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Water Polo, Men

Date1 – 10 August 1984
StatusOlympic
LocationRaleigh Runnels Memorial Pool, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California
Participants154 from 12 countries
FormatRound-robin pools advanced teams to the round-robin final pool.

The Soviet-led boycott greatly affected the 1984 water polo tournament. Since the early 1950s the four dominant water polo nations had been Hungary, Yugoslavia, Italy, and the Soviet Union, but Hungary, which had won six of the last 11 gold medals, was not in Los Angeles, nor was the USSR. The 1982 World Championships showed how this lessened the competition, won by the Soviets with Hungary second. That had also been the case at the 1983 European Championships.

In their absence, Yugoslavia assumed the favorites role, with West Germany, winner of the 1981 European title and third at the 1982 Worlds, also considered strong. Spain had won bronze at the 1983 Europeans and was led by the world’s best player, Manuel Estiarte, and was expected to challenge for a medal, but the United States also had improved their team, and was also in the medal race.

The six final round teams were Yugoslavia and the Netherlands (Group A), the United States and Spain (Group B), and West Germany and Australia (Group C). In the medal pool, Yugoslavia and the United States won their first three games and faced each other in a match to determine the first two places. The United States was off to a 5-2 lead late in the third quarter, but they could not score again, and Yugoslavia came back to tie the match, 5-5, giving them the gold medal on goal differential. West Germany took the bronze with Spain back in fourth place.

PosNumberTeamNOCMatches PlayedWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1YugoslaviaYUG76101372-44Gold
498Dragan Andrić 7–-–
500Milivoj Bebić 7–-–
501Perica Bukić 5–-–
502Veselin Đuho 7–-–
Goalkeeper503Milorad Krivokapić 7–-–
504Deni Lušić 7–-–
505Igor Milanović 7–-–
506Tomislav Paškvalin 7–-–
509Zoran Petrović 6–-–
Goalkeeper510Andrija Popović 1–-–
511Zoran Roje 7–-–
512Goran Sukno 7–-–
513Božo Vuletić 7–-–
CoachRatko Rudić
2United StatesUSA76101365-43Silver
451Doug Burke 7–-–
452Jody Campbell 7–-–
453Peter Campbell 7–-–
Goalkeeper457Chris Dorst 1–-–
458Gary Figueroa 7–-–
473Drew McDonald 7–-–
479Kevin Robertson 7–-–
482Terry Schroeder 7–-–
484Tim Shaw 7–-–
485John Siman 7–-–
486Jon Svendsen 7–-–
487Joe Vargas 7–-–
Goalkeeper489Craig Wilson 7–-–
CoachMonte Nitzkowski
3West GermanyFRG7412974-46Bronze
194Armando Fernández 7–-–
195Roland Freund 7–-–
198Rainer Hoppe 4–-–
199Thomas Huber 4–-–
204Thomas Loebb 7–-–
206Werner Obschernikat 7–-–
207Rainer Osselmann 7–-–
208Frank Otto 7–-–
Goalkeeper211Peter Röhle 7–-–
214Jürgen Schröder 6–-–
215Hagen Stamm 7–-–
216Dirk Theismann 6–-–
Goalkeeper190Santiago Chalmovsky 1–-–
CoachNicolae Firoiu
4SpainESP7322873-67
150Antonio Aguilar 6–-–
151Rafael Aguilar 7–-–
154Alberto Canal 7–-–
155Jorge Carmona 7–-–
159Manuel Estiarte 7–-–
160Félix Fernández 2–-–
164José Morillo 5–-–
166Jorge Neira 7–-–
Goalkeeper167Leandro Ribera Perpiñá 6–-–
168Pedro Robert 7–-–
170Jordi Sans 6–-–
171Jorge Signes 7–-–
GoalkeeperMariano Moya 4–-–
CoachLolo Ibern
5AustraliaAUS7223660-58
11Robert Bryant 7–-–
13Martin Callaghan 7–-–
19Andrew Kerr 7–-–
22Ray Mayers 7–-–
24Peter Montgomery 3–-–
25Julian Muspratt 7–-–
27Richard Pengelley 7–-–
28Russell Sherwell 7–-–
35Glenn Townsend 1–-–
36Charles Turner 7–-–
Goalkeeper37Michael Turner 7–-–
39Chris Wybrow 7–-–
47Russell Basser 7–-–
CoachTom Hoad
6NetherlandsNED7205445-65
263Johan Aantjes 7–-–
264Ton Buunk 7–-–
Goalkeeper265Wouly de Bie 2–-–
269Anton Heiden 6–-–
271Nico Landeweerd 7–-–
Goalkeeper272Ruud Misdorp 7–-–
273Dick Nieuwenhuizen 7–-–
274Eric Noordegraaf 7–-–
275Remco Pielstroom 7–-–
277Stan van Belkum 7–-–
278Ed van Es 7–-–
279Aad van Mil 7–-–
280Roald van Noort 4–-–
CoachDénes Pócsik
7ItalyITA74211075-52
299Marco Baldineti 7–-–
301Romeo Collina 6–-–
303Marco D'Altrui 7–-–
304Enzo D'Angelo 7–-–
305Gianni De Magistris 7–-–
310Mario Fiorillo 7–-–
313Marco Galli 7–-–
Goalkeeper314Roberto Gandolfi 7–-–
319Alfio Misaggi 7–-–
320Andrea Pisano 5–-–
322Stefano Postiglione 7–-–
327Antonello Steardo 7–-–
13Umberto Panerai DNS–-–
CoachFritz Dennerlein
8GreeceGRE7322866-65
238Antonis Aronis 7–-–
239Kyriakos Giannopoulos 7–-–
241Andreas Gounas 7–-–
242Spyros Kapralos 7–-–
243Aristidis Kefalogiannis 7–-–
245Georgios Mavrotas 1–-–
246Xenofon Moudatsios 5–-–
247Tasos Papanastasiou 5–-–
248Dimitrios Seletopoulos 7–-–
Goalkeeper249Stavros Giannopoulos 2–-–
249Markellos Sitarenios 7–-–
250Sotirios Stathakis 7–-–
Goalkeeper252Ioannis Vossos 7–-–
CoachJosep Brascó
9People's Republic of ChinaCHN7304659-61
108Cai Shengliu 7–-–
109Cai Tianxiong 7–-–
111Chen Zhixiong 1–-–
Goalkeeper112Deng Jun 7–-–
115Huang Long 7–-–
116Huang Ying 7–-–
119Li Jianming 7–-–
123Pan Shenghua 7–-–
124Qu Baowei 7–-–
126Song Weigang 7–-–
131Wang Xiaotian 7–-–
132Zhao Bilong 7–-–
Guan Shishi DNS–-–
CoachTang Zhenxin
10CanadaCAN7115353-71
71Gordon Van Tol 7–-–
72John Anderson 7–-–
75René Bol 7–-–
76Geoff Brown 6–-–
Goalkeeper80Brian Collyer 1–-–
82Simon Deschamps 7–-–
83Dominique Dion 6–-–
87George Gross 7–-–
90Sylvain Huet 7–-–
91Alex Juhasz 7–-–
94Bill Meyer 7–-–
97Paul Pottier 7–-–
Goalkeeper107Rick Zayonc 7–-–
CoachGabor Csepregi
11JapanJPN7106240-85
332Koshi Fujimori 7–-–
Goalkeeper333Etsuji Fujita 7–-–
334Toshio Fukumoto 7–-–
335Daisuke Houki 7–-–
337Shingo Kai 7–-–
339Toshiyuki Miyahara 7–-–
340Hisayoshi Nagata 7–-–
344Asami Oura 4–-–
345Hisaharu Saito 7–-–
346Yoshifumi Saito 7–-–
351Narihito Taima 7–-–
353Koji Wakayoshi 5–-–
356Shinji Yamasaki 7–-–
CoachNobuhiko Kiyohara
12BrazilBRA7025256-81
50Paulo Abreu 7–-–
Goalkeeper51Roberto Borelli 7–-–
52Eric Borges 7–-–
Goalkeeper53 André Nicolas 2–-–
54Fernando Carsalade 6–-–
55 Carlinhos 7–-–
57Orlando Chaves 7–-–
61Mario Sérgio Lotufo 7–-–
63Sílvio Manfredi 7–-–
66Solon dos Santos 7–-–
67Hélio Silva 6–-–
68 Duda 7–-–
69Ricardo Tonieto 3–-–
CoachEdson Perri

Preliminary Round

Date1 – 3 August 1984

Group A

Date1 – 3 August 1984
FormatRound-robin pool.
PosTeamNOCWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1YugoslaviaYUG300634-16
2NetherlandsNED201425-26
3People's Republic of ChinaCHN102221-27
4CanadaCAN003018-29
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #101 Aug 8:30YugoslaviaYUG13 – 4CanadaCAN
Match #201 Aug 10:00NetherlandsNED10 – 8People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match #302 Aug 19:30YugoslaviaYUG12 – 7People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match #402 Aug 21:00NetherlandsNED10 – 9CanadaCAN
Match #503 Aug 13:30People's Republic of ChinaCHN6 – 5CanadaCAN
Match #603 Aug 15:00YugoslaviaYUG9 – 5NetherlandsNED

Group B

Date1 – 3 August 1984
FormatRound-robin pool.
PosTeamNOCWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1United StatesUSA300632-17
2SpainESP201439-31
3GreeceGRE012123-33
4BrazilBRA012125-38
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #101 Aug 13:30SpainESP19 – 12BrazilBRA
Match #201 Aug 15:00United StatesUSA12 – 5GreeceGRE
Match #302 Aug 8:30SpainESP12 – 9GreeceGRE
Match #402 Aug 10:00United StatesUSA10 – 4Brazil 1BRA
Match #503 Aug 19:30BrazilBRA9 – 9GreeceGRE
Match #603 Aug 21:00United StatesUSA10 – 8SpainESP

Group C

Date1 – 3 August 1984
FormatRound-robin pool.
PosTeamNOCWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1West GermanyFRG300635-18
2AustraliaAUS111329-20
3ItalyITA111327-23
4JapanJPN003015-45
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #101 Aug 19:30ItalyITA15 – 5JapanJPN
Match #201 Aug 21:00West GermanyFRG10 – 6AustraliaAUS
Match #302 Aug 13:30AustraliaAUS8 – 8ItalyITA
Match #402 Aug 15:00West GermanyFRG15 – 8JapanJPN
Match #503 Aug 8:30AustraliaAUS15 – 2JapanJPN
Match #603 Aug 10:00West GermanyFRG10 – 4ItalyITA

Classification Round 7-12

Date6 – 10 August 1984
FormatRound-robin pool.
PosTeamNOCWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1ItalyITA410963-342
2GreeceGRE320852-413
3People's Republic of ChinaCHN302644-394
4CanadaCAN113340-485
5JapanJPN104230-556
6BrazilBRA023240-527
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #106 Aug 8:30People's Republic of ChinaCHN10 – 4JapanJPN
Match #206 Aug 13:30GreeceGRE11 – 8CanadaCAN
Match #306 Aug 19:30ItalyITA13 – 4BrazilBRA
Match #407 Aug 8:30GreeceGRE14 – 7JapanJPN
Match #507 Aug 13:30ItalyITA11 – 8People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match #607 Aug 19:30BrazilBRA10 – 10CanadaCAN
Match #709 Aug 8:30People's Republic of ChinaCHN11 – 9BrazilBRA
Match #809 Aug 13:30CanadaCAN8 – 5JapanJPN
Match #909 Aug 19:30GreeceGRE8 – 8ItalyITA
Match #1010 Aug 8:30JapanJPN9 – 8BrazilBRA
Match #1110 Aug 13:30ItalyITA16 – 9CanadaCAN
Match #1210 Aug 19:30GreeceGRE10 – 9People's Republic of ChinaCHN

Final Round

Date6 – 10 August 1984
FormatRound-robin pool.
PosTeamNOCWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1YugoslaviaYUG410947-338
2United StatesUSA410943-349
3West GermanyFRG212549-3410
4SpainESP122442-4611
5AustraliaAUS113337-4812
6NetherlandsNED005025-4813
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #106 Aug 8:30YugoslaviaYUG9 – 6AustraliaAUS
Match #206 Aug 13:30United StatesUSA8 – 7NetherlandsNED
Match #306 Aug 19:30SpainESP8 – 8West GermanyFRG
Match #407 Aug 8:30United StatesUSA12 – 7AustraliaAUS
Match #507 Aug 13:30YugoslaviaYUG10 – 9West GermanyFRG
Match #607 Aug 19:30SpainESP8 – 4NetherlandsNED
Match #709 Aug 8:30United StatesUSA8 – 7West GermanyFRG
Match #809 Aug 13:30AustraliaAUS8 – 7NetherlandsNED
Match #909 Aug 19:30YugoslaviaYUG14 – 8SpainESP
Match #1010 Aug 8:30West GermanyFRG15 – 2NetherlandsNED
Match #1110 Aug 13:30AustraliaAUS10 – 10SpainESP
Match #1210 Aug 19:30United StatesUSA5 – 5YugoslaviaYUG