2012 - WATER POLO

UNITED STATES 2012 WATER POLO OLYMPIC MEDAL

Women

Team

Elizabeth Armstrong Heather Petri Melissa Seidemann Brenda Villa Lauren Wenger Maggie Steffens Courtney Mathewson Jessica Steffens Elsie Windes Kelly Rulon Annika Dries Kami Craig Tumuaialii Anae

  The United States presented a good showing in the  Water Polo tournament at the Olympic Games in London in 2012. The USA won a gold medal with the women's team and placed eighth with the men's team, this a disappointing result . In a way, the overall USA  outcome was positive. MEN. The USA team failed to maintain the excellent level presented in 2008 in Beijing, when It reached the silver medal position. In London-2012, The US team got only eighth place. In the first round, the US defeated Montenegro (8-7), Romania (10-8) and the United Kingdom (13-7), but US were overcome by Serbia (6-11) and Hungary (6-11). In the quarter-finals game the USA team were shattered by Croatia (2-8), losing any chance to medal. Later, It suffered defeats to Spain (7-8) and Australia (9-10), thus finishing in eighth place. WOMEN. The United States finally won the Olympic gold medal in women's water polo tournament after two silver medals (2000 and 2008) and one bronze (2004). However, the USA team faced very difficult games. In the first round, USA beat Hungary (14-13), tied with Spain (9-9) and defeated China (7-6). In the quarter-finals game, the USA defeated easily Italy (9-6). In the semifinals game, US overcame Australia (11-9). In the Gold medal game the US got another easy win, beating Spain by 8-5. Maggie Steffens was the best player of the team and scored the highest number of goals in the tournament, with a total of 21 goals.