Water polo at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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Water polo
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
VenuesDantebad
Olympia Schwimmhalle (final)
Date27 August – 4 September 1972
Competitors176 from 16 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Hungary
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  United States
← 1968
1976 →

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

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
August 27 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
August 28 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
August 29 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
August 30 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
August 31 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
August 27 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
August 28 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
August 29 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
August 30 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
August 31 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
August 28 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
August 28 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
August 29 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
August 30 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
August 31 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
September 1 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
September 2 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
September 3 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
September 4 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 2 2 20 24
6  Italy 5 0 2 3 21 26
September 1 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
September 2 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
September 3 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
September 4 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

Classement des Buteurs

Final ranking

See also

References

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