The water polo tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics was held from 14 to 25 October 1968, in Mexico City, Mexico.

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While Australia had been accepted as one of the 16 teams, the Australian Olympic Committee, considering it a waste of money to send a team, did not endorse them.

The players responded by paying their own way to travel to Mexico City, but after the AOC informed the organisers, the team were barred from competing.

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