Water polo at the 1984 Summer Olympics
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| Water polo at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool | |||||||||
| Dates | 1–10 August 1984 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 153 from 12 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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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]
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]
">edit]| Qualification | Date | Host | Berths | Qualified |
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| Host nation | 18 May 1978 |  Athens
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1 |  United States
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| 1982 World Championships | 30 July–7 August 1982 |  Guayaquil
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 Soviet Union | |
 Hungary | ||||
 West Germany
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 Netherlands
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 Cuba | ||||
 Yugoslavia
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| Intercontinental qualification | 13–22 April 1984 | 5 |  Italy
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| Wildcards | 3 |  Canada
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 Japan
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 Brazil
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| Total | 12 | |||
Teams
12 teams played in the 1984 Olympic tournament:
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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 |
| Team | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yugoslavia |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 16 | +18 | 6 |
| Netherlands |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 26 | –1 | 4 |
 China |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 27 | –6 | 2 |
| Canada |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 29 | −11 | 0 |
- 1 August
| Yugoslavia
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13 – 4 | Canada
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| China
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8 – 10 | Netherlands
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- 2 August
| Yugoslavia
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12 – 7 | China
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| Netherlands
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10 – 9 | Canada
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- 3 August
| China
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6 – 5 | Canada
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| Yugoslavia
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9 – 5 | Netherlands
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Group B
| Qualified for second group stage |
| Team | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 17 | +15 | 6 |
 Spain |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 31 | +8 | 4 |
| Greece |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 33 | –10 | 1 |
| Brazil |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 38 | −13 | 1 |
- 1 August
| Spain
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19 – 12 | Brazil
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| United States
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12 – 5 | Greece
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- 2 August
| Spain
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12 – 9 | Greece
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| United States
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10 – 4 | Brazil
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- 3 August
| Greece
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9 – 9 | Brazil
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| Spain
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8 – 10 | United States
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Group C
| Qualified for second group stage |
| Team | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Germany |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 18 | +17 | 6 |
 Australia |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 20 | +9 | 3 |
| Italy |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 23 | +4 | 3 |
| Japan |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 45 | −30 | 0 |
- 1 August
| Italy
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15 – 5 | Japan
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| West Germany
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10 – 6 | Australia
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- 2 August
| Australia
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8 – 8 | Italy
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| West Germany
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15 – 8 | Japan
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- 3 August
| Japan
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2 – 15 | Australia
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| West Germany
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10 – 4 | Italy
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Final round
Group D
| Team | Points | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Yugoslavia
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9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 33 | +14 |
| 2. | United States
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9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 34 | +9 |
| 3. | West Germany
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5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 49 | 34 | +15 |
| 4. | Spain
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4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 42 | 46 | –4 |
| 5. | Australia
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3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 48 | –11 |
| 6. | Netherlands
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0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 48 | –23 |
- 6 August
| Australia
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6 – 9 | Yugoslavia
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| United States
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8 – 7 | Netherlands
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| Spain
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8 – 8 | West Germany
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- 7 August
| United States
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12 – 7 | Australia
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| Yugoslavia
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10 – 9 | West Germany
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| Spain
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8 – 4 | Netherlands
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- 9 August
| United States
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8 – 7 | West Germany
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| Netherlands
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7 – 8 | Australia
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| Spain
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8 – 14 | Yugoslavia
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- 10 August
| West Germany
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15 – 2 | Netherlands
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| Australia
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10 – 10 | Spain
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| United States
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5 – 5 | Yugoslavia
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Group E
| Team | Points | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7. | Italy
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9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 63 | 34 | +29 |
| 8. | Greece
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8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 52 | 41 | +11 |
| 9. | China
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6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 39 | +5 |
| 10. | Canada
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3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 40 | 48 | –8 |
| 11. | Japan
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2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 55 | –25 |
| 12. | Brazil
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2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 40 | 52 | –12 |
- 6 August
| China
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10 – 4 | Japan
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| Greece
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11 – 8 | Canada
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| Italy
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13 – 4 | Brazil
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- 7 August
| Greece
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14 – 7 | Japan
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| Italy
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11 – 8 | China
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| Canada
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10 – 10 | Brazil
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- 9 August
| China
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11 – 9 | Brazil
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| Canada
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8 – 5 | Japan
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| Greece
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8 – 8 | Italy
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- 10 August
| Japan
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9 – 8 | Brazil
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| Italy
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16 – 9 | Canada
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| Greece
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10 – 9 | China
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Final ranking
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Yugoslavia[2]
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United States
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West Germany
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| 4 | Spain
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| 5 | Australia
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| 6 | Netherlands
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| 7 | Italy
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| 8 | Greece
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| 9 | China
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| 10 | Canada
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| 11 | Japan
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| 12 | Brazil
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Medalists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Player | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manuel Estiarte (ESP)
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34 |
| 2 | Mario Fiorillo (ITA)
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19 |
| 3 | Frank Otto (FRG)
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18 |
| 4 |  Charles Turner (AUS)
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17 |
| 5 | Milivoj Bebić (YUG)
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16 |
| Hagen Stamm (FRG)
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16 | |
| Wang Xiaotian (CHN)
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16 | |
| 8 |  Mario Souto (BRA)
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15 |
| Eric Tebbe Borges (BRA)
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15 | |
| Christopher Wybrow (AUS)
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15 | |
| Sotirios Stathakis (GRE)
|
15 | |
| 12 | Terry Schroeder (USA)
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14 |
See also
- Water polo at the 1982 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament
- Water polo at the 1986 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament
- Water polo at the Friendship Games
References
- ^ Official Report of the Games of the XXIIIrd Olympiad Los Angeles 1984 Volume 2: Competition Summary and results (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.
- ^ a b c "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.
- ^ "Water Polo at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
- ^ "Men_1984". Todor66.
Sources
- PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library:
- Official Report of the 1984 Olympic Games, v.2 (download, archive) (pp. 528–534)
- Water polo on the Olympedia website
- Water polo on the Sports Reference website
- Water polo at the 1984 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
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