Water polo at the Mediterranean Games

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Water polo has been played consistently at the Mediterranean Games since the year 1951. The Italy men's national water polo team is the most successful team among men, while for women it is the Spain women's national water polo team that gain success with the first inaugural Edition in 2018 Mediterranean Games.

Men's tournament

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Year Host Gold medal game Bronze medal game
Gold medalist Score Silver medalist Bronze medalist Score Fourth place
1951
Details
Egypt
Alexandria

Spain

Egypt

Greece
No Fourth
1955
Details
Spain
Barcelona

Italy

France

Spain

Egypt
1959
Details
Lebanon
Beirut

Yugoslavia

Italy

United Arab Republic

Lebanon
1963
Details
Italy
Naples

Italy

Yugoslavia

France

United Arab Republic
1967
Details
Tunisia
Tunis

Yugoslavia

Italy

Spain

Greece
1971
Details
Turkey
İzmir

Yugoslavia

Italy

Spain

Greece
1975
Details
Algeria
Algiers

Italy

Yugoslavia

Spain

Greece
1979
Details
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Split

Yugoslavia

Italy

Spain

Greece
1983
Details
Morocco
Casablanca

Yugoslavia

Spain

Italy

France
1987
Details
Syria
Latakia

Italy

Spain

Turkey

Greece
1991
Details
Greece
Athens

Italy

Yugoslavia

Greece

France
1993
Details
France
Languedoc-Roussillon

Italy

Croatia

Greece

Spain
1997
Details
Italy
Bari

FR Yugoslavia

Croatia

Spain

Italy
2001
Details
Tunisia
Tunis

Spain
6–5
Italy

France
6–4
FR Yugoslavia
2005
Details
Spain
Almería

Spain
9–7
Italy

Serbia and Montenegro
9–8
Croatia
2009
Details
Italy
Pescara

Serbia
9–4
Spain

Italy
10–9
Croatia
2013
Details
Turkey
Mersin

Croatia
11–9
Spain

Greece
9–8
Italy
2018
Details
Spain
Tarragona

Serbia
12–10
Greece

Montenegro
6–4
Spain
2022
Details
Algeria
Oran

Serbia
9 – 8
Montenegro

Spain
16 – 8
Italy
2026
Details
Italy
Taranto
2030
Details
Kosovo
Pristina

Medals Summary, Men

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Italy66214
2 Yugoslavia5308
3 Spain34714
4 Serbia3003
5 Croatia1203
6 Serbia and Montenegro1012
7 Greece0145
8 France0123
9 Egypt[1]0112
 Montenegro0112
11 Turkey0011
Totals (11 entries)19191957

Women's tournament

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Year Host Gold medal game Bronze medal game
Gold medalist Score Silver medalist Bronze medalist Score Fourth place
2018
Details
Spain
Tarragona

Spain
9 – 8
Italy

Greece
15 – 5
France
2022 Algeria
Oran
No women's tournament No women's tournament

Medals Summary, Women

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Spain1001
2 Italy0101
3 Greece0011
Totals (3 entries)1113

Footnotes

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  1. ^ FINA considers Egypt as the inheritor of the records of United Arab Republic