Paris 2024 water polo: All results as Serbia win men's gold

Serbia took the men's water polo gold with a 13-11 win over rivals Croatia on Sunday (11 August), the last day of competition of the Olympic Games Paris 2024.

Serbia had a rough start to the Olympic tournament, losing to Australia, Spain and Hungary in the groups, but found their form at the right time and rattled off three straight wins to take the gold.

This was Serbia’s third consecutive Olympic gold in men’s water polo. Milos Cuk led with three goals, and Nikola Jaksic added another two. Serbia’s goalkeeping was also a huge part of the win with Radoslav Filipovic stopping 11 shots.

"We have broken the barrier after the quarterfinal against Greece. After that, we just played better and better and as a team. We played better every single game. It was the idea that we wanted to do in the first place. We won the game deservedly so,” Jaksic said.

Croatia was last on the podium at the Olympic Games Rio 2016, where they also took silver having lost to Serbia. Marko Bijac said his team didn't play as well as they could.

"It is hard to speak about this game. We were not on the same level that we had (been) in the quarterfinal and the semifinal. This is the only thing I regret,” Bijac said. “Serbia deserved this victory."

In earlier action, the United States beat Hungary in a shootout,11-8, to win the bronze medal.

Men's water polo complete podium

Gold: Serbia
Silver: Croatia
Bronze: United States

Find complete results at Olympics.com.