Water polo at the 1984 Summer Olympics
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.[1] The tournament featured 12 teams, playing two rounds of round-robin play: preliminaries and finals.[2]
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| Venue | Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool | |||||||||
| Dates | 1–10 August 1984 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 153 from 12 nations | |||||||||
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Water polo was one of four Aquatics sports held at the 1984 games, along with swimming, diving, and synchronized swimming, which was held for the first time.
Teams
12 teams played in the 1984 Olympic tournament:
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The top 8 teams qualified for the 1985 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup in Duisburg, West Germany.
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
| Qualified for second group stage |
| Team | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
.svg.png){kind=small} | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 16 | +18 | 6 |
 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 26 | –1 | 4 |
 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 27 | –6 | 2 |
.svg.png){kind=small} | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 29 | −11 | 0 |
- 1 August
| Yugoslavia |
13 – 4 | |
| China |
8 – 10 | |
- 2 August
| Yugoslavia |
12 – 7 | |
| Netherlands |
10 – 9 | |
- 3 August
| China |
6 – 5 | |
| Yugoslavia |
9 – 5 | |
Group B
| Qualified for second group stage |
| Team | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 17 | +15 | 6 |
 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 31 | +8 | 4 |
 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 33 | –10 | 1 |
 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 38 | −13 | 1 |
- 1 August
| Spain |
19 – 12 | |
| United States |
12 – 5 | |
- 2 August
| Spain |
12 – 9 | |
| United States |
10 – 4 | |
- 3 August
| Greece |
9 – 9 | |
| Spain |
8 – 10 | |
Group C
| Qualified for second group stage |
| Team | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 18 | +17 | 6 |
.svg.png){kind=small} | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 20 | +9 | 3 |
 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 23 | +4 | 3 |
 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 45 | −30 | 0 |
- 1 August
| Italy |
15 – 5 | |
| West Germany |
10 – 6 | |
- 2 August
| Australia |
8 – 8 | |
| West Germany |
15 – 8 | |
- 3 August
| Japan |
2 – 15 | |
| West Germany |
10 – 4 | |
Final round
Group D
| Team | Points | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | |
9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 33 | +14 |
| 2. | |
9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 34 | +9 |
| 3. | |
5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 49 | 34 | +15 |
| 4. | |
4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 42 | 46 | –4 |
| 5. | |
3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 48 | –11 |
| 6. | |
0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 48 | –23 |
- 6 August
| Australia |
6 – 9 | |
| United States |
8 – 7 | |
| Spain |
8 – 8 | |
- 7 August
| United States |
12 – 7 | |
| Yugoslavia |
10 – 9 | |
| Spain |
8 – 4 | |
- 9 August
| United States |
8 – 7 | |
| Netherlands |
7 – 8 | |
| Spain |
8 – 14 | |
- 10 August
| West Germany |
15 – 2 | |
| Australia |
10 – 10 | |
| United States |
5 – 5 | |
Group E
| Team | Points | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7. | |
9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 63 | 34 | +29 |
| 8. | |
8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 52 | 41 | +11 |
| 9. | |
6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 39 | +5 |
| 10. | |
3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 40 | 48 | –8 |
| 11. | |
2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 55 | –25 |
| 12. | |
2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 40 | 52 | –12 |
- 6 August
| China |
10 – 4 | |
| Greece |
11 – 8 | |
| Italy |
13 – 4 | |
- 7 August
| Greece |
14 – 7 | |
| Italy |
11 – 8 | |
| Canada |
10 – 10 | |
- 9 August
| China |
11 – 9 | |
| Canada |
8 – 5 | |
| Greece |
8 – 8 | |
- 10 August
| Japan |
9 – 8 | |
| Italy |
16 – 9 | |
| Greece |
10 – 9 | |
Final ranking
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Medallists
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Player | Goals |
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| 1 | |
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| 2 | |
19 |
| 3 | |
18 |
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See also
References
- Official Report of the Games of the XXIIIrd Olympiad Los Angeles 1984 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.
- "Water Polo at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
Sources
- PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library:
- Official Report of the 1984 Olympic Games, v.2 (download, archive) (pp. 528–534)
- Water polo on the Olympedia website
- Water polo on the Sports Reference website
- Water polo at the 1984 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
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