| | Top level | Event type
Water Polo, Men – Match #1
| Date | 25 August 1960 — 20:30 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Piscina delle Rose, Roma | |
| Referee | Georgy Kharebov |  URS |
| Goal Judge | Andrey Kistyakovsky | URS |
| Goal Judge | Yevgeny Semyonov | URS |
| Number | Competitor | NOC | Goals | Period 1 Score | Period 2 Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Japan |  JPN | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| – | United Arab Republic |  UAR | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Japan
| Pos | Number | Competitor | Goals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fullback | – | Kanji Asanuma | 0 | |||
| Forward | – | Shigenobu Fujimoto | 0 | |||
| Goalkeeper | – | Mineo Kato | 0 | |||
| Forward | – | Motonobu Miyamura | 0 | |||
| Fullback | – | Takanao Sato | 1 | |||
| Halfback | – | Yoji Shimizu | 0 | |||
| Forward | – | Koki Takagi | 2 | |||
| Team Totals | 3 | |||||
| Coach | Takeshi Hiwada | |||||
United Arab Republic
| Pos | Number | Competitor | Goals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | – | Moustafa Bakri | 0 | |||
| Fullback | – | Moukhtar Hussain El-Gamal | 2 | |||
| Goalkeeper | – | Gamal El-Nazer | 0 | |||
| Forward | – | Dorri Abdel Kader | 1 | |||
| Halfback | – | Abdel Aziz El-Shafei | 0 | |||
| Fullback | – | Abdel Aziz Khalifa | 0 | |||
| Forward | – | Abdel Rahman Amin | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 3 | |||||
Goals
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06:00 (1) | Dorri Abdel Kader | | 0-1 | |
| 05:00 (1) | Koki Takagi | | 1-1 | |
| 02:40 (1) | Koki Takagi | | 2-1 | |
| 09:00 (2) | Moukhtar Hussain El-Gamal | | 2-2 | |
| 06:40 (2) | Moukhtar Hussain El-Gamal | | 2-3 | |
| 01:10 (2) | Takanao Sato | | 3-3 |