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Water polo at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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{{Infobox Olympic event

|event = Water polo

|games = 1984 Summer

|image =

|caption =

|venue = Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool

|dates = 1–10 August 1984

|competitors = 153

|nations = 12

|gold = {{flagIOC|YUG|1984 Summer|}}

|silver = {{flagIOC|USA|1984 Summer|}}

|bronze = {{flagIOC|FRG|1984 Summer|}}

|prev = 1980

|next = 1988

}}

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.Official Report of the Games of the XXIIIrd Olympiad Los Angeles 1984 [http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1984/1984v2.pdf 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. The tournament featured 12 teams, playing two rounds of round-robin play: preliminaries and finals.{{Cite HistoFINA wp |page=mog |format=dmy }}{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1984/WAP/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417043055/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1984/WAP/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Water Polo at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games |work=Sports Reference |access-date=7 December 2019}}

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<ref>{{Cite web|title=Men_1984|url=http://todor66.com/Water_Polo/Olympic/Men_1984.html|website=Todor66}}</ref>

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!Qualification

!Date

!Host

!Berths

!Qualified

Host nation

|18 May 1978

|{{flagicon|GRE}} Athens

| align="center" |1

|{{wp|USA}}

rowspan="6" |1982 World Championships

| rowspan="6" |30 July–7 August 1982

| rowspan="6" |{{flagicon|ECU}} Guayaquil

| rowspan="6" align="center" |6 3

|{{wp|URS

}

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|{{wp|HUN|1957}}

|-

|{{wp|FRG}}

|-

|{{wp|NED}}

|-

|{{wp|CUB|}}

|-

|{{wp|YUG}}

|-

|Intercontinental qualification

|13–22 April 1984

|

| align="center" |5

|{{Wp|ITA}}

{{wp|ESP|}}

{{wp|AUS}}

{{wp|GRE}}

{{Wp|CHN}}

|-

| rowspan="3" |Wildcards

| rowspan="3" |

| rowspan="3" |

| rowspan="3" align="center" |3

|{{wp|CAN|}}

|-

|{{wp|JPN}}

|-

|{{Wp|BRA}}

|-

!Total

! colspan="2" |

!12

!

|}

Teams

12 teams played in the 1984 Olympic tournament:

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  • {{wp|BRA}}
  • {{wp|CAN}}
  • {{wp|CHN}}

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  • {{wp|GRE}}
  • {{wp|ITA}}
  • {{wp|JPN}}
  • {{wp|NED}}

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  • {{wp|ESP}}
  • {{wp|USA}}
  • {{wp|FRG}}
  • {{wp|YUG}}

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The top 8 teams qualified for the 1985 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup in Duisburg, West Germany.

Squads

{{main|Water polo at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's team 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==

class="wikitable"
width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc"|Qualified for second group stage

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!width=160|Team

!width=30|{{Tooltip|GP|Games played}}

!width=30|{{Tooltip|W|Wins}}

!width=30|{{Tooltip|D|Draws}}

!width=30|{{Tooltip|L|Losses}}

!width=30|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}

!width=30|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}

!width=30|{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}

!width=30|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}

bgcolor=ccffcc

|align="left"| {{wp|YUG}}

33003416+186
bgcolor=ccffcc

|align="left"| {{wp|NED}}

32012526–14
align="left"| {{wp|CHN}}31022127–62
align="left"| {{wp|CAN}}30031829−110

  • 1 August

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!width=200|

!width=100|

!width=200|

align=right|{{wp-rt|YUG}}

|13 – 4

|align=left|{{wp|CAN}}

align=right|{{wp-rt|CHN}}

|8 – 10

|align=left|{{wp|NED}}

  • 2 August

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!width=200|

!width=100|

!width=200|

align=right|{{wp-rt|YUG}}

|12 – 7

|align=left|{{wp|CHN}}

align=right|{{wp-rt|NED}}

|10 – 9

|align=left|{{wp|CAN}}

  • 3 August

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!width=200|

!width=100|

!width=200|

align=right|{{wp-rt|CHN}}

|6 – 5

|align=left|{{wp|CAN}}

align=right|{{wp-rt|YUG}}

|9 – 5

|align=left|{{wp|NED}}

==Group B==

class="wikitable"
width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc"|Qualified for second group stage

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%"

!width=160|Team

!width=30|{{Tooltip|GP|Games played}}

!width=30|{{Tooltip|W|Wins}}

!width=30|{{Tooltip|D|Draws}}

!width=30|{{Tooltip|L|Losses}}

!width=30|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}

!width=30|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}

!width=30|{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}

!width=30|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}

bgcolor=ccffcc

|align="left"| {{wp|USA}}

33003217+156
bgcolor=ccffcc

|align="left"| {{wp|ESP}}

32013931+84
align="left"| {{wp|GRE}}30122333–101
align="left"| {{wp|BRA}}30122538−131

  • 1 August

style="text-align:center"

!width=200|

!width=100|

!width=200|

align=right|{{wp-rt|ESP}}

|19 – 12

|align=left|{{wp|BRA}}

align=right|{{wp-rt|USA}}

|12 – 5

|align=left|{{wp|GRE}}

  • 2 August

style="text-align:center"

!width=200|

!width=100|

!width=200|

align=right|{{wp-rt|ESP}}

|12 – 9

|align=left|{{wp|GRE}}

align=right|{{wp-rt|USA}}

|10 – 4

|align=left|{{wp|BRA}}

  • 3 August

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!width=200|

!width=100|

!width=200|

align=right|{{wp-rt|GRE}}

|9 – 9

|align=left|{{wp|BRA}}

align=right|{{wp-rt|ESP}}

|8 – 10

|align=left|{{wp|USA}}

==Group C==

class="wikitable"
width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc"|Qualified for second group stage

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%"

!width=160|Team

!width=30|{{Tooltip|GP|Games played}}

!width=30|{{Tooltip|W|Wins}}

!width=30|{{Tooltip|D|Draws}}

!width=30|{{Tooltip|L|Losses}}

!width=30|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}

!width=30|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}

!width=30|{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}

!width=30|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}

bgcolor=ccffcc

|align="left"| {{wp|FRG}}

33003518+176
bgcolor=ccffcc

|align="left"| {{wp|AUS}}

31112920+93
align="left"| {{wp|ITA}}31112723+43
align="left"| {{wp|JPN}}30031545−300

  • 1 August

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!width=200|

!width=100|

!width=200|

align=right|{{wp-rt|ITA}}

|15 – 5

|align=left|{{wp|JPN}}

align=right|{{wp-rt|FRG}}

|10 – 6

|align=left|{{wp|AUS}}

  • 2 August

style="text-align:center"

!width=200|

!width=100|

!width=200|

align=right|{{wp-rt|AUS}}

|8 – 8

|align=left|{{wp|ITA}}

align=right|{{wp-rt|FRG}}

|15 – 8

|align=left|{{wp|JPN}}

  • 3 August

style="text-align:center"

!width=200|

!width=100|

!width=200|

align=right|{{wp-rt|JPN}}

|2 – 15

|align=left|{{wp|AUS}}

align=right|{{wp-rt|FRG}}

|10 – 4

|align=left|{{wp|ITA}}

=Final round=

==Group D==

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bgcolor="#DCDCDC"

!width="25" |

!width="200"|Team

!width="60"|Points

!width="60"|G

!width="60"|W

!width="60"|D

!width="60"|L

!width="60"|GF

!width="60"|GA

!width="60"|Diff

bgcolor=gold

|1.

|align=left|{{wp|YUG}}

|9

54104733+14
bgcolor=silver

|2.

|align=left|{{wp|USA}}

|9

54104334+9
bgcolor=#cc9966

|3.

|align=left|{{wp|FRG}}

|5

52124934+15
4.

|align=left|{{wp|ESP}}

|4

51224246–4
5.

|align=left|{{wp|AUS}}

|3

51133748–11
6.

|align=left|{{wp|NED}}

|0

50052548–23

  • 6 August

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!width=200|

!width=100|

!width=200|

align=right|{{wp-rt|AUS}}

|6 – 9

|align=left|{{wp|YUG}}

align=right|{{wp-rt|USA}}

|8 – 7

|align=left|{{wp|NED}}

align=right|{{wp-rt|ESP}}

|8 – 8

|align=left|{{wp|FRG}}

  • 7 August

style="text-align:center"

!width=200|

!width=100|

!width=200|

align=right|{{wp-rt|USA}}

|12 – 7

|align=left|{{wp|AUS}}

align=right|{{wp-rt|YUG}}

|10 – 9

|align=left|{{wp|FRG}}

align=right|{{wp-rt|ESP}}

|8 – 4

|align=left|{{wp|NED}}

  • 9 August

style="text-align:center"

!width=200|

!width=100|

!width=200|

align=right|{{wp-rt|USA}}

|8 – 7

|align=left|{{wp|FRG}}

align=right|{{wp-rt|NED}}

|7 – 8

|align=left|{{wp|AUS}}

align=right|{{wp-rt|ESP}}

|8 – 14

|align=left|{{wp|YUG}}

  • 10 August

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!width=200|

!width=100|

!width=200|

align=right|{{wp-rt|FRG}}

|15 – 2

|align=left|{{wp|NED}}

align=right|{{wp-rt|AUS}}

|10 – 10

|align=left|{{wp|ESP}}

align=right|{{wp-rt|USA}}

|5 – 5

|align=left|{{wp|YUG}}

==Group E==

class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
bgcolor="#DCDCDC"

!width="25" |

!width="200"|Team

!width="60"|Points

!width="60"|G

!width="60"|W

!width="60"|D

!width="60"|L

!width="60"|GF

!width="60"|GA

!width="60"|Diff

7.

|align=left|{{wp|ITA}}

|9

54106334+29
8.

|align=left|{{wp|GRE}}

|8

53205241+11
9.

|align=left|{{wp|CHN}}

|6

53024439+5
10.

|align=left|{{wp|CAN}}

|3

51134048–8
11.

|align=left|{{wp|JPN}}

|2

51043055–25
12.

|align=left|{{wp|BRA}}

|2

50234052–12

  • 6 August

style="text-align:center"

!width=200|

!width=100|

!width=200|

align=right|{{wp-rt|CHN}}

|10 – 4

|align=left|{{wp|JPN}}

align=right|{{wp-rt|GRE}}

|11 – 8

|align=left|{{wp|CAN}}

align=right|{{wp-rt|ITA}}

|13 – 4

|align=left|{{wp|BRA}}

  • 7 August

style="text-align:center"

!width=200|

!width=100|

!width=200|

align=right|{{wp-rt|GRE}}

|14 – 7

|align=left|{{wp|JPN}}

align=right|{{wp-rt|ITA}}

|11 – 8

|align=left|{{wp|CHN}}

align=right|{{wp-rt|CAN}}

|10 – 10

|align=left|{{wp|BRA}}

  • 9 August

style="text-align:center"

!width=200|

!width=100|

!width=200|

align=right|{{wp-rt|CHN}}

|11 – 9

|align=left|{{wp|BRA}}

align=right|{{wp-rt|CAN}}

|8 – 5

|align=left|{{wp|JPN}}

align=right|{{wp-rt|GRE}}

|8 – 8

|align=left|{{wp|ITA}}

  • 10 August

style="text-align:center"

!width=200|

!width=100|

!width=200|

align=right|{{wp-rt|JPN}}

|9 – 8

|align=left|{{wp|BRA}}

align=right|{{wp-rt|ITA}}

|16 – 9

|align=left|{{wp|CAN}}

align=right|{{wp-rt|GRE}}

|10 – 9

|align=left|{{wp|CHN}}

Final ranking

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align=center|Image:gold medal icon.svg{{wp|YUG}}
align=center|Image:silver medal icon.svg{{wp|USA}}
align=center|Image:bronze medal icon.svg{{wp|FRG}}
align=center|4{{wp|ESP}}
align=center|5{{wp|AUS}}
align=center|6{{wp|NED}}
align=center|7{{wp|ITA}}
align=center|8{{wp|GRE}}
align=center|9{{wp|CHN}}
align=center|10{{wp|CAN}}
align=center|11{{wp|JPN}}
align=center|12{{wp|BRA}}

Medalists

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align="center"

|style="width: 15em" bgcolor="gold"|Gold

|style="width: 15em" bgcolor="silver"|Silver

|style="width: 15em" bgcolor="CC9966"|Bronze

valign="top"

|{{center|1={{flagIOCteam|YUG|1984 Summer}}

Milorad Krivokapić
Deni Lušić
Zoran Petrović
Božo Vuletić
Veselin Đuho
Zoran Roje
Milivoj Bebić
Perica Bukić
Goran Sukno
Tomislav Paškvalin
Igor Milanović
Dragan Andrić
Andrija Popović

Head coach:
Ratko Rudić}}

|{{center|1={{flagIOCteam|USA|1984 Summer}}

Craig Wilson
Kevin Robertson
Gary Figueroa
Peter Campbell
Doug Burke
Joseph Vargas
Jon Svendsen
John Siman
Andrew McDonald
Terry Schroeder
Jody Campbell
Timothy Shaw
Chris Dorst

Head coach:
Monte Nitzkowski}}

|{{center|1={{flagIOCteam|FRG|1984 Summer}}

Peter Röhle
Thomas Loebb
Frank Otto
Rainer Hoppe
Armando Fernández
Thomas Huber
Jürgen Schroder
Rainer Osselmann
Hagen Stamm
Roland Freund
Dirk Theismann
Santiago Chalmovsky
Werner Obschernikat

Head coach:
Nico Firoiu}}

=Top goalscorers=

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!Rank

!Player

!Goals

align=center|1

| align="left"| {{flagIOCathlete|Manuel Estiarte|ESP|1984 Summer}}

| align=center|34

align=center|2

| align="left"| {{flagIOCathlete|Mario Fiorillo|ITA|1984 Summer}}

| align=center|19

align=center|3

| align="left"| {{flagIOCathlete|Frank Otto|FRG|1984 Summer}}

| align=center|18

align=center|4

| align="left"| {{flagIOCathlete|Charles Turner|AUS|1984 Summer}}

| align=center|17

rowspan=3 align=center|5

| align="left"| {{flagIOCathlete|Milivoj Bebić|YUG|1984 Summer}}

| align=center|16

align="left"| {{flagIOCathlete|Hagen Stamm|FRG|1984 Summer}}

| align=center|16

align="left"| {{flagIOCathlete|Wang Xiaotian|CHN|1984 Summer}}

|align=center| 16

rowspan=4 align=center|8

| align="left"| {{flagIOCathlete|Mario Souto|BRA|1984 Summer}}

| align=center|15

align="left"| {{flagIOCathlete|Eric Tebbe Borges|BRA|1984 Summer}}

|align=center| 15

align="left"| {{flagIOCathlete|Christopher Wybrow|AUS|1984 Summer}}

|align=center| 15

align="left"| {{flagIOCathlete|Sotirios Stathakis|GRE|1984 Summer}}

| align=center|15

align=center|12

| align="left"| {{flagIOCathlete|Terry Schroeder|USA|1984 Summer}}

| align=center|14

See also

References

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Sources

  • PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation [https://digital.la84.org/digital/ Digital Library]:
  • [https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll8/id/45252 Official Report of the 1984 Olympic Games, v.2] ([https://digital.la84.org/digital/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/45252/download download], [https://web.archive.org/web/20181118132706/https://digital.la84.org/digital/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/45252/download archive]) (pp. 528–534)
  • Water polo on the Olympedia [https://www.olympedia.org/sports website]
  • [https://www.olympedia.org/games/21/sports/WAP Water polo at the 1984 Summer Olympics] ([https://www.olympedia.org/results/38678 men's tournament])
  • Water polo on the Sports Reference [https://web.archive.org/web/20200419212721/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/sports/ website]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417043055/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1984/WAP/ Water polo at the 1984 Summer Games] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20200417121427/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1984/WAP/mens-water-polo.html men's tournament]) (archived)

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