# Year[10] Hosts Gold medal game Bronze medal game Number of teams Gold Score Silver Bronze Score 4th place 1 1900 Details Paris Great Britain (Osborne Swimming Club) 7–2 Belgium (Brussels Swimming and Water Polo Club) France (Libellule de Paris) France (Pupilles de Neptune de Lille #2) [lower-alpha 4] 7 2 1904 Details St. Louis Water polo was a demonstration sport Water polo was a demonstration sport 3 1908 Details London Great Britain 9–2[lower-alpha 5] Belgium Sweden [lower-alpha 6] Netherlands 4 4 1912 Details Stockholm Great Britain 8–0 Sweden Belgium 5–4 Austria 6 5 1920 Details Antwerp Great Britain 3–2 Belgium Sweden 5–0 United States 12 6 1924 Details Paris France 3–0 Belgium United States 3–2 Sweden 13 7 1928 Details Amsterdam Germany 5–2 Hungary France 8–1 Great Britain 14 8 1932 Details Los Angeles Hungary Round-robin Germany United States Round-robin Japan 5 9 1936 Details Berlin Hungary Round-robin Germany Belgium Round-robin France 16 10 1948 Details London Italy Round-robin Hungary Netherlands Round-robin Belgium 18 11 1952 Details Helsinki Hungary Round-robin Yugoslavia Italy Round-robin United States 21 12 1956 Details Melbourne Hungary Round-robin Yugoslavia Soviet Union Round-robin Italy 10 13 1960 Details Rome Italy Round-robin Soviet Union Hungary Round-robin Yugoslavia 16 14 1964 Details Tokyo Hungary Round-robin Yugoslavia Soviet Union Round-robin Italy 13 15 1968 Details Mexico City Yugoslavia 13–11 (aet) Soviet Union Hungary 9–4 Italy 15 16 1972 Details Munich Soviet Union Round-robin Hungary United States Round-robin West Germany 16 17 1976 Details Montreal Hungary Round-robin Italy Netherlands Round-robin Romania 12 18 1980 Details Moscow Soviet Union Round-robin Yugoslavia Hungary Round-robin Spain 12 19 1984 Details Los Angeles Yugoslavia Round-robin United States West Germany Round-robin Spain 12 20 1988 Details Seoul Yugoslavia 9–7 (aet) United States Soviet Union 14–13 West Germany 12 21 1992 Details Barcelona Italy 9–8 (aet) Spain Unified Team 8–4 United States 12 22 1996 Details Atlanta Spain 7–5 Croatia Italy 20–18 (aet) Hungary 12 23 2000 Details Sydney Hungary 13–6 Russia FR Yugoslavia[lower-alpha 7] 8–3 Spain 12 24 2004 Details Athens Hungary 8–7 Serbia and Montenegro Russia 6–5 Greece 12 25 2008 Details Beijing Hungary 14–10 United States Serbia 6–4 Montenegro 12 26 2012 Details London Croatia 8–6 Italy Serbia 12–11 Montenegro 12 27 2016 Details Rio Serbia 11–7 Croatia Italy 12–10 Montenegro 12 28 2020 Details Tokyo 12 # Year Hosts Gold Score Silver Bronze Score 4th place Number of teams Gold medal game Bronze medal game