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Water Polo, Men

Date21 September – 1 October 1988
StatusOlympic
LocationSu-yeong-jang, Ol-lim-pik Gong-won, Seoul / Jam-sil Su-yeong-jang, Seoul Sports Complex, Seoul
Participants156 from 12 countries
FormatRound-robin pools advanced teams to classification matches.

Yugoslavia had won the gold medal in 1984, although it came down only to goal differential over the United States in the final round. Yugoslavia had also won the 1986 World Championship, but by 1988 the United States was at least their equal. The two teams had played eight times in the 2½ months before the Seoul Olympics, with the USA winning five times. The two teams met in group play in their opening match of the Olympics, with the United States winning 7-6. But Yugoslavia won the group, as the United States lost to Spain 9-7, and the Yugoslavs again had a better goal differential. Both teams advanced to the semi-finals, however, where they each won to meet again in the final.

Just as in Los Angeles, the United States led by 5-2 in the third quarter. Yugoslavia then scored four straight goals to lead 6-5, but the American tied the match 6-6. The match went to overtime and Yugoslavia scored the first three goals to lead 9-6, eventually winning 9-7 for the gold medal.

Hungary was eliminated in group play and would eventually place fifth in Seoul. Hungary had won medals in water polo at every Olympics from 1924-80, and then did not play in 1984 because of the Soviet-led boycott. Seoul marked the first time since Amsterdam in 1928 that Hungary did not win a water polo medal at an Olympics in which they competed.

PosNumberTeamNOCMatches PlayedWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1YugoslaviaYUG76011283-55Gold
585Dragan Andrić 7–-–
586Mislav Bezmalinović 7–-–
587Perica Bukić 7–-–
588Veselin Đuho 7–-–
589Igor Gočanin 7–-–
591Deni Lušić 7–-–
593Igor Milanović 7–-–
594Tomislav Paškvalin 7–-–
596Renco Posinković 7–-–
597Goran Rađenović 7–-–
598Dubravko Šimenc 7–-–
599Aleksandar Šoštar 7–-–
600Mirko Vičević 7–-–
CoachRatko Rudić
2United StatesUSA75021071-56Silver
545James Bergeson 7–-–
549Greg Boyer 7–-–
551Peter Campbell 7–-–
552Jeff Campbell 7–-–
553Jody Campbell 7–-–
557Chris Duplanty 7–-–
558Mike Evans 7–-–
566Doug Kimbell 7–-–
567Craig Klass 7–-–
572Alan Mouchawar 7–-–
574Kevin Robertson 7–-–
576Terry Schroeder 7–-–
583Craig Wilson 7–-–
CoachBill Barnett
3Soviet UnionURS7412984-51Bronze
507Dmitry Apanasenko 7–-–
510Viktor Berendyuga 7–-–
512Yevgeny Sharonov 7–-–
515Mikheil Giorgadze 7–-–
517Yevgeny Grishin 7–-–
519Mikhail Ivanov 7–-–
520Aleksandr Kolotov 7–-–
521Sergey Kotenko 7–-–
526Sergey Markoch 7–-–
528Giorgi Mshvenieradze 7–-–
529Nurlan Mendygaliyev 7–-–
530Sergey Naumov 7–-–
536Nikolay Smirnov 7–-–
CoachBoris Popov
4West GermanyFRG75021083-65
200Ingo Borgmann 7–-–
201Andreas Ehrl 7–-–
203Armando Fernández 7–-–
211Thomas Huber 7–-–
212Dirk Jacoby 7–-–
216Werner Obschernikat 7–-–
217Rainer Osselmann 7–-–
218Frank Otto 7–-–
220René Reimann 7–-–
221Peter Röhle 7–-–
223Hagen Stamm 7–-–
224Uwe Sterzik 7–-–
225Dirk Theismann 7–-–
CoachNicolae Firoiu
5HungaryHUN7322872-57
304Gábor Bujka 7–-–
309András Gyöngyösi 7–-–
311Tibor Keszthelyi 7–-–
312Zoltán Kósz 7–-–
313Péter Kuna 7–-–
314Zoltán Mohi 7–-–
316Tibor Pardi 7–-–
317Zsolt Petőváry 7–-–
318István Pintér 7–-–
319Gábor Schmiedt 7–-–
323László Tóth 7–-–
324Imre Tóth 7–-–
325Balázs Vincze 7–-–
CoachZoltán Kásás
6SpainESP7412966-55
143Miguel Chillida 7–-–
144Manuel Estiarte 7–-–
147Pedro García 7–-–
149Salvador Gómez 7–-–
150Marco Antonio González 7–-–
154Mariano Moya 7–-–
155Jorge Neira 7–-–
156Jordi Payá 7–-–
157Miguel Pérez 7–-–
159Pedro Robert 7–-–
160José Antonio Rodríguez 7–-–
161Jesús Miguel Rollán 7–-–
162Jordi Sans 7–-–
CoachAntonio Esteller
7ItalyITA7322866-53
343Gianni Averaimo 7–-–
346Paolo Caldarella 7–-–
347Sandro Campagna 7–-–
352Marco D'Altrui 7–-–
354Massimiliano Ferretti 7–-–
355Mario Fiorillo 7–-–
363Alfio Misaggi 7–-–
366Andrea Pisano 7–-–
367Franco Porzio 7–-–
368Stefano Postiglione 7–-–
372Antonello Steardo 7–-–
373Riccardo Tempestini 7–-–
374Paolo Trapanese 7–-–
CoachFritz Dennerlein
8AustraliaAUS7304653-59
6Simon Asher 7–-–
12Don Cameron 7–-–
13Geoff Clark 7–-–
14John Fox 7–-–
15Chris Harrison 7–-–
16Andrew Kerr 7–-–
17Ray Mayers 7–-–
20Richard Pengelley 7–-–
26Troy Stockwell 7–-–
27Andrew Taylor 7–-–
28Glenn Townsend 7–-–
30Andrew Wightman 7–-–
34Chris Wybrow 7–-–
CoachTom Hoad
9GreeceGRE7304672-80
266Antonis Aronis 7–-–
267Nikos Christoforidis 7–-–
269Kyriakos Giannopoulos 7–-–
271Filippos Kaiafas 7–-–
272Aristidis Kefalogiannis 7–-–
274Georgios Mavrotas 7–-–
275Tasos Papanastasiou 7–-–
277Evangelos Pateros 7–-–
278Vangelis Patras 7–-–
279Epameinondas Samartzidis 7–-–
280Dimitrios Seletopoulos 7–-–
281Anastasios Tsikaris 7–-–
282Nikolaos Venetopoulos 7–-–
CoachKyriakos Iosifidis
10FranceFRA7205461-68
167Thierry Alimondo 7–-–
170Arnaud Bouet 7–-–
171Bruno Boyadjian 7–-–
172Marc Brisfer 7–-–
174Marc Crousillat 7–-–
175Michel Crousillat 7–-–
178Pierre Garsau 7–-–
180Philippe Hervé 7–-–
183Michel Idoux 7–-–
184Nicolas Jeleff 7–-–
189Nicolas Marischael 7–-–
193Pascal Pérot 7–-–
197Christian Volpi 7–-–
CoachJean-Paul Clemençon
11People's Republic of ChinaCHN7106252-86
92Cai Shengliu 7–-–
95Cui Shiping 7–-–
97Ge Jianqing 7–-–
99Huang Long 7–-–
100Huang Qijiang 7–-–
103Li Jianxiong 7–-–
107Ni Shiwei 7–-–
111Wang Minhui 7–-–
112Wen Fan 7–-–
115Yang Yong 7–-–
116Yu Xiang 7–-–
118Zhao Bilong 7–-–
120Zheng Qing 7–-–
CoachPeng Shaorong
12Republic of KoreaKOR7007028-106
390Jang Si-Yeong 7–-–
391Choi Seon-Yong 7–-–
392Hong Sun-Bo 7–-–
393Kim Jae-Yeon 7–-–
394Kim Jin-Tae 7–-–
395Kim Gi-Chun 7–-–
396Kim Gil-Hwan 7–-–
397Kim Seong-Eun 7–-–
401Lee Jeong-Seok 7–-–
403Lee Taek-Won 7–-–
405Park Sang-Won 7–-–
408Song Seung-Ho 7–-–
410Yu Seung-Hun 7–-–
CoachKim Jong-Ku

Preliminary Round

Date21 – 27 September 1988

Group A

Date21 – 27 September 1988
FormatRound-robin pool.
PosTeamNOCWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1West GermanyFRG5001060-37
2Soviet UnionURS311763-30
3ItalyITA311748-33
4AustraliaAUS203440-39
5FranceFRA104243-54
6Republic of KoreaKOR005014-75
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #121 Sep 14:00ItalyITA9 – 9Soviet UnionURS
Match #221 Sep 15:15FranceFRA16 – 5Republic of KoreaKOR
Match #321 Sep 16:30West GermanyFRG13 – 11AustraliaAUS
Match #422 Sep 14:00ItalyITA11 – 1Republic of KoreaKOR
Match #522 Sep 15:15West GermanyFRG10 – 9FranceFRA
Match #622 Sep 16:30Soviet UnionURS11 – 4AustraliaAUS
Match #723 Sep 14:00West GermanyFRG18 – 2Republic of KoreaKOR
Match #823 Sep 15:15ItalyITA7 – 5AustraliaAUS
Match #923 Sep 16:30Soviet UnionURS18 – 4FranceFRA
Match #1026 Sep 9:00West GermanyFRG10 – 7ItalyITA
Match #1126 Sep 10:15Soviet UnionURS17 – 4Republic of KoreaKOR
Match #1226 Sep 11:30AustraliaAUS7 – 6FranceFRA
Match #1327 Sep 9:00ItalyITA14 – 8FranceFRA
Match #1427 Sep 10:15AustraliaAUS13 – 2Republic of KoreaKOR
Match #1527 Sep 11:30West GermanyFRG9 – 8Soviet UnionURS

Group B

Date21 – 27 September 1988
FormatRound-robin pool.
PosTeamNOCWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1YugoslaviaYUG401860-38
2United StatesUSA401856-40
3SpainESP311748-38
4HungaryHUN212550-43
5GreeceGRE104245-66
6People's Republic of ChinaCHN005034-68
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #121 Sep 9:00HungaryHUN12 – 10GreeceGRE
Match #221 Sep 10:15United StatesUSA7 – 6YugoslaviaYUG
Match #321 Sep 11:30SpainESP13 – 6People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match #422 Sep 9:00GreeceGRE10 – 7People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match #522 Sep 10:15SpainESP9 – 7United StatesUSA
Match #622 Sep 11:30YugoslaviaYUG10 – 9HungaryHUN
Match #723 Sep 9:00United StatesUSA14 – 7People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match #823 Sep 10:15YugoslaviaYUG17 – 7GreeceGRE
Match #923 Sep 11:30HungaryHUN6 – 6SpainESP
Match #1026 Sep 14:00United StatesUSA18 – 9GreeceGRE
Match #1126 Sep 15:15HungaryHUN14 – 7People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match #1226 Sep 16:30YugoslaviaYUG10 – 8SpainESP
Match #1327 Sep 14:00SpainESP12 – 9GreeceGRE
Match #1427 Sep 15:15United StatesUSA10 – 9HungaryHUN
Match #1527 Sep 16:30YugoslaviaYUG17 – 7People's Republic of ChinaCHN

Semi-Finals

Date30 September 1988
FormatSingle-elimination.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #130 Sep 20:15YugoslaviaYUG14 – 10West GermanyFRG
Match #230 Sep 21:30United StatesUSA8 – 7Soviet UnionURS

Classification Round 5-8

Date30 September – 1 October 1988
FormatClassification matches.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #130 Sep 16:00Hungary 1HUN9 – 9ItalyITA
Match #230 Sep 19:00AustraliaAUS8 – 7SpainESP
Match #301 Oct 19:00HungaryHUN13 – 5AustraliaAUS
Match #401 Oct 20:15SpainESP11 – 9ItalyITA

Classification Round 9-12

Date30 September – 1 October 1988
FormatClassification matches.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #130 Sep 13:30FranceFRA11 – 4People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match #230 Sep 14:45GreeceGRE17 – 7Republic of KoreaKOR
Match #301 Oct 13:30People's Republic of ChinaCHN14 – 7Republic of KoreaKOR
Match #401 Oct 14:45GreeceGRE10 – 7FranceFRA

Final Round

Date1 October 1988
FormatMedal round.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match 1/201 Oct 21:30YugoslaviaYUG9 – 7United StatesUSAAET
Match 3/401 Oct 16:00Soviet UnionURS14 – 13West GermanyFRG