Water polo at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Water polo
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
VenuesSwimming and Diving Stadium
Date28 November – 7 December 1956
Competitors96 from 10 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Hungary
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Yugoslavia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Soviet Union
← 1952
1960 →

Ten nations competed in water polo at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.[1][2]

  1. ^ "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Water Polo at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2019.