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List of Olympic venues in water polo

List of Olympic venues in water polo

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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.[1] By the 1908 Games, the first water polo venue not located on a river or a lake took place.[2] It was not until the 1920 Games that a separate venue was created for the aquatic venues.[3] 1948 was the first Olympics in water polo took place both indoor and in more than one venue.[4][5] The first separate water polo venue that was not connected to other aquatic venues was at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[6][7]

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The Seine in Paris hosted the first water polo competitions at the 1900 Summer Olympics.
The Swimming Stadium hosted the water polo events for the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.
Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre hosted the water polo events for the 2004 Summer Olympics.

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References

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    1900 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2008-05-28 at the Wayback Machine pp. 17-18. Accessed 14 November 2010. (in French)
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    1908 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine pp. 32-5, 40. Accessed 5 October 2010.
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    Sports-reference.com profile of Men's water polo at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
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    1948 Summer Olympic official report. Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine pp. 43, 49. Accessed 19 October 2010.
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    Rio2016.com profile of the Maria Lenk Aquatics Ctr. Archived 2016-07-03 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 4 July 2016.
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    Rio2016.com profile of the Olympic Aquatics Stadium. Archived 2016-07-05 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 4 July 2016.

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