The men's tournament of water polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics at Sydney, Australia, began on September 23 and lasted until October 1, 2000.
Medalists GoldSilverBronzeAttila VáriZoltán SzécsiBulcsú SzékelyZsolt VargaTamás MärczTamás MolnárBarnabás SteinmetzTamás KásásGergely KissZoltán KószTibor BenedekPéter BirosRajmund FodorHead Coach:Dénes KeményIrek ZinnourovDmitri StratanRevaz TchomakhidzeMarat ZakirovNikolay KozlovNikolai MaximovAndrei ReketchinskiSerguei GarbouzovDmitry GorshkovYuri YatsevRoman BalachovDmitri DouquineAlexandre ErychovHead Coach:Aleksandr KabanovPedrag ZimonjićJugoslav VasovićVladimir VujasinovićNenad VukanićAleksandar ŠoštarPetar TrbojevićVeljko UskokovićNikola KuljačaAleksandar ŠapićDejan SavićAleksandar ĆirićDanilo IkodinovićViktor JelenićHead Coach:Nenad Manojlović
Preliminary round
Group A
Group B
Classification for 9th-12th TeamPldWLDGFGAGDPts 3 2 0 1 23 18 +5 5 3 1 0 2 24 20 +4 4 3 1 1 1 19 20 -1 3 3 0 3 0 24 32 -8 0
Knockout stage
Bracket
Fifth place bracket
Quarterfinals
5–8th place semifinals
Semifinals
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
Ranking and statistics
Final rankings
RankTeam 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.
Multi-time Olympians
Six-time Olympian(s): 1 player : Manuel Estiarte
Five-time Olympian(s): 2 players : George Mavrotas : Jordi Sans
Four-time Olympian(s): 4 players : Filippos Kaiafas : Pedro García, Salvador Gómez, Jesús Rollán (GK)
Leading goalscorers Rank Player Team Goals Matchesplayed Goalsper match Shots % 1 Aleksandar Šapić 18 8 2.250 50 36.0% 2 Aleksandr Yeryshov 17 8 2.125 51 33.3% 3 Chris Humbert 16 8 2.000 39 41.0% Harry van der Meer 8 2.000 44 36.4% Wolf Wigo 8 2.000 25 64.0% 6 Ioannis Thomakos 15 8 1.875 30 50.0% 7 Revaz Chomakhidze 14 8 1.750 32 43.8% Gergely Kiss 8 1.750 24 58.3% 9 Tony Azevedo 13 8 1.625 40 32.5% 10 Tamás Kásás 12 8 1.500 33 36.4% Daniel Marsden 8 1.500 40 30.0% Source: Official Results Book (page 45–92)
Leading goalkeepers Rank Goalkeeper Team Saves Matchesplayed Savesper match Shots % 1 Dan Hackett 70 8 8.750 135 51.9% 2 Arie van de Bunt 65 8 8.125 140 46.4% 3 Zoltán Kósz 58 8 7.250 112 51.8% Nikolay Maksimov 8 7.250 99 58.6% Jesús Rollán 8 7.250 116 50.0% 6 Eddie Denis 56 8 7.000 107 52.3% 7 Konstantin Chernov 52 8 6.500 96 54.2% 8 Aleksandar Šoštar 49 8 6.125 85 57.6% 9 Nikolaos Deligiannis 48 8 6.000 97 49.5% 10 István Gergely 44 8 5.500 110 40.0% Source: Official Results Book (page 45–92)
Leading sprinters Rank Sprinter Team Sprintswon Matchesplayed Sprints wonper match Sprintscontested % 1 Brad Schumacher 20 8 2.500 34 58.8% 2 Aleksandar Ćirić 17 8 2.125 24 70.8% 3 Tamás Kásás 15 8 1.875 29 51.7% Nathan Thomas 8 1.875 19 78.9% 5 Róbert Káid 12 8 1.500 16 75.0% Ioannis Thomakos 8 1.500 18 66.7% 7 Roman Balashov 11 8 1.375 15 73.3% 8 Milan Cipov 10 8 1.250 12 83.3% Alberto Ghibellini 8 1.250 16 62.5% Sergi Pedrerol 8 1.250 27 37.0% Source: Official Results Book (page 44)
References
Sources PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library: Official Results Book – 2000 Olympic Games – Water Polo (download, archive) Water polo on the Olympedia website Water polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics (men's tournament) Water polo on the Sports Reference website Water polo at the 2000 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)