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Water polo at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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Water polo
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
VenuesClaude-Robillard Sports Complex
Olympic Pool (final)
Date18–27 July 1976
Competitors131 from 12 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Hungary
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Italy
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Netherlands
← 1972
1980 →

The water polo tournament at the 1976 Summer Olympics was held from 18 to 27 July 1976 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[1][2]

Qualification[3]

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Event Dates Hosts Quotas Qualified Teams
Host Nation 12 May 1970 Netherlands Amsterdam 1  Canada
1974 Asian Games 2-7 September 1974 Iran Tehran 1  Iran
1975 World Championships 19-25 July 1975 Colombia Cali 6  Soviet Union
 Hungary
 Italy
 Cuba
 Romania
 West Germany
1975 Pan American Games 16-20 October 1975 Mexico Mexico City 1  Mexico
European Qualifier 23-25 April 1976 West Germany West Berlin 1  Yugoslavia
Oceania Qualifier 1  Australia
African Qualifier 1  Nigeria
Reallocation 1  Netherlands
Total 12

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
 Hungary[1]
Gábor Csapó
Tibor Cservenyák
Tamás Faragó
György Gerendás
György Horkai
György Kenéz
Ferenc Konrád
Endre Molnár
László Sárosi
Attila Sudár
István Szívós, Jr. 		 Italy
Umberto Panerai
Roldano Simeoni
Riccardo De Magistris
Alessandro Ghibellini
Sante Marsili
Vincenzo D'Angelo
Marcello Del Duca
Gianni De Magistris
Alberto Alberani
Silvio Baracchini
Luigi Castagnola 		 Netherlands
Alex Boegschoten
Ton Buunk
Piet de Zwarte
Andy Hoepelman
Evert Kroon
Nico Landeweerd
Hans Smits
Gijze Stroboer
Rik Toonen
Hans van Zeeland
Jan Evert Veer

Participating teams

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Squads

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Main article: Water polo at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads

Preliminary round

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Group A

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Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Italy 5 3 2 1 0 26 13 +13
2.  Yugoslavia 4 3 1 2 0 25 10 +15
3.  Cuba 3 3 1 1 1 22 15 +7
4.  Iran 0 3 0 0 3 4 39 –35
  • 18 July 1976
Yugoslavia  4 – 4  Cuba
Italy  12 – 1  Iran
  • 19 July 1976
Yugoslavia  15 – 0  Iran
Italy  8 – 6  Cuba
  • 20 July 1976
Yugoslavia  6 – 6  Italy
Cuba  12 – 3  Iran

Group B

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Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Netherlands 6 3 3 0 0 14 10 +4
2.  Romania 3 3 1 1 1 18 14 +4
3.  Soviet Union 3 3 1 1 1 14 12 +2
4.  Mexico 0 3 0 0 3 10 20 –10
  • 18 July 1976
Netherlands  5 – 3  Mexico
Romania  5 – 5  Soviet Union
  • 19 July 1976
Netherlands  3 – 2  Soviet Union
Romania  8 – 3  Mexico
  • 20 July 1976
Netherlands  6 – 5  Romania
Soviet Union  7 – 4  Mexico

Group C

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Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Hungary 6 3 3 0 0 15 8 +2
2.  West Germany 4 3 2 0 1 9 7 +2
3.  Canada 2 3 1 0 2 8 14 –6
4.  Australia 0 3 0 0 3 14 17 –3
  • 18 July 1976
Hungary  7 – 6  Australia
Canada  0 – 5  West Germany
  • 19 July 1976
West Germany  4 – 3  Australia
Canada  2 – 4  Hungary
  • 20 July 1976
Hungary  4 – 0  West Germany
Canada  6 – 5  Australia

Classification round

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Group D

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Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
7.  Cuba 9 5 4 1 0 34 16 +18
8.  Soviet Union 7 5 3 1 1 33 16 +17
9.  Canada 6 5 2 2 1 27 21 +6
10.  Mexico 5 5 1 3 1 26 19 +5
11.  Australia 3 5 1 1 3 22 25 –3
12.  Iran 0 5 0 0 5 8 53 –45
  • 22 July 1976
Cuba  5 – 0 1  Soviet Union
Canada  4 – 3  Australia
Mexico  11 – 3  Iran
  • 23 July 1976
Soviet Union  4 – 3  Mexico
Canada  5 – 7  Cuba
Australia  8 – 2  Iran
  • 24 July 1976
Cuba  4 – 4  Mexico
Soviet Union  7 – 2  Australia
Canada  8 – 1  Iran
  • 26 July 1976
Cuba  10 – 2  Iran
Canada  6 – 6  Soviet Union
Australia  4 – 4  Mexico
  • 27 July 1976
Cuba  8 – 5  Australia
Soviet Union  16 – 0  Iran
Canada  4 – 4  Mexico

1 The Soviet Union forfeited the match due to player illness. The USSR also threatened to quit the tournament after failing to make the medal round, but this never materialized.[4]

Group E

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Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Hungary 9 5 4 1 0 30 24 +6
2.  Italy 6 5 2 2 1 21 20 +1
3.  Netherlands 6 5 2 2 1 18 17 +1
4.  Romania 5 5 1 3 1 26 25 +1
5.  Yugoslavia 3 5 0 3 2 21 24 –3
6.  West Germany 1 5 0 1 4 15 21 –6
  • 22 July 1976
Hungary  6 – 5  Italy
Netherlands  3 – 2  West Germany
Romania  5 – 5  Yugoslavia
  • 23 July 1976
Hungary  5 – 3  West Germany
Italy  5 – 4  Yugoslavia
Netherlands  4 – 4  Romania
  • 24 July 1976
Hungary  5 – 3  Netherlands
Italy  4 – 4  Romania
Yugoslavia  4 – 4  West Germany
  • 26 July 1976
Hungary  9 – 8  Romania
Italy  4 – 3  West Germany
Netherlands  5 – 3  Yugoslavia
  • 27 July 1976
Hungary  5 – 5  Yugoslavia
Italy  3 – 3  Netherlands
Romania  5 – 3  West Germany

Final ranking

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Water Polo at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Men_1976". Todor66.
  4. ^ Soviet Forfeit Adds to Woes

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