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Water Polo, Men

Date1 – 9 August 1992
StatusOlympic
LocationPiscina Municipal de Montjuïc, Barcelona / Piscinas Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Participants152 from 12 countries
FormatRound-robin pools advanced teams to classification matches.

Yugoslavia was the world’s top side. They had won the gold medal in 1984, and won the World and European Championships in 1991, defeating Spain in the final of both of those tournaments. The tournament was expected to come down to those two teams. But shortly before the Barcelona Olympics, the United Nations had sanctioned Yugoslavia for its actions in the Bosnian and Croatian war, and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) agreed to ban the nation from the Olympics. It provided an out, however, by allowing individual Yugoslav athletes to competed as Independent Olympic Participants (IOP), but teams from Yugoslavia could not compete, and thus their water polo team was not in Barcelona.

The United States and the Unified Team advanced to the semi-finals from Group A, while Spain and Italy advanced from Group B. In the semis, Italy defeated the Unified Team 9-8, while Spain defeated the United States 6-4. Italy and Spain had already met in pool play, tying 9-9.

The final became the longest water polo match in Olympic history. It was tied at the end of regulation, 7-7, and remained that way through two overtime periods. In the second overtime, Spanish superstar, Manuel Estiarte scored on a penalty throw with only 42 seconds remaining, appearing to give Spain the gold medal. But with 33 seconds to go, Jordi Sans was sent off and Italy’s Massimiliano Ferretti scored the equalizer. Three more overtimes were played, with no score. In the sixth overtime, Italy’s Fernando Gandolfi scored with 32 seconds on the clock, to put Italy ahead, 9-8. A last second Spanish shot failed and Italy won the gold medal.

As in 1980, 1984, and 1988, Manuel Estiarte was the leading scorer in the Olympic tournament, with 22 goals in Barcelona, but this time he was tied by Hungary’s Tibor Benedek.

PosNumberTeamNOCMatches PlayedWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1–ItalyITA75201259-50Gold
Goalkeeper105Francesco Attolico 7–––––-–
107Alessandro Bovo 7–––––-–
108Paolo Caldarella 7–––––-–
109Sandro Campagna 7–––––-–
110Marco D'Altrui 7–––––-–
111Massimiliano Ferretti 7–––––-–
112Mario Fiorillo 7–––––-–
113Ferdinando Gandolfi 7–––––-–
114Amedeo Pomilio 7–––––-–
115Franco Porzio 7–––––-–
116Giuseppe Porzio 7–––––-–
117Carlo Silipo 7–––––-–
13Gianni Averaimo DNS––––––-–
CoachRatko Rudić
2–SpainESP75111166-49Silver
27Daniel Ballart 7–––––-–
28Manuel Estiarte 7–––––-–
29Pedro García 7–––––-–
30Salvador Gómez 7–––––-–
31Marco Antonio González 7–––––-–
32Rubén Michavila 3–––––-–
33Miki Oca 7–––––-–
34Sergio Pedrerol 7–––––-–
35Josep Picó 4–––––-–
Goalkeeper36Jesús Miguel Rollán 7–––––-–
37Ricardo Sánchez 5–––––-–
38Jordi Sans 7–––––-–
12Manuel Silvestre DNS––––––-–
CoachDragan Matutinović
3–Unified TeamEUN76011266-45Bronze
40Dmitry Apanasenko 7–––––-–
41Andrey Belofastov 7–––––-–
Goalkeeper42Yevgeny Sharonov 4–––––-–
43Dmitry Gorshkov 7–––––-–
44Vladimir Karabutov 7–––––-–
45Aleksandr Kolotov 7–––––-–1
46Andriy Kovalenko 7–––––-–
47Nikolay Kozlov 7–––––-–
48Sergey Markoch 7–––––-–
49Sergey Naumov 7–––––-–
50Aleksandr Ogorodnikov 7–––––-–
Goalkeeper51Aleksandr Chigir 6–––––-–
52Aleksey Vdovin 7–––––-–
CoachBoris Popov
4–United StatesUSA7403848-38
144Jeff Campbell 7–––––-–
Goalkeeper145Chris Duplanty 1–––––-–
146Mike Evans 7–––––-–
147Kirk Everist 7–––––-–
148Erich Fischer 7–––––-–
149Charlie Harris 7–––––-–
150Chris Humbert 7–––––-–
151Doug Kimbell 7–––––-–
152Craig Klass 7–––––-–
153Alex Rousseau 7–––––-–
154Terry Schroeder 7–––––-–
155John Vargas 7–––––-–
Goalkeeper156Craig Wilson 7–––––-–
CoachBill Barnett
5–AustraliaAUS7412960-54
1Simon Asher 2–––––-–
2Geoff Clark 7–––––-–
3John Fox 7–––––-–
4Daniel Marsden 7–––––-–
5Ray Mayers 7–––––-–
6Greg McFadden 5–––––-–
Goalkeeper7Guy Newman 3–––––-–
8Mark Oberman 7–––––-–
9Paul Oberman 7–––––-–
10Troy Stockwell 7–––––-–
Goalkeeper11Glenn Townsend 5–––––-–
12Andrew Wightman 7–––––-–
13Chris Wybrow 7–––––-–
CoachCharles Turner
6–HungaryHUN7322865-62
92Tibor Benedek 7–––––-–
93István Dóczi 6–––––-–
94András Gyöngyösi 3–––––-–
Goalkeeper95Péter Kuna 6–––––-–
Goalkeeper96Gábor Nemes 2–––––-–
97Imre Péter 7–––––-–
98Zsolt Petőváry 7–––––-–
99Gábor Schmiedt 7–––––-–
100Frank Tóth 7–––––-–
101Imre Tóth 7–––––-–
102László Tóth 7–––––-–
103Zsolt Varga 7–––––-–
104Balázs Vincze 7–––––-–
CoachJános Konrád
7–GermanyGER7223655-55
Goalkeeper66Ingo Borgmann 7–––––-–
67Piotr Bukowski 7–––––-–
68Raúl de la Peña 7–––––-–
69Jörg Dresel 7–––––-–
70Torsten Dresel 7–––––-–
71Carsten Kusch 7–––––-–
72Frank Otto 7–––––-–
73Guido Reibel 7–––––-–
74René Reimann 7–––––-–
76Hagen Stamm 7–––––-–
77Uwe Sterzik 6–––––-–
78Dirk Theismann 7–––––-–
5Peter Röhle DNS––––––-–
CoachKarl-Heinz Scholten
8–CubaCUB7205461-70
14Juan Carlos Barreras 7–––––-–
15Norge Blay 7–––––-–
16Pablo Cuesta 7–––––-–
17Jorge del Valle 2–––––-–
18Marcelo Derouville 7–––––-–
19Bárbaro Díaz 7–––––-–
20Lázaro Fernández 7–––––-–
21Ernesto García 6–––––-–
22Juan Hernández Olivera 7–––––-–
Goalkeeper23Juan Hernández Silveira 3–––––-–
24Guillermo Martínez Luis 7–––––-–2
25Iván Pérez 7–––––-–
Goalkeeper26José Ángel Ramos 7–––––-–
CoachOsvaldo García
9–NetherlandsNED7223660-62
Goalkeeper118Bert Brinkman 7–––––-–
119Jalo de Vries 7–––––-–
120Robert Havekotte 7–––––-–
121Koos Issard 6–––––-–
122John Jansen 7–––––-–
123Hans Nieuwenburg 7–––––-–
124Remco Pielstroom 7–––––-–
125John Scherrenburg 7–––––-–
Goalkeeper126Arie van de Bunt 7–––––-–
127Harry van der Meer 7–––––-–
128Marc van Belkum 7–––––-–
129Gijsbert van der Leden 4–––––-–
130Jan Wagenaar 7–––––-–
CoachIvo Trumbić
10–GreeceGRE7214552-59
79Dimitrios Bitsakos 3–––––-–
80Kyriakos Giannopoulos 7–––––-–
81Filippos Kaiafas 7–––––-–
82Theodoros Lorantos 3–––––-–
83Konstantinos Loudis 6–––––-–
84Georgios Mavrotas 7–––––-–
85Anastasios Papanastasiou 7–––––-–
86Evangelos Pateros 7–––––-–
Goalkeeper87Vangelis Patras 2–––––-–
88Epameinondas Samartzidis 6–––––-–
89Dimitrios Seletopoulos 7–––––-–
90Nikolaos Venetopoulos 7–––––-–
Goalkeeper91Gerasimos Voltyrakis 6–––––-–
CoachAnte Nakić
11–FranceFRA7115352-67
53Thierry Alimondo 7–––––-–
54François Besson 6–––––-–
55Émmanuel Charlot 7–––––-–
56Vincent de Nardi 7–––––-–
57Emmanuel Ducher 7–––––-–
58Pierre Garsau 7–––––-–
Goalkeeper59Christophe Gautier 2–––––-–
60Christian Grimaldi 7–––––-–
61Nicolas Jeleff 7–––––-–
62Pascal Loustaneau 7–––––-–
63Gilles Madelenat 6–––––-–
Goalkeeper64Jean-Marie Olivon 7–––––-–
65Patrice Tillie 7–––––-–
CoachVictor Nataf
12–CzechoslovakiaTCH7007049-82
131Roman Bačík 7–––––-–
132Eduard Balúch 5–––––-–
133Vidor Borsig 7–––––-–
134Tomáš Bundschuh 7–––––-–
135Pavol Dindžík 5–––––-–
136Peter Horňák 7–––––-–
137Július Iždinský 7–––––-–
138Miroslav Jančich 7–––––-–
Goalkeeper139Štefan Kmeťo 7–––––-–
141Roman Poláčik 7–––––-–
142Peter Veszelits 7–––––-–
143Ladislav Vidumanský 7–––––-–
4Radovan Lukáč DNS––––––-–
CoachLadislav Bottlik

Preliminary Round

Date1 – 6 August 1992

Group A

Date1 – 6 August 1992
FormatRound-robin pool.
PosTeamNOCWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1Unified TeamEUN5001050-32
2United StatesUSA401840-24
3AustraliaAUS212544-41
4GermanyGER122438-41
5FranceFRA113338-42
6CzechoslovakiaTCH005033-63
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #101 Aug 9:30Unified TeamEUN10 – 6CzechoslovakiaTCH
Match #201 Aug 10:45United StatesUSA8 – 4AustraliaAUS
Match #301 Aug 18:30FranceFRA7 – 7GermanyGER
Match #402 Aug 9:30United StatesUSA9 – 3CzechoslovakiaTCH
Match #502 Aug 12:00AustraliaAUS9 – 5FranceFRA
Match #602 Aug 19:45Unified TeamEUN11 – 7GermanyGER
Match #703 Aug 9:30United StatesUSA11 – 7FranceFRA
Match #803 Aug 12:00GermanyGER15 – 9CzechoslovakiaTCH
Match #903 Aug 19:45Unified TeamEUN12 – 9AustraliaAUS
Match #1005 Aug 9:30FranceFRA14 – 6CzechoslovakiaTCH
Match #1105 Aug 12:00Unified TeamEUN8 – 5United StatesUSA
Match #1205 Aug 17:30GermanyGER7 – 7AustraliaAUS
Match #1306 Aug 9:30AustraliaAUS15 – 9CzechoslovakiaTCH
Match #1406 Aug 12:00United StatesUSA7 – 2GermanyGER
Match #1506 Aug 18:45Unified TeamEUN9 – 5FranceFRA

Group B

Date1 – 6 August 1992
FormatRound-robin pool.
PosTeamNOCWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1SpainESP410952-36
2ItalyITA320841-34
3HungaryHUN221649-46
4CubaCUB203450-53
5NetherlandsNED023236-46
6GreeceGRE014132-45
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #101 Aug 12:00HungaryHUN7 – 7ItalyITA
Match #201 Aug 19:45CubaCUB10 – 9GreeceGRE
Match #301 Aug 21:00SpainESP12 – 6NetherlandsNED
Match #402 Aug 10:45ItalyITA6 – 4NetherlandsNED
Match #502 Aug 18:30HungaryHUN12 – 11CubaCUB
Match #602 Aug 21:00Spain 3ESP11 – 6Greece 4GRE
Match #703 Aug 10:45ItalyITA11 – 8CubaCUB
Match #803 Aug 18:30GreeceGRE4 – 4NetherlandsNED
Match #903 Aug 21:00SpainESP8 – 5HungaryHUN
Match #1005 Aug 10:45CubaCUB11 – 9NetherlandsNED
Match #1105 Aug 18:45HungaryHUN12 – 7GreeceGRE
Match #1205 Aug 20:00ItalyITA9 – 9SpainESP
Match #1306 Aug 10:45NetherlandsNED13 – 13HungaryHUN
Match #1406 Aug 17:30ItalyITA8 – 6GreeceGRE
Match #1506 Aug 20:00SpainESP12 – 10CubaCUB

Semi-Finals

Date8 August 1992
FormatSingle-elimination.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #108 Aug 18:45ItalyITA9 – 8Unified TeamEUN
Match #208 Aug 20:00SpainESP6 – 4United StatesUSA

Classification Round 5-8

Date8 – 9 August 1992
FormatClassification matches.
PosTeamNOCWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1AustraliaAUS200416-13
2GermanyGER101217-14
3HungaryHUN101216-16
4CubaCUB002011-17
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #108 Aug 12:00AustraliaAUS7 – 5CubaCUB
Match #208 Aug 17:30HungaryHUN8 – 7GermanyGER
Match #309 Aug 11:30GermanyGER10 – 6CubaCUB
Match #409 Aug 14:00AustraliaAUS9 – 8HungaryHUN

Classification Round 9-12

Date8 – 9 August 1992
FormatClassification matches.
PosTeamNOCWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1NetherlandsNED200424-16
2GreeceGRE200420-14
3CzechoslovakiaTCH002016-19
4FranceFRA002014-25
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #108 Aug 9:30GreeceGRE10 – 6FranceFRA
Match #208 Aug 10:45NetherlandsNED9 – 8CzechoslovakiaTCH
Match #309 Aug 9:00GreeceGRE10 – 8CzechoslovakiaTCH
Match #409 Aug 10:15NetherlandsNED15 – 8FranceFRA

Final Round

Date9 August 1992
FormatMedal round.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match 1/209 Aug 16:45Italy 5ITA9 – 8SpainESP
Match 3/409 Aug 15:15Unified TeamEUN8 – 4United StatesUSA