Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics
# Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held from 10 August to 24 August 2008 at the Ying Tung Natatorium in Beijing, People's Republic of China.

## Medalists

### Men's medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Hungary (HUN)Zoltán Szécsi Tamás Varga Norbert Madaras Dénes Varga Tamás Kásás Norbert Hosnyánszky Gergely Kiss Tibor Benedek Dániel Varga Péter Biros Gábor Kis Tamás Molnár István Gergely | United States (USA)Merrill Moses Peter Varellas Peter Hudnut Jeff Powers Adam Wright Rick Merlo Layne Beaubien Tony Azevedo Ryan Bailey Tim Hutten Jesse Smith J. W. Krumpholz Brandon Brooks | Serbia (SRB)Denis Šefik Živko Gocić Andrija Prlainović Vanja Udovičić Dejan Savić Duško Pijetlović Nikola Rađen Filip Filipović Aleksandar Ćirić Aleksandar Šapić Vladimir Vujasinović Branko Peković Slobodan Soro |

### Women's medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Netherlands (NED)Ilse van der Meijden Yasemin Smit Mieke Cabout Biurakn Hakhverdian Marieke van den Ham Daniëlle de Bruijn Iefke van Belkum Noeki Klein Gillian van den Berg Alette Sijbring Rianne Guichelaar Simone Koot Meike de Nooy Head coach: Robin van Galen | United States (USA)Elizabeth Armstrong Heather Petri Brittany Hayes Brenda Villa Lauren Wenger Natalie Golda Patty Cardenas Jessica Steffens Elsie Windes Alison Gregorka Moriah van Norman Kami Craig Jaime Hipp Head coach: Guy Baker | Australia (AUS)Emma Knox Gemma Beadsworth Nikita Cuffe Rebecca Rippon Suzie Fraser Bronwen Knox Taniele Gofers Kate Gynther Jenna Santoromito Mia Santoromito Melissa Rippon Amy Hetzel Alicia McCormack Head coach: Greg McFadden |

## Qualification

### Men

| Africa | Americas | Asia | Europe | Oceania |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Canada United States | China | Croatia Germany Greece Hungary Italy Montenegro Serbia Spain | Australia |

### Women

| Africa | Americas | Asia | Europe | Oceania |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | United States | China | Greece Hungary Italy Netherlands Russia | Australia |
