Water polo at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Water polo at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venues	Dantebad Olympia Schwimmhalle (final)
Date	27 August – 4 September 1972
Competitors	176 from 16 nations
Medalists
Soviet Union  Hungary  United States

Final results for the water polo competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Soviet Union 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	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

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

Nation	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Soviet Union	4	4	0	0	30	9
Italy	4	3	0	1	25	16
Spain	4	2	0	2	19	20
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

Group II (Classification 7th – 12th)

Pos.	Nation	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
7	Netherlands	5	4	1	0	29	25
8	Romania	5	4	1	0	25	18
9	Cuba	5	2	1	2	23	24
10	Spain	5	2	0	3	24	20
11	Bulgaria	5	0	2	3	15	17
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
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	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	13	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

1. Soviet Union
2. Hungary
3. United States
4. West Germany
5. Yugoslavia
6. Italy
7. Netherlands
8. Romania
9. Cuba
10. Spain
11. Bulgaria
12. Australia
13. Mexico
14. Greece
15. Japan
16. Canada

1972 Men's Olympic Games Winners
Soviet Union First title

See also

• 1973 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship

Sources

• PDF 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

• Official Olympic Report