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There are two types of fouls in water polo: ordinary fouls and major fouls. When an ordinary foul is called, the offended team receives a free-throw. Major fouls result in the player receives time in the penalty box.

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These are videos of Water Polo from former Olympic games

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Access official Olympic Water Polo sport and athlete records, events, results, photos, videos, news and more.

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These are some of the regulations of Water Polo

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These are some of the regulations of Water Polo

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Water polo developed into different forms in the United States and Europe. The European game is now universally accepted.

Tough beginnings

Water polo is a tough sport, but when it first began it was even tougher. Fighting between players was common, if not the norm. In 1897, New Yorker Harold Reeder formulated the first American rules for discipline, which were aimed at curbing the sport's more violent tendencies.

Naming the game

In the early days, the players rode on floating barrels that resembled mock horses, and swung at the ball with mallet-like sticks. This made it similar to equestrian polo, hence its name. In the United States it was termed softball water polo due to the use of an unfilled bladder as a ball.

Current sport

Water polo was developed in Europe and the United States as two differing sports. Ultimately, the faster, less dangerous European style predominated, and today this is the form of the game practised universally. It consists of seven-man teams playing four seven-minute periods.

Olympic history

Water polo made its Olympic debut at the Paris Games in 1900. It was not included in 1904 but would be present at each subsequent edition of the Olympic Games.
Since then, the Hungarians have been by far the greatest ambassadors of this discipline. Between 1928 and 1980, they won medals at every Games. Between 1932 and 1976, they even won six of the 10 gold medals available.

In 2000 in Sydney, Hungary make a remarkable comeback, winning its seventh gold medal in water polo. In the same year, women's water polo made its first official appearance at the Olympic Games, 100 years after the debut of this discipline.

Discover the reference document for Water Polo.

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Water polo Equipment and History - Olympic Sport History

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Water polo developed into different forms in the United States and Europe. The European game is now universally accepted. Tough beginnings Water polo is a tough sport, but when it first began it was even tougher. Fighting between players was common, if not the norm.

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This video should be able to help explain what Water Polo is.

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Angie Winstanley-Smith, centre forward of the Team GB water polo team, explains the rules and regulations to Barry Glendenning. From fouls and time outs to the pitch dimensions in the pool, Angie tells how and why the game needs four referees per match, and why broken fingers are a common part of the sport

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Water polo: an Olympic 2012 expert's guide - video

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Angie Winstanley-Smith, centre forward of the Team GB water polo team, explains the rules and regulations to Barry Glendenning.

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Water Polo is a seven-a-side game played by swimmers in a pool, with a ball like a volleyball that is thrown in the opponents net.

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This is what a regular game of water polo looks like, while the ball is in play.