List of Olympic venues in water polo

For the Summer Olympics, there are 34 venues that have been or will be used for water polo. Debuting in 1900, the first venues took place similar to that of the swimming events. By the 1908 Games, the first water polo venue not located on a river or a lake took place. It was not until the 1920 Games that a separate venue was created for the aquatic venues. 1948 was the first Olympics in water polo took place both indoor and in more than one venue. The first separate water polo venue that was not connected to other aquatic venues was at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

References

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Official Reports (IOC)

PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library:

Official Results Books (IOC)

PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library:

Official Results Book – 2000 Olympic Games – Water Polo (download, archive)
Official Results Book – 2004 Olympic Games – Water Polo (download, archive)
Official Results Book – 2008 Olympic Games – Water Polo (download, archive)

PDF documents on the FINA website:

Official Results Book – 2012 Olympic Games – Diving, Swimming, Synchronised Swimming, Water Polo (archive) (pp. 284–507)

PDF documents in the Olympic World Library:

Official Results Book – 2016 Olympic Games – Water Polo (archive)

PDF documents on the International Olympic Committee website:

Official Results Book – 2020 Olympic Games – Water Polo (archive)

Official Reports (FINA)

PDF documents on the FINA website:

HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics (as of September 2019) (archive) (pp. 4–13, 56)
1870–2020 | 150 years of Water Polo – Evolution of its rules (archive)