20,000  Reputed capacity for 1936 Olympic water polo stadium

17,000  Capacity seating at La Defense Arena for second week of water polo

5,000    Capacity seating at Aquatics Centre for first week of competition

286        Water Polo athletes in Paris

124        Years since first Olympic men’s water polo competition

100        Years since Olympic water polo last played in Paris

74           Matches to be played

42           Men’s matches

32           Women’s matches

24           Referees poolside to officiate matches; two at a time

24           Euros, lowest cost for water polo ticket

21           Nations competed in Helsinki 1952 Olympic Games men’s competition.

17           Nations have won medals in men’s competition

16           Days of water polo competition

13           Members on each roster, men and women

12           Men’s teams competing in Paris

10           Women’s teams competing in Paris

9             Olympic titles won by Hungary men, plus three silvers and four bronzes

8             Nations have won medals in women’s water polo

7             This is the seventh women’s Olympic tournament

6             USA women have most medals — three gold, two silver and one bronze

5             Felipe Perrone, Spanish men’s captain, competing in his fifth Olympic Games, as is Hungarian skipper Denes Varga

4             Dusan Mandic, Serbia’s flag bearer at Opening Ceremony, playing his fourth Olympic Games

3             Maggie Steffens (USA) already has three Olympic golds and shooting for a fourth

2             Olympic gold medals — one men’s and one women’s

1             France won the gold medal in the 1924  men’s competition