Water polo at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Final results for the water polo competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich.[1][2]

Water polo
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
VenuesDantebad
Olympia Schwimmhalle (final)
Date27 August – 4 September 1972
Competitors176 from 16 nations
Medalists
 Soviet Union
 Hungary
 United States

Medalists
Gold Silver Bronze
 Soviet Union[1]

Anatoli Akimov
Aleksei Barkalov
Vadim Gulyaev
Aleksandr Dolgushin
Aleksandr Dreval
Vladimir Shmudski
Aleksandr Kabanov
Leonid Osipov
Viacheslav Sobtschenko
Nikolai Melnikov

Aleksandr Schidlovski
 Hungary

András Bodnár
Tibor Cservenyák
István Görgényi
Tamás Faragó
Zoltán Kásás
Ferenc Konrád
István Magas
Dénes Pócsik
László Sárosi
Endre Molnár

István Szívós, Jr.
 United States

Peter Asch
Steven Barnett
Bruce Bradley
Stanley Cole
James Ferguson
Eric Lindroth
John Parker
Gary Sheerer
James Slatton
Russell Webb

Barry Weitzenberg

Squads
Main article: Water polo at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads

Preliminary round

Pool A
Nation　 Pld W D L GF GA
 United States 55003118
 Yugoslavia 54013524
 Cuba 53022823
 Romania 52033826
 Mexico 51042530
 Canada 50051450
27 August 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Yugoslavia  12-4  Canada 3-1 4-1 3-1 2-1
Mexico  4-6  Cuba 1-2 0-1 1-1 2-2
Romania  3-4  United States 0-1 1-2 1-0 1-1
28 August 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
United States  7-6  Cuba 1-1 1-0 2-1 3-4
Mexico  7-3  Canada 2-1 0-1 1-0 4-1
Romania  7-8  Yugoslavia 3-2 2-1 2-2 0-3
29 August 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
United States  8-1  Canada 2-0 3-0 1-0 2-1
Mexico  3-5  Yugoslavia 0-1 1-1 1-3 1-0
Romania  3-4  Cuba 0-2 2-1 0-1 1-0
30 August 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Yugoslavia  7-5  Cuba 0-2 3-1 2-1 2-1
Romania  16-4  Canada 1-1 6-1 5-1 4-1
Mexico  5-7  United States 1-1 1-4 1-1 2-1
31 August 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Cuba  7-2  Canada 2-0 2-0 1-2 2-0
Yugoslavia  3-5  United States 0-1 1-1 1-2 1-1
Romania  9-6  Mexico 2-2 3-1 2-0 2-3

Pool B
Nation　 Pld W D L GF GA
 Hungary 4310226
 West Germany 42202113
 Netherlands 42111411
 Australia 40131427
 Greece 40131327
27 August 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Hungary  3-0  Netherlands 0-0 2-0 0-0 1-0
Greece  7-7  Australia 3-3 2-1 1-2 1-1
28 August 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Australia  2-4  Netherlands 1-0 0-0 0-1 1-3
West Germany  3-3  Hungary 1-0 0-1 0-2 2-0
29 August 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
West Germany  4-4  Netherlands 2-1 1-0 0-1 1-2
Greece  1-6  Hungary 0-3 0-0 0-2 1-1
30 August 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Australia  2-10  Hungary 0-3 1-2 0-3 1-2
West Germany  8-3  Greece 3-1 3-1 1-1 1-0
31 August 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
West Germany  6-3  Australia 1-1 2-0 1-0 2-2
Greece  2-6  Netherlands 1-0 0-2 1-3 0-1

Pool C
Nation　 Pld W D L GF GA
 Soviet Union 4400309
 Italy 43012516
 Spain 42021920
 Bulgaria 41031825
 Japan 40041436
28 August 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Spain  6-4  Japan 2-1 1-2 1-1 2-0
Italy  1-4  Soviet Union 1-0 0-2 0-2 0-0
28 August 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Soviet Union  11-1  Japan 1-0 4-1 3-0 3-0
Italy  8-5  Bulgaria 3-1 3-2 2-1 0-1
29 August 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Soviet Union  7-2  Bulgaria 2-0 2-1 2-0 1-1
Italy  6-2  Spain 1-0 0-1 2-1 3-0
30 August 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Bulgaria  7-4  Japan 3-1 0-1 2-1 2-1
Spain  5-8  Soviet Union 0-1 1-2 2-2 2-3
31 August 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Italy  12-5  Japan 4-1 3-0 1-1 4-3
Spain  6-4  Bulgaria 0-0 2-1 2-1 2-2

Final round

Group II (Classification 7th – 12th)
Pos. Nation Pld W D L GF GA
7  Netherlands 54102925
8  Romania 54102518
9  Cuba 52122324
10  Spain 52032420
11  Bulgaria 50231517
12  Australia 50141827
1 September 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Romania  7-4  Spain 1-2 2-0 0-0 4-2
Netherlands  5-2  Bulgaria 1-0 0-1 2-1 2-0
Cuba  6-5  Australia 1-1 3-2 1-1 1-1
2 September 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Romania  4-3  Bulgaria 2-2 1-0 1-0 0-1
Australia  4-8  Spain 0-1 2-1 1-3 1-3
Cuba  6-8  Netherlands 2-1 2-5 0-2 2-0
3 September 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Australia  4-4  Bulgaria 2-2 1-0 1-1 0-1
Romania  5-5  Netherlands 2-2 1-2 0-1 2-0
Cuba  4-3  Spain 2-1 1-2 0-0 1-0
4 September 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Cuba  4-4  Bulgaria 0-0 2-3 1-0 1-1
Romania  5-3  Australia 1-1 2-1 1-0 1-1
Netherlands  7-5  Spain 0-1 3-0 2-2 2-2
Results taken from Preliminary Round
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Romania  4-3  Cuba ?-? ?-? ?-? ?-?
Netherlands  4-2  Australia ?-? ?-? ?-? ?-?
Spain  4-2  Bulgaria ?-? ?-? ?-? ?-?

Group I (Classification Gold – 6th)
Pos. Nation Pld W D L GF GA
1  Soviet Union 53202216
2  Hungary 53202318
3  United States 52122423
4  West Germany 50321318
5  Yugoslavia 51132024
6  Italy 50232126
1 September 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Hungary  8-7  Italy 1-0 2-1 3-4 2-2
United States  4-4  West Germany 3-1 1-1 0-0 0-2
Yugoslavia  4-5  Soviet Union 1-2 0-2 2-0 1-1
2 September 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Yugoslavia  6-6  Italy 2-2 2-1 1-1 1-2
West Germany  2-4  Soviet Union 1:1 1:3 0:0 0:0
United States  3-5  Hungary 0-0 1-2 2-2 0-1
3 September 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
West Germany  2-2  Italy 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-0
Yugoslavia  2-4  Hungary 0-1 1-1 0-1 1-1
United States  6-6  Soviet Union 0-1 3-1 2-2 1-2
4 September 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Yugoslavia  5-4  West Germany 3-0 0-1 1-1 1-2
United States  6-5  Italy 2-1 1-1 2-1 1-2
Hungary  3-3  Soviet Union 2-1 1-1 0-1 0-0
Results taken from Preliminary Round
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
United States  5-3  Yugoslavia ?-? ?-? ?-? ?-?
Soviet Union  4-1  Italy ?-? ?-? ?-? ?-?
West Germany  3-3  Hungary 0-1 1-0 0-2 2-0

Final ranking

See also

References
  1. "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  2. "Water Polo at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2019.

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