The Olympic Games are about to start. The eyes of the entire world will
be on London and the venues across the cities. Popular and unknown
athletes are ready to challenge themselves, to try to overcome their own
limits and win a medal. Once again, water polo will be in the list of
the sports practised at the Olympics. It may sound strange to those who
are not familiar with it, but water polo is the most longeve team sport
at the Olympic Games. In fact, it was introduced in Paris in 1900 and
since then every edition of the main event has had its water polo
tournament. Indeed, the competition was extended also to women starting
from Sydney 2000.
by Simone Pierotti
In order to celebrate the oldest Olympic team sport, Sports UN provides
the complete archive of water polo at the Games. We start from Paris
1900, where only seven teams entered the competition and represented
four different countries, and we arrive to Beijing 2008, with an
established 12-team format (8 for women) with preliminary rounds and
knockout stage. This is an extraordinary travel throughout the 20th
century, with fantastic stories from every single edition.
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