Water polo at the 1986 World Aquatics Championships

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1986 World Water Polo Championship
5th FINA World Aquatics Championships
LocationFlag of Spain.svg  Spain
Date(s)13–23 August
Category 1986 World Aquatics Championships
  1982 1991  

The water polo events at the 1986 World Aquatics Championships were held from 13 to 23 August 1986, in Madrid, Spain. [1]

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Medal summary

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia  (AUS)1001
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia  (YUG)1001
3Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)0101
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)0101
5Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)0011
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States  (USA)0011
Totals (6 entries)2226


Medalists

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men
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Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg  Yugoslavia [2]

Dragan Andrić
Perica Bukić
Veselin Đuho
Milorad Krivokapić
Deni Lušić
Igor Milanović
Tomislav Paškvalin
Zoran Petrović
Andrija Popović
Dubravko Šimenc
Aleksandar Šoštar
Anto Vasović
Mirko Vičević.

Head coach:
Ratko Rudić

Flag of Italy.svg  Italy [2]

Gianni Averaimo
Antonello Steardo
Sandro Campagna
Andrea Pisano
Paolo Trapanese
Massimiliano Ferretti
Marco D'Altrui
Paolo Caldarella
Mario Fiorillo
Ricardo Tempestini
Francesco Porzio
Stefano Postiglione
Alfio Missagi

Head coach:
Federico "Fritz" Dennerlein

Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union [2]

Serghei Marcoci
Nikolai Smirnov
Yevgeny Sharonov
Nikolay Sharafeyev
Mikhail Ivanov
Sergey Kotenko
Dmitry Apanasenko
Viktor Berendyuha
Pavel Prokopchuk
Yevgeny Grishin
Sergey Naumov
Giorgi Mshvenieradze
Nurlan Mendygaliyev

Head coach:
Aleksandr Kabanov

Women
details
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia [1] Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Flag of the United States.svg  United States

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References

  1. 1 2 "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. pp. 14, 57. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 5th FINA World Championships 1986, Madrid - Water polo Men www.fina.org