Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics

The water polo tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom was 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

Women

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

Women's competition

Medal summary

Medal table

Events

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)

External links

Media related to Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics at Wikimedia Commons

• Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics. London2012.com. at the UK Government Web Archive (archived 28 February 2013)
• Official results book – Water Polo. London2012.com. at the Wayback Machine (archived 24 April 2013)
• Water Polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics (archived)

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