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Water polo in India

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Water polo in India
CountryIndia
Governing bodySwimming Federation of India
National team(s)Men
Women
International competitions
List
  • Asian Games:
    • Champions 1951
    • Runners up 1970
    • 3rd place 1982
    • Women 4th place 2010

Water polo in Indiais administered by theSwimming Federation of India.India's best performance was gold medal at the1951 Asian Games.TheIndia men's national water polo teamalso won a silver medal at the1970 Asian Games,losing toJapan4 goals to 3 in the finals.[1]The next time India won a medal was a bronze at the1982 Asian Games.

India's men's team at the Olympics

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India has participated twice at theOlympics.

Year Rank Venue Eliminating rounds Round One Results Round Two Results
1948 12th London, United Kingdom - India1–12Netherlands
India7–4Chile
India1–12Netherlands
India1–11Spain
1952 21st Helsinki, Finland India1–16Italy
India0–12Soviet Union
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India's men's team at the Asian Games

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India has participated 5 times at theAsian Games.

Year Rank Venue
1951 1st place, gold medalist(s) New Delhi, India
1970 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Bangkok, Thailand
1974 6th Tehran, Iran
1982 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) New Delhi, India
1986 6th Seoul, South Korea

India's women's team at the Asian Games

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Year Rank Venue
2010 4th Guangzhou, China

References

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  1. ^Vijaykar, Pradeep (30 November 2010)."When Indian won a silver in Asiad water polo".The Times of India.Archived fromthe originalon 3 January 2013.Retrieved5 May2012.
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