Water polo at the 1996 Summer Olympics
The water polo tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics was held from 20 to 28 July 1996, in Atlanta, United States.[1][2]
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| Venue | Georgia Tech Aquatic Center | |||||||||
| Dates | 20–28 July 1996 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 153 from 12 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Teams
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Squads
Preliminary round
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 1 |  Hungary |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 38 | +9 | 10 |
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5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 44 | +2 | 7 |
| 3 |  Spain |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 33 | +6 | 6 |
| 4 |  Russia |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 42 | 38 | +4 | 5 |
| 5 |  Germany |
5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 45 | −9 | 2 |
| 6 |  Netherlands |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 36 | 48 | −12 | 0 |
Source:
- Saturday 20 July 1996
| Hungary |
8 – 7 | Russia |
| Spain |
9 – 3 | Germany |
| FR Yugoslavia |
11 – 8 | Netherlands |
- Sunday 21 July 1996
| Hungary |
9 – 8 | Germany |
| Russia |
9 – 9 | FR Yugoslavia |
| Spain |
8 – 7 | Netherlands |
- Monday 22 July 1996
| Hungary |
10 – 8 | Netherlands |
| Russia |
10 – 8 | Germany |
| FR Yugoslavia |
9 – 7 | Spain |
- Tuesday 23 July 1996
| Hungary |
8 – 7 | Spain |
| Russia |
10 – 5 | Netherlands |
| FR Yugoslavia |
9 – 8 | Germany |
- Wednesday 24 July 1996
| Germany |
9 – 8 | Netherlands |
| Hungary |
12 – 8 | FR Yugoslavia |
| Spain |
8 – 6 | Russia |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 1 |  Italy |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 38 | +10 | 10 |
| 2 |  United States |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 37 | +8 | 8 |
| 3 |  Croatia |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 39 | +12 | 6 |
| 4 |  Greece |
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 38 | −1 | 4 |
| 5 |  Romania |
5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 45 | −14 | 1 |
| 6 |  Ukraine |
5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 33 | 48 | −15 | 1 |
Source:
- Saturday 20 July 1996
| Croatia |
8 – 5 | Greece |
| Italy |
10 – 7 | United States |
| Romania |
6 – 6 | Ukraine |
- Sunday 21 July 1996
| Croatia |
11 – 6 | Romania |
| Italy |
8 – 6 | Ukraine |
| United States |
9 – 7 | Greece |
- Monday 22 July 1996
| Greece |
8 – 5 | Romania |
| Italy |
10 – 8 | Croatia |
| United States |
9 – 7 | Ukraine |
- Tuesday 23 July 1996
| Croatia |
16 – 8 | Ukraine |
| Italy |
10 – 8 | Greece |
| United States |
10 – 5 | Romania |
- Wednesday 24 July 1996
| Greece |
9 – 6 | Ukraine |
| Italy |
10 – 9 | Romania |
| United States |
10 – 8 | Croatia |
Classification round
| Team | Points | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | |
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| 9. | Germany |
6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 16 | +13 |
| 10. | Netherlands |
3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 26 | –1 |
| 11. | Romania |
2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 28 | –3 |
| 12. | Ukraine |
1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 30 | –9 |
- Friday 26 July 1996
| Germany |
10 – 4 | Ukraine |
| Netherlands |
10 – 8 | Romania |
- Saturday 27 July 1996
| Germany |
9 – 6 | Netherlands |
| Romania |
11 – 8 | Ukraine |
- Sunday 28 July 1996
| Netherlands |
9 – 9 | Ukraine |
| Germany |
10 – 6 | Romania |
Final round
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Hungary | 12 | |||||||||
| Greece | 8 | |||||||||
| Hungary | 6 | |||||||||
| Spain | 7 | |||||||||
| Spain | 5 | |||||||||
| United States | 4 | |||||||||
| Spain | 7 | |||||||||
| Croatia | 5 | |||||||||
| FR Yugoslavia | 6 | |||||||||
| Croatia | 8 | |||||||||
| Croatia | 7 | |||||||||
| Italy | 6 | Third place | ||||||||
| Russia | 9 | |||||||||
| Italy | 11 | |||||||||
| Hungary | 18 | |||||||||
| Italy | 20 | |||||||||
Quarterfinals
- Friday 26 July 1996
| Hungary |
12 – 8 | Greece |
| FR Yugoslavia |
6 – 8 | Croatia |
| Spain |
5 – 4 | United States |
| Russia |
9 – 11 | Italy |
Semifinals
- Saturday 27 July 1996 — 5th/8th place
| Greece |
7 – 6 | United States |
| FR Yugoslavia |
15 – 16 | Russia |
- Saturday 27 July 1996 — 1st/4th place
| Croatia |
7 – 6 | Italy |
| Hungary |
6 – 7 | Spain |
Finals
- Sunday 28 July 1996 — 7th place
| United States |
12 – 8 | FR Yugoslavia |
- Sunday 28 July 1996 — 5th place
| Greece |
8 – 10 | Russia |
- Sunday 28 July 1996 —
Bronze medal match
| Hungary |
18 – 20 | Italy |
- Sunday 28 July 1996 —
Gold medal match
| Spain |
7 – 5 | Croatia |
Final ranking
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Medallists
See also
References
- "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.
- "Water Polo at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
Sources
- PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library:
- Official Report of the 1996 Olympic Games, v.3 (download, archive) (pp. 56–73)
- Water polo on the Olympedia website
- Water polo on the Sports Reference website
- Water polo at the 1996 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
External links
- "Official Olympic Report". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 18 April 2008.
- Results
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