Extractions: zJs=10 zJs=11 zJs=12 zJs=13 zc(5,'jsc',zJs,9999999,'') About Swimming Results, Records, and Rules Olympics Home Essentials Swimming Pools and Spas Swimming Workouts ... Swimming History zau(256,152,145,'gob','http://z.about.com/5/ad/go.htm?gs='+gs,''); Teams and Pools Swim Coaching Nutrition Workouts and Technique ... Help zau(256,138,125,'el','http://z.about.com/0/ip/417/0.htm','');w(xb+xb); Subscribe to the About Swimming newsletter. Search Swimming Sources of information about the water sports in the Olympic games. Olympic Swimming, Diving, Water Polo, Synchronized Swimming, Triathlon, and Modern Pentathlon. Alphabetical Recent Up a category 2004 Summer Olympic Games - Athens, Greece The 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens Greece includes the aquatic sports of swimming, diving, water polo, and synchronized swimming. Triathlon and the modern pentathlon are also events that require water. Evolution of the Ancient Olympics The Ancient Greek Olympics were held every four years at Olympia, a district of Elis, where all free Greek men were entitled to compete. The first Olympic Games were held in 776 B.C. and the last in A.D. 393, when they were abolished by the Christian Byzantine Emperor Theodosius I. Work at the Olympics With each Olympic Games comes a slew of employment and volunteer opportunities. See what's available at upcoming Olympics. You'll find jobs that are currently available and have the opportunity to pre-register for positions that will be filled closer to when the games begin.
HickokSports.com - History - Water Polo This document is a history of water polo, with a list of olympic and US History section of Hickoksports.com, the largest collection of sports information on http://www.hickoksports.com/history/watrpolo.shtml
Extractions: Alpha Index Index by Sport History Bits Forum ... Search Table of Contents As swimming became a popular recreation in England during the 1860s and 1870s, several water sports developed, roughly patterned after land sports. Among them were water football (or soccer), water rugby, water handball, and water polo, in which players rode on floating barrels, painted to look like horses, and struck the ball with a stick. Water rugby became the most popular of these sports, but somehow the water polo name became attached to it, and it's been attached ever since. As played in England, the object of the game was for a player to touch the ball, with both hands, at the goal end of the pool. The goaltender stood on the pool deck, ready to dive on any opponent who was about to score. Water polo quickly became a very rough sport, filled with underwater fights away from the ball, and it wasn't unusual for players to pass out for lack of air. In 1877, the sport was tamed in Scotland by the addition of goalposts. The Scots also replaced the original small, hard rubber ball with a soccer ball and adopted rules that prohibited taking the ball under the surface or "tackling" a player unless he had the ball.
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Water Polo -- Encyclopædia Britannica Pan American sports Games quadrennial sports event for patterned after the olympic Games and sanctioned by the International olympic Committee water polo One of http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?eu=78238&tocid=0&query=equestrian sports: p
Australia: The Games And The New Millennium Very physical, water polo was surprisingly one of the first olympic team events in Paris in 1900. A heavy campaign for women to compete in this sport means it http://www.rochedalss.qld.edu.au/olympics/sports.htm
Sports And Games/Water Sports/Water Polo Wins sports AND GAMES water sports water polo WINS. Most Men s water polo olympics Wins Hungary has won the olympic water polo tournament six times, in 1932 http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/content_pages/record.asp?recordid=44243&Reg=
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Extractions: History Olympic Venues Olympic Sports Greece Today ... Information Water Polo Indoor Outdoor Discontinued Olympic Sports One of the toughest and most demanding team sports, Water Polo first appeared in the mid-19 th century in England. One of the older Olympic team sports (first appearing in Paris in 1900 for men), together with Soccer, Water Polo owes its name to its similarities with polo, played on horseback, which is widely popular in England and its former overseas colonies. Women made their first Olympic appearance in 2000 at the Sydney Games. Seven players from each team are in the pool (30m X 20m for men, 25m X 17m for women) - six main players and one goalkeeper per side - whose aim is to beat the goalkeeper guarding the opposing team's goalpost and shoot the ball over the imaginary goal-line to score a goal. Players maneuver the ball, keeping it above the water, or remain immobile while passing the ball in the air. It is forbidden for players to hold on to the ball with both hands or strike it with a fist (except for the goalkeeper), in a matter of 35 seconds, which is the time allowed for an "offense". A match consists of four periods (or 'quarters') lasting seven minutes of actual playing time, with two-minute breaks between periods. The team that scores the most goals wins the match. The Hungarian national team has left its mark in the history of Olympic water polo with seven gold medals. Hugarian Dezso Gyarmati, Yugoslav goalkeeper Milorad Krivokapic and Spaniard Manuel Estiarte are only a few of the legendary figures of the sport in the past two decades.
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Extractions: The Olympic flame returns to Greece Four and a half million copies of printed material, weighing 55 tonnes, and thousands of parcels of electronic material have been mailed from Greece to 202 countries. Athens Guide Torch Relay Tickets Sport Events ... Aquatics Water polo Javascript must be enabled to view this page, although the important information on the page is also available to browsers that do not support scripts. Equipment Rules Athletes Calendar ... Olympic Tournament Each team consists of seven main players (one of whom is the goalkeeper), and six replacement players (one of whom may be a second goalkeeper). None of the players may touch the bottom of the pool. It is also forbidden for players to hold on to the ball with both hands or to strike it with the fist, except in the case of the goalkeeper. Every match consists of four periods (or âquartersâ), each seven minutes long (actual playing time), with a two-minute break between periods. Whenever the referee whistles, the clock stops. A goal is scored when the whole ball passes the goal line. The winner is the team that scores the most goals at the end of all four periods. Also see: Fιdιration Internationale de Natation (FIÎA) Javascript must be enabled to view this page, although the important information on the page is also available to browsers that do not support scripts.
USOC - Olympic Visitor Center of the USA s finest swimmers and water polo players, but is treadmill that contains 50,000 gallons of water with a Centers I and II The olympic sports Center I http://www.usoc.org/about_us/visitor_ctr_COS.html
Extractions: The U.S. Olympic Complex in Colorado Springs is the headquarters for the U.S. Olympic Committee administration and the Olympic Training Center programs. As of August 1998, there are 12 USOC member organizations that have their national headquarters on the complex, and 12 other member organizations and two international sports federations located nearby in Colorado Springs. Take a Virtual Tour of the Colorado Springs Olympic Training Center! The Olympic Complex, former home of ENT Air Force Base and the headquarters of the North American Defense Command, officially became USOC administrative headquarters in July 1978. In October 1996 and April 1997, the USOC officially dedicated and opened its new $23.8 million, Phase II facilities-a state-of-the-art sports medicine and sport science center, an athlete center, which includes a dining hall and two residence halls. The USOC is able to provide housing, dining, recreational facilities and other services for up to 557 coaches and athletes at one time on the complex.
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Extractions: Library and Museum The IISOH is seeking $1 million (one million Dollars) from a benefactor in order to establish an endowment for the sport of WATER POLO. This is a naming opportunity for the benefactor to have a perpetual identification with the sport of WATER POLO . The endowment would be named by the benefactor with the approval of the IISOH Board of Directors. The endowment becomes a permanent trust fund invested by the Institute with only the quarterly earned interest being used for development of the WATER POLO collections in both the Library and Museum.
Kiat.net: Olympic Games Water Polo water polo was the first team sport added to the olympic program, in 1900. MEN. GOLD. SILVER. BRONZE. 1900. Great Britain. Belgium. France. 1904. United States (NY AC). http://www.kiat.net/olympics/sports/waterpolo.html
Extractions: @import url(../../style/default.css); kiat.net where are you :: home Olympics Sports Water Polo As swimming became a popular recreation in England during the 1860s and 1870s, several water sports developed, roughly patterned after land sports. Among them were water football (or soccer), water rugby, water handball, and water polo, in which players rode on floating barrels, painted to look like horses, and struck the ball with a stick. Water rugby became the most popular of these sports, but somehow the water polo name became attached to it, and it's been attached ever since. As played in England, the object of the game was for a player to touch the ball, with both hands, at the goal end of the pool. The goaltender stood on the pool deck, ready to dive on any opponent who was about to score. Water polo quickly became a very rough sport, filled with underwater fights away from the ball, and it wasn't unusual for players to pass out for lack of air. In 1877, the sport was tamed in Scotland by the addition of goalposts. The Scots also replaced the original small, hard rubber ball with a soccer ball and adopted rules that prohibited taking the ball under the surface or "tackling" a player unless he had the ball.
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Extractions: Contents Editorial IOC Conference in Prague Debut in Athens Harilaos Vassilakos, the hot favorite who came second ... HOC Plenary Session Athens Olympic Sports Complex (OAKA). The heart of the Games By Yiorgos Gakis The heart of the 2004 Olympic Games is beating at the Athens Olympic Sports Complex (OAKA), a complex that will host 9 out of 28 events, but also the two Press Centers: one for the Written and one for the Electronic Press. More than 500.000 people - spectators, athletes, officials, Mass Media, staff, volunteers - will be circulating daily within the OAKA spaces. OLYMPIC STADIUM of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex (OAKA). There will be 75,000 spectators who will attend athletics events, as well as the Opening and Closing Ceremonies. The General Secretariat of Sports has scheduled to complete the Stadium's renovation by the end of 2003. ATHENS 2004 and the Ministry of Culture have asked Santiago Calatrava, the well-known architect, to redesign and upgrade OAKA in an innovative and creative way, including the new roof structure for Olympic Stadium. General Secretariat of Sports (GGS), is responsible for the project by the end of June 2004.
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Extractions: Water Polo Water polo originated in England during the 1870s, and as legend has it, the sport was developed by spirited young men who wanted to play rugby and cool off at the same time. It soon became popular in the United States and is now a major sport in a number of European countries. Its first appearance in the Olympics was at the 1900 Games where it was the first team sport admitted to the Olympics. Click a link to Games are divided into four periods of seven minutes each, with a two-minute interval between periods. One point is scored when the ball is thrown or shoved completely past the face of the goal. In case of a tie, two three-minute overtime periods are held; if necessary, two more are played until a winner is decided. Players wear caps of contrasting colors for easier identification; the official rules stipulate white for one team, blue for the other, and red caps for the goalies.
Australia Post Stamps -- Olympic Sports The olympic sports stamps feature water polo water polo is one of the oldest team sports to be played in the Modern olympic Games first played in 1900. http://www.auspost.com.au/philatelic/stamps/index.asp?link_id=1.314
Australia Post Stamps -- Olympic Sports at the 2000 olympic Games and sports in which the Centenary of Women in the olympic Games is stamps, clockwise from top left are water polo, hockey, swimming http://www.auspost.com.au/philatelic/stamps/index.asp?link_id=2.309
ATHENS 2004 programme, followed by Diving, water polo and Synchronised swimming. The olympic Aquatics Centre, which is located at the Athens olympic sports Complex in http://swimmerfadi.jeeran.com/page_athens2004.html
Australian Water Polo Inc. Home tickets for the 2004 Athens olympic Games Australian water polo Lanyard and Whistle For Sale Contact Junior Sport Framework The Australian sports Commission is http://www.waterpoloaus.asn.au/home.html
Sports, Water Sports: Water Polo water polo links from World Wide Aquatics.com International links of resources, team A fast-paced olympic sport played in swimming pools around the world. http://www.combose.com/Sports/Water_Sports/Water_Polo/
Extractions: Top Sports Water Sports Water Polo ... Shopping Related links of interest: Sports:Water Sports:Swimming and Diving EWPRA - A water polo site providing team listings, event listings, vendor links and other water polo related links H2O Polo - An interactive community for water polo players. Daily news, scores and schedules posted by water polo players, coaches and fans. How To Build A Water Polo Goal - Specifications and instructions on how to build a water goal, either a wall goal or a floating goal. Supplied by Steve Kan. Missouri Water Polo - Information for teams in the state, including high school, clubs and zone teams. Features stategies for coaching, history, results, rules, links and contacts. Renfrew Water Polo - Find contacts, links, photos, news, events and match reviews. Located in Scotland. Royal Navy Water Polo - Royal Navy (British) site with news, fixtures, tours, archives and contact information. Spectator's Guide to Water Polo - An introduction to the basic rules and principles of water polo. Vilacom Sports: The waterpolo list of winners - The all-time champions of the most important competitions in the world.
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Extractions: Hoping to Get the Attention it Deserves COLORADO SPRINGS, CO . Water polo has been played since the mid-nineteenth century and has been a part of the Olympic Games since 1900, when it became the first team sport added to the Olympic program. However, up to this point, only men have been able to play for the gold. Finally this September, women will make their first Olympic appearance. Six countries will compete to become the first gold medalist in women's water polo. This year's women's field will include teams from Australia, The Netherlands, Canada, Russia, Kazakhstan and the United States. The host Australians and the Netherlands had been considered favorites for the gold medal until the United States shocked everyone by winning the Holiday Cup, a pre-Olympic tournament in Los Alamitos, CA. According to USA Water Polo Director of Communications, Eric Velazquez , "the US destroyed everyone. Even though some of the scores were close, the other teams were just outmatched." With confidence and momentum going into the Games, the American women will be a force to be reckoned with. From 19-year-old