Water polo at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships
# Water polo at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships

Water polo at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships were held from July 19 to August 1, 2009, in Rome, Italy.

## Medalists

### Men

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Serbia Slobodan Soro Marko Avramović Živko Gocić Vanja Udovičić (c) Slavko Gak Duško Pijetlović Slobodan Nikić Milan Aleksić Nikola Rađen Filip Filipović Andrija Prlainović Stefan Mitrović Gojko Pijetlović Head coach: Dejan Udovičić | Spain Inaki Aguilar Mario José García David Martín Blai Mallarach Guillermo Molina Marc Minguell Iván Gallego Albert Español Xavier Vallès Felipe Perrone Iván Pérez (c) Xavier García Daniel López Head coach: Rafael Aguilar | Croatia Ivo Brzica Damir Burić Miho Bošković Nikša Dobud Ivan Buljubašić Srdan Antonijević Frano Karač Andro Bušlje Sandro Sukno Samir Barač (c) Igor Hinić Paulo Obradović Josip Pavić Head coach: Ratko Rudić |

### Women

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| United States Elizabeth Armstrong Heather Petri Brittany Hayes Brenda Villa Lauren Wenger Tanya Gandy Kelly Rulon Jessica Steffens Elsie Windes Alison Gregorka Moriah van Norman Kameryn Craig Jaime Komer Coach: Adam Krikorian | Canada Rachel Riddell Krystina Alogbo Katrina Monton Emily Csikos Joëlle Békhazi Whitney Genoway Rosanna Tomiuk Dominique Perreault Carmen Eggens Christine Robinson Tara Campbell Marina Radu Marissa Janssens Coach: Patrick Oaten | Russia Evgeniya Protsenko Nadezda Glyzina Ekaterina Prokofyeva Sofia Konukh Alena Vylegzhanina Natalya Ryzhova-Alenicheva Ekaterina Pantyulina Evgenia Soboleva Anna Timofeeva Olga Belyaeva Evgenia Ivanova Yulia Gaufler Maria Kovtunovskaya Coach: Aleksandr Kabanov |
