Water polo at the 1984 Summer Olympics
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 | Date | Host | Berths | Qualified |
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Host nation | 18 May 1978 | Athens | 1 | United States |
1982 World Championships | 30 July–7 August 1982 | Guayaquil | ||
West Germany | ||||
Netherlands | ||||
Yugoslavia | ||||
Intercontinental qualification | 13–22 April 1984 | 5 | Italy | |
Wildcards | 3 | Canada | ||
Japan | ||||
Brazil | ||||
Total | 12 |
Teams
[edit]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
[edit]Tournament play
[edit]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
[edit]Group A
[edit]Qualified for second group stage |
Team | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 | 13 – 4 | Canada |
China | 8 – 10 | Netherlands |
- 2 August
Yugoslavia | 12 – 7 | China |
Netherlands | 10 – 9 | Canada |
- 3 August
China | 6 – 5 | Canada |
Yugoslavia | 9 – 5 | Netherlands |
Group B
[edit]Qualified for second group stage |
Team | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 | 19 – 12 | Brazil |
United States | 12 – 5 | Greece |
- 2 August
Spain | 12 – 9 | Greece |
United States | 10 – 4 | Brazil |
- 3 August
Greece | 9 – 9 | Brazil |
Spain | 8 – 10 | United States |
Group C
[edit]Qualified for second group stage |
Team | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 | 15 – 5 | Japan |
West Germany | 10 – 6 | Australia |
- 2 August
Australia | 8 – 8 | Italy |
West Germany | 15 – 8 | Japan |
- 3 August
Japan | 2 – 15 | Australia |
West Germany | 10 – 4 | Italy |
Final round
[edit]Group D
[edit]Team | Points | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | |
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1. | Yugoslavia | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 33 | +14 |
2. | United States | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 34 | +9 |
3. | West Germany | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 49 | 34 | +15 |
4. | Spain | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 42 | 46 | –4 |
5. | Australia | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 48 | –11 |
6. | Netherlands | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 48 | –23 |
- 6 August
Australia | 6 – 9 | Yugoslavia |
United States | 8 – 7 | Netherlands |
Spain | 8 – 8 | West Germany |
- 7 August
United States | 12 – 7 | Australia |
Yugoslavia | 10 – 9 | West Germany |
Spain | 8 – 4 | Netherlands |
- 9 August
United States | 8 – 7 | West Germany |
Netherlands | 7 – 8 | Australia |
Spain | 8 – 14 | Yugoslavia |
- 10 August
West Germany | 15 – 2 | Netherlands |
Australia | 10 – 10 | Spain |
United States | 5 – 5 | Yugoslavia |
Group E
[edit]Team | Points | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | |
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7. | Italy | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 63 | 34 | +29 |
8. | Greece | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 52 | 41 | +11 |
9. | China | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 39 | +5 |
10. | Canada | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 40 | 48 | –8 |
11. | Japan | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 55 | –25 |
12. | Brazil | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 40 | 52 | –12 |
- 6 August
China | 10 – 4 | Japan |
Greece | 11 – 8 | Canada |
Italy | 13 – 4 | Brazil |
- 7 August
Greece | 14 – 7 | Japan |
Italy | 11 – 8 | China |
Canada | 10 – 10 | Brazil |
- 9 August
China | 11 – 9 | Brazil |
Canada | 8 – 5 | Japan |
Greece | 8 – 8 | Italy |
- 10 August
Japan | 9 – 8 | Brazil |
Italy | 16 – 9 | Canada |
Greece | 10 – 9 | China |
Final ranking
[edit]Yugoslavia[2] | |
United States | |
West Germany | |
4 | Spain |
5 | Australia |
6 | Netherlands |
7 | Italy |
8 | Greece |
9 | China |
10 | Canada |
11 | Japan |
12 | Brazil |
Medalists
[edit]Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Top goalscorers
[edit]Rank | Player | Goals |
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1 | Manuel Estiarte (ESP) | 34 |
2 | Mario Fiorillo (ITA) | 19 |
3 | Frank Otto (FRG) | 18 |
4 | Charles Turner (AUS) | 17 |
5 | Milivoj Bebić (YUG) | 16 |
Hagen Stamm (FRG) | 16 | |
Wang Xiaotian (CHN) | 16 | |
8 | Mario Souto (BRA) | 15 |
Eric Tebbe Borges (BRA) | 15 | |
Christopher Wybrow (AUS) | 15 | |
Sotirios Stathakis (GRE) | 15 | |
12 | Terry Schroeder (USA) | 14 |
See also
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- 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)