Water polo at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Water polo
Water polo
Water polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...

at the 1984 Summer Olympics
1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1984...

as usual was part of the swimming sport, the other two being swimming

Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics, held at the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium, located on the USC campus. There was a total of 494 participants from 67 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:-Women's events:-References:...

and diving

Diving at the 1984 Summer Olympics

At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, four diving events were contested during a competition that took place at the Olympic Swim Stadium of the University of Southern California , from 5 to 12 August, comprising 80 divers from 29 nations....

. They were not seen as three separate sports, because they all were governed by one federation — FINA

Fina

Fina may refer to:*Fina, a character in the Skies of Arcadia video game*FINA, the International Swimming Federation*FINA, the North American Forum on Integration...

. Water polo discipline consisted of one event: the men's team competition.

In the preliminary round twelve teams were divided into three groups. Two best teams from each group (shaded ones) advanced to Group A of the final round to determine places 1 through 6. The rest of teams played in Group B of the final round to determine places 7 through 12. The first eight teams qualified for the 1985 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup

1985 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup

The 1985 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup was the fourth edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the International Swimming Federation . The event took place in Duisburg, West Germany...

in Duisburg

Duisburg

- History :A legend recorded by Johannes Aventinus holds that Duisburg, was built by the eponymous Tuisto, mythical progenitor of Germans, ca. 2395 BC...

, West Germany

West Germany

West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....

Group A

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Team	G	W	D	GF	GA	Diff
1.	6	3	3	0	34	16
2.	4	3	2	1	25	26	–1
3.	2	3	1	2	21	27	–6
4.	0	3	0	3	18	29	–11

August 1

13 – 4
8 – 10

August 2

12 – 7
10 – 9

August 3

6 – 5
9 – 5

Group B

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Team	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	6	3	3	0	0	32	17
2.	4	3	2	0	1	39	31
3.	1	3	0	1	2	23	33	–10
4.	1	3	0	1	2	25	38	–13

August 1

19 – 12
12 – 5

August 2

12 – 9
10 – 4

August 3

9 – 9
8 – 10

Group C

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Team	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	6	3	3	0	0	35	18
2.	3	3	1	1	1	27	20
3.	3	3	1	1	1	27	23
4.	0	3	0	0	3	15	43	–28

August 1

15 – 5
10 – 6

August 2

8 – 8
15 – 8

August 3

2 – 15
10 – 4

Group D

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Team	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	9	5	4	1	0	47	33
2.	9	5	4	1	0	43	34
3.	5	5	2	1	2	49	34
4.	4	5	1	2	2	42	46	–4
5.	3	5	1	1	3	37	48	–11
6.	0	5	0	0	5	25	48	–23

August 6

6 – 9
8 – 7
8 – 8

August 7

12 – 7
10 – 9
8 – 4

August 9

8 – 7
7 – 8
8 – 14

August 10

15 – 2
10 – 10
5 – 5

Group E

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Team	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
7.	9	5	4	1	0	63	14
8.	8	5	3	2	0	52	41
9.	6	5	3	0	2	44	39
10.	3	5	1	1	3	40	48	–8
11.	2	5	1	0	4	30	55	–25
12.	2	5	0	2	3	40	52	–12

August 6

10 – 4
11 – 8
13 – 4

August 7

14 – 7
11 – 8
10 – 10

August 9

11 – 9
8 – 5
8 – 8

August 10

9 – 8
16 – 9
10 – 9

Final ranking

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Michael Turner, Richard Pengelley, Robert Bryant, Peter Montgomery, Russell Sherwell, Andrew Kerr, Raymond Mayers, Charles Turner, Martin Callaghan, Christopher Wybrow, Russell Basser, Julian Muspratt, and Glenn Townsend.

Roberto Borelli, Orlando Chaves, Paulo Abreu, Carlos Carvalho, Silvio Manfredi, Solon Santos, Ricardo Tonieto, Eric Tebbe Borges, Mario Souto, Mario Sergio Lotufo, Fernando Carsalade, Helio Silva, and André Campos.

Rick Zayonc, Alexander Juhasz, George Gross, Sylvain Huet, John Anderson, Paul Pottier, Simon De-Schamps, Brian Collyer, Bill Meyer, Rene Bol, Gordon Vantol, Geoff Brown, and Dominique Dion.

Deng Jun, Wang Xiaotian, Bong Weigang, Li Jianming,
Huang Ying, Cai Tianxiong, Qu Baowei, Zhao Bilong, Chen Zhixiong, Cai Shengliu, Pan Shenghua, Huang Long, and Guan Shishi.

Ioannis Vossos, Spyros Capralos, Sotirios Stathakis, Andreas Gounas, Kiriakos Giannopoulos, Aristidis Kefalogiannis, Anastasios Papanastasiou, Dimitrios Seletopoulos, Antonios Aronis, Markellos Sitarenios, George Mavrotas

George Mavrotas

George Mavrotas is a retired Greek water polo player and assistant professor in the School of Chemical Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens.-Career:...

, Xenofon Moudatsios, and Stavros Giannopoulos.

Roberto Gandolfi, Alfio Misaggi, Andrea Pisano, Antonello Steardo, Mario Fiorillo, Gianni de Magistris

Gianni De Magistris

Gianni De Magistris is a retired Italian water polo player.He was part of the Italian squad that won silver at the 1976 Montreal Olympics....

, Marco Galli, Marco d’Altrui, Marco Baldineti, Vincenzo d’Angelo, Romeo Collina, Stefano Postiglione, Ugo Leblanc, and Umberto Panerai

Umberto Panerai

Umberto Panerai is a retired water polo player from Italy, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1976. He was born in Florence....

Etsuji Fujita, Yoshifumi Saito, Koshi Fujimori, Shingo Kai, Narihito Taima, Daisuke Houki, Toshio Fukumoto, Toshiyuki Miyahara, Hisayoshi Nagata, Koji Wakayoshi, Hisaharu Saito, Shinji Yamasaki, and Asami Oura.

Johan Aantjes

Johan Aantjes is a former water polo player from the Netherlands, who finished in sixth position with the Dutch National Men's Team at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. Later on, from 1999 until 2003, Aantjes was the head coach of the Dutch Men's Squad...

, Stan van Belkum

Stan van Belkum

Stanislaus van Belkum is a former water polo player from the Netherlands, who participated in two Summer Olympics. In 1980 he finished in sixth position with the Dutch team. Four years later in Los Angeles Van Belkum once again gained the sixth spot in the final rankings with Holland.-References:*...

, Wouly de Bie

Wouly de Bie

Wouly Sybrand de Bie is a former water polo goalkeeper from the Netherlands, who participated in two Summer Olympics. In 1980 he finished in sixth position with the Dutch team...

, Ton Buunk

Ton Buunk

Anton Gerrit Jan Buunk is a former water polo player from the Netherlands, who participated in four Summer Olympics, starting in 1972 in Munich....

, Ed van Es

Ed van Es

Eduard van Es is a former water polo player from the Netherlands, who finished in sixth position with the Dutch National Men's Team at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.-References:*...

, Anton Heiden

Anton Heiden

Anton Heiden is a former water polo player from the NetherlandsHeiden participated once with the Dutch national water polo team at the Olympics, finishing in sixth position at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He played at various clubs, amongst them: ZPB Barendrecht and Zian Den Haag....

, Nico Landeweerd

Nico Landeweerd

Nicolaas Albertus Adrianus Landeweerd is a former water polo player from the Netherlands, who participated in three Summer Olympics. At his debut, at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, he won the bronze medal with the Dutch team. In 1980 and 1984 Landeweerd finished in sixth position with the...

, Aad van Mil

Aad van Mil

Adrianus Josephus van Mil is a former water polo player from the Netherlands, who participated in two Summer Olympics. He finished in sixth place with the Dutch national team at both the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow and the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.-References:*...

, Ruud Misdorp

Ruud Misdorp

Rudolf Antonius "Ruud" Misdorp is a former water polo player from the Netherlands, who participated in two Summer Olympics. On both occasions, at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow and the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, he finished in sixth position with the Dutch national team.-References:*...

, Dick Nieuwenhuizen

Dick Nieuwenhuizen

Theodorus Anton Nieuwenhuizen is a former water polo player from the Netherlands, who participated in two Summer Olympics. On both occasions, at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow and the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, he finished in sixth position with the Dutch National Men's Team...

, Eric Noordegraaf

Eric Noordegraaf

Eric Noordegraaf is a former water polo player from the Netherlands, who participated in two Summer Olympics. On both occasions, at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow and the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, he finished in sixth position with the Dutch National Men's Team...

, Roald van Noort

Roald van Noort

Roald Max Antoine van Noort is a former water polo player from the Netherlands, who finished in sixth position with the Dutch National Men's Team at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.-References:*...

, and Remco Pielstroom

Remco Pielstroom

Remco Eric Pielstroom is a former water polo player from the Netherlands, who participated in two Summer Olympics. In 1984 he finished in sixth position with the Dutch team, eight years later in Barcelona Pielstroom gained the ninth spot in the final rankings with Holland.-References:*...

Leandro Ribera, José Morillo, Felix Fernandez, Alberto Canal, Manuel Estiarte

Manuel Estiarte

Manuel Estiarte Duocastella is a former water polo player from Spain. He is considered by many the best of all time.Estiarte has played 578 times for the Spanish team...

, Pedro Robert, Rafael Aguilar, Jorge Signes, Antonio Aguilar, Jorge Carmona, Jorge Sans, Jorge Neira, and Mariano Moya.

Craig Wilson

Craig Wilson (water polo)

Craig Martin Wilson is a former water polo player from the United States, who won two Olympic silver medals during his career: in 1984 and 1988.-References:* * * *...

, Kevin Robertson

Kevin Robertson

Kevin George Robertson is a former water polo player from the United States, who won two Olympic silver medals during his career: in 1984 and 1988. He was affiliated with the University of California.-References:...

, Gary Figueroa

Gary Figueroa

Gary Lee Figueroa is a former water polo player from the United States, who won the silver medal with Team USA at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California....

, Peter Campbell

Peter Campbell (water polo)

George Peter Campbell Peter was raised in Irvine, California and started swimming competitively at the age of nine. The four-time All-American led UC Irvine in scoring three of his four years there and helped the Anteaters win national titles in 1980 and '82. He was NCAA Player of the Year and...

, Douglas Burke

Douglas Burke

Douglas Burke is a former water polo player who won a silver medal for the United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.-References:* *...

, Joseph Vargas, Jon Svendsen, John Siman, Andrew McDonald

Andrew McDonald (water polo)

Andrew John McDonald is a former water polo player who won a silver medal for the United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California...

, Terry Schroeder, Jody Campbell

Jody Campbell

Jodocus David Campbell is a former water polo player who won silver medals for the United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California and the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. He is a graduate of Stanford University.-References:* *...

, Timothy Shaw

Tim Shaw (swimmer)

Timothy Andrew Shaw is a former Olympic medal-winning swimmer and water polo player from the United States. He swam at the 1976 Summer Olympics and played on the USA's team at the 1984 Games...

, and Christopher Dorst

Christopher Dorst

Christopher "Chris" Dorst is a former water polo player who won a silver medal for the United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California...

Peter Röhle, Thomas Loebb, Frank Otto, Rainer Hoppe, Armando Fernández, Thomas Huber, Jürgen Schroder

Jürgen Schröder (water polo)

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, Rainer Osselmann, Hagen Stamm

Hagen Stamm

Hagen Stamm is a former water polo player from Germany, considered to be one of Germany's best in the last twenty years, having won the bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, and two European Championships in 1981 and 1989.In 2000 Stamm took over the German men's team...

, Roland Freund, Dirk Theismann, and Werner Obschemikat.

Milorad Krivokapić, Deni Lušić

Deni Lušić

Deni Lušić is a Croatian water polo coach and former water polo player. He is a double Olympic gold medal winner with Yugoslavia at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics.-Sources:* at sports-reference.com*...

, Zoran Petrović

Zoran Petrovic

Zoran Petrović is a retired Serbian football referee.He is known for having refereed four matches in the FIFA World Cup, two in the 1986 World Cup and two in 1990 World Cup.-External sources:...

, Božo Vuletić

Božo Vuletic

Božo Vuletić won an Olympic gold medal as a member of the Yugoslav water polo team at the 1984 Olympics.-References:...

, Veselin Đuho, Zoran Roje, Milivoj Bebić, Perica Bukić

Perica Bukic

Perica Bukić is a Croatian water polo player and politician. He represented Yugoslavia at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, where the team won the golden medal....

, Goran Sukno

Goran Sukno

Goran Sukno is a Croatian former water polo player. He was Olympic gold medal winner with Yugoslavia at the 1984 Summer Olympics.His son Sandro Sukno is an international water polo player for Croatia....

, Tomislav Paškvalin, Igor Milanović

Igor Milanovic

Igor Milanović is a retired Serbian water polo player.With a pro career spanning twenty years he is considered by many to be the best water polo player of all-time. In his illustrious career he played 349 games for the Yugoslav national team, scoring 540 goals...

, Dragan Andrić, and Andrija Popović.

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	8 – 10

	12 – 7
	10 – 9

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