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The United States men's national water polo team represents the United States of America internationally in men's water polo.. They are the only squad outside of Europe to medal in the men's Olympic water polo tournament, having done so most recently during the 2024 Summer Olympics, winning bronze against Hungary in a penalty shootout.
The United States men's team has participated in Olympic water polo since the 1904 Games in St. Louis, the second Olympic Games to host a water polo tournament. The 1904 squad won the gold medal, the only gold the US men have earned in water polo. Since 1904, the US has won another six Olympic medals (1924, 1932, 1972, 1984, 1988, 2008).
The FINA Water Polo World Rankings is a ranking system for men's and women's national teams in water polo. The teams of the member nations of FINA , water polo's world governing body, are ranked based on their competitions results with the most successful teams being ranked highest.
This article contains lists of the United States men's national water polo team rosters at the Summer Olympics. The lists are updated as of March 30, 2020. The lists are updated as of March 30, 2020. Abbreviations
The FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup was established in 1979. The United States has participated in 15 of 16 tournaments. [1]1991 Barcelona – Gold medal Jeff Campbell, Mike Evans, Erich Fischer, Charlie Harris, Chris Humbert, David Imbernino, Doug Kimbell, Craig Klass, Robert Lynn, Kames Makshanoff (GK), Terry Schroeder (C), John Vargas, Craig Wilson (GK).
Men's water polo at the Olympics was the first team sport introduced at the 1900 games, along with cricket, rugby, football, polo (with horses), rowing and tug of war. [19] Women's water polo became an Olympic sport at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games after political protests from the Australian women's team .
This is a summary of men's water polo at the Summer Olympics by tournament. The following table shows winning teams, coaches and captains by tournament. Last updated: 8 August 2021. Legend Team – Olympic winning streak (winning three or more Olympic titles in a row) Team – Winning all matches during the tournament Team – Host team
These are the rosters of all participating teams at the men's water polo tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The twelve national teams were required to submit squads of 12 players. Additionally, teams could name one alternate player.