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Water polo at the 1972 Summer Olympics

November 28, 2023

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
Water Polo
VenuesDantebad
Olympia Schwimmhalle (final)
Date27 August – 4 September 1972
Competitors176 from 16 nations
Medalists
← 1968
1976 →

Qualification[3] edit

Event Dates Hosts Quotas Qualified Teams
Host Nation 26 April 1966   Rome 1   West Germany
1968 Summer Olympics 14-26 October 1968   Mexico City 5   Yugoslavia
  Soviet Union
  Hungary
  Italy
  United States
1971 Pan American Games 26 July - 1 August 1971   Cali 3   Cuba
  Mexico
  Brazil

  Canada

European Qualifier 14-20 May 1972   Munich 4   Romania
  Spain
  Bulgaria
  Greece
Oceania Qualifier 1   Australia
Asian Qualifier 1   Japan
Reallocation 1   Netherlands
Total 16

Medalists edit

Squads edit

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

Preliminary round edit

Pool A edit

Nation　 Pld W D L GF GA
  United States 5 5 0 0 31 18
  Yugoslavia 5 4 0 1 35 24
  Cuba 5 3 0 2 28 23
  Romania 5 2 0 3 38 26
  Mexico 5 1 0 4 25 30
  Canada 5 0 0 5 14 50
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 edit

Nation　 Pld W D L GF GA
  Hungary 4 3 1 0 22 6
  West Germany 4 2 2 0 21 13
  Netherlands 4 2 1 1 14 11
  Australia 4 0 1 3 14 27
  Greece 4 0 1 3 13 27
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 edit

Nation　 Pld W D L GF GA
  Soviet Union 4 4 0 0 30 9
  Italy 4 3 0 1 27 16
  Spain 4 2 0 2 19 22
  Bulgaria 4 1 0 3 18 25
  Japan 4 0 0 4 14 36
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 edit

Group II (Classification 7th – 12th) edit

Pos. Nation Pld W D L GF GA
7   Netherlands 5 4 1 0 29 20
8   Romania 5 3 1 1 24 19
9   Cuba 5 3 1 1 24 23
10   Spain 5 2 0 3 26 26
11   Bulgaria 5 0 2 3 17 23
12   Australia 5 0 1 4 18 27
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
Cuba   4-3   Romania ?-? ?-? ?-? ?-?
Netherlands   4-2   Australia ?-? ?-? ?-? ?-?
Spain   6-4   Bulgaria ?-? ?-? ?-? ?-?

Group I (Classification Gold – 6th) edit

Pos. Nation Pld W D L GF GA
1   Soviet Union 5 3 2 0 22 16
2   Hungary 5 3 2 0 23 18
3   United States 5 2 1 2 24 23
4   West Germany 5 0 3 2 15 18
5   Yugoslavia 5 1 1 3 20 24
6   Italy 5 0 2 3 21 26
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 edit

Top goalscorers edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 4. (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  2. ^ . Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Men_1972". Todor66.

Sources edit

  • PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library:
    • Official Report of the 1972 Olympic Games, v.3 (download, ) (pp. 331, 353–365)
  • Water polo on the Olympedia website
    • Water polo at the 1972 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
  • Water polo on the Sports Reference
    • () (archived)

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  • Official Olympic Report

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Final results for the water polo competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich 1 2 Water poloat the Games of the XX OlympiadWater PoloVenuesDantebadOlympia Schwimmhalle final Date27 August 4 September 1972Competitors176 from 16 nationsMedalists Soviet Union Hungary United States 19681976 Contents 1 Qualification 3 2 Medalists 3 Squads 4 Preliminary round 4 1 Pool A 4 2 Pool B 4 3 Pool C 5 Final round 5 1 Group II Classification 7th 12th 5 2 Group I Classification Gold 6th 6 Final ranking 6 1 Top goalscorers 7 See also 8 References 9 Sources 10 External linksQualification 3 editEvent Dates Hosts Quotas Qualified TeamsHost Nation 26 April 1966 nbsp Rome 1 nbsp West Germany1968 Summer Olympics 14 26 October 1968 nbsp Mexico City 5 nbsp Yugoslavia nbsp Soviet Union nbsp Hungary nbsp Italy nbsp United States1971 Pan American Games 26 July 1 August 1971 nbsp Cali 3 nbsp Cuba nbsp Mexico nbsp Brazil nbsp CanadaEuropean Qualifier 14 20 May 1972 nbsp Munich 4 nbsp Romania nbsp Spain nbsp Bulgaria nbsp GreeceOceania Qualifier 1 nbsp AustraliaAsian Qualifier 1 nbsp JapanReallocation 1 nbsp NetherlandsTotal 16Medalists editGold Silver Bronze nbsp Soviet Union 1 Anatoli AkimovAleksei BarkalovVadim GulyaevAleksandr DolgushinAleksandr DrevalVladimir ShmudskiAleksandr KabanovLeonid OsipovViacheslav SobtschenkoNikolai Melnikov Aleksandr Schidlovski nbsp HungaryAndras BodnarTibor CservenyakIstvan GorgenyiTamas FaragoZoltan KasasFerenc KonradIstvan MagasDenes PocsikLaszlo SarosiEndre Molnar Istvan Szivos Jr nbsp United StatesPeter AschSteven BarnettBruce BradleyStanley ColeJames FergusonEric LindrothJohn ParkerGary SheererJames SlattonRussell Webb Barry WeitzenbergSquads editMain article Water polo at the 1972 Summer Olympics Men s team squadsPreliminary round editPool A edit Nation Pld W D L GF GA nbsp United States 5 5 0 0 31 18 nbsp Yugoslavia 5 4 0 1 35 24 nbsp Cuba 5 3 0 2 28 23 nbsp Romania 5 2 0 3 38 26 nbsp Mexico 5 1 0 4 25 30 nbsp Canada 5 0 0 5 14 5027 August 1st 2nd 3rd 4thYugoslavia nbsp 12 4 nbsp Canada 3 1 4 1 3 1 2 1Mexico nbsp 4 6 nbsp Cuba 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 2Romania nbsp 3 4 nbsp United States 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 128 August 1st 2nd 3rd 4thUnited States nbsp 7 6 nbsp Cuba 1 1 1 0 2 1 3 4Mexico nbsp 7 3 nbsp Canada 2 1 0 1 1 0 4 1Romania nbsp 7 8 nbsp Yugoslavia 3 2 2 1 2 2 0 329 August 1st 2nd 3rd 4thUnited States nbsp 8 1 nbsp Canada 2 0 3 0 1 0 2 1Mexico nbsp 3 5 nbsp Yugoslavia 0 1 1 1 1 3 1 0Romania nbsp 3 4 nbsp Cuba 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 030 August 1st 2nd 3rd 4thYugoslavia nbsp 7 5 nbsp Cuba 0 2 3 1 2 1 2 1Romania nbsp 16 4 nbsp Canada 1 1 6 1 5 1 4 1Mexico nbsp 5 7 nbsp United States 1 1 1 4 1 1 2 131 August 1st 2nd 3rd 4thCuba nbsp 7 2 nbsp Canada 2 0 2 0 1 2 2 0Yugoslavia nbsp 3 5 nbsp United States 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 1Romania nbsp 9 6 nbsp Mexico 2 2 3 1 2 0 2 3Pool B edit Nation Pld W D L GF GA nbsp Hungary 4 3 1 0 22 6 nbsp West Germany 4 2 2 0 21 13 nbsp Netherlands 4 2 1 1 14 11 nbsp Australia 4 0 1 3 14 27 nbsp Greece 4 0 1 3 13 2727 August 1st 2nd 3rd 4thHungary nbsp 3 0 nbsp Netherlands 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0Greece nbsp 7 7 nbsp Australia 3 3 2 1 1 2 1 128 August 1st 2nd 3rd 4thAustralia nbsp 2 4 nbsp Netherlands 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3West Germany nbsp 3 3 nbsp Hungary 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 029 August 1st 2nd 3rd 4thWest Germany nbsp 4 4 nbsp Netherlands 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 2Greece nbsp 1 6 nbsp Hungary 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 130 August 1st 2nd 3rd 4thAustralia nbsp 2 10 nbsp Hungary 0 3 1 2 0 3 1 2West Germany nbsp 8 3 nbsp Greece 3 1 3 1 1 1 1 031 August 1st 2nd 3rd 4thWest Germany nbsp 6 3 nbsp Australia 1 1 2 0 1 0 2 2Greece nbsp 2 6 nbsp Netherlands 1 0 0 2 1 3 0 1Pool C edit Nation Pld W D L GF GA nbsp Soviet Union 4 4 0 0 30 9 nbsp Italy 4 3 0 1 27 16 nbsp Spain 4 2 0 2 19 22 nbsp Bulgaria 4 1 0 3 18 25 nbsp Japan 4 0 0 4 14 3628 August 1st 2nd 3rd 4thSpain nbsp 6 4 nbsp Japan 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 0Italy nbsp 1 4 nbsp Soviet Union 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 028 August 1st 2nd 3rd 4thSoviet Union nbsp 11 1 nbsp Japan 1 0 4 1 3 0 3 0Italy nbsp 8 5 nbsp Bulgaria 3 1 3 2 2 1 0 129 August 1st 2nd 3rd 4thSoviet Union nbsp 7 2 nbsp Bulgaria 2 0 2 1 2 0 1 1Italy nbsp 6 2 nbsp Spain 1 0 0 1 2 1 3 030 August 1st 2nd 3rd 4thBulgaria nbsp 7 4 nbsp Japan 3 1 0 1 2 1 2 1Spain nbsp 5 8 nbsp Soviet Union 0 1 1 2 2 2 2 331 August 1st 2nd 3rd 4thItaly nbsp 12 5 nbsp Japan 4 1 3 0 1 1 4 3Spain nbsp 6 4 nbsp Bulgaria 0 0 2 1 2 1 2 2Final round editGroup II Classification 7th 12th edit Pos Nation Pld W D L GF GA7 nbsp Netherlands 5 4 1 0 29 208 nbsp Romania 5 3 1 1 24 199 nbsp Cuba 5 3 1 1 24 2310 nbsp Spain 5 2 0 3 26 2611 nbsp Bulgaria 5 0 2 3 17 2312 nbsp Australia 5 0 1 4 18 271 September 1st 2nd 3rd 4thRomania nbsp 7 4 nbsp Spain 1 2 2 0 0 0 4 2Netherlands nbsp 5 2 nbsp Bulgaria 1 0 0 1 2 1 2 0Cuba nbsp 6 5 nbsp Australia 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 12 September 1st 2nd 3rd 4thRomania nbsp 4 3 nbsp Bulgaria 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 1Australia nbsp 4 8 nbsp Spain 0 1 2 1 1 3 1 3Cuba nbsp 6 8 nbsp Netherlands 2 1 2 5 0 2 2 03 September 1st 2nd 3rd 4thAustralia nbsp 4 4 nbsp Bulgaria 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 1Romania nbsp 5 5 nbsp Netherlands 2 2 1 2 0 1 2 0Cuba nbsp 4 3 nbsp Spain 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 04 September 1st 2nd 3rd 4thCuba nbsp 4 4 nbsp Bulgaria 0 0 2 3 1 0 1 1Romania nbsp 5 3 nbsp Australia 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 1Netherlands nbsp 7 5 nbsp Spain 0 1 3 0 2 2 2 2Results taken from Preliminary Round1st 2nd 3rd 4thCuba nbsp 4 3 nbsp Romania Netherlands nbsp 4 2 nbsp Australia Spain nbsp 6 4 nbsp Bulgaria Group I Classification Gold 6th edit Pos Nation Pld W D L GF GA1 nbsp Soviet Union 5 3 2 0 22 162 nbsp Hungary 5 3 2 0 23 183 nbsp United States 5 2 1 2 24 234 nbsp West Germany 5 0 3 2 15 185 nbsp Yugoslavia 5 1 1 3 20 246 nbsp Italy 5 0 2 3 21 261 September 1st 2nd 3rd 4thHungary nbsp 8 7 nbsp Italy 1 0 2 1 3 4 2 2United States nbsp 4 4 nbsp West Germany 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 2Yugoslavia nbsp 4 5 nbsp Soviet Union 1 2 0 2 2 0 1 12 September 1st 2nd 3rd 4thYugoslavia nbsp 6 6 nbsp Italy 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2West Germany nbsp 2 4 nbsp Soviet Union 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 0United States nbsp 3 5 nbsp Hungary 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 13 September 1st 2nd 3rd 4thWest Germany nbsp 2 2 nbsp Italy 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0Yugoslavia nbsp 2 4 nbsp Hungary 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1United States nbsp 6 6 nbsp Soviet Union 0 1 3 1 2 2 1 24 September 1st 2nd 3rd 4thYugoslavia nbsp 5 4 nbsp West Germany 3 0 0 1 1 1 1 2United States nbsp 6 5 nbsp Italy 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 2Hungary nbsp 3 3 nbsp Soviet Union 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0Results taken from Preliminary Round1st 2nd 3rd 4thUnited States nbsp 5 3 nbsp Yugoslavia Soviet Union nbsp 4 1 nbsp Italy West Germany nbsp 3 3 nbsp Hungary 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0Final ranking edit nbsp Soviet Union 1 nbsp Hungary nbsp United States nbsp West Germany nbsp Yugoslavia nbsp Italy nbsp Netherlands nbsp Romania nbsp Cuba nbsp Spain nbsp Bulgaria nbsp Australia nbsp Mexico nbsp Greece nbsp Japan nbsp Canada 1972 Men s Olympic Games winners nbsp Soviet UnionFirst title Top goalscorers edit Rank Name Goals1 nbsp Carlos Sanchez 182 nbsp Bruce Bradley 173 nbsp Mart Bras 16 nbsp Juan Janac5 nbsp Eraldo Pizzo 12 nbsp Gheorghe Zamfirescu nbsp Les Nunn8 nbsp Aleksandr Dreval 11 nbsp Ingulf Nossek nbsp Gianni De Magistris nbsp Toma Tomov nbsp Armando Fernandez13 nbsp Anatoly Akimov 10 nbsp Oleksiy Barkalov nbsp Viorel RusSee also edit1973 FINA Men s World Water Polo ChampionshipReferences edit a b c HistoFINA Water polo medalists and statistics PDF fina org FINA September 2019 p 4 Archived PDF from the original on 1 August 2021 Retrieved 6 August 2021 Water Polo at the 1972 Munich Summer Games Sports Reference Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 2 December 2019 Men 1972 Todor66 Sources editPDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library Official Report of the 1972 Olympic Games v 3 download archive pp 331 353 365 Water polo on the Olympedia website Water polo at the 1972 Summer Olympics men s tournament Water polo on the Sports Reference website Water polo at the 1972 Summer Games men s tournament archived External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Water polo at the 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