Water polo at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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Water polo
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Venue Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool
Dates1–10 August 1984
Competitors153 from 12 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Germany.svg  West Germany
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The water polo tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held from 1 to 10 August 1984, at the Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool in Malibu, California. [1] The tournament featured 12 teams, playing two rounds of round-robin play: preliminaries and finals. [2] [3]

Contents

Water polo was one of the four aquatic sports held at the 1984 Games, along with swimming, diving, and synchronized swimming, which was held for the first time.

Qualification [4]

QualificationDateHostBerthsQualified
Host nation18 May 1978Los Angeles1Flag of the United States.svg  United States
1982 World Championships 30 July–7 August 1982 Flag of Ecuador.svg Guayaquil 6 3Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
Intercontinental qualification13–22 April 19845Flag of Italy.svg  Italy

Flag of Spain.svg  Spain

Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia

Flag of Greece.svg  Greece

Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China

Wildcards3Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Total12

Teams

12 teams played in the 1984 Olympic tournament:

The top 8 teams qualified for the 1985 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup in Duisburg, West Germany.

Squads

Tournament play

The tournament was set up into 2 levels of round-robin play: preliminary play in 3 groups; and final play in 2 groups. The top 2 teams from each preliminary group (shaded ones) advanced to Group D and played for the top-6 places; the bottom 2 teams from each preliminary group played in Group E to determine places 7-12.

Preliminary round

Group A

Qualified for second group stage
TeamGPWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 33003416+186
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 32012526–14
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 31022127–62
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 30031829−110
  • 1 August
Yugoslavia  Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg13 – 4Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg8 – 10Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
  • 2 August
Yugoslavia  Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg12 – 7Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg10 – 9Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
  • 3 August
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg6 – 5Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Yugoslavia  Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg9 – 5Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands

Group B

Qualified for second group stage
TeamGPWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 33003217+156
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 32013931+84
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 30122333–101
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 30122538−131
  • 1 August
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg19 – 12Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
United States  Flag of the United States.svg12 – 5Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
  • 2 August
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg12 – 9Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
United States  Flag of the United States.svg10 – 4Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
  • 3 August
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg9 – 9Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg8 – 10Flag of the United States.svg  United States

Group C

Qualified for second group stage
TeamGPWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 33003518+176
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 31112920+93
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 31112723+43
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 30031545−300
  • 1 August
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg15 – 5Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
West Germany  Flag of Germany.svg10 – 6Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
  • 2 August
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg8 – 8Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
West Germany  Flag of Germany.svg15 – 8Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
  • 3 August
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg2 – 15Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
West Germany  Flag of Germany.svg10 – 4Flag of Italy.svg  Italy

Final round

Group D

TeamPointsGWDLGFGADiff
1.Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 954104733+14
2.Flag of the United States.svg  United States 954104334+9
3.Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 552124934+15
4.Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 451224246–4
5.Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 351133748–11
6.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 050052548–23
  • 6 August
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg6 – 9Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
United States  Flag of the United States.svg8 – 7Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg8 – 8Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
  • 7 August
United States  Flag of the United States.svg12 – 7Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Yugoslavia  Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg10 – 9Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg8 – 4Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
  • 9 August
United States  Flag of the United States.svg8 – 7Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg7 – 8Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg8 – 14Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
  • 10 August
West Germany  Flag of Germany.svg15 – 2Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg10 – 10Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
United States  Flag of the United States.svg5 – 5Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia

Group E

TeamPointsGWDLGFGADiff
7.Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 954106334+29
8.Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 853205241+11
9.Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 653024439+5
10.Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 351134048–8
11.Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 251043055–25
12.Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 250234052–12
  • 6 August
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg10 – 4Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg11 – 8Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg13 – 4Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
  • 7 August
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg14 – 7Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg11 – 8Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg10 – 10Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
  • 9 August
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg11 – 9Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg8 – 5Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg8 – 8Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
  • 10 August
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg9 – 8Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg16 – 9Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg10 – 9Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China

Final ranking

Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia [2]
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
4Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
5Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
6Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
7Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
8Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
9Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
10Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
11Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
12Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerGoals
1Flag of Spain.svg  Manuel Estiarte  (ESP)34
2Flag of Italy.svg  Mario Fiorillo  (ITA)19
3Flag of Germany.svg  Frank Otto  (FRG)18
4Flag of Australia.svg  Charles Turner  (AUS)17
5Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Milivoj Bebić  (YUG)16
Flag of Germany.svg  Hagen Stamm  (FRG)16
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wang Xiaotian  (CHN)16
8Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Mario Souto  (BRA)15
Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Eric Tebbe Borges  (BRA)15
Flag of Australia.svg  Christopher Wybrow  (AUS)15
Flag of Greece.svg  Sotirios Stathakis  (GRE)15
12Flag of the United States.svg  Terry Schroeder  (USA)14

See also

References

  1. ↑ Official Report of the Games of the XXIIIrd Olympiad Los Angeles 1984 Volume 2: Competition Summary and results Archived 30 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine (note: this file is 50.8MB). Originally published in print form by the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee in 1985; digitally published by the Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles in 1998, retrieved 15 March 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  3. ↑ "Water Polo at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  4. ↑ "Men_1984". Todor66.

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