL Athens, Greece 2020 OG Tokyo, Japan

Team statistics