Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The men's tournament of water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics at Athens, Greece, began on August 15 and lasted until August 29, 2004.

Preliminary round
All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+3)

Group A


  

  

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Classification 7th-12th
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Quarterfinals
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Classification 11th-12th
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Classification 7th-10th
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Semifinals
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9th place match
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7th place match
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5th place match
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Bronze-medal match
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Gold-medal match
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Multi-time Olympians
Five-time Olympian(s): 2 players
 * : Salvador Gómez, Jesús Rollán (GK)

Four-time Olympian(s): 8 players
 * : Dubravko Šimenc
 * : Konstantinos Loudis
 * : Tibor Benedek
 * : Carlo Silipo
 * : Dmitry Gorshkov, Nikolay Kozlov
 * : Daniel Ballart, Sergi Pedrerol

Multiple medalists
Three-time Olympic medalist(s): 2 players
 * : Dmitry Gorshkov, Nikolay Kozlov

Leading goalscorers
Source: Official Results Book (page 184)

Leading goalkeepers
Source: Official Results Book (page 180)

Leading sprinters
Source: Official Results Book (page 183)

Awards
The men's all-star team was announced on 29 August 2004.


 * Most Valuable Player
 * 🇭🇺 Gergely Kiss (left-handed, 14 goals)


 * Media All-Star Team
 * Goalkeeper
 * Denis Šefik (60 saves)
 * Field players
 * Theodoros Chatzitheodorou (8 goals)
 * 🇷🇺 Revaz Chomakhidze (centre forward, 15 goals)
 * 🇭🇺 Tamás Kásás (14 goals, 7 sprints won)
 * 🇭🇺 Gergely Kiss (left-handed, 14 goals)
 * Aleksandar Šapić (18 goals)
 * Vladimir Vujasinović (centre back, 3 goals)